2024–25 National League 2 East

2024–25 National League 2 East
Countries	England
Date	7 September 2024 – 26 April 2025
Champions	Tonbridge (1st title)
Runners-up	Dorking
Relegated	Worthing, Colchester
Matches played	182
Attendance	72,633 (average 399 per match)
Highest attendance	1,204 – Havant v Oxford Harlequins, 22 March 2025
Lowest attendance	110 (3) – Oxford Harlequins v Worthing, 9 November 2024, Tonbridge v Henley, 7 December 2024, Westcombe Park v Worthing, 14 December 2024
Tries scored	1604 (average 8.8 per match)
Top point scorer	304 – Frank Reynolds (Canterbury)
Top try scorer	26 – Anthony Armstrong (Guernsey)

The 2024–25 National League 2 East was the third 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.

Tonbridge Juddians finished as league champions on 12 April with one game still to play following a dominant victory at home against Oxford Harlequins.^[1] The title battle had been a three way battle for most of the season, but in the end Juddians were fairly comfortable, finishing 6 points clear of runners up Dorking and 9 points clear of 3rd placed Barnes, to earn promotion to the 2025–26 National League 1 after an absence of three seasons.

The reformation of the RFU Championship from 12 to 14 teams meant that one team per level would be safe from relegation. This meant that the battle to avoid the drop went on longer than anticipated but in the end both Colchester and Worthing Raiders would go down on 5 April with two games still to play due to the results of National League 2 North sides making it impossible for either side to avoid the drop - with Billingham from the 2024–25 National League 2 North ultimately staying up as the best ranked 13th placed side in National 2.^[2][3]

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 and the bottom two teams are relegated to Regional 1 South Central or Regional 1 South East.^[4]

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.

Earlier in the season it had been indicated that the RFU Championship was due to increase from 12 to 14 teams for 2025–26. This was finally confirmed by the RFU with most of the season completed, and the subsequent league restructuring meant that one team per league level would have a reprieve from relegation, meaning that the best ranked 13th place team in National League 2 East, National League 2 North or National League 2 West would stay up at the end of 2024–25.^[5]

Team	Ground	Capacity	City/Area	Previous season
Barnes	Barn Elms	1,000	Barnes, London	Runners up
Bury St Edmunds	The Haberden	3,000 (135 seats)	Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk	6th
Canterbury	Marine Travel Ground	1,500 (75 seats)	Canterbury, Kent	7th
Colchester	Raven Park	1,200	Colchester, Essex	Promoted from Regional 1SE (champions)[6]
Dorking	The Big Field	1,500	Dorking, Surrey	3rd
Guernsey Raiders	Footes Lane	5,000 (720 seats)	Saint Peter Port, Guernsey	10th
Havant	Hook's Lane[7]	1,500 (500 seats)	Havant, Hampshire	Promoted from Regional 1SC (champions)[8]
Henley Hawks	Dry Leas	4,000	Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire	4th
Old Albanian	Woollam's Playing Fields	1,000	St Albans, Hertfordshire	8th
Oxford Harlequins	Horspath Sports Ground[9]	1,000	Horspath, Oxfordshire	Promoted from Regional 1 Midlands (champions)[10]
Sevenoaks	Knole Paddock	1,000	Sevenoaks, Kent	11th
Tonbridge Juddians	The Slade	1,500	Tonbridge, Kent	5th
Westcombe Park	Goddington Dene	3,200 (200 seats)	Orpington, London	9th
Worthing Raiders	Roundstone Lane	1,500 (100 seats)	Angmering, West Sussex	12th

table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification
1	Tonbridge Juddians (C)	26	22	0	4	977	593	+384	22	1	111	Promotion place
2	Dorking	26	20	0	6	960	654	+306	22	3	105
3	Barnes	26	19	0	7	821	556	+265	19	7	102
4	Canterbury	26	18	0	8	931	681	+250	18	3	93
5	Westcombe Park	26	16	0	10	803	748	+55	16	4	84
6	Old Albanian	26	14	0	12	787	771	+16	19	6	81
7	Guernsey Raiders	26	14	0	12	823	722	+101	18	6	80
8	Henley Hawks	26	15	1	10	630	625	+5	10	5	77
9	Bury St Edmunds	26	11	0	15	891	892	−1	22	10	71[a]
10	Sevenoaks	26	10	0	16	640	765	−125	12	6	58
11	Havant	26	8	1	17	674	847	−173	11	7	52
12	Oxford Harlequins	26	7	1	18	721	1025	−304	16	4	50
13	Colchester (R)	26	3	1	22	612	961	−349	15	5	34	Relegation place
14	Worthing Raiders (R)	26	3	0	23	637	1067	−430	15	7	34

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

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• Postponed as strong winds caused unsafe travel conditions for visiting side. Game to be rescheduled for 1 February 2025.^[23]

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• Postponed due to high winds.^[25] Game to be rescheduled for 22 February 2025.

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• Postponed due to frozen pitch.^[29] Game to be rescheduled for 22 February 2025.

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• Postponed due to waterlogged pitch.^[35] Game to be rescheduled for 29 March 2025.

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• Game rescheduled from 23 November 2024.

• Game rescheduled from 11 January 2025.

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• Rescheduled from 7 December 2024.

• Rescheduled from 11 January 2025.

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• Game rescheduled from 25 January 2025.

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• Colchester are relegated due to results in other tier 4 leagues meaning they could not finish as the best ranked 13th placed side.

• Worthing Raiders are relegated due to results in other tier 4 leagues meaning they could not finish as the best ranked 13th placed side.

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• Tonbridge Juddians are champions.

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Club	Home Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Barnes	13	2,661	205	287	134	20%
Bury St Edmunds	13	6,043	465	875	235	15%
Canterbury	13	5,512	424	700	250	28%
Colchester	13	5,749	442	821	340	37%
Dorking	13	6,138	472	1,049	356	31%
Guernsey Raiders	13	7,732	595	887	421	12%
Havant	13	11,033	849	1,204	339	57%
Henley Hawks	13	4,058	312	427	187	8%
Old Albanian	13	3,545	273	393	182	27%
Oxford Harlequins	13	2,885	222	456	110	22%
Sevenoaks	13	5,459	420	570	280	42%
Tonbridge Juddians	13	5,072	390	1,021	110	26%
Westcombe Park	13	2,945	227	350	110	7%
Worthing Raiders	13	3,801	292	512	148	19%

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