The 2024–25 National League 2 North is the 37th season of the fourth-tier (north) of the English domestic rugby union competitions; one of three at this level. The others are National League 2 East and National League 2 West.
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2024–25 National League 2 North |
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Countries | England |
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Date | 7 September 2024 – 26 April 2025 |
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Matches played | 42 |
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Attendance | 13,477 (average 321 per match) |
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Highest attendance | 1,490 – Fylde v Preston, 14 September 2024 |
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Lowest attendance | 150 – Harrogate v Preston, 28 September 2024 |
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Tries scored | 339 (average 8.1 per match) |
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Top point scorer | 84 – Lewis Minikin (Hull Ionians) |
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Top try scorer | 10 – Nathan Beesley (Lymm) |
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The league consists of fourteen teams and each play the others on a home and away basis, to make a total of 26 matches each. The champions are promoted to National League 1 and the last two teams are relegated to Regional 1 North East or Regional 1 North West; depending on their location.
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.
Participating teams and locations
Locations of the 2024–25 National League 2 North teams
More information Team, Ground ...
Team |
Ground |
Capacity |
City/Area |
Previous season |
Billingham | Greenwood Road [1] | 1,500 (100 seats) | Billingham, County Durham | 12th |
Chester | Hare Lane [2] | 2,000 (500 seats) | Chester, Cheshire | Transferred from National League 2 West (11th) |
Fylde | Woodlands Memorial Ground[3] | 9,000 | Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire | 5th |
Harrogate | Rudding Lane | | Harrogate, North Yorkshire | Promoted from Regional 1 North East (Champions)[4] |
Hull | Ferens Ground | 1,500 (288 seats) | Kingston upon Hull, East Riding | 8th |
Hull Ionians | Brantingham Park [5] | 1,500 (240 seats) | Brantingham, East Riding | 13th |
Leeds Tykes | The Sycamores | 1,500 | Bramhope, Leeds, West Yorkshire | Runners up |
Lymm | Crouchley Lane | | Lymm, Cheshire | 10th |
Otley | Cross Green[6] | 5,000 | Otley, Leeds, West Yorkshire | 9th |
Preston Grasshoppers | Lightfoot Green | 5,000 | Preston, Lancashire | 11th |
Sheffield | Abbeydale Park[7] | 3,200 (100 seats) | Sheffield, South Yorkshire | 3rd |
Sheffield Tigers | Dore Moor [8] | | Sheffield, South Yorkshire | 7th |
Tynedale | Tynedale Park [9] | 2,000 (400 seats) | Corbridge, Northumberland | 6th |
Wharfedale | The Avenue [10] | 2,000 | Threshfield, North Yorkshire | 4th |
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Updated to match(es) played on 12 October 2024. Source: National League Rugby
[11]Rules for classification: If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
- Number of matches won
- 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
Fixtures for the season were published by the RFU on 31 May 2025.[12]
Round 1
Ferens Ground Attendance: 275 Referee: Jack Moorhouse |
(1 BP) Wharfedale | 22 – 8 | Sheffield Tigers |
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The Avenue Attendance: 340 Referee: Michael Harris |
(1 BP) Billingham | 33 – 12 | Harrogate |
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Greenwood Road Attendance: 439 Referee: Dave Charlton |
(2 BP) Preston Grasshoppers | 30 – 32 | Chester (1 BP) |
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Lightfoot Green Attendance: 267 Referee: Daniel Woods |
Hull Ionians | 27 – 39 | Lymm (1 BP) |
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Brantingham Park Attendance: 360 Referee: Sam Yates |
(1 BP) Leeds Tykes | 47 – 5 | Tynedale |
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The Sycamores Attendance: 347 Referee: George Ounsley |
(1 BP) Sheffield | 38 – 19 | Fylde |
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Abbeydale Park Attendance: 168 Referee: Peter Connor |
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Round 2
Hull | 18 – 55 | Hull Ionians (1 BP) |
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Ferens Ground Attendance: 457 Referee: Henry Pearson |
Chester | 19 – 51 | Lymm (1 BP) |
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Hare Lane Attendance: 375 Referee: Jack Moorhouse |
(1 BP) Fylde | 22 – 20 | Preston Grasshoppers (1 BP) |
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Woodlands Memorial Ground Attendance: 1,490 Referee: Sam Yates |
(2 BP) Harrogate | 29 – 35 | Wharfedale (1 BP) |
