2021–22 National League 2 North

The 2021–22 National League 2 North is the twelfth season (34th overall) of the fourth tier (north) of the English domestic rugby union competitions since the professionalised format of the second division was introduced.

2021–22 National League 2 North
Countries England
Date4 September 2021 – 30 April 2022
Matches played105
Attendance33,589
(average 320 per match)
Highest attendance671 – Stourbridge v Sedgley Park, 13 November 2021
Lowest attendance50 – Harrogate v Rotherham Titans, 11 December 2021
Tries scored737
(average 7 per match)
Top point scorer136 – Gregory Smith (Fylde)
Top try scorer16 – Tom Carleton (Fylde)[1]

Structure

The league consists of sixteen teams with all the teams playing each other on a home and away basis to make a total of thirty matches each. There is one automatic promotion place, one play-off place and three relegation places. The champions are promoted to the National League 1 and the runner-up play the second-placed team in the 2021–22 National League 2 South, with the winner also being promoted. The last three teams are relegated to either North Premier or Midlands Premier depending on the geographical location of the team (in some cases teams may join the southern regional leagues).

The results of the matches contribute points to the league as follows:

  • 4 points are awarded for a win
  • 2 points are awarded for a draw
  • 0 points are awarded for a loss, however
  • 1 losing (bonus) point is awarded to a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer
  • 1 additional (bonus) point is awarded to a team scoring 4 tries or more in a match.

Participating teams and locations

Eleven of the teams listed below participated in the 2019–20 National League 2 North season. The 2019–20 champions, Caldy, were promoted to the 2021–22 National League 1, replacing Rotherham Titans and Hull Ionians who were relegated from the 2019–20 National League 1. The three teams relegated from National League 2 North the previous season were Otley and Preston Grasshoppers (both North Premier) and Scunthorpe (Midlands Premier). The promoted teams were Bournville (champions of Midlands Premier), while Blaydon and Harrogate come up as champions and runner-up of North Premier. In order to address an imbalance of teams, Hinckley have been level transferred to the 2021–22 National League 2 South as the most appropriate located team in terms of access to the southern sides.

League table

2021–22 National League 2 North Table
Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1Sedgley Park14111251124426710258
2Rotherham Titans1211104272052229055
3Stourbridge12110142724518210155
4Hull1311023371521858254
5Fylde1410044892632267148
6Hull Ionians13715371295766339
7Loughborough Students14608322432−1106333
8Chester13607296340−445029
9Sheffield Tigers13607287307−201328
10Tynedale13508287366−795328
11Bournville13409349416−675526
12Wharfedale14518242394−1522024
13Luctonians13409191297−1062321
14Huddersfield133010250355−1053419
15Harrogate132011207442−2353112
16Blaydon131012231471−240228
  • 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
Green background is the promotion place. Blue background is the play-off place. Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 11 December 2021
Source: "National League 2 North". NCA Rugby.
Notes

    Fixtures & results

    Fixtures for the season were announced by the RFU on 4 May 2021.[2]

    Round 1

    4 September 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Blaydon 23 – 27 Loughborough Students
    Crow Trees
    Attendance: 248
    Referee: Michael Harris
    4 September 2021
    15:00
    Chester 14 – 29 Hull Ionians (1 BP)
    Brantingham Park
    Attendance: 670
    Referee: Dan Jones
    4 September 2021
    15:00
    Harrogate 21 – 51 Sedgley Park (1 BP)
    Rudding Lane
    Attendance: 250
    Referee: Callum Watson
    4 September 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Huddersfield 19 – 24 Bournville
    Lockwood Park
    Attendance: 274
    Referee: Daniel Woods
    4 September 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Hull 27 – 8 Luctonians
    Ferens Ground
    Attendance: 254
    Referee: Owen Taylor
    4 September 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Rotherham Titans 35 – 5 Wharfedale
    Clifton Lane
    Attendance: 531
    Referee: Carl Adams
    4 September 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Stourbridge 31 – 27 Sheffield Tigers (1 BP)
    Stourton Park
    Attendance: 542
    Referee: Dan Parrott
    4 September 2021
    15:00
    Tynedale 24 – 48 Fylde (1 BP)
    Tynedale Park
    Attendance: 400
    Referee: Elliot Lewis

    [3]


