London 2 South West


London 2 South West is an English level 7 Rugby Union League. It is made up of teams predominantly from south-west London, Surrey, and Hampshire. The 12 teams play home and away matches from September through to April. Each year all clubs in the division are also invited to take part in the RFU Intermediate Cup - a level 7 national competition.
Promoted teams move up to London 1 South with league champions going up automatically and the runners up playing a playoff against the runners up from London 2 South East while demoted teams usually drop down to London 3 South West.

Teams for 2020–21

TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
ChiswickDukes MeadowsChiswick, LondonLevel transfer from London 2 NW
ChobhamFowlers WellChobham, Surrey6th
EastleighThe HubEastleigh, Hampshire3rd
HoveHove Recreation GroundHove, East SussexLevel transfer from London 2 SE
London ExilesBarn Elms500Barnes, London9th
Old ReigatianGeoffrey Knight Fields Reigate, Surrey5th
Old TiffiniansGrist's Memorial GroundThames Ditton, SurreyPromoted from London 3 SW
Old TonbridgiansAthletic Ground4,500Richmond, London10th
Reeds WeybridgeWhiteley VillageHersham, SurreyPromoted from London 3 SW
TottoniansWater LaneTotton, Hampshire7th
TwickenhamParkfieldsHampton, London8th
WinchesterNorth Walls ParkWinchester, Hampshire4th

Teams for 2019–20

TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
Battersea IronsidesBurntwood LaneEarlsfield, LondonPromoted from London 3 SW
ChobhamFowlers WellChobham, SurreyRelegated from London 1 South
EastleighThe HubEastleigh, Hampshire5th
FarnhamWilkinson WayFarnham, SurreyRunners up
London ExilesBarn Elms500Barnes, London10th
Old CranleighansOld Cranleighan Sports ClubThames Ditton, Surrey9th
Old EmanuelBlagdons Sports GroundNew Malden, London7th
Old ReigatianGeoffrey Knight Fields Reigate, Surrey8th
Old TonbridgiansAthletic Ground4,500Richmond, London3rd
TottoniansWater LaneTotton, HampshireRelegated from London 1 South
TwickenhamParkfieldsHampton, London6th
WinchesterNorth Walls ParkWinchester, HampshirePromoted from London 3 SW

Teams for 2018–19

TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
EastleighThe HubEastleigh, Hampshire10th
Effingham & LeatherheadKing George V Playing FieldsEffingham, Surrey8th
FarnhamWilkinson WayFarnham, Surrey5th
Gosport & FarehamGosport ParkGosport, Hampshire7th
KCS Old BoysDornan FieldsNew Malden, London4th
London ExilesBarn Elms500Barnes, London6th
Old AlleynianDulwich CommonDulwich, LondonLevel transfer from London 2 SE
Old CranleighansOld Cranleighan Sports ClubThames Ditton, SurreyPromoted from London 3 SW
Old EmanuelBlagdons Sports GroundNew Malden, LondonPromoted from London 3 SW
Old ReigatianGeoffrey Knight Fields Reigate, SurreyRunners up
Old TonbridgiansAthletic Ground4,500Richmond, London9th
TwickenhamParkfieldsHampton, London3rd

Teams for 2017–18

TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
AndoverFoxcotte LaneAndover, Hampshire9th
CamberleyWatchetts Recreation GroundCamberley, Surrey2nd
EastleighThe HubEastleigh, HampshirePromoted from London 3 South West
Effingham & LeatherheadKing George V Playing FieldsEffingham, Surrey10th
FarnhamWilkinson WayFarnham, SurreyPromoted from London 3 South West
Gosport & FarehamGosport ParkGosport, HampshireRelegated from London 1 South
KCS Old BoysDornan FieldsNew Malden, London8th
London ExilesBarn Elms500Barnes, London6th
Old ReigatianGeoffrey Knight Fields Reigate, Surrey4th
Old TonbridgiansAthletic Ground4,500Richmond, London3rd
TwickenhamParkfieldsHampton, London5th
WinchesterNorth Walls ParkWinchester, Hampshire7th

Teams for 2016-17

1 Chobham 87
2 Sutton & Epsom 85
3 Guildford 80
4 Tottonians 71
5 Effingham & Leatherhead 59
6 Old Reigatian 50
7 Portsmouth 50
8 London Cornish 38
9 Teddington 37
10 Old Alleynian 35
11 KCS Old Boys 35
12 Camberley 15

Teams for 2011-12

1 Gosport & Fareham 97
2 Wimbledon 88
3 Guildford 67
4 London Cornish 59
5 Tottonians 55
6 Old Reigatian 54
7 Camberley 48
8 Effingham & Leatherhead 45
9 Chobham 43
10 Teddington 39
11 Twickenham 38
12 Bognor 15

Teams for 2010-11

Promotion play-offs

Since the 2000–01 season there has been a play-off between the runners-up of London 2 South East and London 2 South West for the third and final promotion place to London 1 South. The team with the superior league record has home advantage in the tie. At the end of the 2019–20 season the London 2 South West teams have been the most successful with ten wins to the London 2 South East teams nine, and the home team has won promotion on eleven occasions compared to the away teams eight.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season ended in March with four game rounds remaining. On the 4th April 2020 the RFU announced that a "best playing record formula" would be used to determine promotion and relegation and there would be no play-offs. Consequently Farnham RFC were promoted to London 1 South in favour of London 2 South East runners up Old Colfeians.

Number of league titles