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Rudding Lane Attendance: 200 Referee: Michael Harris |
(1 BP) Otley | 20 – 24 | Leeds Tykes (1 BP) |
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Cross Green Attendance: 498 Referee: Nikki O'Donnell |
Sheffield Tigers | 13 – 22 | Sheffield |
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Dore Moor Attendance: 334 Referee: George Oundsley |
Tynedale | 19 – 19 | Billingham |
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Tynedale Park Attendance: 220 Referee: Nathan Howarth |
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Round 3
(1 BP) Wharfedale | 34 – 28 | Tynedale (2 BP) |
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The Avenue Attendance: 300 Referee: Daniel Woods |
Billingham | 19 – 17 | Otley (1 BP) |
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Greenwood Road Attendance: 356 Referee: Michael Harris |
Crouchley Lane Attendance: 261 Referee: Llyr ApGeraint-Roberts |
(1 BP) Preston Grasshoppers | 27 – 26 | Sheffield Tigers (1 BP) |
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Lightfoot Green Attendance: 207 Referee: Jack Moorhouse |
(1 BP) Hull Ionians | 30 – 19 | Chester |
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Brantingham Park Attendance: 259 Referee: Dave Charlton |
(1 BP) Leeds Tykes | 49 – 16 | Hull |
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The Sycamores Attendance: 371 Referee: Sam Yates |
(1 BP) Sheffield | 57 – 19 | Harrogate |
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Abbeydale Park Attendance: 350 Referee: Peter Connor |
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Round 4
(1 BP) Hull | 40 – 26 | Billingham (1 BP) |
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Ferens Ground Attendance: 224 Referee: Jack Moorhouse |
(1 BP) Fylde | 47 – 24 | Chester (1 BP) |
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Woodlands Memorial Ground Attendance: 1,080 Referee: George Ounsley |
(2 BP) Harrogate | 31 – 38 | Preston Grasshoppers (1 BP) |
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Rudding Lane Attendance: 150 Referee: David Charlton |
(1 BP) Otley | 44 – 31 | Wharfedale (1 BP) |
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Cross Green Attendance: 526 Referee: Sam Yates |
(2 BP) Sheffield Tigers | 27 – 28 | Lymm (1 BP) |
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Dore Moor Attendance: 189 Referee: Nikki O'Donnell |
Tynedale | 7 – 38 | Sheffield (1 BP) |
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Tynedale Park Attendance: 430 Referee: Gavin Jones |
(1 BP) Leeds Tykes | 37 – 25 | Hull Ionians (1 BP) |
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The Sycamores Attendance: 438 Referee: Owen Taylor |
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Round 5
(1 BP) Wharfedale | 24 – 34 | Hull (1 BP) |
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The Avenue Attendance: 421 Referee: David Charlton |
Billingham | 14 – 33 | Leeds Tykes (1 BP) |
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Greenwood Road Attendance: 492 Referee: Henry Pearson |
(1 BP) Lymm | 57 – 24 | Harrogate (1 BP) |
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Crouchley Lane Attendance: 350 Referee: Michael Harris |
Preston Grasshoppers | 31 – 31 | Tynedale (1 BP) |
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Lightfoot Green Attendance: 317 Referee: Sam Yates |
(1 BP) Chester | 59 – 17 | Sheffield Tigers |
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Hare Lane Attendance: 310 Referee: Llyr ApGeraint-Roberts |
(2 BP) Hull Ionians | 32 – 35 | Fylde (1 BP) |
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Brantingham Park Attendance: 265 Referee: Nathan Howarth |
(1 BP) Sheffield | 38 – 15 | Otley |
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Abbeydale Park Attendance: 411 Referee: George Ounsley |
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Round 6
(1 BP) Leeds Tykes | 33 – 12 | Wharfedale |
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(2 BP) Hull | 36 – 38 | Sheffield (1 BP) |
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Billingham | 27 – 12 | Hull Ionians |
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Harrogate | 22 – 16 | Chester (1 BP) |
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(1 BP) Otley | 45 – 22 | Preston Grasshoppers |
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(2 BP) Sheffield Tigers | 26 – 33 | Fylde (1 BP) |
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(2 BP) Tynedale | 32 – 37 | Lymm (1 BP) |
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Round 7
Preston Grasshoppers | v | Hull |
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Woodlands Memorial Ground |
Hull Ionians | v | Sheffield Tigers |
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Round 8
Harrogate | v | Sheffield Tigers |
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Leeds Tykes | v | Preston Grasshoppers |
