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Counties 2 Herts/Middlesex
Current season or competition:
2024-25 Counties 2 Herts/Middlesex
SportRugby union
Instituted2000; 24 years ago (2000) (as London 4 North West)
Number of teams12
Country England
Most titlesOld Streetonians (2 titles)
Websiteenglandrugby.com

Counties 2 Herts/Middlesex (formerly London 3 North West) is a level 8 league within the RFU league structure and is made up of teams predominantly from north-west London and Hertfordshire. Promoted sides move up to Counties 1 Herts/Middlesex while relegated teams drop to Counties 3 Herts/Middlesex. Following the RFU's Adult Competition Review, from season 2022-23 it adopted its current name Counties 2 Herts/Middlesex.

Teams for 2024-25

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Departing were Brunel University and Ealing Trailfinders 1871, both promoted to Counties 1 Herts/Middlesex. Hendon were relegated to Counties 3 Herts/Middlesex.

Joining were Enfield Ignatians and Hampstead, both relegated from Counties 1 Herts/Middlesex together with Verulamians and UCS Old Boys, both promoted from Counties 3 Herts/Middlesex.

With three teams departing and four joining, the league ran with eleven sides.


Teams for 2023-24

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Departing were Cheshunt and London Scottish Lions, both promoted to Counties 1 Herts/Middlesex. Royston were relegated to Counties 3 Herts/Middlesex.

Joining were Brunel University and Old Millhillians, both promoted from Counties 3 Herts/Middlesex.

With three teams departing and two joining, the league ran with ten sides.

Teams for 2022-23

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This was the first season following the RFU Adult Competition Review[1] with the league adopting its new name of Counties 2 Herts/Middlesex.

Returning were six of the ten teams from the previous season supplemented by the top five from Herts/Middlesex 1.

Departing were the top three sides Finchley, Welwyn and Hitchin, all promoted to Counties 1 Herts/Middlesex. Finsbury Park, 8th in 2021-22, did not return for the new season instead dropping to Middlesex RFU Merit 2.

Teams for 2021–22

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The teams competing in 2021-22 achieved their places in the league based on performances in 2019-20, the 'previous season' column in the table below refers to that season not 2020-21.

Stevenage Town, 3rd in 2019-20, did not return for the new season instead dropping to Middlesex RFU Merit 3. This meant the league started with eleven clubs competing.

Old Merchant Taylors', who finished 9th in 2019-20, withdrew from the league in November 2021,[2] consequently it was completed with ten teams.

Season 2020–21

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On 30 October the RFU announced [3] that a decision had been taken to cancel Adult Competitive Leagues (National League 1 and below) for the 2020/21 season meaning London 3 North West was not contested.

Participating Clubs 2019–20

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Locations of the 2019–20 London 3 North West teams in Herts
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Location of 2019–20 London 3 North West teams in London
Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season
Cheshunt Rosedale Sports Club Cheshunt, Hertfordshire 8th
Enfield Ignatians Donkey Lane Enfield Town, London Relegated from London 2 NW (11th)
Finchley Summers Lane 1,000 Finchley, London 10th
Finsbury Park Downhills Park West Green, London Promoted from Herts/Middlesex 1 (runners up)
Harrow Grove Field Stanmore, London 7th
Hitchin King George V Playing Fields Hitchin, Hertfordshire Promoted from Herts/Middlesex 1 (champions)
Kilburn Cosmos Gladstone Park Kilburn, London 9th
Old Merchant Taylors' War Memorial Sports Ground Northwood, London 6th
Old Streetonians Haggerston Park Shoreditch, London 4th
Royston The Heath Sports Centre Royston, Hertfordshire 11th (not relegated)
Stevenage Town North Road Stevenage, Hertfordshire 3rd
Tabard Cobden Hill Radlett, Hertfordshire 5th

