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Counties 2 Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire 2 is an English rugby union league at the eighth tier of the domestic competition for teams from Yorkshire. Club rugby in Yorkshire operates without promotion play-offs meaning that the top two teams are automatically promoted to Counties 1 Yorkshire and the bottom two teams are relegated to Counties 3 Yorkshire. Each season a team from Yorkshire 2 is picked to take part in the RFU Senior Vase - a national competition for clubs at level 8.




Participating clubs 2024-25






Participating clubs 2023–24






Participating clubs 2022–23


This was the first season following the RFU Adult Competition Review. The league was substantially similar to Yorkshire 2 with teams ranked 4th to 12th returning (1st to 3rd were 'promoted' to Counties 1 Yorkshire and the bottom two 'relegated' to Counties 3 Yorkshire) and supplemented by top 3 from Yorkshire 3 and so with five departing but only three arriving the league was reduced from 14 teams to 12.




Participating clubs 2021–22


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.




Season 2020–21


On 30 October 2020 the RFU announced that due to the coronavirus pandemic a decision had been taken to cancel Adult Competitive Leagues (National League 1 and below) for the 2020/21 season meaning Yorkshire 2 was not contested.




Participating clubs 2019–20






Participating clubs 2018–19






Participating clubs 2017–18






Participating clubs 2016–17


Barnsley
Leodiensian
Moortown
Old Crossleyans (relegated from Yorkshire 1)
Old Grovians
Old Rishworthians
Pontefract
Ripon
Roundhegians
Sheffield Medicals
Thornensians (promoted from Yorkshire 3)
Wath-upon-Dearne
West Park Leeds (relegated from Yorkshire 1)
Wetherby (promoted from Yorkshire 3)




Participating clubs 2015–16


Barnsley
Castleford (promoted from Yorkshire 3)
Keighley
Knottingley
Leodiensian
Moortown
Old Grovians (promoted from Yorkshire 3)
Old Rishworthians
Pontefract (relegated from Yorkshire 1)
Ripon
Roundhegians
Sheffield Medicals
Wath-upon-Dearne (relegated from Yorkshire 1)
West Leeds




Participating clubs 2014–15


Barnsley
Bradford Salem
Goole (promoted from Yorkshire 3)
Keighley (relegated from Yorkshire 1)
Knottingley
Leeds Medics and Dentists (promoted from Yorkshire 3)
Leodiensian
Moortown
Old Rishworthians
Ripon
Roundhegians
Sheffield Medicals
West Leeds
West Park Leeds




Participating clubs 2013–14


Baildon (promoted from Yorkshire 3)
Barnsley (relegated from Yorkshire 1)
Bradford Salem
Hullensians
Knottingley
Leodiensian
Moortown
Old Rishworthians (promoted from Yorkshire 3)
Ripon
Roundhegians
Sheffield Medicals
West Leeds
West Park Leeds
Yarnbury




Participating clubs 2012–13


Bradford Salem
Castleford
Doncaster Phoenix
Hullensians
Leodiensian
Moortown
Ripon
Roundhegians
Selby
Sheffield Medicals
Skipton
West Leeds
West Park Leeds
Yarnbury




Original teams


When league rugby began in 1987 this division contained the following teams:

Doncaster
Huddersfield Y.M.C.A.
Ilkley
Ionians
Leodiensian
Malton & Norton
North Ribblesdale
Old Otliensians
Sheffield Tigers
Wath upon Dearne
Wheatley Hills




Yorkshire 2 honours






= Yorkshire 2 (1987–1993)

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The original Yorkshire 2 was a tier 10 league with promotion up to Yorkshire 1 and relegation down to Yorkshire 3.




= Yorkshire 2 (1993–2000)

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The creation of National 5 North for the 1993–94 season meant that Yorkshire 2 dropped to become a tier 11 league. A further restructure at the end of the 1995–96 season, which included the cancellation of National 5 North and the addition of North East 3 at tier 9, saw Yorkshire 2 remain at tier 11.




= Yorkshire 2 (2000–present)

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Northern league restructuring by the RFU at the end of the 1999–2000 season saw the cancellation of North East 1, North East 2 and North East 3 (tiers 7–9). This meant that Yorkshire 2 became a tier 8 league.




Number of league titles






See also


Yorkshire RFU
English rugby union system
Rugby union in England




Notes






References

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• Yorkshire Barat
• County seremonial di Inggris
• BBC Local Radio
• Sistem liga sepak bola di Inggris
• Inggris Utara
• The Damned United
• Hodge Beck
• Kingston upon Hull
• Samantha Lewthwaite
• Babi
• Counties 2 Yorkshire
• Yorkshire
• Counties 1 Yorkshire
• Counties 4 Yorkshire
• Counties 3 Yorkshire
• Counties of England
• Metropolitan county
• Yorkshire County Cricket Club
• South Yorkshire
• Regional 2 North East