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Round 9
Sheffield Tigers | v | Tynedale |
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Preston Grasshoppers | v | Billingham |
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Woodlands Memorial Ground |
Round 10
Wharfedale | v | Preston Grasshoppers |
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Round 11
Preston Grasshoppers | v | Sheffield |
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Woodlands Memorial Ground |
Round 12
Leeds Tykes | v | Sheffield Tigers |
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Preston Grasshoppers | v | Hull Ionians |
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Round 13
Sheffield Tigers | v | Billingham |
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Lymm | v | Preston Grasshoppers |
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Woodlands Memorial Ground |
Round 14
Sheffield | v | Sheffield Tigers |
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Preston Grasshoppers | v | Fylde |
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Round 15
Sheffield Tigers | v | Preston Grasshoppers |
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Woodlands Memorial Ground |
Round 16
Preston Grasshoppers | v | Harrogate |
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Round 17
Tynedale | v | Preston Grasshoppers |
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Woodlands Memorial Ground |
Round 18
Woodlands Memorial Ground |
Preston Grasshoppers | v | Otley |
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Round 19
Hull | v | Preston Grasshoppers |
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Sheffield Tigers | v | Hull Ionians |
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Round 20
Preston Grasshoppers | v | Leeds Tykes |
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Woodlands Memorial Ground |
Sheffield Tigers | v | Harrogate |
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Round 21
Tynedale | v | Sheffield Tigers |
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Billingham | v | Preston Grasshoppers |
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Round 22
Woodlands Memorial Ground |
Preston Grasshoppers | v | Wharfedale |
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Round 23
Sheffield | v | Preston Grasshoppers |
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Round 24
Woodlands Memorial Ground |
Hull Ionians | v | Preston Grasshoppers |
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Sheffield Tigers | v | Leeds Tykes |
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Round 25
Billingham | v | Sheffield Tigers |
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Preston Grasshoppers | v | Lymm |
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Round 26
Chester | v | Preston Grasshoppers |
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Woodlands Memorial Ground |
Sheffield Tigers | v | Wharfedale |
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More information Club, Home Games ...
Club |
Home Games |
Total |
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Highest |
Lowest |
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Billingham | 3 | 1,287 | 429 | 492 | 356 | 29% |
Chester | 2 | 685 | 343 | 375 | 310 | 17% |
Fylde | 2 | 2,570 | 1,285 | 1,490 | 1,080 | 14% |
Harrogate | 2 | 350 | 175 | 200 | 150 | N/A |
Hull | 3 | 956 | 319 | 457 | 224 | 21% |
Hull Ionians | 3 | 884 | 295 | 360 | 259 | 20% |
Leeds Tykes | 3 | 1,156 | 385 | 438 | 347 | 26% |
Lymm | 2 | 611 | 306 | 350 | 261 | N/A |
Otley | 2 | 1,024 | 512 | 526 | 498 | 10% |
Preston Grasshoppers | 3 | 791 | 264 | 317 | 207 | 5% |
Sheffield | 3 | 929 | 310 | 411 | 168 | 10% |
Sheffield Tigers | 2 | 523 | 262 | 334 | 189 | N/A |
Tynedale | 2 | 650 | 325 | 430 | 220 | 16% |
Wharfedale | 3 | 1,061 | 354 | 421 | 300 | 18% |
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More information Rank, Player ...
Top points scorers
Rank | Player | Team | Points |
1 | Lewis Minikin | Hull Ionians | 84 |
2 | Tom Shard | Lymm | 73 |
3 | Nathan Beesley | Lymm | 50 |
4 | Morgan Bagshaw | Chester | 49 |
5 | Greg Smith | Preston Grasshoppers | 47 |
6 | James Watts | Leeds Tykes | 46 |
7 | Elliot Fisher | Sheffield | 42 |
8 | Patrick Bishop | Fylde | 41 |
9 | Harry Holden | Preston Grasshoppers | 40 |
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Top try scorers
Rank | Player | Team | Tries |
1 | Nathan Beesley | Lymm | 10 |
2 | Harry Holden | Preston Grasshoppers | 8 |
3 | Ralph Johnston | Tynedale | 6 |
Will Smith | Sheffield |
Ben Turpin | Leeds Tykes |
4 | Rhodri Campbell | Sheffield | 5 |
Edward Crossland | Otley |
Joseph Heaton | Chester |
Christian Hooper | Sheffield |
Patrick Jennings | Lymm |
Lewis Minikin | Hull Ionians |
William Roberts | Tynedale |
Oliver Williams | Leeds |
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