| 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 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 429 | 65 | 364 | 6 | 0 | 30 |
| 2 | Hartleool Rovers | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 342 | 92 | 250 | 6 | 0 | 30 |
| 3 | Acklam | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 186 | 104 | 82 | 4 | 0 | 25 |
| 4 | Sedgefield | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 279 | 147 | 132 | 6 | 0 | 22 |
| 5 | Billingham IIs | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 94 | 93 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 21 |
| 6 | Yarm Eagles | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 155 | 131 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| 7 | Redcar | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 126 | 180 | -54 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | Middlesbrough IIs | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 126 | 348 | -222 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | WEST STAGS | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 102 | 255 | -153 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Peterlee & Horden IIs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 119 | 232 | -113 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Stockton IIs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 99 | 112 | -13 | 1 | 1 | -4 |
| 12 | Sunderland IIs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 43 | 341 | -298 | 0 | 0 | -5 |