    Round 2

    11 September 2021
    14:30
    Sedgley Park 22 – 22 Rotherham Titans
    Park Lane
    Attendance: 300
    Referee: Aaron Harris
    11 September 2021
    15:00
    Blaydon 11 – 29 Huddersfield (1 BP)
    Crow Trees
    Attendance: 232
    Referee: Ben Rayner
    11 September 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Bournville 47 – 20 Harrogate
    Avery Fields
    Attendance: 285
    Referee: Peter Caunt
    11 September 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Fylde 29 – 17 Loughborough Students
    Woodlands Memorial Ground
    Attendance: 225
    Referee: James O'Brien
    11 September 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Hull Ionians 50 – 14 Tynedale
    Brantingham Park
    Attendance: 198
    Referee: Llyr ApGeraint Roberts
    11 September 2021
    15:00
    Luctonians P – P [lower-alpha 1][4] Chester
    Mortimer Park
    11 September 2021
    15:00
    Sheffield Tigers 23 – 15 Wharfedale
    Dore Moor
    Attendance: 276
    Referee: Daniel Woods
    11 September 2021
    15:00
    Stourbridge 19 – 17 Hull (1 BP)
    Stourton Park
    Attendance: 305
    Referee: Elliott Lewis

    [5]


    Round 3

    18 September 2021
    13:00
    (1 BP) Loughborough Students 29 – 24 Hull Ionians (1 BP)
    Loughborough University Stadium
    Attendance: 238
    Referee: Dan Parrot
    18 September 2021
    14:00
    (1 BP) Hull 29 – 0 Sheffield Tigers
    Ferens Ground
    Attendance: 400
    Referee: Dave Charlton
    18 September 2021
    14:00
    (1 BP) Rotherham Titans 48 – 46 Bournville (2 BP)
    Clifton Lane
    Attendance: 587
    Referee: Lloyd Hayes
    18 September 2021
    15:00
    Chester 27 – 36 Stourbridge (1 BP)
    Hare Lane
    Attendance: 350
    Referee: Elliot Lewis
    18 September 2021
    15:00
    Harrogate 17 – 12 Blaydon (1 BP)
    Rudding Lane
    Attendance: 150
    Referee: Peter Conor
    18 September 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Huddersfield 15 – 22 Fylde
    Lockwood Park
    Attendance: 262
    Referee: Matthew Riley
    18 September 2021
    15:00
    Tynedale 18 – 10 Luctonians
    Tynedale Park
    Attendance: 425
    Referee: James Ellis
    18 September 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Wharfedale 26 – 43 Sedgley Park (1 BP)
    The Avenue
    Attendance: 475
    Referee: Michael Harris

    [6]

    Round 4

    25 September 2021
    Blaydon 17 – 49 Rotherham Titans (1 BP)
    Crow Trees
    Attendance: 262
    Referee: Michael Harris
    25 September 2021
    (1 BP) Bournville 66 – 13 Wharfedale
    Avery Fields
    Attendance: 300
    Referee: Elliott Lewis
    25 September 2021
    (1 BP) Fylde 80 – 26 Harrogate (1 BP)
    Woodlands Memorial Ground
    Attendance: 390
    Referee: Tim Allatt
    25 September 2021
    (1 BP) Hull 31 – 10 Chester
    Ferens Ground
    Attendance: 275
    Referee: Llyr Apgeraint-Roberts
    25 September 2021
    (1 BP) Hull Ionians 31 – 17 Huddersfield
    Brantingham Park
    Attendance: 217
    Referee: Carl Adams
    25 September 2021
    (1 BP) Luctonians 22 – 28 Loughborough Students (1 BP)
    Mortimer Park
    Attendance: 550
    Referee: Dan Jones
    25 September 2021
    Sheffield Tigers 16 – 32 Sedgley Park (1 BP)
    Dore Moor
    Attendance: 284
    Referee: Ben Davis
    25 September 2021
    (1 BP) Stourbridge 30 – 5 Tynedale
    Stourton Park
    Attendance: 305
    Referee: Peter Caunt

    [7]


