WRU League 2 East

WRU Division Two East
Founded	1995
No. of teams	12
Country	Wales
Most recent; champion(s)	Talywain RFC ; (2022-23)
Level on pyramid	4
Promotion to	WRU League 1 East
Relegation to	WRU Division Three East, WRU Division Three South East
Official website	www.wru.co.uk/eng/club/swalecleagues/index.php

The Welsh Rugby Union League 2 East (also called the SWALEC League 2 East for sponsorship reasons) is a rugby union league in Wales.

Competition format and sponsorship

Competition

There are 12 clubs in the WRU League 2 East. During the course of a season (which lasts from September to May) each club plays the others twice, once at their home ground and once at that of their opponents for a total of 22 games for each club, with a total of 132 games in each season. Teams receive four points for a win and two point for a draw, an additional bonus point is awarded to either team if they score four tries or more in a single match. No points are awarded for a loss though the losing team can gain a bonus point for finishing the match within seven points of the winning team. Teams are ranked by total points, then the number of tries scored and then points difference. At the end of each season, the club with the most points is crowned as champion. If points are equal the tries scored then points difference determines the winner. The team who is declared champion at the end of the season is eligible for promotion to the WRU League 1 East. The three lowest placed teams are relegated into the WRU Division Three East or WRU Division Three South East depending on geographical location.

Sponsorship

In 2008 the Welsh Rugby Union announced a new sponsorship deal for the club rugby leagues with SWALEC valued at £1 million (GBP).^[1] The initial three year sponsorship was extended at the end of the 2010/11 season, making SWALEC the league sponsors until 2015.^[2] The leagues sponsored are the WRU Divisions one through to seven.

(2002-2005) Lloyds TSB
(2005-2008) Asda^[3]
(2008-2015) SWALEC

2011/2012 Season

League teams

2011/2012 Table

	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Tries for	Tries against	Try bonus	Losing bonus	Points
2010-2011 WRU Division Two East League Table
1	Ystrad Rhondda RFC	22	18	0	4	657	233	92	26	12	3	87
2	Penallta RFC	22	18	0	4	542	295	70	26	8	3	83
3	Rhydyfelin RFC	22	14	0	8	599	322	83	30	9	6	71
4	Ynysybwl RFC	22	14	2	6	553	395	68	39	9	2	71
5	Heol y Cyw RFC	22	15	0	7	442	299	53	35	6	4	70
6	Llantrisant RFC	22	13	1	8	480	453	44	51	5	1	60
7	Llantwit Fardre RFC	22	8	0	14	424	489	51	62	4	4	40
8	Bedlinog RFC	22	8	0	14	406	529	38	58	3	4	39
9	Abercynon RFC	22	7	1	14	383	614	40	83	3	2	35
10	Tylorstown RFC	22	7	0	15	302	559	35	70	3	2	33
11	Fleur De Lys RFC	22	5	0	17	308	627	29	81	2	5	27
12	Rhymney RFC	22	3	0	19	276	557	30	72	1	5	18
Correct as of 26 May 2012

2010/2011 Season

League teams

2010/2011 Table

	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Tries for	Tries against	Try bonus	Losing bonus	Points
2010-2011 WRU Division Two East League Table
1	Mountain Ash RFC	22	22	0	0	791	280	103	32	15	0	103
2	Tredegar RFC	22	19	0	3	786	361	107	39	17	2	95
3	Llantrisant RFC	22	13	0	9	617	520	79	71	11	2	65
4	Rhydyfelin RFC	22	13	1	8	593	489	87	61	8	2	64
5	Penallta RFC	22	11	0	11	433	407	56	49	7	4	55
6	Tylorstown RFC	22	10	1	11	501	517	66	63	7	5	54
7	Fleur De Lys RFC	22	9	1	12	535	575	65	70	10	5	53
8	Llantwit Fardre RFC	22	10	1	11	464	504	60	64	3	2	47
9	Ynysybwl RFC	22	9	1	12	470	564	56	70	4	4	46
10	Brynmawr RFC	22	8	1	13	474	560	61	71	7	5	46
11	Penarth RFC	22	5	0	17	335	556	37	74	2	4	26
12	Caerphilly RFC	22	0	0	22	295	961	32	145	2	2	4
Correct as of 26 May 2012

