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Sport | Rugby union |
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Instituted | 1987 | (as Gloucestershire 2)
Number of teams | 18 (9 North / 9 South) |
Country | England |
Holders | Gloucester 2 North:
Brockworth (1st title) Gloucester 2 South: Ashley Down Old Boys (1st title) (2019–20 neither side promoted) |
Most titles | Bream (3 titles) |
Website | englandrugby.com |
Gloucester 2 North and Gloucester 2 South are English rugby union leagues which sits at the tenth level of league rugby union in England for teams primarily based in Gloucestershire as well as some teams from Bristol. Promoted clubs move into Gloucester 1 and since the discontinuation of Gloucester 3 at the end of the 2017–18 season there is currently no relegation. Up until 2017-18 Gloucester 2 was a single division but has since been split into two regional divisions.
Ahead of the new season Stroud RFC, promoted to South West 1 West as champions of Western Counties North in 2019–20, withdrew from SW1W and instead joined at the bottom of the regional RFU pyramid in Gloucester 2. [1]
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Locations of the 2021-22 Gloucester 2 South teams outside Bristol Locations of the 2021-22 Gloucester 2 South teams in Bristol
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020–21 season was cancelled.
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Locations of the 2019-20 Gloucester 2 South teams outside Bristol Locations of the 2019-20 Gloucester 2 South teams in Bristol
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Locations of the 2018-19 Gloucester 2 North teams
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Locations of the 2018-19 Gloucester 2 South teams outside Bristol Locations of the 2018-19 Gloucester 2 South teams in Bristol
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Locations of the 2017-18 Gloucester 2 teams Locations of the 2017-18 Gloucester 2 South teams in Bristol
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The 2015–16 Gloucester 2 consists of twelve teams; ten from Gloucestershire and Bristol as well as two teams in Herefordshire and Somerset. The season starts on 12 September 2015 and is due to end on 23 April 2016. Eight of the twelve teams participated in last season's competition. The 2014–15 champions St Brendan's Old Boys and runners up Bishopston were promoted to the Gloucester 1 while Old Elizabethans were relegated to Gloucester 3.
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Locations of the 2015-16 Gloucester 2 teams Locations of the 2015-16 Gloucester 2 South teams in Bristol
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When league rugby began in 1987 this division (then a single division known as Gloucestershire 2) contained the following teams:
Originally as single division known as Gloucestershire 2, it was a tier 10 league with promotion to Gloucestershire 1 and relegation to Gloucestershire 3.
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | Ref | |||||||||
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1987–88 | 11 | North Bristol | Saintbridge Former Pupils | Caincross, Dursley | [3] | |||||||||
1988–89 | 11 | Gloucester Old Boys | Cheltenham North | Cheltenham Civil Service | [4] | |||||||||
1989–90 | 11 | Brockworth | Ashley Down Old Boys | Old Bristolians | [5] | |||||||||
1990–91 | 11 | Thornbury | Frampton Cotterell | Old Colstonians | [6] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
Gloucestershire 2 was shorted to Gloucester 2 for the 1991–92 season onward. It remained a tier 10 league with promotion to Gloucester 1 and relegation to Gloucester 3.
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | Ref | |||||||||
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1991–92 | 11 | Ashley Down Old Boys | Bristol Saracens [c] | No relegation [d] | [7] | |||||||||
1992–93 | 13 | Stow-on-the-Wold | Painswick | Cainscross | [8] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
The creation of National League 5 South for the 1993–94 season meant that Gloucester 2 dropped to become a tier 11 league. Promotion continued to Gloucester 1 and relegation to Gloucester 3.
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | Ref | |||||||||
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1993–94 | 13 | Hucclecote Old Boys | Barton Hill | Dursley, Chipping Sodbury | [9] | |||||||||
1994–95 | 13 | Tredworth | Bristol Saracens | Kingswood | [10] | |||||||||
1995–96 | 13 | Old Centralians | Cheltenham Saracens [e] | No relegation | [11] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
The cancellation of National League 5 South at the end of the 1995–96 season meant that Gloucester 2 reverted to being a tier 10 league. Promotion continued to Gloucester 1 and relegation to Gloucester 3.
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | Ref | |||||||||
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1996–97 | 13 | Southmead | Chosen Hill Former Pupils | St. Brendan's Old Boys, Gloucester Civil Service | ||||||||||
1997–98 | 13 | Chipping Sodbury | Aretians | Old Colstonians | ||||||||||
1998–99 | 12 | Westbury-on-Severn | Tetbury | No relegation | [12] | |||||||||
1999–00 | 12 | Tewkesbury | Bishopston | Multiple teams [f] | [13] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
Gloucester 2 remained a tier 10 league despite the cancellation of Gloucestershire/Somerset at the end of the 1999–00 season. Promotion continued to Gloucester 1 and relegation to Gloucester 3. Between 2007 and 2009 Gloucester 2 was sponsored by High Bridge Jewellers.
