Middlesex 2

Counties 2 Middlesex

Sport	Rugby union
Instituted	1987; 38 years ago (1987)
Country	England

Counties 2 Middlesex (formerly Middlesex 2) is a level 9 Rugby Union league with teams from North-West London taking part. Historically the league was a level 11 completion and the division was cancelled in at the end of the 1995–96 campaign due to the merger of the Hertfordshire and Middlesex regional leagues. After nearly 20yrs, ahead of the 2025-26 season the league was re-instated as decision was taken to once more split out Hertfordshire RFU and Middlesex RFU clubs.

Promoted teams typically move up to Counties 1 Middlesex and relegated sides move down to the Middlesex RFU merit tables.

Participating clubs 2025-26

The league was made up of teams who moved on a level transfer from Counties 2 Herts/Middlesex with others drawn up from Counties 3 Herts/Middlesex as both leagues were, effective from this season, exclusively for Hertfordshire RFU clubs.

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Actonians Old Actonians Sports Ground Acton, London Promoted from Counties 3 Herts/Middlesex (4th) Barnet Elizabethans Byng Road Chipping Barnet, London Level transfer from Counties 2 Herts/Middlesex (10th) Enfield Ignatians Donkey Lane Enfield, London, London Level transfer from Counties 2 Herts/Middlesex (7th) Finsbury Park Downhills Park West Green, London Promoted from Counties 3 Herts/Middlesex (5th) Hackney Spring Hill Recreation Ground Upper Clapton, London Relegated from from Counties 1 Herts/Middlesex (11th) Harrow Grove Field Stanmore, London Level transfer from Counties 2 Herts/Middlesex (4th) Kilburn Cosmos Gladstone Park Kilburn, London Promoted from Counties 3 Herts/Middlesex (6th) Old Millhillians Mill Hill School Mill Hill, London Level transfer from Counties 2 Herts/Middlesex (11th)

Actonians Barnet Enfield Finsbury Park Hackney Harrow Kilburn Millhillians class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2025-26 Counties 2 Middlesex teams

1996-2025

Not contested

Original teams

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

• Antlers^[a]
• Barclays Bank
• Centaurs
• CS Stags 1863
• Hackney
• London Cornish
• Old Abbots^[b]
• Old Hamptonians
• Osterley
• Pinner & Grammarians^[c]
• St. Bart's Hospital^[d]
• Thamesians

Middlesex 2 honours

Middlesex 2 (1987–1992)

The original Middlesex 2 was a tier 9 league with promotion up to Middlesex 1 and relegation was to Middlesex 3.

Middlesex 2
Season	No of Teams	Champions	Runners–up	Relegated Teams
1987–88[2]	12	Old Abbots	Centaurs	Pinner & Grammarians, Antlers
1988–89[3]	11	Old Millhillians	Old Meadonians	Hammersmith & Fulham, Old Hamptonians, Thamesians
1989–90[4]	11	Hackney	Old Abbots	Barclays Bank, Osterley
1990–91[5]	11	Haringey Rhinos	Old Millhillians	St. Bart's Hospital, Old Paulines
1991–92[6]	11	Old Meadonians[e]	Antlers[f]	No relegation[g]
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Middlesex 2 (1992–1996)

The creation of Herts/Middlesex at the beginning of the 1992–93 season meant that Middlesex 2 dropped to become a tier 10 league. The introduction of National 5 South for the 1993–94 season meant that Middlesex 3 dropped another level to become a tier 11 league for the years that National 5 South was active. Promotion continued to Middlesex 1 and relegation to Middlesex 3. The merging of the Hertfordshire and Middlesex regional divisions at the end of the 1995–96 season meant that Middlesex 2 was cancelled.

Middlesex 2
Season	No of Teams	Champions	Runners–up	Relegated Teams
1992–93[7]	13	Old Hamptonians	Actonians	St. Bart's Hospital, Old Tottonians
1993–94[8]	13	Old Paulines	Belsize Park	Osterley, Orleans FP, London Cornish
1994–95[9]	13	London Nigerian	HAC	No relegation
1995–96[10]	13	Enfield Ignatians[h]	Old Abbots[i]	No relegation[j]
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Number of league titles

• Enfield Ignatians (1)
• Hackney (1)
• Haringey Rhinos (1)
• London Nigerian (1)
• Old Abbots (1)^[k]
• Old Hamptonians (1)
• Old Meadonians^[l]
• Old Millhillians (1)
• Old Paulines (1)

Notes

1. Currently known as Teddington RFC.^[1]
2. Currently known as Hillingdon Abbots RFC.
3. Currently known as Pinner RFC.
4. Would merge with London Hospital RFC in 1995 to form Barts and the London RFC.
5. Champions Old Meadonians were promoted two levels up into the new Herts/Middlesex division.
6. Runners up Antlers were also promoted two levels up into the new Herts/Middlesex division. Teams ranked 3rd to 11th were promoted into Middlesex 1 as part of the league restructuring.
7. Due to restructuring of the Herfordshire and Middlesex leagues there was no relegation this season.
8. The merging of the Herts/Middlesex regional divisions saw champions Enfield Ignatians promoted into Herts/Middlesex 2.
9. The merging of the Herts/Middlesex regional divisions saw runners up Old Abbots transferred into Herts/Middlesex 3 along with Barclays Bank, Antlers, London French, Bank Of England and London Exiles.
10. Although there would be no relegation, all remaining teams would be transferred into the new Herts/Middlesex leagues - Feltham, Hammersmith & Fulham, Old Isleworthians, Pinner & Grammarians and Hayes would join Herts/Middlesex 4. 11th place Thamesians would drop out of the leagues before the start of the new season.
11. Currently known as Hillingdon Abbots RFC.
12. Currently known as Chiswick RFC.

See also

• London & SE Division RFU
• Middlesex RFU
• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England

References

1. "Teddington RFC 50 Years Celebration Ball" (PDF). Teddington RFC. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
2. Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1988-89. 1989.
3. Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1989-90. 1990.
4. Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1990-91. 1991.
5. Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1991-92. 1992.
6. Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1992-93. 1993.
7. Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1993-94. 1994.
8. Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1994-95. 1995.
9. Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1995-96. 1996.
10. Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1996-97. 1997.