Staffordshire/Warwickshire 2 Explained

Staffordshire/Warwickshire 2 was a tier 11 English Rugby Union league with teams from Staffordshire and Warwickshire taking part. Promoted teams moved up to Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1 and relegated teams dropped to Staffordshire/Warwickshire 3. Restructuring of the Staffordshire/Warwickshire leagues at the end of the 1995–96 season meant that the division was cancelled and all teams transferred into Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1.

Original teams

When this division was introduced in 1992 as part of a merger of the Staffordshire and Warwickshire leagues, it contained the following teams:

• Berkswell & Balsall - transferred from Warwickshire 2 (3rd)
• Cannock - transferred from Staffordshire 1 (8th)
• Coventrians - transferred from Warwickshire 2 (runners up)
• Earlsdon - transferred from Warwickshire 2 (5th)
• Old Oaks - transferred from Staffordshire 2 (runners up)
• Pinley - transferred from Warwickshire 2 (4th)
• Rubery Owen - transferred from Staffordshire 1 (7th)
• Rugby St Andrews - transferred from Warwickshire 2 (6th)
• Rugeley - transferred from Staffordshire 2 (champions)
• Silhillians - transferred from Warwickshire 1 (11th)
• Southham - transferred from Warwickshire 2 (champions)
• Spartans - transferred from Warwickshire 1 (9th)
• Stoke Old Boys - transferred from Warwickshire 1 (10th)

Staffordshire/Warwickshire 2 honours

Staffordshire/Warwickshire 2 (1992–1993)

The original Staffordshire/Warwickshire 2 was a tier 10 league. Promotion was to Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1 and relegation to Staffordshire/Warwickshire 3.

<											----> Staffordshire/Warwickshire 2
Season	No of teams	Champions	Runners–up	Relegated teams	Reference
1992–93	13	Stoke Old Boys			[1]
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Staffordshire/Warwickshire 2 (1993–1996)

The top six teams from Midlands 1 and the top six from North 1 were combined to create National 5 North, meaning that Staffordshire/Warwickshire 2 dropped to become a tier 11 league. Promotion continued to Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1 and relegation to Staffordshire/Warwickshire 3. The division was cancelled at the end of the 1995–96 season and all teams transferred up into Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1.

<											----> Staffordshire/Warwickshire 2
Season	No of teams	Champions	Runners–up	Relegated teams	Reference
1993–94	13	Atherstone			[2]
1994–95	13	Silhillians			[3]
1995–96	13	Berkswell & Balsall		No relegation	[4]
Green backgrounds are the promotion places.

Number of league titles

• Atherstone (1)
• Berkswell & Balsall (1)
• Silhillians (1)
• Stoke Old Boys (1)

See also

• Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1
• Staffordshire/Warwickshire 3
• Staffordshire/Warwickshire 4
• Midlands RFU
• Staffordshire RU
• Warwickshire RFU
• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England

Notes and References

1. Book: Jones. Stephen. Griffiths. John. Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1993-94. 1993. Headline. 0-7472-7891-1. 164–167.
2. Book: Jones. Stephen. Griffiths. John. Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1993-94. 1994. Headline. 0-7472-7891-1. 164–167.
3. Book: Jones. Stephen. Griffiths. John. Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1994-95. 1995. Headline. 0-7472-7850-4. 176–179.
4. Book: Cleary. Mick. Griffiths. John. Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1995-96. 1996. Headline. 0-7472-7816-4. 192–195.