2024–25 National League 2 East Explained

2024–25 National League 2 East
Date:7 September 2024 – 26 April 2025
Matches:76
Highest Attendance:887 – Guernsey v Bury St Edmunds, 26 October 2024
Lowest Attendance:110 – Oxford H v Worthing, 9 November 2024
Top Point Scorer:137 – Frank Reynolds (Canterbury)
Top Try Scorer:14 – Garry Jones (Canterbury)
Prevseason:2023–24
Nextseason:2025–26

The 2024–25 National League 2 East is the third season of the fourth-tier (east) of the English domestic rugby union competitions; one of three at this level. The others are National League 2 North and National League 2 West.

Structure

The league consists of fourteen teams who play the others on a home and away basis, to make a total of 26 matches each. The champions are promoted to National League 1 and the bottom two teams are relegated to Regional 1 South Central or Regional 1 South East.[1]

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

Participating teams and locations

TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
1,000 Runners up
The Haberden 3,000 (135 seats) 6th
Marine Travel Ground 1,500 (75 seats) 7th
Raven Park 1,200 Promoted from Regional 1SE (champions)[2]
The Big Field 1,500 3rd
5,000 (720 seats) 10th
Hook's Lane[3] 1,500 (500 seats) Promoted from Regional 1SC (champions)[4]
Dry Leas 4,000 4th
Woollam's Playing Fields 1,000 8th
Horspath Sports Ground[5] 1,000 Promoted from Regional 1 Midlands (champions)[6]
Knole Paddock 1,000 11th
The Slade 1,500 5th
Goddington Dene 3,200 (200 seats) 9th
Roundstone Lane 1,500 (100 seats) 12th

Fixtures & results

Fixtures for the season were published by the RFU on 31 May 2025.[7]

Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4

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Round 5

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Round 6

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Round 7

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Round 8

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Round 9

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Round 10

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Round 11

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Round 12

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Round 13

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Round 14

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Round 15

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Round 16

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Round 17

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Round 11 (rescheduled game)

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Round 18

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Round 19

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Round 20

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Round 21

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Round 22

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Round 23

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Round 24

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Round 25

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Round 26

Attendances

ClubHome
Games
TotalAverageHighestLowest% Capacity
Barnes 6 1,130 188 280 143 19%
Bury St Edmunds 5 2,329 466 875 235 16%
Canterbury 6 2,572 429 617 320 29%
Colchester 5 1,856 371 438 340 31%
Dorking 4 1,745 436 510 400 29%
Guernsey Raiders 6 3,649 608 887 421 12%
Havant 6 4,431 739 828 630 49%
Henley Hawks 5 1,543 309 427 187 8%
Old Albanian 6 1,728 288 393 202 29%
Oxford Harlequins 5 1,113 223 376 110 22%
Sevenoaks 5 2,105 421 475 380 42%
Tonbridge Juddians 6 2,496 416 753 287 28%
Westcombe Park 6 1,480 247 339 150 8%
Worthing Raiders 5 1,627 325 512 173 22%
[8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [19]

Individual statistics

Top points scorers

Rank Player Team Points
1 Frank Reynolds Canterbury 137
2 Ciaran McGann Guernsey Raiders 135
3 Henry Anscombe Dorking 95
4 Joel Knight Havant 89
5 Sam Jones Old Albanian 85
6 Ewan Fox Oxford Harlequins 81
7 Thomas White Tonbridge Juddians 77
8 Max Titchener Henley Hawks 75
9 Garry Jones Canterbury 70
10 Jack Martin Barnes 69
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Top try scorers

Rank Player Team Tries
1 Garry Jones Canterbury 14
2 Tobermory McRae Dorking 13
3 Curtis Barnes Tonbridge Juddians 12
Jacques Birch Barnes
4 Alex Noot Old Albanian 10
5 William Metcalfe Bury St Edmunds 9
6 Joshua Archer Barnes 8
Harrison Dakin Worthing Raiders
Thomas Howe Dorking
Scott Sedgwick Sevenoaks
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See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: How promotion and relegation will work for Men's National 1 and below and Women's Championship and below. . England Rugby . 27 June 2022.
  2. Web site: Colchester Rugby Club celebrating promotion to fourth tier. Daily Gazette. 18 March 2024.
  3. Web site: Havant . Havant Rugby Football Club . 31 May 2023.
  4. Web site: Title in the bag as Havant battle up the hill. Havant RFC . 25 March 2024.
  5. Web site: Oxford Harlequins RUFC . Oxford Harlequins RUFC . 31 May 2023.
  6. Web site: Oxford Harlequins win title and promotion to National League . Oxford Mail . 19 March 2024.
  7. Web site: National League Rugby fixtures for 2024/25 announced . National League Rugby . 31 May 2024.
  8. News: Results . The RugbyPaper . 834 . 8 September 2024 . 30-31, 36.
  9. News: Results . The RugbyPaper . 835 . 15 September 2024 . 36-37, 40.
  10. News: Results . The RugbyPaper . 836 . 22 September 2024 . 34-35, 39.
  11. News: Results . The RugbyPaper . 837 . 29 September 2024 . 34-35, 39.
  12. News: Results . The RugbyPaper . 838 . 6 October 2024 . 36-37, 41.
  13. News: Results . The RugbyPaper . 839 . 13 October 2024 . 34-35, 39.
  14. News: Results . The RugbyPaper . 840 . 20 October 2024 . 34-35, 39.
  15. News: Results . The RugbyPaper . 841 . 27 October 2024 . 34-35, 39.
  16. News: Results . The RugbyPaper . 843 . 10 November 2024 . 32-33, 41.
  17. News: Results . The RugbyPaper . 844 . 17 November 2024 . 30-31, 37.
  18. Web site: Due to high winds our opponents Guernsey could not come across the channel today and our clash postponed.. Dorking RFC . Facebook . 23 November 2024.
  19. News: Results . The RugbyPaper . 845 . 24 November 2024 . 34-35, 41.