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | Ref | |||||||||
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2000–01 | 10 | Painswick | Tewkesbury | Cainscross, Bristol Telephone Area, Smiths | [14] | |||||||||
2001–02 | 9 | Bishopston | Southmead | Dursley, Old Colstonians, Cheltenham Civil Service | [15] | |||||||||
2002–03 | 9 | Cheltenham Saracens | Widden Old Boys | Ross-on-Wye, Kingswood | [16] | |||||||||
2003–04 | 9 | Old Colstonians | Old Cryptians | Minchinhampton, Smiths, Westbury-on-Severn | [17] | |||||||||
2004–05 | 10 | Bream | Cheltenham Civil Service | Gloucester Civil Service, Kingswood, Cotham Park | [18] | |||||||||
2005–06 | 10 | Hartpury College | Hucclecote | Smiths | [19] | |||||||||
2006–07 | 11 | Dursley | Ross-on-Wye | Tredworth, Cotham Park | [20] | |||||||||
2007–08 | 11 | Cheltenham Civil Service | Ashley Down Old Boys | Smiths | [21] | |||||||||
2008–09 | 11 | Bream | Old Cryptians | No relegation | [22] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
Despite widespread restructuring by the RFU at the end of the 2008–09 season, Gloucester 2 remained a tier 10 league, with promotion continuing to Gloucester 1 and relegation to Gloucester 3.
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | Ref | |||||||||
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2009–10 | 11 | Kingswood | Cotham Park | Cainscross | [23] | |||||||||
2010–11 | 12 | Cheltenham Saracens | Newent | Tredworth, Smiths, Greyhound, Tetbury | [24] | |||||||||
2011–12 | 11 | Chipping Sodbury | Broad Plain | Old Elizabethans, Westbury-on-Severn, Old Cryptians | [25] | |||||||||
2012–13 | 12 | Bream | Ashley Down Old Boys | Cainscross | [26] | |||||||||
2013–14 | 11 | Old Cryptians | Bredon Star | Cheltenham Civil Service | [27] | |||||||||
2014–15 | 11 | St. Brendan's Old Boys | Bishopston | Old Elizabethans | [28] | |||||||||
2015–16 | 12 | Spartans | Ashley Down Old Boys | Aretians, Cotham Park | [29] | |||||||||
2016–17 | 12 | Old Colstonians | Old Elizabethans | Kingswood, Painswick, Westbury-on-Severn | [30] | |||||||||
2017–18 | 12 | Ross-on-Wye | Smiths | No relegation [g] | [31] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
For the 2018–19 season Gloucester 2 was split into two regional tier 10 leagues - Gloucester 2 North and Gloucester 2 South. Promotion continued to Gloucester 1 and there was no longer any relegation due to the cancellation of Gloucester 3. The league was now sponsored by Wadworth 6x.
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | League Name | Ref | ||||||||
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2018–19 | 8 | Tewkesbury | Fairford | No relegation | Gloucester 2 North | [32] | ||||||||
10 | St Brendan's Old Boys | Ashley Down Old Boys | No relegation | Gloucester 2 South | [33] | |||||||||
2019–20 | 9 | Brockworth | Bream | No relegation | Gloucester 2 North | [34] | ||||||||
9 | Ashley Down Old Boys | Aretians | No relegation | Gloucester 2 South | [34] | |||||||||
2020–21 | 9 | No relegation | Gloucester 2 North | |||||||||||
9 | No relegation | Gloucester 2 South | ||||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
Since the 2018–19 season there has been a play-off between the runners-up of the Gloucester 2 North and Gloucester 2 South for the third and final promotion place to Gloucester 1. The team with the superior league record has home advantage in the tie. At the end of the 2019–20 season Gloucester 2 North teams have been the most successful with one wins to the Gloucester 2 South teams zero; and the home team has won promotion on one occasions compared to the away teams zero.
