Countries England Runners-up Loughborough Students Champion Macclesfield R.U.F.C. | Champions Macclesfield Lowest attendance 100 (x11) | |
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Attendance 55,958 (average 247 per match) Highest attendance 735 Fylde at home to Preston Grasshoppers on 6 February 2010 Relegated Waterloo FC, Bradford & Bingley RFC, Broadstreet Rugby Club People also search for 2012–13 National League 2 North | ||
The 2009–10 National League 2 North was the first season (twenty-third overall) of the fourth tier (north) of the English domestic rugby union competitions since the professionalised format of the second division was introduced. Previously known as National Division 3 North, it had been renamed due to widespread changes to the league system by the RFU with National One becoming the Championship, National 2 becoming National 1 and so on. The league system was 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw and additional bonus points being awarded for scoring 4 or more tries and/or losing within 7 points of the victorious team. In terms of promotion the league champions would go straight up into National League 1 while the runners up would have a one-game playoff against the runners up from National League 2 South (at the home ground of the club with the superior league record) for the final promotion place. A further change to the league system would see the division increase from 14 to 16 teams.
Contents
- Participating teams and locations
- Round 15
- Round 16
- Round 17
- Round 18
- Round 20
- Round 15 rescheduled games
- Round 22
- Round 16 rescheduled games
- Round 20 rescheduled game
- Round 17 rescheduled games
- Round 17 rescheduled game
- Rounds 18 20 22 rescheduled games
- Rounds 18 20 rescheduled games
- Promotion Play Off
- Total season attendances
- Individual statistics
- References
After finishing 3rd the previous season, Macclesfield would go two places better by winning the league title in what was a very close contest with runners up Loughborough Students - Macclesfield clinching the championship by benefit of just 3 points (one more win). Loughborough Students would fail to join Macclesfield in the 2010–11 National League 1 as they lost their playoff at home to the 2009–10 National League 2 South runners up Rosslyn Park. At the other end of the table, Waterloo suffered their 3rd successive relegation as the worst side in the division, followed at later dates by the more competitive Bradford & Bingley and newly promoted Broadstreet. Waterloo and Bradford & Bingley would drop to National League 3 North while Broadstreet would fall back down to the National League 3 Midlands.
Participating teams and locations
Eleven of the teams listed below participated in the 2008–09 National Division Three North season; Waterloo were relegated from the 2008–09 National Division Two, while Broadstreet would come up as champions of Midlands Division 1 along with Westoe (champions) and Hull (playoffs) from North Division 1. A further move saw that Rugby Lions were level transferred (again) across from the National League 2 South as the most northerly team in that division after promotion and relegation left the two leagues unbalanced (in the end there would still be an imbalance as Mounts Bay's liquidation meant there would only be 15 teams in the 2009–10 National League 2 South compared to 16 in National League 2 North).
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 20
Round 15 (rescheduled games)
Round 22
Round 16 (rescheduled games)
Round 20 (rescheduled game)
Round 17 (rescheduled games)
Round 17 (rescheduled game)
Rounds 18, 20 & 22 (rescheduled games)
Rounds 18 & 20 (rescheduled games)
Promotion Play-Off
Each season, the runners-up in the National League 2 North and National League 2 South participate in a play-off for promotion into National League 1. Loughborough Students were runners-up in the North and would host the game as they had a better record in the league in comparison to the South runners up Rosslyn Park.