Eastern Counties 2
{{Short description|English level 10 Rugby Union League}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2015}}
{{Infobox rugby league football competition
|name = Eastern Counties 2
|current_season = 2019–20 Eastern Counties 2
| logo =
|sport = Rugby union
|founded = {{Start date and age|1987}}
|teams = 29 (across 3 regional divisions)
|country = {{ENG}}
|champion = Holt II (North - 1st title)
Stowmarket (South - 1st title)
Shelford IV (West - 1st title)
|season = 2018–19)
(promoted to Eastern Counties 1
|most_champs = Cantabrigian, Hadleigh, Ipswich Y.M., Thetford, Wanstead
|count = 2
|website = [http://www.ecrurugby.com/competitions-101/ ecrurugby.com]
}}
Eastern Counties 2 is an English level 10 Rugby Union League - currently divided into 3 regional divisions (north, south, west). Promoted teams move up to Eastern Counties 1 with teams in this league tending to be from Cambridgeshire, Norfolk or Suffolk. Currently a three divisions, Eastern Counties 2 has previously been divided into North and South divisions with teams from Essex taking part, and had relegation to Eastern Counties 3. In 2003-04 the Essex teams broke away, forming a new league - with Essex 2 being the equivalent division to Eastern Counties 2.
In 2014-15 Eastern Counties 2 split into three regional divisions - north, south and west{{cite web|url=https://asarek.wordpress.com/2014/05/23/revised-leagues-for-201415-in-eastern-counties/|author=Andrew Sarek|title=Revised Eastern Counties Leagues for 2014/15|date=23 May 2014|access-date=3 May 2015}} to allow for more 2nd and 3rd teams to take part. Due to the reorganization of the divisions, relegation is now possible to Eastern Counties 3.
Participating Clubs 2013-14
- Fakenham
- Felixstowe
- Hadleigh (relegated from Eastern Counties 1)
- Haverhill & District
- Mildenhall Red Lodge
- Mistley
- Norwich Medics
- Norwich Union
- Thetford
- Thurston (relegated from Eastern Counties 1)
Participating Clubs 2012–13
- Broadland – Great Yarmouth
- Felixstowe
- Haverhill & District
- Mildenhall Red Lodge
- Mistley
- Norwich Medics
- Norwich Union
- Sawston
- Swaffham
- Thetford
Original teams
When league rugby began in 1987 this division contained the following teams:
- Basildon
- Braintree
- Canvey Island
- Chelmsford
- Diss
- East London
- Ilford Wanderers
- Port of London Authority{{efn|Runners up and promoted side Port of London Authority would be renamed as Ravens for the following season when they competed in Eastern Counties 1.{{cite web|url=https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/ravensi/news/the-history-of-ravenspla-rfc-1000646.html|title=THE HISTORY OF RAVENS(PLA) RFC|website=Ravens RFC|author=Barry Birkett|date=29 July 2013}}}}
- Upminster
- Wanstead
- Woodbridge
Eastern Counties 2 Honours
=Eastern Counties 2 (1987–1993)=
The original Eastern Counties 2 was a tier 9 league with promotion up to Eastern Counties 1 and relegation down to Eastern Counties 3.{{cite web |url=http://files.pitchero.com/counties/76/1441812607.pdf |title=EASTERN COUNTIES RUGBY UNION HANDBOOK 2015/16 |publisher=Eastern Counties RU |access-date=12 June 2019 |archive-date=12 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812154713/http://files.pitchero.com/counties/76/1441812607.pdf |url-status=dead }}
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! style="background:#efefef; width:50px;"|No of Teams
! style="background:#efefef; width:200px;"|Champions
! style="background:#efefef; width:200px;"|Runners–up
! style="background:#efefef; width:275px;"|Relegated Teams
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| 1987–88 || style="text-align: center;"| 11 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Basildon || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Canvey Island || Ilford Wanderers
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| 1988–89 || style="text-align: center;"| 11 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Old Edwardians || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Braintree || Thetford
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| 1989–90 || style="text-align: center;"| 11 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Chelmsford || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Woodbridge || Wanstead
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| 1990–91 || style="text-align: center;"| 11 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Campion || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Port of London Authority{{efn|Runners up and promoted side Port of London Authority would be renamed as Ravens for the following season when they competed in Eastern Counties 1.}} || Ipswich YMCA
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| 1991–92 || style="text-align: center;"| 11 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Maldon || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Upminster{{efn|3rd place Lowestoft & Yarmouth also promoted.}} || No relegation{{efn|There was no relegation as the league was to increase from 11 to 13 teams for the following season.}}
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| 1992–93 || style="text-align: center;"| 13 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Wymondham || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Harwich & Dovercourt || Redbridge, South Woodham Ferrers
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| colspan="15" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green backgrounds are promotion places.
|}
=Eastern Counties 2 (1993–96)=
The creation of National 5 South meant that Eastern Counties 2 dropped from a tier 9 league to a tier 10 league for the years that National 5 South was active. Promotion and relegation continued to Eastern Counties 1 and Eastern Counties 3 respectively.
