2021–22 National League 2 South
The 2021–22 National League 2 South is the twelfth season (34th overall) of the fourth tier (south) of the English domestic rugby union competitions since the professionalised format of the second division was introduced. Structure. The league consists of sixteen teams with all the teams playing each other on a home and away basis to make a total of thirty matches each. There is one promotion place and two relegation places. The champions are promoted to the 2022–23 National League 1. The last two teams are relegated to either South-West Premier or London & South  East Premier depending on the geographical location of the team (in some cases teams may join the Midlands Premier). The results of the matches contribute points to the league as follows: Participating teams and locations. Eleven of the teams listed below participated in the 2019–20 National League 2 North season. The 2019–20 champions, Taunton Titans, and runners-up, Tonbridge Juddians were promoted to the 2021–22 National League 1, replacing Canterbury who were relegated from the 2019–20 National League 1. The three teams relegated from National League 2 South the previous season were Sutton & Epsom (London & South East Premier), and Bournemouth  and Old Redcliffians (both South-West Premier). The promoted teams were Barnstaple (champions of South West Premier), while Rochford Hundred and Guernsey Raiders come up as champions and runner-up of London & South East Premier. In order to address an imbalance of teams, Hinckley have been level transferred to the 2021–22 National League 2 South as the most appropriate located team in terms of access to the southern sides. Fixtures & results. Fixtures for the season were announced by the RFU on 4 May 2021.