Midlands 2 West (South)

Midlands 2 West (South)
Current season or competition::
2016–17 Midlands 2 West (South)
Sport Rugby union
Number of teams 12
Country  England
Holders Rugby Lions (1st title) (2016–17)
(promoted to Midlands 1 West)
Most titles Leamington (2 titles)
Website England RFU

Midlands 2 West (South) is a level seven English rugby union league and level two of the Midlands League, made up of teams from the southern part of the West Midlands region including Herefordshire, parts of Birmingham and the West Midlands, Warwickshire and Worcestershire, with home and away matches played throughout the season.

The division was formed for the 2000–01 when the old Midlands 3 West was split into two regional divisions called Midlands 3 West (North) and Midlands 3 West (South) and gained its current title for the 2009–10 season due to further restructuring of the Midlands Leagues. Promoted teams usually move up to Midlands 1 West with the league champions going up automatically and the runner-up in a play-off against the runner-up from Midlands 2 West (North) for the third promotion place. Relegated teams usually drop to Midlands 3 West (South).

2016–17

Participating teams

2015–16

Participating teams

2014–15

Participating teams

2013–14

Participating teams

2012–13

Participating teams

2011–12

Participating teams

2008–09

Participating teams

Midlands 2 West (South) honours

Midlands 2 West (South) honours
Season No of Teams Champions Runners–up Relegated tams League name
1998–99[1] 17 Malvern Selly Oak Ludlow, Willenhall, Leek Midlands 3 West[n 1]
1999–00[2] 17 Selly Oak Shrewsbury No relegation[n 2] Midlands 3 West
2000–01[3] 9 Stratford Upon Avon Leamington Kings Norton Midlands 3 West (South)
2001–02[4] 10 Leamington Bedworth No relegation Midlands 3 West (South)
2002–-03[5] 10 Nuneaton Old Edwardians Old Coventrians Evesham, Birmingham Exiles Midlands 3 West (South)
2003–-04[6] 12 Old Coventrians Leamington Southam, Keresley Midlands 3 West (South)
2004–-05[7] 12 Barkers Butts Pershore Shipston on Stour, Droitwich Midlands 3 West (South)
2005–06[8] 12 Solihull Hereford Keresley, Old Leamingtonians Midlands 3 West (South)
2006–07[9] 12 Hereford Stratford Upon Avon Old Coventrians, Ledbury Midlands 3 West (South)
2007–08[10] 12 Sutton Coldfield Droitwich Edwardians, Bedworth, Stourbridge Lions Midlands 3 West (South)
2008–09[11] 12 Leamington Nuneaton Old Edwardians No relegation Midlands 3 West (South)[n 3]
2009–10[12] 12 Worcester Wanderers Old Laurentians Newbold on Avon, Old Coventrians Midlands 2 West (South)
2010–11[13] 12 Dunlop Bedworth Earlsdon, Old Coventrians Midlands 2 West (South)
2011–12[14] 12 Barkers Butts Berkswell & Balsall Cheltenham North, Pershore Midlands 2 West (South)
2012-13[15] 12 Kenilworth Old Laurentians Upton-on-Severn, Shipston on Stour Midlands 2 West (South)
2013–-14[16] 12 Earlsdon Banbury Bedworth, Dunlop Midlands 2 West (South)
2014–15[17] 12 Newbold-on-Avon Old Laurentians Old Leamingtonians, Old Coventrians Midlands 2 West (South)
2015–16[18] 12 Banbury Earlsdon Droitwich, Bedworth Midlands 2 West (South)
2016–17[19] 12 Rugby Lions Silhillians Dunlop, Nuneaton Old Edwardians Midlands 2 West (South)
2017–18 12
Green backgrounds are promotion places.
  1. ↑ Mistakenly referred to as Midlands 3 East (South) on RFU website.
  2. ↑ There was no relegation due to restructuring of the Midlands league with teams instead being transferred to the new look Midlands 3 West (North) or Midlands 3 West (South) for the following season.
  3. ↑ Last season as Midlands 3 West (South). Would be renamed Midlands 2 West (South) for the following season.

Promotion play-offs

Since the 2000–01 season there has been a play-off between the runners-up of Midlands 2 West (North) and Midlands 2 West (South) for the third and final promotion place to Midlands 1 West (asides from 2008-09 which was played between the runners up of Midlands 2 West (South) and Midlands 2 East (North) due to RFU restructuring). The team with the superior league record has home advantage in the tie. At the end of the 2016–17 season both the Midlands 2 West (North) and Midlands 2 West (South) teams have eight wins apiece; and the home team has won promotion on nine occasions compared to the away teams seven.

