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RFU Championship

January 19, 2024

The RFU Championship is an English rugby union competition comprising eleven clubs. It is the second level of men's English rugby and is played by both professional and semi-professional players.[1][2] The competition has existed since 1987, when English clubs were first organised into leagues.[3]

Championship Rugby
Current season, competition or edition:
2023–24 RFU Championship
SportRugby union
Founded1987; 37 years ago (1987)
AdministratorRFU
No. of teams11
Countries England
Most recent
champion(s)		Jersey Reds (1st title)
(2022–23)
Most titlesBristol Bears (4 titles)
Level on pyramidLevel 2
Promotion toPremiership Rugby
Relegation toNational League 1
Domestic cup(s)Premiership Rugby Cup
Official websitechampionshiprugby.co.uk

Organisation and format edit

The Championship is governed by the Rugby Football Union (RFU).[4] The current competition format is a double round-robin tournament, where teams play each other home and away. The 2022–23 season had no playoff phase, and no team was promoted to the Premiership as Jersey Reds did not meet the minimum standards criteria.[5]

Current league table edit

Main article: 2023–24 RFU Championship
2023–24 RFU Championship Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1 Ealing Trailfinders 7 6 0 1 281 142 139 6 1 31
2 Coventry 8 5 0 3 266 183 83 7 0 27
3 Cornish Pirates 7 5 0 2 216 145 71 4 1 25
4 Doncaster Knights 8 5 0 3 229 210 19 4 1 25
5 Bedford Blues 7 5 0 2 252 170 82 4 0 24
6 Nottingham 8 4 0 4 229 252 -23 6 0 22
7 Ampthill 8 4 0 4 225 228 -3 5 1 22
8 Hartpury 8 3 0 5 205 237 -32 3 2 17
9 Caldy 7 3 0 4 165 251 -86 4 0 16
10 Cambridge 9 1 0 8 187 373 -186 4 3 11
11 London Scottish 7 1 0 6 129 193 -64 2 3 9
  • If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  5. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background Champions (qualify for Promotion play-off if eligible).
Red background will be relegated (there is no relegation this season).
Updated: 13 January 2024
Source: "The Championship". England Rugby.

Current teams edit

Main article: 2023–24 RFU Championship
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Locations of the 2023–24 RFU Championship teams
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Locations of the 2022–23 RFU Championship teams in London

History edit

Precursor competitions (1987–2009) edit

The governing body for rugby union in England, the RFU, first allowed league hierarchies in 1987. This came nearly a century after leagues were first established in football and cricket, England's other two principal team sports.[6][7]

The RFU's reluctance to allow leagues was based on a perceived threat to the sport's amateurism regulations: competitive leagues were seen as making clubs more likely to use incentives to attract and retain the best players.[8]

When formalised leagues were finally permitted in the 1987–88 season, the second level was known as 'Courage League National Division Two'. The league has since had several different names before becoming the RFU Championship in the 2009–10 season.

Name of second-level competition First season Last season
Courage League National Division Two 1987–88 1996–97
Allied Dunbar Premiership Two 1997–98 1999–2000
National Division One 2000–01 2008–09

Origins (2008) edit

In November 2008, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) published a plan for a new professional tier below the Premiership. The 12-team Championship replaced the 16-team National Division One.

Level of men's rugby Name of competition in 2008–09 Name of competition in 2009–10 Number of teams in 2008–09 Number of teams in 2009–10
Level 1 Guinness Premiership Guinness Premiership 12 12
Level 2 National Division One RFU Championship 16 12
Level 3 National Division 2 National League 1 14 16

To enable Level 2 to transition from 16 teams to 12, the RFU proposal called for five teams to be relegated at the end of the 2008–09 season. The relegated teams would play in the third level of rugby, known as 'National Division 2' in 2008–09 and to be known as 'National League 1' in 2009–10.

Additionally, one team would be relegated from the Premiership (Level 1 to Level 2), one team would be promoted to the Premiership (Level 2 to Level 1), and one team would be promoted from National Division 2 (Level 3 to Level 2).

The RFU Council voted overwhelmingly in favour of the new proposal, and the first Championship season started the following year, in 2009.

RFU Championship (2009–present) edit

Promotion to the Premiership edit

Automatic promotion to the Premiership has not been a consistent feature of the RFU Championship. A playoff tournament was used to decide promotion between the 2009–10 and 2016–17 seasons, as well as in the 2020–21 season.

