Regional 2 North West is a level six league in the English rugby union system, with the twelve teams drawn for the most part from Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Merseyside and the Isle of Man with selected others from neighbouring counties. The other level six leagues in the Northern Division are Regional 2 North for teams in North East England and Cumbria; and Regional 2 North East for teams, predominantly, in Yorkshire. It was created as a product of the 2022 Adult Competition Review.
North Ribblesdale are the current champions and are promoted to Regional 1 North West.
Structure The league consists of twelve teams who play the others on a home and away basis, to make a total of 22 matches each. The champions are promoted to Regional 1 North West and the bottom sides are relegated to Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire.
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.
2026–27 Participating teams and locations Departing were the champions North Ribblesdale, promoted to Regional 1 North East, together with Vale of Lune (2nd place and play-off winner) promoted to Regional 1 North West while West Park St Helens (11th and relegation play-off loser) and Altrincham Kersal (12th) were relegated to Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire.
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Birkenhead Park Upper Park 2,000 Birkenhead, Wirral 8th Burnage Varley Park Stockport, Greater Manchester 6th Douglas Port-E-Chee Douglas, Isle of Man 5th Firwood Waterloo St Anthony's Road 9,950 (950 seats) Blundellsands, Merseyside 9th Kirkby Lonsdale Underley Park Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria Promoted from Counties 1 Cumbria (champions) Manchester Grove Park 4,000 (250 seats) Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, Greater Manchester Relegated from Regional 1NW (12th) Northwich Moss Farm Northwich, Cheshire 10th Sandbach Bradwall Road Sandbach, Cheshire 3rd Warrington Grappenhall Village Sports Club Walton, Warrington, Cheshire Promoted from Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire (runners-up) Widnes Heath Road Widnes, Cheshire 7th Wilmslow Memorial Ground Wilmslow, Cheshire Promoted from Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire (champions) Winnington Park Burrows Hill 5,000 Hartford, Northwich, Cheshire 10th
2025–26 Participating teams and locations Departing were Bowdon, promoted to Regional 1 North West, while Crewe & Nantwich (11th) and Eccles (12th) were relegated to Counties 1 Midlands West (North) and Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire respectively. Incoming clubs were Birkenhead Park (12th), relegated from Regional 1 North West, while North Ribblesdale and West Park St Helens, champions of Counties 1 Yorkshire and Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire respectively were both promoted.
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Altrincham Kersal Stelfox Avenue Timperley, Altrincham, Greater Manchester 7th Birkenhead Park Upper Park 2,000 Birkenhead, Wirral Relegated from Regional 1NW (12th) Burnage Varley Park Stockport, Greater Manchester 5th Douglas Port-E-Chee Douglas, Isle of Man 6th Firwood Waterloo St Anthony's Road 9,950 (950 seats) Blundellsands, Merseyside 2nd North Ribblesdale Grove Park Settle, North Yorkshire Promoted from Counties 1 Yorkshire (champions) Northwich Moss Farm Northwich, Cheshire 8th Sandbach Bradwall Road Sandbach, Cheshire 3rd Vale of Lune Powder House Lane 4,000 (50 seats) Lancaster, Lancashire 4th West Park St Helens Red Rocks St. Helens, Lancashire Promoted from Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire (champions) Widnes Heath Road Widnes, Cheshire 9th Winnington Park Burrows Hill 5,000 Hartford, Northwich, Cheshire 10th
League table Regional 2 North West 2025–26 PosTeamPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTry bonusLoss bonusPoints 1 North Ribblesdale (P) 22 18 0 4 779 368 411 17 3 92 2 Vale of Lune (P) 22 16 0 6 668 432 236 15 2 81 3 Sandbach 22 16 0 6 747 432 315 12 3 79 4 Widnes 22 13 0 9 581 603 −22 9 3 64 5 Douglas 22 11 0 11 578 497 81 12 6 62 6 Burnage 22 11 0 11 595 606 −11 11 5 60 7 Winnington Park 22 11 0 11 513 615 −102 7 2 53 8 Birkenhead Park 22 9 0 13 559 605 −46 11 5 52 9 Firwood Waterloo 22 8 0 14 535 651 −116 11 8 51 10 Northwich 22 9 0 13 568 604 −36 10 3 49 11 West Park St Helens (R) 22 8 0 14 457 757 −300 7 2 41 12 Altrincham Kersal (R) 22 2 0 20 432 842 −410 8 8 24If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Number of draws Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settledMint background is the promotion place (1st) Green background are the promotion play-off places (2nd–5th) Pink background are the relegation play-off places (10th–11th) Salmon background is the relegation place (12th)
Updated: 25 May 2026
Play-offs The champions, North Ribblesdale, are automatically promoted to next seasons Regional 1 North East. The teams in second place through to fifth place take part in the first round of the promotion play-offs, with the winner of each match taking part in round 2. Vale of Lune won round 2 and played the winner of the Regional 2 North Midlands play-offs, with the winner of this match, playing in the Regional 1 North West Accession Final.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Regional 1 North West Accession Final
Vale of Lune are promoted.
Relegation play-off The 10th and 11h placed teams held a play-off, with the losing team relegated.
West Park St Helens are relegated.
2024–25 Participating teams and locations Departing were Birkenhead Park, who were promoted to Regional 1 North West, and Liverpool St Helens, who were relegated to Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire. Kirkby Lonsdale (11th) went on a level transfer to Regional 2 North as did Whitchurch on a level transfer back to Regional 2 West Midlands after just one season. Joining were Sandbach and Northwich, relegated from Regional 1 North West, whilst Eccles and Widnes were promoted from Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire.
