Staffordshire/Warwickshire 2

Staffordshire/Warwickshire 2
Current season or competition:; 1995–96 Staffordshire/Warwickshire 2
Sport	Rugby union
Instituted	1992; 33 years ago
Ceased	1996; 29 years ago
Number of teams	13
Country	England
Holders	Berkswell & Balsall (1st title) (1995–96); (promoted to Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1)
Most titles	Multiple teams (1 title)

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^[a].

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^[b] - transferred from Staffordshire 2 (runners up)
Pinley - transferred from Warwickshire 2 (4th)
Rubery Owen^[c] - 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^[d] - 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

Southham

Rugeley, Rubery Owen

^[2]

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

Rugby St Andrews

Old Oaks

^[3]

1994–95

13

Silhillians

Coventrians

Harbury, Warwickshire Police, Linley & Kidsgrove

^[4]

1995–96

13

Berkswell & Balsall

Earlsdon^[e]

No relegation^[f]

^[5]

Green backgrounds are the promotion places.

Number of league titles

Notes

^ After the 1995–06 season all Staffordshire/Warwickshire leagues below Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1 would be cancelled and split back into regional leagues; Staffordshire and Warwickshire.
^ Old Oaks would later merge with Rubery Owen and Wulfrun in 1998 to form Essington RUFC.^[1]
^ Rubery Owen would later merge with Old Oaks and Wulfrun in 1998 to form Essington RUFC.^[1]
^ Old Boys side of Stoke Park School in Coventry.
^ Restructuring meant that all teams would be promoted up into Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1.
^ Restructuring meant there was no relegation.

References

^ ^a ^b "Club History". Essington RUFC. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
^ Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1993). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1993-94. Headline. pp. 164–167. ISBN 0-7472-7891-1.
^ Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1994). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1993-94. Headline. pp. 164–167. ISBN 0-7472-7891-1.
^ Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1995). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1994-95. Headline. pp. 176–179. ISBN 0-7472-7850-4.
^ Cleary, Mick; Griffiths, John (1996). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1995-96. Headline. pp. 192–195. ISBN 0-7472-7816-4.

[1] After the 1995–06 season all Staffordshire/Warwickshire leagues below Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1 would be cancelled and split back into regional leagues; Staffordshire and Warwickshire.

[3] Old Oaks would later merge with Rubery Owen and Wulfrun in 1998 to form Essington RUFC.^[1]

[4] Rubery Owen would later merge with Old Oaks and Wulfrun in 1998 to form Essington RUFC.^[1]

[5] Old Boys side of Stoke Park School in Coventry.

[9] Restructuring meant that all teams would be promoted up into Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1.

[10] Restructuring meant there was no relegation.

[Essington-2] "Club History". Essington RUFC. Retrieved 30 November 2020.

[6] Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1993). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1993-94. Headline. pp. 164–167. ISBN 0-7472-7891-1.

[7] Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1994). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1993-94. Headline. pp. 164–167. ISBN 0-7472-7891-1.

[8] Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1995). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1994-95. Headline. pp. 176–179. ISBN 0-7472-7850-4.

[11] Cleary, Mick; Griffiths, John (1996). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1995-96. Headline. pp. 192–195. ISBN 0-7472-7816-4.

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