2009/2010 Season

League teams

2009/2010 Table

Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Tries for	Tries against	Try bonus	Losing bonus	Points
2009-2010 WRU Division Two East League Table
Gilfach Goch RFC	22	16	1	5	560	343	65	37	7	3	76
Treorchy RFC	22	15	0	7	636	382	79	44	10	2	72
Rhydyfelin RFC	22	13	2	7	525	431	73	51	11	4	71
Mountain Ash RFC	22	13	3	6	404	292	50	33	6	3	67
Brynmawr RFC	22	11	0	11	508	406	65	47	9	7	60
Ynysybwl RFC	22	10	0	12	416	453	55	54	7	5	52
Llantrisant RFC	22	10	1	11	438	532	54	69	5	5	52
Penallta RFC	22	11	0	11	416	488	50	63	2	2	48
Llantwit Fardre RFC	22	10	1	11	392	470	50	60	2	1	45
Abercynon RFC	22	8	0	14	418	546	41	73	5	3	40
Newport Saracens RFC	22	6	1	15	365	453	49	56	3	6	35
Garndiffaith RFC	22	4	1	17	393	675	45	89	5	4	27
Correct as of 3 August 2010

2008/2009 Season

League teams

2008/2009 Table

Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Tries for	Tries against	Try bonus	Losing bonus	Points
2008-2009 WRU Division Two East League Table
Tredegar RFC	22	19	0	3	634	333	87	37	10	1	87
Bedlinog RFC	22	17	0	5	570	252	71	25	8	1	77
Mountain Ash RFC	22	15	0	7	474	313	63	31	4	4	68
Gilfach Goch RFC	22	14	1	7	415	277	54	33	5	4	67
Brynmawr RFC	22	11	3	8	446	348	58	45	6	5	61
Abercynon RFC	22	11	0	11	472	407	55	53	5	5	54
Llantrisant RFC	22	10	0	12	412	426	49	54	4	6	50
Ynysybwl RFC	22	9	1	12	376	416	43	53	2	5	45
Rhydyfelin RFC	22	9	0	13	323	404	42	48	5	4	45
Abergavenny RFC	22	8	0	14	379	422	49	54	5	8	45
Fleur De Lys RFC	22	6	1	15	346	769	46	102	3	2	31
Treherbert RFC	22	0	0	22	282	762	30	112	0	2	2
Correct as of 00:00 16 May 2009

2007/2008 Season

At the end of the season Ystrad Rhondda were crowned champions and gained promotion to the Division One East league, along with second placed Penallta. Newport High School Old Boys and Pill Harriers were relegated to Division Three East, while Llanishen were relegated to Division Three South East.

League teams

2007/2008 Table

Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Tries for	Tries against	Try bonus	Losing bonus	Points
2007-2008 WRU Division Two East League Table
Ystrad Rhondda RFC	22	19	0	3	672	280	81	34	9	2	87
Penallta RFC	22	17	0	5	499	312	73	40	10	2	80
Mountain Ash RFC	22	16	0	6	486	270	60	29	8	4	76
Tredegar RFC	22	13	0	9	521	327	69	41	10	4	66
Builth Wells RFC	22	13	0	9	517	297	66	37	10	3	65
Treherbert RFC	22	14	0	8	445	406	57	45	5	2	63
Abercynon RFC	22	12	0	10	535	476	71	64	9	2	59
Ynysybwl RFC	22	10	0	12	476	389	67	47	6	4	50
Rhydyfelin RFC	22	9	0	13	385	426	51	53	5	6	47
Newport HSOB RFC	22	5	0	17	380	710	53	99	5	5	30
Llanishen RFC	22	4	0	18	300	632	35	92	3	3	22
Pill Harriers RFC	22	0	0	22	208	899	33	135	1	3	5
Correct as of 00:00 11 May 2008

2006/2007 Season

See 2006–07 in Welsh rugby union

Winners

Season	Winners	Name of league
2006-07	Llantrisant RFC	WRU Division Two East
2007-08	Ystrad Rhondda RFC	WRU Division Two East
2008-09	Tredegar RFC	WRU League 2 East
2009-10	Gilfach Goch RFC
2010-11	Mountain Ash RFC
2011-12	Ystrad Rhondda RFC
2012-13	Bedlinog RFC
2013-14	Rhiwbina RFC
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17	Dinas Powys RFC
2017-18	Gilfach Goch RFC
2018-19	St.Peters RFC

References

^ "SWALEC becomes new power behind Welsh rugby". WRU. 26 February 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
^ Cutler, Matt (18 August 2011). "Energy company SWALEC has extended its partnership with the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) through to 2015". WRU. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
^ "ASDA Join Welsh Rugby Community Programmes". WRU. 30 August 2005. Retrieved 26 May 2012.

[1] "SWALEC becomes new power behind Welsh rugby". WRU. 26 February 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.

[2] Cutler, Matt (18 August 2011). "Energy company SWALEC has extended its partnership with the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) through to 2015". WRU. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.

[3] "ASDA Join Welsh Rugby Community Programmes". WRU. 30 August 2005. Retrieved 26 May 2012.

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