Counties 2 Middlesex

Counties 2 Middlesex is a level 8 Rugby Union league with teams from North-West London taking part. Historically the league was a level 11 completion and the division was cancelled at the end of the 1995–96 campaign due to the merger of the Hertfordshire and Middlesex regional leagues. After nearly 20 years, ahead of the 2025–26 season the league was reinstated as a decision was taken to once more split out Hertfordshire RFU and Middlesex RFU clubs.
Promoted teams typically move up to Counties 1 Middlesex and relegated sides move down to the Middlesex RFU merit tables.

Participating clubs 2025–26

The league was made up of teams who moved on a level transfer from Counties 2 Herts/Middlesex with others drawn up from Counties 3 Herts/Middlesex as both leagues were, effective from this season, exclusively for Hertfordshire RFU clubs.

Team	Ground	Capacity	City/Area	Previous season
Actonians	Old Actonians Sports Ground		Acton, London	Promoted from Counties 3 Herts/Middlesex
Barnet Elizabethans	Byng Road		Chipping Barnet, London	Level transfer from Counties 2 Herts/Middlesex
Enfield Ignatians	Donkey Lane		Enfield, London, London	Level transfer from Counties 2 Herts/Middlesex
Finsbury Park	Downhills Park		West Green, London	Promoted from Counties 3 Herts/Middlesex
Hackney	Spring Hill Recreation Ground		Upper Clapton, London	Relegated from Counties 1 Herts/Middlesex
Harrow	Grove Field		Stanmore, London	Level transfer from Counties 2 Herts/Middlesex
Kilburn Cosmos	Gladstone Park		Kilburn, London	Promoted from Counties 3 Herts/Middlesex
Old Millhillians	Mill Hill School		Mill Hill, London	Level transfer from Counties 2 Herts/Middlesex

1996–2025

Not contested

Original teams

When league rugby began in 1987 this division contained the following teams:

Antlers
Barclays Bank
Centaurs
CS Stags 1863
Hackney
London Cornish
Old Abbots
Old Hamptonians
Osterley
Pinner & Grammarians
St. Bart's Hospital
Thamesians
Middlesex 2 honours

Middlesex 2 (1987–1992)

The original Middlesex 2 was a tier 9 league with promotion up to Middlesex 1 and relegation was to Middlesex 3.

Middlesex 2 (1992–1996)

The creation of Herts/Middlesex at the beginning of the 1992–93 season meant that Middlesex 2 dropped to become a tier 10 league. The introduction of National 5 South for the 1993–94 season meant that Middlesex 3 dropped another level to become a tier 11 league for the years that National 5 South was active. Promotion continued to Middlesex 1 and relegation to Middlesex 3. The merging of the Hertfordshire and Middlesex regional divisions at the end of the 1995–96 season meant that Middlesex 2 was cancelled.

Number of league titles

Enfield Ignatians
Hackney
Haringey Rhinos
London Nigerian
Old Abbots
Old Hamptonians
Old Meadonians
Old Millhillians
Old Paulines