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Altrincham Kersal Stelfox Avenue Timperley, Altrincham, Greater Manchester 8th Bowdon Clay Lane Timperley, Altrincham, Greater Manchester 3rd Burnage Varley Park Stockport, Greater Manchester 5th Crewe & Nantwich Newcastle Road Nantwich, Cheshire 4th Douglas Port-E-Chee Douglas, Isle of Man 10th Eccles Gorton Street Eccles, Greater Manchester Promoted from Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire (runners-up) Firwood Waterloo St Anthony's Road 9,950 (950 seats) Blundellsands, Merseyside 2nd Northwich Moss Farm Northwich, Cheshire Relegated from Regional 1 North West (12th) Sandbach Bradwall Road Sandbach, Cheshire Relegated from Regional 1 North West (11th) Vale of Lune Powder House Lane 4,000 (50 seats) Lancaster, Lancashire 7th Widnes Heath Road Widnes, Cheshire Promoted from Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire (champions) Winnington Park Burrows Hill 5,000 Hartford, Northwich, Cheshire 8th
League table Regional 2 North West 2024–25 TeamPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTry bonusLoss bonusPointsPoints deducted 1 Bowdon (P) 22 19 0 3 813 375 438 15 2 94 0 2 Firwood Waterloo 22 18 0 4 750 485 265 16 2 90 0 3 Sandbach 22 17 0 5 884 395 489 17 2 87 0 4 Vale of Lune 22 15 1 6 601 529 72 13 2 77 0 5 Burnage 22 12 1 9 672 582 90 12 3 65 0 6 Douglas 22 11 0 11 560 521 39 11 2 57 0 7 Altrincham Kersal 22 10 0 12 478 665 −187 10 3 53 0 8 Northwich 22 8 0 14 486 500 −14 6 6 44 0 9 Widnes 22 8 0 14 394 628 −234 7 2 41 0 10 Winnington Park 22 5 0 17 479 780 −301 9 5 34 0 11 Crewe & Nantwich (R) 22 6 0 16 337 678 −341 4 2 30 0 12 Eccles (R) 22 2 0 20 454 770 −316 10 5 18 −5If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Number of draws Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are the relegation places.Updated: 24 September 2025 Source:
2023–24 Participating teams and locations Departing were Anselmians, who were promoted to Regional 1 North West while Broughton Park and Wilmslow were relegated to Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire. Glossop (9th) and Rochdale (4th) went on a level transfer to Regional 2 North East.
Joining were Burnage and Kirby Lonsdale, relegated from Regional 1 North West, and Liverpool St Helens promoted from Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire. Also coming in were Crewe & Nantwich and Whitchurch, both on a level transfer from Regional 2 West Midlands.
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season Altrincham Kersal Stelfox Avenue Timperley, Altrincham, Greater Manchester 6th Birkenhead Park Upper Park 2,000 Birkenhead, Wirral 3rd Bowdon Clay Lane Timperley, Altrincham, Greater Manchester 2nd Burnage Varley Park Stockport, Greater Manchester Relegated from Regional 1 North West (11th) Crewe & Nantwich Newcastle Road Nantwich, Cheshire Level transfer from Regional 2 West Midlands (8th) Douglas Port-E-Chee Douglas, Isle of Man 10th Firwood Waterloo St Anthony's Road 9,950 (950 seats) Blundellsands, Merseyside 5th Kirkby Lonsdale Underley Park Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria Relegated from Regional 1 North West (12th) Liverpool St Helens Moss Lane 4,370 (370 seats) St. Helens, Lancashire Promoted from Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire (champions) Vale of Lune Powder House Lane 4,000 (50 seats) Lancaster, Lancashire 7th Whitchurch Edgeley Park Whitchurch, Shropshire Level transfer from Regional 2 West Midlands (9th) Winnington Park Burrows Hill 5,000 Hartford, Northwich, Cheshire 8th
League table Regional 2 North West 2023–24 TeamPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTry bonusLoss bonusPointsPoints deducted 1 Birkenhead Park (P) 22 19 1 2 778 405 373 20 1 97 0 2 Firwood Waterloo 22 16 1 5 661 404 257 13 3 80 0 3 Bowdon 22 15 1 6 555 442 113 12 4 76 0 4 Crewe & Nantwich 22 14 1 7 549 390 159 9 3 70 0 5 Burnage 22 10 0 12 623 549 74 13 8 61 0 6 Whitchurch 22 10 0 12 425 481 −56 8 6 54 0 7 Vale of Lune 22 8 2 12 519 544 −136 7 4 47 0 8 Altrincham Kersal 22 8 1 13 456 592 −136 6 4 44 0 9 Winnington Park 22 7 1 14 582 721 −139 10 3 43 0 10 Douglas 22 8 2 12 377 428 −51 4 5 41 0 11 Kirkby Lonsdale 22 7 1 14 420 627 −207 6 5 41 0 12 Liverpool St Helens (R) 22 4 1 17 371 733 −362 5 5 26 −2If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Number of draws Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are the relegation places.Updated: 7 November 2024 Source:
2022–23 Participating teams and locations This was the first season following the Rugby Football Union (RFU) Adult Competition Review. The league was substantially similar to North 1 West (although smaller as the 14 teams were reduced to 12) with nine teams returning supplemented by three from North 2 West – Anselmians, Rochdale and Winnington Park.