London 2 North West | |
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Current season or competition:: 2016–17 London 2 North West |
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Sport | Rugby union |
Number of teams | 12 |
Country | England |
Holders |
Old Haberdashers (2nd title) (2016–17) (promoted to London 1 North) |
Most titles | Old Haberdashers, Hertford, Tabard (2 titles) |
Website | englandrugby.com |
London 2 North West is an English rugby union league which is at the seventh tier of club rugby union in England and is made up of teams predominantly from north-west London and Hertfordshire. Promotion is to London 1 North with the league champions going up automatically and the runners up entering a promotion playoff against the league runners up from London 2 North East. Relegated teams typically drop into London 3 North West.
Since the 2000–01 season there has been a play-off between the runners-up of London 2 North East and London 2 North West for the third and final promotion place to London 1 North. The team with the superior league record has home advantage in the tie. At the end of the 2016–17 season the London 2 North West teams have been the most successful with nine wins to the London 2 North East teams eight; and the home team has won promotion on thirteen occasions compared to the away teams four.