national 2 south status

tigerburnie wrote: I used pay subs to get a shoeing and I weight trained 5 days a week went to the club twice a week for training and went to the selection meeting on Sunday morning all for the love of playing the game and being part of a club. Now I do know there are a lot of players who do a lot for the love of the game, most of the mercenaries will be in the higher echelons of the game.

Scrumtime wrote: Halliford wrote: FlyingRuck wrote: Any truth in the rumour that OE's are set to return next season in National 2 South? I hope its not true... Only in place of Blackheath if they fold after relegation.😉😂😂 Are you speaking in an official capacity as a secretary of a National 1 club or do you know any facts ?  ......

OEs if they want to get back to the higher levels, must do as all before them ie Richmond L Scottish, L Welsh, East Grinstead. Drop to the lowest level and work their way back up.

Golden Jackal wrote: To be fair, the posts have been circulated primarily from people not regurlaly associated with N2South.   Good Luck and congratulations to all clubs that gain promotion!    Whether a club pays players, doesnt pay players, has 50 watching or 500, I couldnt careless, what concerns me most is the quality of the Rugby on display and I fear the decision to "water down" the leagues will jeopordise that!  History says that in recent times, most promoted teams (and they have usually come up having won their division at a canter) struggle in N2.  Good luck all 3 teams today, especially N Walsham as it would be great to have a "local" derby!

Totally agree with this.

Mark W-J wrote: There have been draft versions of the structure at L4/5 (from official sources) circulating regularly in recent weeks - one iteration was posted on this board - and OEs do not feature at either level.

Edited by Scrumtime - 23 Apr 2022 at 11:50

I might have misremembered but didn't the RFU say that clubs could pull out of the leagues this season (Covid) and return next season to the same league? In any normal year you would start at the bottom of the pyramid.

To be fair, the posts have been circulated primarily from people not regurlaly associated with N2South.   Good Luck and congratulations to all clubs that gain promotion!    Whether a club pays players, doesnt pay players, has 50 watching or 500, I couldnt careless, what concerns me most is the quality of the Rugby on display and I fear the decision to "water down" the leagues will jeopordise that!  History says that in recent times, most promoted teams (and they have usually come up having won their division at a canter) struggle in N2.  Good luck all 3 teams today, especially N Walsham as it would be great to have a "local" derby!

FlyingRuck wrote: Any truth in the rumour that OE's are set to return next season in National 2 South? I hope its not true...

I cannot see any reason for that to happen - surely they start at the bottom (as other clubs have) if they want to restart at all.

WR. You dont have to apologise to me or to Canterbury I imagine. The fact that the topic has 'travelled' is sufficient in itself to indicate that the original posts in January had substance, and are still alive and subjudice. Like you we all share an interest in the truth which seems so difficult to establish in a timely fashion these days. It is probably likely that the whole matter will unravel in mid July with some inconspicuous RFU website notification.