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! style="background:#efefef; width:80px;"|Season
! style="background:#efefef; width:50px;"|No of Teams
! style="background:#efefef; width:200px;"|Champions
! style="background:#efefef; width:200px;"|Runners–up
! style="background:#efefef; width:275px;"|Relegated Teams
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| 1993–94 || style="text-align: center;"| 13 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Diss || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Holt || Ipswich YMCA, Crusaders
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| 1994–95 || style="text-align: center;"| 12 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Ilford Wanderers || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Loughton || East London
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| 1995–96 || style="text-align: center;"| 13 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Cantabrigian || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Wanstead || Old Bealonians, Lakenham Hewett
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| colspan="15" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green backgrounds are promotion places.
|}
=Eastern Counties 2 (1996–2000)=
The cancellation of National 5 South at the end of the 1995–96 season meant that Eastern Counties 2 reverted to being a tier 9 league. Promotion continued to Eastern Counties 1, while relegation was to Eastern Counties 3, which would split into two regional divisions - north and south - ahead of the 1997–98 season.
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! style="background:#efefef; width:80px;"|Season
! style="background:#efefef; width:50px;"|No of Teams
! style="background:#efefef; width:200px;"|Champions
! style="background:#efefef; width:200px;"|Runners–up
! style="background:#efefef; width:275px;"|Relegated Teams
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| 1996–97 || style="text-align: center;"| 13 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Hadleigh || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Bancroft{{efn|League restructuring meant that four clubs were promoted including Felixstowe and Westcliff.}} || Ravens
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| 1997–98 || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Met Police Chigwell || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Thetford || Loughton, Fakenham
|-
| 1998–99{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/1998-1999/group/9013|title=1998-19 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|access-date=30 January 2015|publisher=RFU}} || style="text-align: center;"| 9 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Billericay || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Old Cooperians || Southwold, Old Palmerians
|-
| 1999–00{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/1999-2000/group/9310|title=1999-20 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|access-date=30 January 2015|publisher=RFU}} || style="text-align: center;"| 9 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Wanstead || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Mersea Island || Harwich & Dovercourt
|-
| colspan="15" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green backgrounds are promotion places.
|}
=Eastern Counties 2: North / South (2000–2003)=
East Counties 2 was split into two regional divisions - north and south - and the introduction of London 4 North East ahead of the 2000–01 season meant the divisions dropped to become tier 10 leagues. Promotion was to Eastern Counties 1 and relegation to Eastern Counties 3 - north or south.
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! style="background:#efefef; width:80px;"|Season
! style="background:#efefef; width:50px;"|No of Teams
! style="background:#efefef; width:200px;"|Champions
! style="background:#efefef; width:200px;"|Runners–up
! style="background:#efefef; width:275px;"|Relegated Teams
! style="background:#efefef; width:150px;"|League Name
|- align=left
| rowspan=2|2000–01
{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2000-2001/group/9660|title=2000-01 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|access-date=30 January 2015|publisher=RFU}}{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2000-2001/group/9661|title=2000-01 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|access-date=30 January 2015|publisher=RFU}} || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Beccles || Ipswich Y.M. || Brightlingsea, Norwich Union, Southwold || East Counties 2 North
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| style="text-align: center;"| 9 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Stanford Le Hope || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Epping Upper Clapton || Old Cooperians || East Counties 2 South
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| rowspan=2|2001–02
{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2001-2002/group/9994|title=2001-02 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|access-date=30 January 2015|publisher=RFU}}{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2001-2002/group/9995|title=2001-02 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|access-date=30 January 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Colchester || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Stowmarket || Harwich & Dovercourt || East Counties 2 North
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| style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Wanstead || East London || May & Baker, Millwall || East Counties 2 South
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| rowspan=2|2002–03
{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2002-2003/group/10329|title=2002-03 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU |access-date=30 January 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2002-2003/group/10330|title=2002-03 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU |access-date=30 January 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Ipswich Y.M. || style="background:#d8ffeb;"|Southwold{{efn| 3rd and 4th place Thurston and Cantabrigian were also promoted.}} || No relegation || East Counties 2 North{{efn|This was the last season for East Counties 2 North due to restructuring of the Eastern Counties league as a new Essex league was introduced. Teams from East Counties 2 North would stay in the league and would move into either Eastern Counties 1 or Eastern Counties 2 for the next season depending on league position.}}
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| style="text-align: center;"| 10 || Westcliff{{efn|Westcliff transferred to Essex 1 for next season.}} || East London{{refn|East London transferred to Essex 1 for next season.}} || No relegation || East Counties 2 South{{efn|This was the last season for East Counties 2 South due to re-structuring of the Eastern Counties league. A new Essex league would be introduced for the next season with teams from East Counties 2 south joining either Essex 1 or Essex 2 for the next year depending on league position.}}
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| colspan="15" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green backgrounds are promotion places.