    Round 5

    2 October 2021
    14:00
    Loughborough Students P – P Stourbridge
    Loughborough University Stadium
    2 October 2021
    14:00
    Rotherham Titans 28 – 13 Fylde
    Clifton Lane
    Attendance: 517
    Referee: Owen Taylor
    2 October 2021
    14:30
    Sedgley Park 20 – 6 Bournville
    Park Lane
    Attendance: 250
    Referee: Llyr ApGeraint-Roberts
    2 October 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Chester 35 – 24 Sheffield Tigers
    Hare Lane
    Attendance: 250
    Referee: Iain Kly
    2 October 2021
    15:00
    Harrogate 13 – 36 Hull Ionians (1 BP)
    Rudding Lane
    Attendance: 350
    Referee: Ben Davis
    2 October 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Huddersfield 10 – 12 Luctonians
    Lockwood Park
    Attendance: 248
    Referee: Nathan Howarth
    2 October 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Tynedale 11 – 17 Hull
    Tynedale Park
    Attendance: 260
    Referee: Michael Harris
    2 October 2021
    15:00
    Wharfedale 23 – 8 Blaydon
    The Avenue
    Attendance: 420
    Referee: George Richardson

    [8]


    Round 6

    9 October 2021
    15:00
    Blaydon 16 – 66 Sedgley Park (1 BP)
    Crow Trees
    Attendance: 173
    Referee: Elliott Lewis
    9 October 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Chester 32 – 31 Tynedale (2 BP)
    Hare Lane
    Attendance: 300
    Referee: Veryan Boscawen
    9 October 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Fylde 48 – 18 Wharfedale
    Woodlands Memorial Ground
    Attendance: 520
    Referee: James O'Brien
    9 October 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Hull 26 – 19 Loughborough Students (1 BP)
    Ferens Ground
    Attendance: 250
    Referee: Owen Taylor-Thorne
    9 October 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Hull Ionians 24 – 27 Rotherham Titans (1 BP)
    Brantingham Park
    Attendance: 425
    Referee: Peter Caunt
    9 October 2021
    15:00
    Luctonians P – P Harrogate
    Mortimer Park
    9 October 2021
    15:00
    Sheffield Tigers 19 – 17 Bournville (1 BP)
    Dore More
    Attendance: 273
    Referee: Daniel Woods
    9 October 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Stourbridge 61 – 22 Huddersfield (1 BP)
    Stourton Park
    Attendance: 345
    Referee: George Richardson

    [9]


    Round 7

    16 October 2021
    14:00
    (1 BP) Loughborough Students 42 – 28 Chester (1 BP)
    Loughborough University Stadium
    Attendance: 329
    Referee: Carl Adams
    16 October 2021
    14:00
    (1 BP) Rotherham Titans 37 – 22 Luctonians
    Clifton Lane
    Attendance: 594
    Referee: Daniel Woods
    16 October 2021
    14:30
    (1 BP) Sedgley Park 37 – 22 Fylde
    Park Lane
    Attendance: 300
    Referee: Llyr ApGeraint-Roberts
    16 October 2021
    15:00
    (2 BP) Bournville 26 – 27 Blaydon (1 BP)
    Avery Fields
    Attendance: 310
    Referee: Andy Wigley
    16 October 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Harrogate 22 – 46 Stourbridge (1 BP)
    Rudding Lane
    Attendance: 250
    Referee: Owen Taylor
    16 October 2021
    15:00
    Huddersfield 7 – 27 Hull (1 BP)
    Lockwood Park
    Attendance: 239
    Referee: Alistair Thompson
    16 October 2021
    15:00
    Tynedale P – P Sheffield Tigers
    Tynedale Park
    16 October 2021
    15:00
    Wharfedale 14 – 14 Hull Ionians
    The Avenue
    Attendance: 365
    Referee: Ben Davis

    [10]


    Round 8

    23 October 2021
    14:00
    (1 BP) Hull 25 – 0 Harrogate
    Ferens Ground
    Attendance: 213
    Referee: Dan Woods
    23 October 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Chester 54 – 24 Huddersfield
    Hare Lane
    Attendance: 350
    Referee: George Richardson
    23 October 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Fylde 73 – 7 Bourneville
    Woodlands Memorial Ground
    Attendance: 457
    Referee: Ben Davis
    23 October 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Hull Ionians 21 – 28 Sedgley Park
    Brantingham Park
    Attendance: 500
    Referee: Richard Gordon
    23 October 2021
    15:00
    (2 BP) Luctonians 26 – 32 Wharfedale (1 BP)
    Mortimer Park
    Attendance: 427
    Referee: David Philpot
    23 October 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Sheffield Tigers 34 – 12 Blaydon
    Dore Moor
    Attendance: 242
    Referee: Callum Watson
    23 October 2021
    15:00
    Stourbridge P – P Rotherham Titans
    Stourton Park
    23 October 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Tynedale 36 – 19 Loughborough Students
    Tynedale Park
    Attendance: 300
    Referee: Nathan Howarth

    [11]