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Season | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Attendance | |||
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2018–19 [35] | Fairford (N) | 11-10 | Bream (S) | Coln House School Playing Grounds, Fairford, Gloucestershire | ||||
2019–20 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. No promotion. | |||||||
2020–21 | ||||||||
Green background is the promoted team. N = Gloucester 2 North and S = Gloucester 2 South |
Current season or competition:![]() | |
Sport | Rugby union |
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Instituted | 1987 | (as Gloucestershire 2)
Number of teams | 18 (9 North / 9 South) |
Country | England |
Holders | Gloucester 2 North:
Brockworth (1st title) Gloucester 2 South: Ashley Down Old Boys (1st title) (2019–20 neither side promoted) |
Most titles | Bream (3 titles) |
Website | englandrugby.com |
Gloucester 2 North and Gloucester 2 South are English rugby union leagues which sits at the tenth level of league rugby union in England for teams primarily based in Gloucestershire as well as some teams from Bristol. Promoted clubs move into Gloucester 1 and since the discontinuation of Gloucester 3 at the end of the 2017–18 season there is currently no relegation. Up until 2017-18 Gloucester 2 was a single division but has since been split into two regional divisions.
Ahead of the new season Stroud RFC, promoted to South West 1 West as champions of Western Counties North in 2019–20, withdrew from SW1W and instead joined at the bottom of the regional RFU pyramid in Gloucester 2. [1]
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Locations of the 2021-22 Gloucester 2 South teams outside Bristol Locations of the 2021-22 Gloucester 2 South teams in Bristol
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020–21 season was cancelled.
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Locations of the 2019-20 Gloucester 2 South teams outside Bristol Locations of the 2019-20 Gloucester 2 South teams in Bristol
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Locations of the 2018-19 Gloucester 2 North teams
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Locations of the 2018-19 Gloucester 2 South teams outside Bristol Locations of the 2018-19 Gloucester 2 South teams in Bristol
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Locations of the 2017-18 Gloucester 2 teams Locations of the 2017-18 Gloucester 2 South teams in Bristol
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The 2015–16 Gloucester 2 consists of twelve teams; ten from Gloucestershire and Bristol as well as two teams in Herefordshire and Somerset. The season starts on 12 September 2015 and is due to end on 23 April 2016. Eight of the twelve teams participated in last season's competition. The 2014–15 champions St Brendan's Old Boys and runners up Bishopston were promoted to the Gloucester 1 while Old Elizabethans were relegated to Gloucester 3.
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Locations of the 2015-16 Gloucester 2 teams Locations of the 2015-16 Gloucester 2 South teams in Bristol
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When league rugby began in 1987 this division (then a single division known as Gloucestershire 2) contained the following teams:
Originally as single division known as Gloucestershire 2, it was a tier 10 league with promotion to Gloucestershire 1 and relegation to Gloucestershire 3.
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | Ref | |||||||||
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1987–88 | 11 | North Bristol | Saintbridge Former Pupils | Caincross, Dursley | [3] | |||||||||
1988–89 | 11 | Gloucester Old Boys | Cheltenham North | Cheltenham Civil Service | [4] | |||||||||
1989–90 | 11 | Brockworth | Ashley Down Old Boys | Old Bristolians | [5] | |||||||||
1990–91 | 11 | Thornbury | Frampton Cotterell | Old Colstonians | [6] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
Gloucestershire 2 was shorted to Gloucester 2 for the 1991–92 season onward. It remained a tier 10 league with promotion to Gloucester 1 and relegation to Gloucester 3.
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | Ref | |||||||||
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1991–92 | 11 | Ashley Down Old Boys | Bristol Saracens [c] | No relegation [d] | [7] | |||||||||
1992–93 | 13 | Stow-on-the-Wold | Painswick | Cainscross | [8] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
The creation of National League 5 South for the 1993–94 season meant that Gloucester 2 dropped to become a tier 11 league. Promotion continued to Gloucester 1 and relegation to Gloucester 3.
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | Ref | |||||||||
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1993–94 | 13 | Hucclecote Old Boys | Barton Hill | Dursley, Chipping Sodbury | [9] | |||||||||
1994–95 | 13 | Tredworth | Bristol Saracens | Kingswood | [10] | |||||||||
1995–96 | 13 | Old Centralians | Cheltenham Saracens [e] | No relegation | [11] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
The cancellation of National League 5 South at the end of the 1995–96 season meant that Gloucester 2 reverted to being a tier 10 league. Promotion continued to Gloucester 1 and relegation to Gloucester 3.
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | Ref | |||||||||
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1996–97 | 13 | Southmead | Chosen Hill Former Pupils | St. Brendan's Old Boys, Gloucester Civil Service | ||||||||||
1997–98 | 13 | Chipping Sodbury | Aretians | Old Colstonians | ||||||||||
1998–99 | 12 | Westbury-on-Severn | Tetbury | No relegation | [12] | |||||||||
1999–00 | 12 | Tewkesbury | Bishopston | Multiple teams [f] | [13] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
Gloucester 2 remained a tier 10 league despite the cancellation of Gloucestershire/Somerset at the end of the 1999–00 season. Promotion continued to Gloucester 1 and relegation to Gloucester 3. Between 2007 and 2009 Gloucester 2 was sponsored by High Bridge Jewellers.