|}
=Eastern Counties 2 (2003–2009)=
Eastern Counties 2 re-merged into a single division ahead of the 2003–04 season, continuing to be a tier 10 league. Promotion continued to Eastern Counties 1 and after the cancellation of Eastern Counties 3 at the end of the 2003–04 season, there was no relegation.
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! style="background:#efefef; width:80px;"|Season
! style="background:#efefef; width:50px;"|No of Teams
! style="background:#efefef; width:200px;"|Champions
! style="background:#efefef; width:200px;"|Runners–up
! style="background:#efefef; width:275px;"|Relegated Teams
|- align=left
| 2003–04{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2003-2004/group/10689|title=2003-04 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU |access-date=30 January 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 8 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Crusaders || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Wisbech || No relegation
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| 2004–05{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2004-2005/group/11089|title=2004-05 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU |access-date=30 January 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 9 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Newmarket || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Fakenham || No relegation
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| 2005–06{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2005-2006/group/11445|title=2005-06 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU |access-date=30 January 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"|11 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Woodbridge || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Dereham || No relegation
|-
| 2006–07{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2006-2007/group/11799|title=2006-07 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU n|access-date=30 January 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 11 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Cantabrigian || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Ely || No relegation
|-
| 2007–08{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2007-2008/group/12207|title=2007-08 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU |access-date=30 January 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"|11 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Thetford || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Newmarket || No relegation
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| 2008–09{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2008-2009/group/12691|title=2008-09 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU |access-date=30 January 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Southwold || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Ely || No relegation
|-
| colspan="15" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green backgrounds are promotion places.
|}
=Eastern Counties 2 (2009–2014)=
Eastern Counties 2 remained a tier 10 league despite national restructuring by the RFU. Promotion continued to Eastern Counties 1 and there was no relegation.
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! style="background:#efefef; width:80px;"|Season
! style="background:#efefef; width:50px;"|No of Teams
! style="background:#efefef; width:200px;"|Champions
! style="background:#efefef; width:200px;"|Runners–up
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|- align=left
| 2009–10{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2009-2010/group/13644|title=2009-10 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU |access-date=30 January 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Harwich & Dovercourt || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Haverhill & District || No relegation
|-
| 2010–11{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2010-2011/group/14513|title=2010-11 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU |access-date=30 January 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Ipswich Y.M. || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Broadland - Great Yarmouth || No relegation
|-
| 2011–12{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2011-2012/group/15530|title=2011-12 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU |access-date=30 January 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 9 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Hadleigh || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Thurston || No relegation
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| 2012–13{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2012-2013/group/16231|title=2012-13 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU |access-date=30 January 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 9 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Swaffham || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Broadland - Great Yarmouth || No relegation
|-
| 2013–14{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2013-2014/group/17248|title=2013-14 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU |access-date=30 January 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Thetford || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Thurston || No relegation
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| colspan="15" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green backgrounds are promotion places.
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=Eastern Counties 2: North / South / West (2014–present)=
Eastern Counties 2 was once again restructured - this time into three regional divisions - north, south and west. It remained a tier 10 league with promotion to Eastern Counties 1 and the reintroduction of Eastern Counties 3 meant there was once again relegation to one of its regional divisions - north, south or west.