In seasons without a promotion playoff (2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20), the team at the top of the league was automatically promoted to the Premiership.[9]

The RFU plans to reintroduce possible promotion at the end of the 2023–24 season, by means of a play-off between the top placed team in the Championship and the bottom placed side in the Premiership.[10]

COVID-19 edit

The COVID-19 pandemic caused the 2019–20 season to be prematurely ended. Final standings were based on a "best playing record formula" and promotion and relegation remained for the 1st and 12th placed clubs respectively.[11]

The 2020–21 season was impacted by the aforementioned pandemic and as a consequence, a shorter season kicked off in spring 2021. The reduced season saw each team play each other once only with the top two teams entering a two-legged promotion playoff. There was no relegation due to cancellation of National League 1.[12]

In February 2021, a moratorium on relegation from the Premiership into the Championship was approved and it was confirmed that the RFU were working on a review of the minimum standards criteria for promotion and the league structure from 2021–22.[13] The moratorium was extended for a further two years in June 2021 and also could include promotion from the Championship at the end of the 2022–23 season if there was promotion in the previous season. There was also no relegation from the Championship in 2021–22.

Competition funding edit

The RFU Championship clubs were in dispute with the RFU over funding for the competition and claimed that each club was owed £77,000 for the past three seasons, and will be owed a further £120,000 over the next four seasons. The clubs believed they should have received £295,000 in 2009–10, rising to £400,000 by 2015–16 and further believe there was a breach of contract on the part of the RFU. The RFU stated that the original funding was an estimate and by 2015–16 the figure will be £359,400.[14] When the RFU announced the hiatus of promotion play-offs, it also announced funding increases from both itself and the Premiership, including a new system which ties some of the new funding to each Championship side's performance in the league season.[9] The extra funding provided prior to 2016–17 was removed prior to the 2020–21 season.[15][16]

Sponsorship edit

For sponsorship reasons, the competition was officially known as the Greene King IPA Championship between the 2013–14 and 2020–21 seasons.[17]

Historic results edit

Courage League National Division Two (1987–1997) edit

1980s

Season Matches Champions Runners–up Relegated teams
1987–88 11 Rosslyn Park Liverpool St Helens No relegation
1988–89 11 Saracens Bedford London Scottish and London Welsh
1989–90 11 Northampton Liverpool St Helens No relegation[a 1]
Green background are promotion places.

1990s

Allied Dunbar Premiership Two (1997–2000) edit

1990s

Season Matches Champions Runners–up Relegated teams
1997–98 22 Bedford West Hartlepool[a 3] No relegation[a 4]
1998–99 26 Bristol Rotherham Blackheath and Fylde
1999–00 26 Rotherham Leeds Tykes Rugby and West Hartlepool
Green background are promotion places.

National Division One (2000–2009) edit

2000s

RFU Championship (2009–) edit

2000s

Season Matches Champions Runners–up Relegated teams
2009–10 22 Exeter Chiefs Bristol Coventry
Green background are promotion places.

2010s

2020s

Season Matches Champions Runners–up Relegated teams
2020–21 10** Saracens Ealing Trailfinders No relegation
2021–22 20 Ealing Trailfinders Doncaster Knights No relegation
2022–23 22 Jersey Reds Ealing Trailfinders Richmond
2023–24 20
Green background are promotion places.
**2020–21 season started late due to the pandemic.

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Due to the expansion of the Courage National Leagues for the following season there was no relegation from the 1989–90 Courage League National Division Two.[18]
  2. ^ Due to the expansion of the division from 10 to 12 teams for the following season there was no relegation from the 1995-96 Courage League National Division Two.[19]
  3. ^ 3rd place London Scottish were also promoted.
  4. ^ Due to the expansion of the top two divisions for the following season there was no relegation from the 1997-98 Dunbar Premiership Two.[20]
  5. ^ Due to the RFU expanding the league from 14 to 16 teams for the following season there was no relegation from the 2005-06 National Division One.[21]

