| Top placed sides in Counties 2 North & South promoted | Max 5 subs inc. 1 front row. | |
| Second placed teams play-off. Winner plays-off against 3rd bottom of Counties 1. | 10 interchanges allowed | |
| Bottom 2 in each of North and South leagues relegated to Counties 3 |
Counties 2 North East South
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | TB | LB | Pts | ||
| 1 | Mowden Park 11s | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 351 | 43 | 308 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| 2 | Hartleool Rovers | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 238 | 63 | 175 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| 3 | Acklam | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 174 | 96 | 78 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| 4 | Billingham IIs | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 69 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| 5 | Yarm Eagles | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 95 | -9 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 6 | Sedgefield | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 200 | 133 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 7 | Redcar | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 106 | 101 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | Middlesbrough IIs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 83 | 269 | -186 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Peterlee & Horden IIs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 76 | 159 | -83 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | WEST STAGS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 56 | 180 | -124 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Stockton IIs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 78 | 88 | -10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Sunderland IIs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 279 | -246 | 0 | 0 | 0 |