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! style="background:#efefef; width:80px;"|Season
! style="background:#efefef; width:50px;"|No of Teams
! style="background:#efefef; width:200px;"|Champions
! style="background:#efefef; width:200px;"|Runners–up
! style="background:#efefef; width:275px;"|Relegated Teams
! style="background:#efefef; width:175px;"|League Name
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| rowspan=3| 2014–15
{{cite web|url=http://www.ecrurugby.com/competitions-101/london--se-division-eastern-counties-greene-king-d-10106/|title=London & SE Division - 2014-15 Eastern Counties Greene King Division Two North|website=Pitchero|publisher=Eastern Counties Rugby Union|access-date=3 May 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Diss II || Broadland-Great Yarmouth || Watton || Eastern Counties 2 North
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| style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Colchester II || Harwich & Dovercourt || Brightlingsea || Eastern Counties 2 South
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| style="text-align: center;"| 10 || Cantabrigian II || Bury St Edmunds III || Sawston || Eastern Counties 2 North
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| rowspan=3 | 2015–16
{{cite web|url=http://www.ecrurugby.com/competitions-197/eastern-counties-greene-king-l-eastern-counties-greene-king-d-20336/|title=London & SE Division - 2015-16 Eastern Counties Greene King Division Two North|publisher= Eastern Counties Rugby Union|website=Pitchero|access-date=25 April 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ecrurugby.com/competitions-197/eastern-counties-greene-king-l-eastern-counties-greene-king-d-20337/|title=London & SE Division - 2015-16 Eastern Counties Greene King Division Two South|publisher= Eastern Counties Rugby Union|website=Pitchero|access-date=25 April 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ecrurugby.com/competitions-197/eastern-counties-greene-king-l-eastern-counties-greene-king-d-20338/|title=London & SE Division - 2015-16 Eastern Counties Greene King Division Two West|publisher= Eastern Counties Rugby Union|website=Pitchero|access-date=25 April 2016}} || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || Broadland - Great Yarmouth || Norwich Medics || Beccles II || Eastern Counties 2 North
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| style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Colchester III || Harwich & Dovercourt || Aldeburgh & Thorpeness || Eastern Counties 2 South
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| style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Bury St Edmunds III || Cantabrigian II || March Bears || Eastern Counties 2 West
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| rowspan=3| 2016–17
{{cite web|url=http://www.ecrurugby.com/competitions-228/eastern-counties-greene-king-l-eastern-counties-greene-king-l-27887/|title=London & SE Division - 2016-17 Eastern Counties Greene King Division Two North|publisher= Eastern Counties Rugby Union|website=Pitchero|access-date=22 April 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ecrurugby.com/competitions-228/eastern-counties-greene-king-l-eastern-counties-greene-king-l-27888/|title=London & SE Division - 2016-17 Eastern Counties Greene King Division Two South|publisher= Eastern Counties Rugby Union|website=Pitchero|access-date=22 April 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ecrurugby.com/competitions-228/eastern-counties-greene-king-l-eastern-counties-greene-king-l-27889/|title=London & SE Division - 2016-17 Eastern Counties Greene King Division Two West|publisher= Eastern Counties Rugby Union|website=Pitchero|access-date=22 April 2017}} || style="text-align: center;"| 10 ||style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Fakenham || Diss II || Dereham || Eastern Counties 2 North
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| style="text-align: center;"| 9 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Mersea Island || Ipswich II || Felixstowe || Eastern Counties 2 South
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| style="text-align: center;"| 9 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Cottenham Renegades || Shelford III || Ely II || Eastern Counties 2 West
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| rowspan=3| 2017–18
{{cite web|url=https://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/eastern-counties-greene-king-leagues/2017-2018/group/23525|title=Eastern Counties Greene King Division Two North 2017-18|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU |access-date=13 June 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/eastern-counties-greene-king-leagues/2017-2018/group/23518|title=Eastern Counties Greene King Division Two South 2017-18|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU |access-date=13 June 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/eastern-counties-greene-king-leagues/2017-2018/group/23526|title=Eastern Counties Greene King Division Two West 2017-18|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU |access-date=13 June 2019}} || style="text-align: center;"| 11 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Wymondham II || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Norwich II || Broadland - Great Yarmouth II || Eastern Counties 2 North
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| style="text-align: center;"| 9 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Halstead Templars || Colchester IV || Ipswich Y.M. II || Eastern Counties 2 South
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| style="text-align: center;"| 6 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| March Bears || St Ives II || No relegation || Eastern Counties 2 West