Participating Clubs 2018–19

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Locations of the 2018–19 London 3 North West teams
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Location of 2018–19 London 3 North West clubs in London
Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season
Cheshunt Rosedale Sports Club Cheshunt, Hertfordshire 10th
Datchworth Datchworth Sports Club Datchworth, Hertfordshire 8th
Finchley Summers Lane 1,000 Finchley, London 7th
Harrow Grove Field Stanmore, London Relegated from London 2 NW (11th)
Kilburn Cosmos Gladstone Park Kilburn, London 6th
London Welsh Old Deer Park 5,850 (1,000 seats) Richmond, London Promoted from Herts/Middlesex 1 (champions)
Old Merchant Taylors' War Memorial Sports Ground Northwood, London 9th
Old Streetonians Haggerston Park Shoreditch, London 4th
Royston The Heath Sports Centre Royston, Hertfordshire Promoted from Herts/Middlesex 1 (runners up)
Stevenage Town North Road Stevenage, Hertfordshire 3rd
Tabard Cobden Hill Radlett, Hertfordshire Relegated from London 2 NW (12th)
Verulamians Cotlandswick London Colney, Hertfordshire 5th

Participating Clubs 2017–18

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Locations of the 2017–18 London 3 North West teams
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Location of 2017–18 London 3 North West clubs in London
Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season
Cheshunt Rosedale Sports Club Cheshunt, Hertfordshire 10th
Datchworth Datchworth Sports Club Datchworth, Hertfordshire 6th
Finchley Summers Lane 1,000 Finchley, London 11th (not relegated)
Grasshoppers MacFarlane Lane Isleworth, London 4th
Hitchin King George V Playing Fields Hitchin, Hertfordshire 8th
Kilburn Cosmos Gladstone Park Kilburn, London 5th
Old Merchant Taylors' War Memorial Sports Ground Northwood, London 9th
Old Streetonians Haggerston Park Shoreditch, London Promoted from Herts/Middlesex 1 (runners up)
St Albans Boggymead Springs St Albans, Hertfordshire 7th
Stevenage Town North Road Stevenage, Hertfordshire 3rd
Verulamians Cotlandswick London Colney, St Albans, Hertfordshire Promoted from Herts/Middlesex 1 (champions)
Welwyn Hobbs Way Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire Relegated from London 2 North West (11th)

Participating Cubs 2016-17

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Final league table

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2016–17 London 3 North West
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts Qualification
1 Hackney (C) 22 22 0 0 859 245 +614 20 0 108 Promoted
2 Hemel Hempstead 22 18 0 4 800 305 +495 16 2 90
3 Stevenage 22 15 0 7 716 472 +244 18 5 83
4 Grasshoppers 22 13 1 8 564 515 +49 11 2 67
5 Kilburn Cosmos 22 9 2 11 550 560 −10 10 4 54
6 Datchworth 22 10 0 12 458 633 −175 7 3 50
7 St Albans 22 8 1 13 463 590 −127 10 3 47
8 Hitchin 22 9 0 13 497 639 −142 9 1 46
9 Old Merchant Taylors' 22 9 0 13 475 588 −113 8 1 45
10 Cheshunt 22 7 2 13 463 558 −95 8 3 43
11 Finchley 22 7 0 15 512 563 −51 8 5 41 Relegated
12 Staines 22 2 0 20 310 999 −689 4 0 12
Updated to match(es) played on 10 April 2017. Source: 2016-17
Rules for classification: If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  5. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
    (C) Champion

Participating Clubs 2015-16

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Participating Clubs 2014-15

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Participating Clubs 2013-14

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Participating Clubs 2012-13

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Participating Clubs 2009-10

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  • Bank of England
  • Barnet Elizabethans
  • Cheshunt
  • Datchworth
  • Fullerians
  • Haringey Rhinos
  • Hitchin
  • Old Ashmoleans
  • Old Hamptonians
  • Old Streetonians
  • West London

Original teams

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When this division was introduced in 2000 (as London 4 North West) it contained the following teams:

London 3 North West honours

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London 4 North West (2000–2009)

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Originally known as London 4 North West, this division was a tier 8 league with promotion up to London 3 North West and relegation down to Herts/Middlesex 1.