Midlands 2 West (North) v Midlands 2 West (South) promotion play-off results
Season Home team Score Away team Venue Attendance
2000–01[20] Stafford (N) 32-10 Leamington (S) The County Ground, Stafford, Staffordshire
2001–02[21] Bedworth (S) 10-6 Aston Old Edwardians (N) Smarts Road, Bedworth, Warwickshire
2002-03[22] Old Coventrians (S) 15-17 Stoke on Trent (N) Till Hill Lane, Coventry, Warwickshire
2003-04[23] Sutton Coldfield (N) 3-37 Leamington (S) Roger Smoldon Ground, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
2004-05[24] Newport (Salop) (N) 25-12 Pershore (S) The Old Showground, Newport, Shropshire
2005–06[25] Bridgnorth (N) 17-14 Hereford (S) Edgar Davis Ground, Bridgnorth, Shropshire
2006–07[26] Sutton Coldfield (N) 11-18 Stratford-upon-Avon (S) Roger Smoldon Ground, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
2007–08[27] Droitwich (S) 3-18 Stoke on Trent (N) The Glyn Mitchell Memorial Ground, Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire
2008–09 Promotion playoffs different for this season only.[b 1]
2009–10[28] Old Saltleians (N) 12-14 Old Laurentians (S) Watton Lane, Water Orton, Warwickshire
2010–11[29] Bedworth (S) 15-6 Old Saltleians (N) Smarts Road, Bedworth, Warwickshire
2011–12[30] Old Saltleians (N) 3-27 Berkswell & Balsall (S) Watton Lane, Water Orton, Warwickshire
2012–13[31] Old Laurentians (S) 16-6 Selly Oak (S) Fenley Field, Rugby, Warwickshire
2013–14[32] Crewe & Nantwich (N) 18-13 Banbury (S) Newcastle Road, Nantwich, Cheshire 500
2014–15[33] Old Laurentians (S) 32-23 Old Saltleians (N) Fenley Field, Rugby, Warwickshire 500
2015–16[34] Earlsdon (S) 5-20 Wolverhampton (N) Mitchell Avenue, Canley, Coventry, West Midlands
2016–17[35] Camp Hill (N) 53-0 Silhillians Haslucks Green Road, Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands
2017–18
Green background is the promoted team. N = Midlands 2 West (North) (formerly Midlands 3 West (North)) and S = Midlands 2 West (South) (formerly Midlands 3 West (South))
  1. ↑ The 2008-09 promotion playoffs were different as the RFU was reorganizing the leagues across the country including the Midlands division. Usually the winners of each of the four regional divisions would go up automatically along with two of the runners up who won their respective playoffs, meaning 6 teams were promoted. This year one extra was required to be promoted so the top two runners up by league points - Bourneville (40) and Stewarts & Lloyds (40) went up - leaving the other two runners up - Nuneaton Old Edwardians (34) and Spalding (38) - to compete for the final promotion spot.[11]

2008-09 promotion play-offs

As mentioned above the 2008-09 promotion playoffs in Midlands 3 were different due to RFU restructuring for the following season. The two runners up with the worst league records in the four regional divisions at this level would have to face each other for the final promotion spot, with the team with the superior league record having home advantage.

Midlands 2 West (South) v Midlands 2 East (North) promotion play-off results
Season Home team Score Away team Venue Attendance
2008–09[36] Spalding (N) 12-14 Nuneaton Old Edwardians (S) Memorial Field, Spalding, Lincolnshire
Green background is the promoted team. S = Midlands 2 West (South) (formerly Midlands 3 West (South)) and N = Midlands 2 East (North) (formerly Midlands 3 West (North))

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1998-1999 Midlands Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "1999-2000 Midlands Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "2000-2001 Midlands Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "2001-2002 Midlands Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "2002-2003 Midlands Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "2003-2004 Midlands Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "2004-2005 Midlands Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "2005-2006 Midlands Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "2006-2007 Midlands Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "2007-2008 Midlands Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  11. 1 2 "2008-2009 Midlands Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  12. ↑ "2009-2010 Midlands Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  13. ↑ "2010-2011 Midlands Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  14. ↑ "2011-2012 Midlands Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  15. ↑ "2012-2013 Midlands Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  16. ↑ "2013-2014 Midlands Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  17. ↑ "2014-2015 Midlands Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  18. ↑ "2015-2016 Midlands Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  19. ↑ "2016-2017 Midlands Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  20. ↑ "Midlands Division Play-Offs 2000-01". England Rugby. 19 May 2001.
  21. ↑ "Midlands Division Play-Offs 2001-02". England Rugby. 27 April 2002.
  22. ↑ "Midlands Division Play-Offs 2002-03". England Rugby. 26 April 2003.
  23. ↑ "Midlands Division Play-Offs 2003-04". England Rugby. 24 April 2004.
  24. ↑ "Midlands Division Play-Offs 2004-05". England Rugby. 30 April 2005.
  25. ↑ "Midlands Division Play-Offs 2005-06". England Rugby. 29 April 2006.
  26. ↑ "Midlands Division Play-Offs 2006-07". England Rugby. 28 April 2007.
  27. ↑ "Midlands Division Play-Offs 2008-09". England Rugby. 26 April 2008.
  28. ↑ "Midlands Division Play-Offs 2009-10". England Rugby. 1 May 2010.
  29. ↑ "Midlands Division Play-Offs 2009-10". England Rugby. 30 April 2011.
  30. ↑ "Brilliant Berkswell win promotion play off against Old Saltelians". Solihull News. 4 May 2012.
  31. ↑ "Play Off Match Report: Old Laurentians 16-6 Moseley Oak". Moseley Supporters Board. 30 April 2013.
  32. ↑ "Crewe 18 Banbury 13". Crewe RUFC. 26 April 2014.
  33. ↑ "RUGBY: Old Laurentians’ play-off win - ACTION PICTURES". Rugby Advertiser. 30 April 2015.
  34. ↑ "Earlsdon RFC miss swift return to Midlands West One with Wolverhampton RFC defeat". Coventry Telegraph. 4 May 2016.
  35. ↑ "Celebrations for Camp Hill as local win confirms League One promotion". Solihull Observer. 4 May 2017.
  36. ↑ "Nuneaton Old Edwardians clinch rugby promotion". England Rugby. 29 April 2009.


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