2021–22 National League 2 North

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2021–22 National League 2 North
Countries	England
Date	4 September 2021 – 7 May 2022
Champions	Hull (1st title)
Runners-up	Sedgley Park
Relegated	No relegation
Matches played	239
Attendance	79,054 (average 331 per match)
Highest attendance	1,106 – Fylde v Tynedale, 30 April 2022
Lowest attendance	50 – Harrogate v Rotherham Titans, 11 December 2021
Tries scored	1737 (average 7.3 per match)
Top point scorer	278– Gregory Smith (Fylde)
Top try scorer	36 – Matthew Gallagher (Sedgley Park)[1]
← 2019–20 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 National League 2 North was the twelfth season (34th overall) of the fourth tier (north) of the English domestic rugby union competitions since the professionalised format of the second division was introduced.

Hull were crowned champions on 23 April 2022, when they played their last but one match of the season at home to local rivals Hull Ionians, beating them with a final minute try, 31–29 in front of a crowd of 950.^[2] Hull were promoted to National One for the 2022–23 seasom. Owing to the reorganisation of the national leagues, there was no play-off match and Sedgley Park continued to play at this level. Huddersfield (15th) and Harrogate (16th) also continued to play at this level, due to the increase of tier 4 leagues from two to three.^[3]

The league consists of sixteen teams with all the teams playing each other on a home and away basis to make a total of thirty matches each. There is one promotion place and owing to the reorganisation of tier three and four divisions, there is no relegation. The champions are promoted to National League 1.

The results of the matches contribute points to the league as follows:

• 4 points are awarded for a win
• 2 points are awarded for a draw
• 0 points are awarded for a loss, however
• 1 losing (bonus) point is awarded to a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer
• 1 additional (bonus) point is awarded to a team scoring 4 tries or more in a match.

Eleven of the teams listed below participated in the 2019–20 National League 2 North season. The 2019–20 champions, Caldy, were promoted to the 2021–22 National League 1, replacing Rotherham Titans and Hull Ionians who were relegated from the 2019–20 National League 1. The three teams relegated from National League 2 North the previous season were Otley and Preston Grasshoppers (both North Premier) and Scunthorpe (Midlands Premier). The promoted teams were Bournville (champions of Midlands Premier), while Blaydon and Harrogate came up as champions and runner-up of North Premier. In order to address an imbalance of teams, Hinckley were level transferred to the 2021–22 National League 2 South as the most appropriately located team in terms of access to the southern sides.

Team	Ground	Capacity	City/Area	Previous season
Blaydon	Crow Trees	2,000 (400 seats)	Swalwell, Tyne and Wear	promoted from North Premier (1st)
Bournville	Avery Fields	Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands	promoted from Midlands Premier (1st)
Chester	Hare Lane	2,000 (500 seats)	Chester, Cheshire	6th
Fylde	Woodlands Memorial Ground	9,000	Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire	2nd
Harrogate	Rudding Lane	2,000	Harrogate, North Yorkshire	promoted from North Premier (2nd)
Huddersfield	Lockwood Park	1,500 (500 seats)	Huddersfield, West Yorkshire	12th
Hull	Ferens Ground	1,500 (288 seats)	Kingston upon Hull, East Riding	8th
Hull Ionians	Brantingham Park	1,500 (240 seats)	Brantingham, East Riding	relegated from National 1 (16th)
Loughborough Students	East Park[a]	1,000	Loughborough, Leicestershire	5th
Luctonians	Mortimer Park	2,500 (300 seats)	Kingsland, Herefordshire	13th
Rotherham Titans	Clifton Lane	2,500	Rotherham, South Yorkshire	relegated from National 1 (14th)
Sedgley Park	Park Lane	3,000	Whitefield, Bury, Greater Manchester	4th
Sheffield Tigers	Dore Moor	1,000	Sheffield, South Yorkshire	10th
Stourbridge	Stourton Park	3,500 (499 seats)	Stourbridge, West Midlands	7th
Tynedale	Tynedale Park	2,000 (400 seats)	Corbridge, Northumberland	11th
Wharfedale	The Avenue	2,000	Threshfield, North Yorkshire	9th

2021–22 National League 2 North table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification
1	Hull	30	27	0	3	906	402	+504	21	2	132	Promotion place
2	Sedgley Park	30	25	1	4	1112	457	+655	22	4	128
3	Rotherham Titans	30	24	2	4	955	553	+402	19	3	123
4	Stourbridge	29	21	0	8	1036	766	+270	23	3	110
5	Fylde	30	21	1	8	1049	638	+411	19	3	108
6	Hull Ionians	30	18	2	10	856	650	+206	14	6	96
7	Tynedale	30	13	1	16	732	881	−149	16	5	75
8	Luctonians	30	14	0	16	608	529	+79	8	9	74
9	Sheffield Tigers	30	13	0	17	649	744	−95	7	6	65
10	Loughborough Students	30	10	0	20	702	843	−141	13	10	63
11	Chester	30	12	1	17	645	803	−158	9	3	62
12	Wharfedale	30	11	1	18	625	823	−198	9	5	60
13	Bournville	30	8	1	21	743	1038	−295	12	6	52
14	Blaydon	30	7	0	23	599	1057	−458	10	4	42
15	Huddersfield	29	7	0	22	494	831	−337	7	6	41
16	Harrogate	30	3	0	27	402	1098	−696	4	3	19

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Club	Home games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Blaydon	15	3,457	230	682	127	9%
Bournville	15	4,116	274	500	170	N/A
Chester	15	4,605	307	670	200	15%
Fylde	15	7,916	528	1,106	192	6%
Harrogate	15	2,925	195	350	50	10%
Huddersfield	14[f]	3,361	240	332	196	16%
Hull	14[g]	4,897	350	950	133	23%
Hull Ionians	15	4,353	290	733	120	19%
Loughborough Students	15	3,848	257	350	182	26%
Luctonians	15	6,658	444	670	316	18%
Rotherham Titans	14[h]	6,384	456	594	197	18%
Sedgley Park	15	4,991	333	567	212	11%
Sheffield Tigers	15	3,604	240	298	101	24%
Stourbridge	15	6,292	419	819	244	12%
Tynedale	15	5,664	378	572	230	19%
Wharfedale	15	5,983	399	478	220	20%

• 2021–22 National League 1
• 2021–22 National League 2 South

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