Midlands 2 West (North) is a level 7 English Rugby Union league and level 2 of the Midlands League, made up of clubs from the northern part of the West Midlands region including Shropshire, Staffordshire, parts of Birmingham and the West Midlands and occasionally Cheshire, with home and away matches played throughout the season. When this division began in 1992 it was known as Midlands West 1, until it was split into two regional divisions called Midlands 3 West (North) and Midlands 3 West (South) ahead of the 2000–01 season. Further restructuring of the Midlands leagues ahead of the 2009–10 season, lead to the current name of Midlands 2 West (North).
Promoted teams tend to move up to Midlands 1 West with the league champions going up automatically and the runners up having to play a playoff against the runners up from Midlands 2 West (South) for their place. Demoted teams typically drop to Midlands 3 West (North). Each year all clubs in the division also take part in the RFU Intermediate Cup - a level 7 national competition.
2021-22
2020–21
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020–21 season was cancelled.
2019–20
2018–19
2017–18
Teams 2016-17
Camp Hill
Kidderminster Carolians
Leek (relegated from Midlands 1 West) Newcastle (Staffs) (promoted from Midlands 3 West (North)) Old Saltleians Old Yardleians Shrewsbury Stafford Stourbridge Lions Tamworth (promoted from Midlands 3 West (North)) Veseyans
Teams 2015-16
Camp Hill
Handsworth (promoted from Midlands 3 West (North)) Harborne (promoted from Midlands 3 West (North)) Kidderminster Carolians Moseley Oak Old Saltleians Old Yardleians (transferred from Midlands 2 West (South)) Shrewsbury Stafford Stourbridge Lions Veseyans Wolverhampton
Teams 2014-15
Bridgnorth
Camp Hill
Kidderminster Carolians (transferred from Midlands 2 West (South)) Ludlow Moseley Oak Old Saltleians Shrewsbury (promoted from Midlands 3 West (North)) Stafford Stourbridge Lions Tamworth RFC Veseyans (promoted from Midlands 3 West (North)) Wolverhampton
Teams 2013-14
Aston Old Edwardians
Bridgnorth
Camp Hill (relegated from Midlands 1 West) Crewe & Nantwich Leek Ludlow Moseley Oak Old Saltleians Stafford Tamworth RFC Willenhall (promoted from Midlands 3 West (North)) Wolverhampton
Teams 2012–13
Aston Old Edwardians
Bridgnorth
Leek
Lordswood Dixonians
Moseley Oak
Old Saltleians
Silhillians RFC (transferred from Midlands 2 West (South)) Spartans (Midlands) Stafford Tamworth RFC Veseyans Wolverhampton
Teams 2011–12
Aston Old Edwardians
Bridgnorth
Burntwood (promoted from Midlands 3 West (North)) Edgbaston Dixonians Leek Moseley Oak (promoted from Midlands 3 West (North)) Old Saletians Shrewsbury Spartans Stafford Stoke-on-Trent (relegated from Midlands 1 West) Stourbridge Lions Tamworth
Teams 2010-11
Aston Old Edwardians
Bridgnorth
Leek
Lordswood Dixonians
Ludlow
Old Saltleians
Shrewsbury
Stafford
Stoke-on-Trent
Stourbridge Lions
Tamworth
Willenhall
Original teams
Teams in Midlands 2 West (North) and Midlands 2 West (South) were originally part of a single division called Midlands 1 West, which contained the following sides when in was introduced in 1992:
Bromsgrove - relegated from Midlands 2 West (11th) Dudley Kingswinford - promoted from North Midlands 1 (runners up) Kings Norton - promoted from North Midlands 1 (4th) Leek - promoted from Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1 (4th) Ludlow - promoted from North Midlands 1 (5th) Newbold-on-Avon - relegated from Midlands 2 West (9th) Newcastle (Staffs) - promoted from Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1 (runners up) Old Halesonians - promoted from North Midlands 1 (3rd) Old Leamingtonians - promoted from Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1 (5th) Old Longtonians - promoted from Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1 (champions) Old Yardleians - promoted from North Midlands 1 (champions) Sutton Coldfield - relegated from Midlands 2 West (10th) Willenhall - promoted from Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1 (3rd)
Midlands 2 West (North) honours
Midlands West 1 (1992–1993)
Midlands 2 West (North) and Midlands 2 West (South) were originally part of a single tier 7 division called Midlands West 1. Promotion was to Midlands 2 and relegation to Midlands West 2.
Midlands West 1 (1993–1996)