    Round 9

    30 October 2021
    14:00
    (2 BP) Loughborough Students 31 – 33 Sheffield Tigers
    East Park
    Attendance: 315
    Referee: Dan Rowlands
    30 October 2021
    14:00
    Rotherham Titans 20 – 15 Hull (1 BP)
    Clifton Lane
    Attendance: 544
    Referee: Llyr ApGerainte-Roberts
    30 October 2021
    14:30
    (1 BP) Sedgley Park 38 – 7 Luctonians
    Park Lane
    Attendance: 400
    Referee: Owen Taylor
    30 October 2021
    15:00
    Blaydon 20 – 40 Fylde (1 BP)
    Crowtrees
    Attendance: 135
    Referee: Michael Harrisw
    30 October 2021
    15:00
    (2 BP) Bourneville 43 – 46 Hull Ionians (1 BP)
    Avery Fields
    Attendance: 350
    Referee: Benjamin Davis
    30 October 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Harrogate 11 – 14 Chester
    Rudding Lane
    Attendance: 100
    Referee: Ben Rayner
    30 October 2021
    15:00
    Huddersfield P – P[lower-alpha 2][12] Tynedale
    Lockwood Park
    30 October 2021
    15:00
    Wharfdale 20 – 30 Stourbridge (1 BP)
    The Avenue
    Attendance: 415
    Referee: Nikki O'Donnell

    [13]


    Rounds 2, 5 & 7 (rescheduled games)

    6 November 2021
    14:00
    (1 BP) Tynedale 24 – 18 Sheffield Tigers (1 BP)
    Tynedale Park
    Attendance: 380
    Referee: Nikki O'Donnell
    6 November 2021
    14:15
    (1 BP) Luctonians 7 – 11 Chester
    Mortimer Park
    Attendance: 327
    Referee: Peter Cant

    [4]

    6 November 2021
    16:00
    Loughborough Students 22 – 38 Stourbridge (1 BP)
    Loughborough University Stadium
    Attendance: 278
    Referee: Callum Watson

    [14]


    Round 10

    13 November 2021
    14:00
    (1 BP) Hull 41 – 8 Wharfedale
    Ferens Ground
    Attendance: 270
    Referee: Ben Davis
    13 November 2021
    14:00
    (1 BP) Hull Ionians 51 – 19 Blaydon
    Brantingham Park
    Attendance: 185
    Referee: Matthew Riley
    13 November 2021
    14:00
    (1 BP) Loughborough Students 33 – 29 Huddersfield (1 BP)
    Loughborough University Stadium
    Attendance: 213
    Referee: Michael Lamb
    13 November 2021
    14:00
    Sheffield Tigers 12 – 43 Fylde (1 BP)
    Dore Moor
    Attendance: 256
    Referee: Peter Caunt
    13 November 2021
    14:00
    (2 BP) Tynedale 31 – 38 Harrogate (1 BP)
    Tyndale Park
    Attendance: 375
    Referee: Daniel Woods
    13 November 2021
    14:15
    Luctonians 17 – 11 Bournville (1 BP)
    Mortimer Park
    Attendance: 425
    Referee: Dan Jones
    13 November 2021
    15:00
    Chester P – P Rotherham Titans
    Hare Lane
    13 November 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Stourbridge 32 – 31 Sedgley Park (2 BP)
    Stourton Park
    Attendance: 671
    Referee: Dan Rowlands

    [15]


    Round 11

    20 November 2021
    14:00
    (1 BP) Blaydon 26 – 38 Luctonians (1 BP)
    Crow Trees
    Attendance: 155
    Referee: Ben Rayner
    20 November 2021
    14:00
    Harrogate 15 – 24 Loughborough Students (1 BP)
    Rudding Lane
    Attendance: 300
    Referee: Andy Morton
    20 November 2021
    14:00
    (1 BP) Rotherham Titans 38 – 14 Tynedale
    Clifton Lane
    Attendance: 523
    Referee: Benjamin Davis
    20 November 2021
    14:00
    Wharfedale 20 – 10 Chester
    The Avenue
    Attendance: 397
    Referee: Callum Watson
    20 November 2021
    14:30
    (1 BP) Sedgley Park 17 – 22 Hull
    Park Lane
    Attendance: 381
    Referee: James O'Brien
    20 November 2021
    15:00
    Bourneville 22 – 52 Stourbridge (1 BP)
    Avery Fields
    Attendance: 500
    Referee: Harry Walbaum
    20 November 2021
    15:00
    Fylde 28 – 12 Hull Ionians
    Woodlands Memorial Park
    Attendance: 420
    Referee: Elliott Lewis
    20 November 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Huddersfield 31 – 27 Sheffield Tigers (1 BP)
    Lockwood Park
    Attendance: 224
    Referee: Llyr ApGeraint-Roberts