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| rowspan=3| 2018–19
{{cite web|url=https://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/eastern-counties-greene-king-leagues/2018-2019/group/26668|title=Eastern Counties Greene King Division Two North 2018-19|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU |access-date=13 June 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/eastern-counties-greene-king-leagues/2018-2019/group/26669|title=Eastern Counties Greene King Division Two South 2018-19|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU |access-date=13 June 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/eastern-counties-greene-king-leagues/2018-2019/group/26672|title=Eastern Counties Greene King Division Two West 2018-19|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU |access-date=13 June 2019}} || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Holt II || Watton || West Norfolk II || Eastern Counties 2 North
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| style="text-align: center;"| 9 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Stowmarket || Braintree II || Mersea Island II || Eastern Counties 2 South
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| style="text-align: center;"| 10 || Shelford IV{{efn|Champions Shelford IV cannot be promoted as Shelford III in Eastern Counties 1.}} || Haverhill & District || Sawston || Eastern Counties 2 West
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| rowspan=3| 2019–20 || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| || || || Eastern Counties 2 North
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| style="text-align: center;"| 9 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| || || || Eastern Counties 2 South
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| style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| || || || Eastern Counties 2 West
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| rowspan=3| 2020–21 || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| || || || Eastern Counties 2 North
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| style="text-align: center;"| 9 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| || || || Eastern Counties 2 South
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| style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| || || || Eastern Counties 2 West
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| colspan="15" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green backgrounds are promotion places.
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Promotion play-offs
From 2000 to 2002 there was a playoff between the runners-up of Eastern Counties 2 North and Eastern Counties 2 South for the third and final promotion place to Eastern Counties 1 with the team with the superior league record has home advantage in the tie. The promotion playoffs were discontinued when a single Eastern Counties 2 division was created for the 2002–03 season.
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| style="border:0;"|Eastern Counties 2 North v Eastern Counties 2 North promotion play-off results | style="width:20%; border:0;"| |
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! style="background:#efefef;"|Season
! style="background:#efefef"|Home team
! style="background:#efefef"|Score
! style="background:#efefef"|Away team
! style="background:#efefef"|Venue
! style="background:#efefef"|Attendance
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| 2000-01{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2000-2001/group/9666|title=London & SE Division Play-Offs 2000-01 |publisher=England Rugby |date=19 May 2001}} || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Epping Upper Clapton (S) || 21-15 || Ipswich Y.M. (N) || Upland Road, Thornwood, Essex ||
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| 2001-02{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2001-2002/group/10000|title=London & SE Division Play-Offs 2001-02 |publisher=England Rugby |date=27 April 2002}} || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Stowmarket (N) || 21-12 || East London (S) || Chilton Fields, Stowmarket, Suffolk ||
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| colspan="15" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green background is the promoted team. N = Eastern Counties 2 North and S = Eastern Counties 2 South
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Number of league titles
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- Cantabrigian (2){{efn|As a club Cantabrigian has won 3 titles - 2 by the 1st XV, 1 by the 2nd XV.}}
- Hadleigh (2)
- Ipswich Y.M. (2)
- Thetford (2)
- Wanstead (2)
- Basildon (1)
- Beccles (1)
- Billericay (1)
- Broadland - Great Yarmouth (1)
- Bury St Edmunds III (1)
- Campion (1)
- Cantabrigian II (1)
- Chelmsford (1)
- Colchester (1){{efn|As a club Colchester has won 3 titles - 1 each by the 1st XV, 2nd XV and 3rd XV.}}
- Colchester II (1)
- Colchester III (1)
- Cottenham Renegades (1)
- Crusaders (1)
- Diss (1){{efn|As a club Diss has won 2 titles - 1 by the 1st XV, the other by the 2nd XV.}}
- Diss II (1)
- Fakenham (1)
- Halstead Templars (1)
- Harwich & Dovercourt (1)
- Holt II (1)
- Ilford Wanderers (1)
- Maldon (1)
- March Bears (1)
- Mersea Island (1)
- Met Police Chigwell (1)
- Newmarket (1)
- Old Edwardians (1)
- Shelford IV (1)
- Southwold (1)
- Stanford Le Hope (1)
- Stowmarket (1)
- Swaffham (1)
- Westcliff (1)
- Woodbridge (1)
- Wymondham (1){{efn|As a club Wymondham has won 2 titles - 1 by the 1st XV, the other by the 2nd XV.}}
- Wymondham II (1)
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See also
Notes
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References
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