References edit

  1. ^ "What next for rugby's Championship?". BBC Sport.
  2. ^ "RFU cuts turn London Scottish semi-pro but Championship could become development league | SWLondoner". 2 April 2020.
  3. ^ Williams, Peter (2012). "Any given Saturday: Competitive balance in elite English rugby union". Managing Leisure. 17 (2–3): 88–105. doi:10.1080/13606719.2012.674388. S2CID 154035466.
  4. ^ "Regulation 2013" (PDF). (PDF) from the original on 24 April 2020.
  5. ^ "RFU".
  6. ^ Williams, P. J. (2000). Professionalism and Change in English Rugby Union: An Inside View - ProQuest. University of Manchester. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  7. ^ . Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game. ACS. 1889. pp. 478–479. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  8. ^ Williams, P. (December 2002). "Battle Lines on Three Fronts: The RFU and the Lost War Against Professionalism". The International Journal of the History of Sport. 19 (4): 114–136. doi:10.1080/714001793. S2CID 145705183. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Play-off system removed from Greene King IPA Championship from next season" (Press release). Premiership Rugby Limited. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  10. ^ "RFU Council Vote in Favour of Covid Recovery Plan and Temporary Pause on Relegation". Premiership Rugby. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  11. ^ "RFU". www.englandrugby.com. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  12. ^ "Greene King IPA Championship Fixtures Confirmed". www.championshiprugby.co.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  13. ^ "RFU Council Votes in Favour of No Relegation". www.englandrugby.com. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  14. ^ Straughan, Dick (5 July 2012). "Falcons relegated as Welsh win RFU promotion appleal". The Cornishman. p. 80.
  15. ^ "Update on RFU Funding of Greene King IPA Championship". Rugby Football Union. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  16. ^ "Update on RFU Funding of Greene King IPA Championship". Rugby Football Union. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  17. ^ (Press release). Rugby Football Union. 26 June 2013. Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  18. ^ Tony Williams and Bill Mitchell, ed. (1990). Courage Official Rugby Union Club Directory 1990–91. Windsor: Burlington Publishing Co Ltd.
  19. ^ Mick Cleary and John Griffiths, ed. (1996). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1996–97. London: Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7472-7771-2.
  20. ^ "Leagues 1997/98". Moseley Rugby Club. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  21. ^ "RFU council approves expansion of National League One". ESPN. 17 March 2006.