London 4 North West
Season No of teams Champions Runners–up Relegated Teams
2000–01[4] 11 Letchworth Garden City Bank Of England Old Millhillians, Tring
2001–02[5] 10 London Scottish Fullerians Hemel Hempstead, Chiswick, Hampstead
2002–03[6] 10 Civil Service St Albans No relegation
2003–04[7] 10 Welwyn Ruislip Old Merchant Taylors' Lambs[b]
2004–05[8] 9 Tring Stevenage Town Finchley
2005–06[9] 10 London New Zealand Datchworth West London, Cheshunt
2006–07[10] 10 Hammersmith & Fulham UCS Old Boys Verulamians, Hitchin
2007–08[11] 10 Finchley Grasshoppers Harrow
2008–09[12] 11 Chiswick Hemel Hempstead No relegation
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

London 3 North West (2009–present)

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League restructuring by the RFU ahead of the 2009–10 season saw London 4 North East renamed as London 3 North West. Remaining as a tier 8 league promotion was to London 2 North West (formerly London 3 North West), while relegation continued to Herts/Middlesex 1.

London 3 North West
Season No of teams Champions Runners–up Relegated Teams
2009–10[13] 11 Old Streetonians West London Old Hamptonians
2010–11[14] 12 Old Haberdashers Fullerians Old Ashmoleans, Wasps Amateurs
2011–12[15] 12 H.A.C. London Nigerian London Welsh Amateur, Bank Of England, West London
2012–13[16] 12 Old Priorians Twickenham Haringey Rhinos, Cheshunt, Imperial Medicals
2013–14[17] 12 Harrow Old Merchant Taylors' No relegation
2014–15[18] 12 Fullerians Welwyn Old Streetonians, UCS Old Boys
2015–16[19] 12 London Nigerian Belsize Park Wasps, Old Actonians
2016–17[20] 12 Hackney Hemel Hempstead Staines[c]
2017–18[21] 12 Grasshoppers Welwyn Hitchin, St Albans
2018–19[22] 12 London Welsh Datchworth Verulamians[d]
2019–20[23] 12 Old Streetonians Enfield Ignatians Harrow
2020–21 12
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Number of league titles

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Notes

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  1. ^ Kilburn Cosmos, who finished 11th in L3NW for the 2019–20 season took the place of Harrow RFC in Herts/Middlesex 1 for season 2021-22.
  2. ^ The Lambs were Old Merchant Taylors' 2nd team.
  3. ^ Only 1 team relegated this season.
  4. ^ Only 1 team relegated this season.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "RFU announce new men's community structure". RFU. 13 June 2022.
  2. ^ "OMTFC Rugby Withdraws From London Three North West". 15 November 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  3. ^ "RFU Cancels Adult Competitive Leagues for the 2020/21 Season". RFU. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  4. ^ "2000-2001 London South-East Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  5. ^ "2001-2002 London South-East Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  6. ^ "2002-2003 London South-East Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  7. ^ "2003-2004 London South-East Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  8. ^ "2004-2005 London South-East Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  9. ^ "2005-2006 London South-East Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  10. ^ "2006-2007 London South-East Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  11. ^ "2007-2008 London South-East Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  12. ^ "2008-2009 London South-East Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  13. ^ "2009-2010 London South-East Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  14. ^ "2010-2011 London South-East Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  15. ^ "2011-2012 London South-East Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  16. ^ "2012-2013 London South-East Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  17. ^ "2013-2014 London South-East Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  18. ^ "2014-2015 London South-East Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  19. ^ "2015-2016 London South-East Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  20. ^ "2016-2017 London South-East Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  21. ^ "2017-2018 London South-East Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  22. ^ "2018-2019 London & South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  23. ^ "Men's London & South East Level 8 and below leagues 2019–20" (PDF). England Rugby. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
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