Cumbria 2

Cumbria 2
Current season or competition: 2018–19 Cumbria 2
Sport	Rugby union
Instituted	2018; 6 years ago (2018)
Ceased	2019; 5 years ago (2019)
Number of teams	10
Country	England
Holders	Silloth (1st title) (2018–19)
Most titles	Silloth (1 title)
Website	Cumbria Rugby Union

Cumbria 2 was a short-lived competitive rugby union league at tier 8 of the English rugby union system run by the English Rugby Football Union for club sides based in Cumbria. Teams were promoted to Cumbria 1 and as it was the lowest ranked RFU league in the county there is no relegation. Each season a team from Cumbria 2 was picked to take part in the RFU Senior Vase - a national competition for clubs at level 8.

Cumbria 2 was formed for the 2018–19 season when the RFU had to restructure the Cumbria and northern leagues due to 19 Lancashire based clubs withdrawing from the league structure to form their own competition. A consequence of this was that North Lancashire/Cumbria was cancelled and the Cumbria League was split into two divisions, with the North Lancashire/Cumbria clubs joining the top 3 Cumbria League clubs in Cumbria 1, and the rest of the sides (including some 2nd XV teams) forming Cumbria 2.^[1]^[2]

After just one season Cumbria 2 was cancelled with teams moving into a single division Cumbria 1.

Teams 2018–19

Team	Ground	Capacity	City/Area	Previous season
Aspatria Eagles (2nd XV)	Bower Park		Aspatria, Cumbria	Joined from Cumbria Shield League (4th)
Carlisle Crusaders (2nd XV)	Rugby Ground, Warwick Road		Carlisle, Cumbria	Relegated from Cumbria League (7th)
Creighton	Sycamore Lane		Carlisle, Cumbria	Joined from Cumbria Shield League (5th)
Egremont	Bleach Green		Egremont, Cumbria	Relegated from Cumbria League (9th)
Furness	The Strawberry Grounds		Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria	Relegated from Cumbria League (4th)
Millom	Wilson Park		Haverigg, Millom, Cumbria	10th (Cumbria League)
Silloth	The Jim Brough Rugby Park		Silloth, Cumbria	Relegated from Cumbria League (5th)
Wigton Wanderers (2nd XV)	Lowmoor Road		Wigton, Cumbria	Joined from Cumbria Shield League (champions)
Windermere	Dawes Meadow		Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria	Relegated from Cumbria League (8th)
Workington	The Ellis Sports Ground	12,000 (2,000 seats)	Workington, Cumbria	Relegated from Cumbria League (6th)

Aspatria II

Carlisle II

Creighton

Egremont

Furness

Millom

Silloth

Wigton II

Windermere

Workington

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Locations of the 2018–19 Cumbria 2 teams

Cumbria 2 honours

Cumbria 2 Honours

Season

No of Teams

Champions

Runners–up

Relegated Teams

League Name

2018-19^[3]

Silloth

Workington

No relegation

Cumbria 2

Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Number of league titles

Silloth (1)

References

^ "North West league restructuring (June 14 2018)". RFU North. 14 June 2018. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
^ "League structure for Cumbria 2018-19". Cumbria Rugby Union. 20 July 2018.
^ "2018-19 Northern Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 13 April 2019.

Rugby union in England

Governing body

Rugby Football Union
Rugby Football Union for Women (merged into the RFU)

National teams

Men's	England England A 7's U-21 U-20 U-18 British & Irish Lions England Counties XV
Women's	Women's 7's

International competitions

Men's	World Cup Six Nations Rugby World Cup Sevens Sevens World Series Sevens Grand Prix Series Commonwealth Games
Women's	World Cup Six Nations World Series Sevens

Competition divisions

Men's	Premiership Championship National Leagues London and SE Division Northern Division Midland Division South West Division United Hospitals Cup
Women's	Premiership Women's Rugby