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | Ref | |||||||||
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2000–01 | 10 | Painswick | Tewkesbury | Cainscross, Bristol Telephone Area, Smiths | [14] | |||||||||
2001–02 | 9 | Bishopston | Southmead | Dursley, Old Colstonians, Cheltenham Civil Service | [15] | |||||||||
2002–03 | 9 | Cheltenham Saracens | Widden Old Boys | Ross-on-Wye, Kingswood | [16] | |||||||||
2003–04 | 9 | Old Colstonians | Old Cryptians | Minchinhampton, Smiths, Westbury-on-Severn | [17] | |||||||||
2004–05 | 10 | Bream | Cheltenham Civil Service | Gloucester Civil Service, Kingswood, Cotham Park | [18] | |||||||||
2005–06 | 10 | Hartpury College | Hucclecote | Smiths | [19] | |||||||||
2006–07 | 11 | Dursley | Ross-on-Wye | Tredworth, Cotham Park | [20] | |||||||||
2007–08 | 11 | Cheltenham Civil Service | Ashley Down Old Boys | Smiths | [21] | |||||||||
2008–09 | 11 | Bream | Old Cryptians | No relegation | [22] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
Despite widespread restructuring by the RFU at the end of the 2008–09 season, Gloucester 2 remained a tier 10 league, with promotion continuing to Gloucester 1 and relegation to Gloucester 3.
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | Ref | |||||||||
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2009–10 | 11 | Kingswood | Cotham Park | Cainscross | [23] | |||||||||
2010–11 | 12 | Cheltenham Saracens | Newent | Tredworth, Smiths, Greyhound, Tetbury | [24] | |||||||||
2011–12 | 11 | Chipping Sodbury | Broad Plain | Old Elizabethans, Westbury-on-Severn, Old Cryptians | [25] | |||||||||
2012–13 | 12 | Bream | Ashley Down Old Boys | Cainscross | [26] | |||||||||
2013–14 | 11 | Old Cryptians | Bredon Star | Cheltenham Civil Service | [27] | |||||||||
2014–15 | 11 | St. Brendan's Old Boys | Bishopston | Old Elizabethans | [28] | |||||||||
2015–16 | 12 | Spartans | Ashley Down Old Boys | Aretians, Cotham Park | [29] | |||||||||
2016–17 | 12 | Old Colstonians | Old Elizabethans | Kingswood, Painswick, Westbury-on-Severn | [30] | |||||||||
2017–18 | 12 | Ross-on-Wye | Smiths | No relegation [g] | [31] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
For the 2018–19 season Gloucester 2 was split into two regional tier 10 leagues - Gloucester 2 North and Gloucester 2 South. Promotion continued to Gloucester 1 and there was no longer any relegation due to the cancellation of Gloucester 3. The league was now sponsored by Wadworth 6x.
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | League Name | Ref | ||||||||
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2018–19 | 8 | Tewkesbury | Fairford | No relegation | Gloucester 2 North | [32] | ||||||||
10 | St Brendan's Old Boys | Ashley Down Old Boys | No relegation | Gloucester 2 South | [33] | |||||||||
2019–20 | 9 | Brockworth | Bream | No relegation | Gloucester 2 North | [34] | ||||||||
9 | Ashley Down Old Boys | Aretians | No relegation | Gloucester 2 South | [34] | |||||||||
2020–21 | 9 | No relegation | Gloucester 2 North | |||||||||||
9 | No relegation | Gloucester 2 South | ||||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
Since the 2018–19 season there has been a play-off between the runners-up of the Gloucester 2 North and Gloucester 2 South for the third and final promotion place to Gloucester 1. The team with the superior league record has home advantage in the tie. At the end of the 2019–20 season Gloucester 2 North teams have been the most successful with one wins to the Gloucester 2 South teams zero; and the home team has won promotion on one occasions compared to the away teams zero.
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Season | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Attendance | |||
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2018–19 [35] | Fairford (N) | 11-10 | Bream (S) | Coln House School Playing Grounds, Fairford, Gloucestershire | ||||
2019–20 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. No promotion. | |||||||
2020–21 | ||||||||
Green background is the promoted team. N = Gloucester 2 North and S = Gloucester 2 South |