National League 2 East is a rugby union league at level four in the English rugby union system and provides semi-professional competition for teams in London, South East England, the East of England and the Channel Islands. The remainder of England is covered by two other regional leagues; National League 2 North and National League 2 West.
The champion club is promoted to National One. The last two teams are relegated to either Regional 1 South Central or Regional 1 South East. Prior to the 2022âÂÂ23 season, National League 2 East and National League 2 West were part of a unified division known as National League 2 South. Tonbridge Juddians are the current champions and are promoted to National League 1.
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 a 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.
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 2 North and National 2 West, as well as the Regional 1 playoff winners.
The results of the matches contribute points to the league as follows: