Midlands 2 West (North)


Midlands 2 West is a level 7 English Rugby Union league and level 2 of the Midlands League, made up of clubs from the northern part of the West Midlands region including Shropshire, Staffordshire, parts of Birmingham and the West Midlands and occasionally Cheshire, with home and away matches played throughout the season. Each year all clubs in the division also take part in the RFU Intermediate Cup - a level 7 national competition.
The division was formed for the 2000-01 when the old Midlands 3 West was split into two regional divisions called Midlands 3 West and Midlands 3 West and gained its current title for the 2009-10 season due to further restructuring to the Midlands League. Promoted teams tend to move up to Midlands 1 West with the league champions going up automatically and the runners up having to play a playoff against the runners up from Midlands 2 West for their place. Demoted teams typically drop to Midlands 3 West.

2019–20

Participating teams & locations

TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
BurntwoodThe SportswayBurntwood, StaffordshirePromoted from Midlands 3 WN
Camp HillThe ShrineShirley, Solihull, West Midlands4th
Crewe & NantwichNewcastle RoadNantwich, Cheshire6th
LeekEsterchem ParkCheddleton, Staffordshire5th
LongtonTrentham FieldsLongton, Stoke-on-Trent, StaffordshireRelegated from Midlands 1 West
Moseley OakBirmingham Moseley Rugby Club5,000 Birmingham, West MidlandsRelegated from Midlands 1 West
Newcastle Lilleshall RoadClayton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire7th
ShrewsburySundorne CastleUffington, Shrewsbury, ShropshirePromoted from Midlands 3 WN
StaffordThe County GroundStafford, Staffordshire10th
TamworthWigginton ParkTamworth, StaffordshireRunners up
WalsallBroadway Ground1,150 Walsall, West Midlands8th
WolverhamptonCastlecroft RoadCastlecroft, Wolverhampton, West Midlands3rd

2018–19

Participating teams & locations

TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
Camp HillThe ShrineShirley, Solihull, West MidlandsRelegated from Midlands 1 West
Crewe & NantwichNewcastle RoadNantwich, CheshireRunners up
LeekEsterchem ParkCheddleton, Staffordshire3rd
LudlowThe LinneyLudlow, Shropshire5th
Newcastle Lilleshall RoadClayton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire10th
SpartansCoppice LaneMiddleton, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands4th
StaffordThe County GroundStafford, StaffordshirePromoted from Midlands 3 West
TamworthWigginton ParkTamworth, Staffordshire8th
Telford HornetsHinkshay RoadTelford, ShropshirePromoted from Midlands 3 West
VeseyansMemorial GroundWalsall, West Midlands6th
WalsallBroadway Ground1,150 Walsall, West Midlands7th
WolverhamptonCastlecroft RoadCastlecroft, Wolverhampton, West MidlandsRelegated from Midlands 1 West

2017–18

Participating teams & locations

TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
Cleobury MortimerLove LaneCleobury Mortimer, ShropshirePromoted from Midlands 3 West
Crewe & NantwichNewcastle RoadNantwich, CheshireRelegated from Midlands 1 West
Kidderminster CaroliansMarlpool LaneKidderminster, Worcestershire6th
LeekEsterchem ParkCheddleton, Staffordshire3rd
LudlowThe LinneyLudlow, ShropshirePromoted from Midlands 3 West
Newcastle Lilleshall RoadClayton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire9th
Old SaltleiansWatton LaneWater Orton, Warwickshire8th
SpartansCoppice LaneMiddleton, Sutton Coldfield, West MidlandsLevel transfer from Midlands 2 West
TamworthWigginton ParkTamworth, Staffordshire5th
VeseyansMemorial GroundWalsall, West Midlands7th
WalsallBroadway Ground1,150 Walsall, West Midlands4th
WhitchurchEdgeley ParkWhitchurch, ShropshireRelegated from Midlands 1 West

Teams 2016-17

Promotion play-offs

Since the 2000–01 season there has been a play-off between the runners-up of Midlands 2 West and Midlands 2 West for the third and final promotion place to Midlands 1 West and Midlands 2 East. The team with the superior league record has home advantage in the tie. At the end of the 2019–20 season the Midlands 2 West teams had ten wins to Midlands 2 West teams eight; and the home team has won promotion on eleven occasions compared to the away teams seven.

Number of league titles