2024–25 National League 2 North

2024–25 National League 2 North
Countries	England
Date	7 September 2024 – 26 April 2025
Matches played	35
Attendance	13,477 (average 385 per match)
Highest attendance	1,490 – Fylde v Preston, 14 September 2024
Lowest attendance	150 – Harrogate v Preston, 28 September 2024
Tries scored	280 (average 8 per match)
Top point scorer	77 – Lewis Minikin (Hull Ionians)
Top try scorer	8 – Harry Holden (Preston)
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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.

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.

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

2024–25 National League 2 North table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification
1	Lymm	5	5	0	0	224	111	+113	5	0	25	Promotion place
2	Leeds Tykes	5	5	0	0	190	80	+110	5	0	25
3	Sheffield	5	5	0	0	193	73	+120	4	0	24
4	Wharfedale	5	3	0	2	146	143	+3	5	0	17
5	Fylde	5	3	0	2	137	163	−26	3	0	15
6	Preston Grasshoppers	5	2	1	2	146	142	+4	3	2	15
7	Hull Ionians	5	2	0	3	169	148	+21	4	1	13
8	Billingham	5	2	1	2	111	121	−10	2	0	12
9	Otley	5	2	0	3	109	124	−15	1	2	11
10	Chester	5	2	0	3	153	175	−22	3	0	11
11	Hull	5	2	0	3	120	167	−47	2	1	11
12	Tynedale	5	0	2	3	90	169	−79	1	1	6
13	Harrogate	5	0	0	5	115	220	−105	3	2	5	Relegation place
14	Sheffield Tigers	5	0	0	5	91	158	−67	1	2	3

Fixtures for the season were published by the RFU on 31 May 2025.^[12]

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Club	Home Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
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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