2025–26 National League 2 East

2025–26 National League 2 East
Countries	England
Date	6 September 2025 – 25 April 2026
Matches played	140
Attendance	55,291 (average 395 per match)
Highest attendance	1,019 – L Welsh v Havant, 25 October 2025
Lowest attendance	113 – Oxford v O Albanian, 8 November 2025
Tries scored	1199 (average 8.6 per match)
Top point scorer	202 – Benjamin Penfold (Bury St Edmunds)
Top try scorer	21 – Grant Snelling (Oundle)

The 2025–26 National League 2 East is the fourth season of the fourth-tier (east) of the English domestic rugby union competitions; one of three at this level. The others are National League 2 North and National League 2 West.

The league consists of fourteen teams who 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 while the runners up go into the four team National 2 playoffs with the runners up from National League 2 North and National League 2 West and the 11th placed side in National League 1.^[1]

The bottom two teams are relegated to Regional 1 South Central or Regional 1 South East, while the 12th placed side go into the four team Regional 1 playoffs with the 12th placed sides from National League 2 North and National League 2 West, as well as the Regional 1 playoff winners.^[2]

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
Barnes	Barn Elms	1,000	Barnes, London	3rd
Bury St Edmunds	The Haberden	3,000 (135 seats)	Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk	9th
Canterbury	Marine Travel Ground	1,500 (75 seats)	Canterbury, Kent	4th
Dorking	The Big Field	1,500	Dorking, Surrey	2nd
Esher	Molesey Road	3,500	Hersham, Surrey	Relegated from National League 1 (13th)
Guernsey Raiders	Footes Lane	5,000 (720 seats)	Saint Peter Port, Guernsey	7th
Havant	Hook's Lane[3]	1,500 (500 seats)	Havant, Hampshire	11th
Henley Hawks	Dry Leas	4,000	Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire	8th
London Welsh	Old Deer Park[4]	5,850 (1,000 seats)	Richmond, London	Promoted from Regional 1 South Central
Old Albanian	Woollam's Playing Fields	1,000	St Albans, Hertfordshire	6th
Oundle	Occupation Road		Oundle, Northamptonshire	Promoted from Regional 1 South East
Oxford Harlequins	Horspath Sports Ground[5]	1,000	Horspath, Oxfordshire	12th
Sevenoaks	Knole Paddock	1,000	Sevenoaks, Kent	10th
Westcombe Park	Goddington Dene	3,200 (200 seats)	Orpington, London	5th

2025–26 National League 2 East table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification
1	Old Albanian	20	16	0	4	748	538	+210	16	1	81	Promotion place
2	Oundle	20	15	2	3	687	513	+174	15	1	80	Promotion Play-off
3	Bury St Edmunds	20	14	1	5	782	522	+260	16	4	78
4	Barnes	20	12	1	7	540	418	+122	10	5	65
5	Canterbury	20	12	0	8	589	496	+93	11	4	63
6	Dorking	20	11	2	7	602	412	+190	9	5	62
7	Westcombe Park	20	10	0	10	595	540	+55	14	5	59
8	Havant	20	9	1	10	637	678	−41	14	1	53
9	London Welsh	20	8	0	12	558	650	−92	14	7	53
10	Guernsey Raiders	20	9	1	10	516	625	−109	10	2	50
11	Esher	20	7	0	13	571	662	−91	11	4	43
12	Sevenoaks	20	6	0	14	547	641	−94	8	4	36	Relegation Play-off
13	Henley Hawks	20	4	2	14	461	513	−52	7	8	35	Relegation place
14	Oxford Harlequins	20	2	0	18	391	1016	−625	8	2	18

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Club	Home Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Barnes	10	2,333	233	415	131	23%
Bury St Edmunds	9	3,943	438	543	263	15%
Canterbury	9	4,777	531	985	183	35%
Dorking	10	4,686	469	800	320	31%
Esher	10	6,242	624	920	301	18%
Guernsey Raiders	9	5,303	589	896	200	12%
Havant	9	6,791	755	1,009	416	50%
Henley Hawks	10	2,704	270	331	218	7%
London Welsh	9	5,580	620	1,019	382	11%
Old Albanian	10	3,353	335	434	200	34%
Oundle	9	2,609	290	353	181	N/A
Oxford Harlequins	11	2,001	182	307	113	18%
Sevenoaks	9	2,989	332	495	202	33%
Westcombe Park	9	1,980	220	500	120	7%

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