    [16]


    Round 12

    27 November 2021
    14:00
    Chester 14 – 42 Sedgley Park (1 BP)
    Hare Lane
    Attendance: 223
    Referee: Benjamin Davis
    27 November 2021
    14:00
    Hull P – P Bourneville
    Ferens Ground
    27 November 2021
    14:00
    Loughborough Students 7 – 71 Rotherham Titans (1 BP)
    Loughborough University Stadium
    Attendance: 218
    Referee: Peter Connor
    27 November 2021
    14:00
    Sheffield Tigers P – P Hull Ionians
    Dore Moor
    27 November 2021
    14:00
    Tynedale 24 – 13 Wharfedale
    Tynedale Park
    Attendance: 230
    Referee: Nikki O'Donnell
    27 November 2021
    14:15
    Luctonians 15 – 14 Fylde (1 BP)
    Mortimer Park
    Attendance: 316
    Referee: Max Weston
    27 November 2021
    15:00
    Huddersfield 23 – 7 Harrogate
    Lockwood Park
    Attendance: 202
    Referee: Elliott Lewis
    27 November 2021
    15:00
    Stourbridge P – P Blaydon
    Stourton Park

    [17]


    Round 13

    4 December 2021
    14:00
    Blaydon 19 – 38 Hull (1 BP)
    Crow Trees
    Attendance: 212
    Referee: Elliott Lewis
    4 December 2021
    14:00
    Harrogate 7 – 27 Sheffield Tigers
    Rudding Lane
    Attendance: 200
    Referee: Nathan Howarth
    4 December 2021
    14:00
    Hull Ionians 18 – 7 Luctonians
    Brantingham Park
    Attendance: 120
    Referee: David Charlton
    4 December 2021
    14:00
    (1 BP) Rotherham Titans 26 – 12 Huddersfield
    Clifton Lane
    Attendance: 487
    Referee: Daniel Woods
    4 December 2021
    14:00
    Wharfedale 15 – 14 Loughborough Students (1 BP)
    The Avenue
    Attendance: 220
    Referee: Timothy Allat
    4 December 2021
    14:30
    (1 BP) Sedgley Park 41 – 7 Tynedale
    Park Lane
    Attendance: 250
    Referee: Benjamin Davis
    4 December 2021
    15:00
    Bourneville 22 – 14 Chester
    Avery Fields
    Attendance: 250
    Referee: Peter Connor
    4 December 2021
    15:00
    Fylde 15 – 10 Stourbridge (1 BP)
    Woodlands Memorial Grounds
    Attendance: 425
    Referee: Michael Harris

    [18]


    Round 14

    11 December 2021
    14:00
    Harrogate 10 – 26 Rotherham Titans (1 BP)
    Rudding Lane
    Attendance: 50
    Referee: George Jones
    11 December 2021
    14:00
    Hull 22 – 14 Fylde
    Ferens Ground
    Attendance: 133
    Referee: Daniel Woods
    11 December 2021
    14:00
    Sheffield Tigers 27 – 0 Luctonians
    Dore Moor
    Attendance: 101
    Referee: Callum Watson
    11 December 2021
    14:00
    (1 BP) Tynedale 48 – 12 Bourneville
    Tynedale Park
    Attendance: 287
    Referee: Michael Harris
    11 December 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Chester 33 – 21 Blaydon
    Hare Lane
    Attendance: 250
    Referee: Benjamin Davis
    11 December 2021
    15:00
    Huddersfield 12 – 20 Wharfdale
    Lockwood Park
    Attendance: 332
    Referee: Elliot Lewis
    11 December 2021
    15:00
    (1 BP) Stourbridge 42 – 15 Hull Ionians
    Stourton Park
    Attendance: 414
    Referee: Dan Parrott
    11 December 2021
    16:00
    Loughborough Students 14 – 43 Sedgley Park (1 BP)
    Loughborough University Stadium
    Attendance: 212
    Referee: Simon Waite

    [1]


    See also

    Notes

    1. Match postponed due to positive COVID-19 tests in the Luctonian squad.
    2. Match postponed due to Covid-19

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