Staffordshire/Warwickshire 2

Staffordshire/Warwickshire 2 was a tier 11 English Rugby Union league with teams from Staffordshire and Warwickshire taking part. Promoted teams moved up to Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1 and relegated teams dropped to Staffordshire/Warwickshire 3. Restructuring of the Staffordshire/Warwickshire leagues at the end of the 1995–96 season meant that the division was cancelled and all teams transferred into Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1[lower-alpha 1].

Staffordshire/Warwickshire 2
Current season or competition:
1995–96 Staffordshire/Warwickshire 2
SportRugby union
Instituted1992 (1992)
Ceased1996 (1996)
Number of teams13
Country England
HoldersBerkswell & Balsall (1st title) (1995–96)
(promoted to Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1)
Most titlesMultiple teams (1 title)

Original teams

When this division was introduced in 1992 as part of a merger of the Staffordshire and Warwickshire leagues, it contained the following teams:

Staffordshire/Warwickshire 2 honours

Staffordshire/Warwickshire 2 (1992–1993)

The original Staffordshire/Warwickshire 2 was a tier 10 league. Promotion was to Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1 and relegation to Staffordshire/Warwickshire 3.

Staffordshire/Warwickshire 2
Season No of teams Champions Runners–up Relegated teams Reference
1992–9313Stoke Old BoysSouthhamRugeley, Rubery Owen[2]
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Staffordshire/Warwickshire 2 (1993–1996)

The top six teams from Midlands 1 and the top six from North 1 were combined to create National 5 North, meaning that Staffordshire/Warwickshire 2 dropped to become a tier 11 league. Promotion continued to Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1 and relegation to Staffordshire/Warwickshire 3. The division was cancelled at the end of the 1995–96 season and all teams transferred up into Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1.

Staffordshire/Warwickshire 2
Season No of teams Champions Runners–up Relegated teams Reference
1993–9413AtherstoneRugby St AndrewsOld Oaks[3]
1994–9513SilhilliansCoventriansHarbury, Warwickshire Police, Linley & Kidsgrove[4]
1995–9613Berkswell & BalsallEarlsdon[lower-alpha 5]No relegation[lower-alpha 6][5]
Green backgrounds are the promotion places.

Number of league titles
  • Atherstone (1)
  • Berkswell & Balsall (1)
  • Silhillians (1)
  • Stoke Old Boys (1)

Notes
  1. After the 1995–06 season all Staffordshire/Warwickshire leagues below Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1 would be cancelled and split back into regional leagues; Staffordshire and Warwickshire.
  2. Old Oaks would later merge with Rubery Owen and Wulfrun in 1998 to form Essington RUFC.[1]
  3. Rubery Owen would later merge with Old Oaks and Wulfrun in 1998 to form Essington RUFC.[1]
  4. Old Boys side of Stoke Park School in Coventry.
  5. Restructuring meant that all teams would be promoted up into Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1.
  6. Restructuring meant there was no relegation.

See also

References
  1. "Club History". Essington RUFC. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  2. Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1993). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1993-94. Headline. pp. 164–167. ISBN 0-7472-7891-1.
  3. Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1994). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1993-94. Headline. pp. 164–167. ISBN 0-7472-7891-1.
  4. Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1995). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1994-95. Headline. pp. 176–179. ISBN 0-7472-7850-4.
  5. Cleary, Mick; Griffiths, John (1996). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1995-96. Headline. pp. 192–195. ISBN 0-7472-7816-4.
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