Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2

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The Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2 (formerly known as County Championship Plate) is an annual rugby union competition in England between teams representing English counties. It was formed in 2002 as the County Championship Shield (a competition which is now played by tier 3 sides) - changing to Plate by 2010 and then to Bill Beaumont Division 2 by 2017.[1][2]

SportRugby union
Founded2002; 24 years ago (2002)
No. of teams12
CountryEngland
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Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2
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Current sports event 2025 Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 2
SportRugby union
Founded2002; 24 years ago (2002)
No. of teams12
CountryEngland
Most recent
champion		Cheshire (2025) (3rd title)
Most titlesNorthumberland (4)
Related
competitions		Bill Beaumont Division 1
Bill Beaumont Division 3
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Division 2 is split into three regional groups (Pools 1,2 and 3) with each team alternating between 2 home games and 1 away game in one championship cycle, and 1 home game and 2 away games in the next, with the top teams and the best placed runner up playing in a Semi-final, with the winners meeting in a final held at Twickenham Stadium along with other county divisional finals. Since the covid pandemic and a decline in counties entering, Promotion and Relegation have been replaced by counties opting into a preferred division, with a Level cap preventing uneven games. Division 2's Level cap is level 5 of the English rugby union system, meaning counties can only select from Regional 1 and below.

Past winners

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Year Date Winners Score Runner-up Venue Attendance/Notes
2002 2 June Warwickshire 34 - 12 Berkshire Twickenham Stadium, London [3]
2003 25 May Northumberland 27 - 8 Oxfordshire Twickenham Stadium, London [4]
2004 29 May North Midlands 58 - 5 Eastern Counties Twickenham Stadium, London [5][6]
2005 29 May Hertfordshire 20 - 13 North Midlands Twickenham Stadium, London [7][8]
2006 29 May Cheshire 32 - 17 Middlesex Twickenham Stadium, London [9][10]
2007 27 May Warwickshire 22 - 8 Somerset Butts Park Arena, Coventry [11][12]
2008 31 May Northumberland 25 – 11 Cornwall Twickenham Stadium, London 1,500[13][14]
2009 30 May Cheshire 30 - 22 Hertfordshire Twickenham Stadium, London [15]
2010[n 1] 29 May Kent 33 - 27 Warwickshire Rectory Field, London [16][17]
2011 28 May Northumberland 31 - 17 North Midlands Greensfield, Alnwick [18][19]
2012 No Final[n 2]
2013 26 May Northumberland 45 - 10 North Midlands Twickenham Stadium, London [20][21]
2014 1 June Kent 31 - 23 Durham County Twickenham Stadium, London [22][23]
2015 31 May Surrey 17 - 3 Eastern Counties Twickenham Stadium, London [24]
2016 29 May East Midlands 33 - 27 Kent Twickenham Stadium, London [25]
2017[n 3] 28 May Leicestershire 39 - 7 Hampshire Twickenham Stadium, London
2018 27 May Durham County 46 - 12 Warwickshire Twickenham Stadium, London
2019 8 June Leicestershire 38 - 13 Surrey Twickenham Stadium, London
2020-2021 No Competition due to COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom[26]
2022 4 June Somerset 36 - 20 Staffordshire Twickenham Stadium, London
2023 3 June Dorset and Wilts 37 - 15 Durham Twickenham Stadium, London
2024 15 June Oxfordshire 38 - 37 Cheshire Twickenham Stadium, London
2025 22 June Cheshire 50 - 38 Devon Twickenham Stadium, London
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Number of wins

Notes

  1. [1]
    Changed name from County Championship Shield to County Championship Plate.
  2. [2]
    This season there was no Plate final for the division two teams only promotion for the top sides in each group.
  3. [3]
    Changed name from County Championship Plate to Bill Beaumont Division 2.

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