External links edit

  • Official website  
  • RFU Championship table at BBC Sport

January 19, 2024
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The RFU Championship is an English rugby union competition comprising eleven clubs It is the second level of men s English rugby and is played by both professional and semi professional players 1 2 The competition has existed since 1987 when English clubs were first organised into leagues 3 Championship RugbyCurrent season competition or edition 2023 24 RFU ChampionshipSportRugby unionFounded1987 37 years ago 1987 AdministratorRFUNo of teams11Countries EnglandMost recentchampion s Jersey Reds 1st title 2022 23 Most titlesBristol Bears 4 titles Level on pyramidLevel 2Promotion toPremiership RugbyRelegation toNational League 1Domestic cup s Premiership Rugby CupOfficial websitechampionshiprugby co uk Contents 1 Organisation and format 2 Current league table 3 Current teams 4 History 4 1 Precursor competitions 1987 2009 4 2 Origins 2008 4 3 RFU Championship 2009 present 4 3 1 Promotion to the Premiership 4 3 2 COVID 19 4 3 3 Competition funding 4 3 4 Sponsorship 5 Historic results 5 1 Courage League National Division Two 1987 1997 5 2 Allied Dunbar Premiership Two 1997 2000 5 3 National Division One 2000 2009 5 4 RFU Championship 2009 6 See also 7 Notes 8 References 9 External linksOrganisation and format editThe Championship is governed by the Rugby Football Union RFU 4 The current competition format is a double round robin tournament where teams play each other home and away The 2022 23 season had no playoff phase and no team was promoted to the Premiership as Jersey Reds did not meet the minimum standards criteria 5 Current league table editMain article 2023 24 RFU Championship 2023 24 RFU Championship Table vteClub Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points1 Ealing Trailfinders 7 6 0 1 281 142 139 6 1 312 Coventry 8 5 0 3 266 183 83 7 0 273 Cornish Pirates 7 5 0 2 216 145 71 4 1 254 Doncaster Knights 8 5 0 3 229 210 19 4 1 255 Bedford Blues 7 5 0 2 252 170 82 4 0 246 Nottingham 8 4 0 4 229 252 23 6 0 227 Ampthill 8 4 0 4 225 228 3 5 1 228 Hartpury 8 3 0 5 205 237 32 3 2 179 Caldy 7 3 0 4 165 251 86 4 0 1610 Cambridge 9 1 0 8 187 373 186 4 3 1111 London Scottish 7 1 0 6 129 193 64 2 3 9If teams are level at any stage tiebreakers are applied in the following order Number of matches won Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match then the second and so on until the tie is settledGreen background Champions qualify for Promotion play off if eligible Red background will be relegated there is no relegation this season Updated 13 January 2024Source The Championship England Rugby Current teams editMain article 2023 24 RFU Championship nbsp nbsp Ampthill nbsp Bedford Blues nbsp Cornish Pirates nbsp Caldy nbsp Cambridge nbsp Coventry nbsp Doncaster Knights nbsp Hartpury University nbsp Nottingham nbsp Londonclass notpageimage Locations of the 2023 24 RFU Championship teams nbsp nbsp London Scottish nbsp Ealing Trailfindersclass notpageimage Locations of the 2022 23 RFU Championship teams in London Club Stadium Capacity AreaAmpthill Dillingham Park 3 000 Ampthill BedfordshireBedford Blues Goldington Road 5 000 1 700 seats Bedford BedfordshireCaldy Paton Field 4 000 Thurstaston Wirral MerseysideCambridge Grantchester Road 1 500 200 seats Cambridge CambridgeshireCornish Pirates Mennaye Field 4 000 2 200 Seats Penzance CornwallCoventry Butts Park Arena 5 200 3 000 seats Coventry West MidlandsDoncaster Knights Castle Park 5 000 1 650 seats Doncaster South YorkshireEaling Trailfinders Trailfinders Sports Ground 4 000 2 200 Seats West Ealing LondonHartpury University Alpas Arena 2 000 Hartpury GloucestershireLondon Scottish Athletic Ground 4 500 1 000 seats Richmond LondonNottingham Lady Bay Sports Ground 3 500 Nottingham NottinghamshireHistory editPrecursor competitions 1987 2009 edit The governing body for rugby union in England the RFU first allowed league hierarchies in 1987 This came nearly a century after leagues were first established in football and cricket England s other two principal team sports 6 7 The RFU s reluctance to allow leagues was based on a perceived threat to the sport s amateurism regulations competitive leagues were seen as making clubs more likely to use incentives to attract and retain the best players 8 When formalised leagues were finally permitted in the 1987 88 season the second level was known as Courage League National Division Two The league has since had several different names before becoming the RFU Championship in the 2009 10 season Name of second level competition First season Last seasonCourage League National Division Two 1987 88 1996 97Allied Dunbar Premiership Two 1997 98 1999 2000National Division One 2000 01 2008 09Origins 2008 edit In November 2008 the Rugby Football Union RFU published a plan for a new professional tier below the Premiership The 12 team Championship replaced the 16 team National Division One Level of men s rugby Name of competition in 2008 09 Name of competition in 2009 10 Number of teams in 2008 09 Number of teams in 2009 10Level 1 Guinness Premiership Guinness Premiership 12 12Level 2 National Division One RFU Championship 16 12Level 3 National Division 2 National League 1 14 16To enable Level 2 to transition from 16 teams to 12 the RFU proposal called for five teams to be relegated at the end of the 2008 09 season The relegated teams would play in the third level of rugby known as National Division 2 in 2008 09 and to be known as National League 1 in 2009 10 Additionally one team would be relegated from the Premiership Level 1 to Level 2 one team would be promoted to the Premiership Level 2 to Level 1 and one team would be promoted from National Division 2 Level 3 to Level 2 The RFU Council voted overwhelmingly in favour of the new proposal and the first Championship season started the following year in 2009 RFU Championship 2009 present edit Promotion to the Premiership edit Automatic promotion to the Premiership has not been a consistent feature of the RFU Championship A playoff tournament was used to decide promotion between the 2009 10 and 2016 17 seasons as well as in the 2020 21 season In seasons without a promotion playoff 2017 18 2018 19 2019 20 the team at the top of the league was automatically promoted to the Premiership 9 Season Number of playoff teams2009 10 82010 112011 122012 13 42013 142014 152015 162016 172017 18 No play offs2018 192019 202020 21 22021 22 No play offs2022 23The RFU plans to reintroduce possible promotion at the end of the 2023 24 season by means of a play off between the top placed team in the Championship and the bottom placed side in the Premiership 10 COVID 19 edit The COVID 19 pandemic caused the 2019 20 season to be prematurely ended Final standings were based on a best playing record formula and promotion and relegation remained for the 1st and 12th placed clubs respectively 11 The 2020 21 season was impacted by the aforementioned pandemic and as a consequence a shorter season kicked off in spring 2021 The reduced season saw each team play each other once only with the top two teams entering a two legged promotion playoff There was no relegation due to cancellation of National League 1 12 In February 2021 a moratorium on relegation from the Premiership into the Championship was approved and it was confirmed that the RFU were working on a review of the minimum standards criteria for promotion and the league structure from 2021 22 13 The moratorium was extended for a further two years in June 2021 and also could include promotion from the Championship at the end of the 2022 23 season if there was promotion in the previous season There was also no relegation from the Championship in 2021 22 Competition funding edit The RFU Championship clubs were in dispute with the RFU over funding for the competition and claimed that each club was owed 77 000 for the past three seasons and will be owed a further 120 000 over the next four seasons The clubs believed they should have received 295 000 in 2009 10 rising to 400 000 by 2015 16 and further believe there was a breach of contract on the part of the RFU The RFU stated that the original funding was an estimate and by 2015 16 the figure will be 359 400 14 When the RFU announced the hiatus of promotion play offs it also announced funding increases from both itself and the Premiership including a new system which ties some of the new funding to each Championship side s performance in the league season 9 The extra funding provided prior to 2016 17 was removed prior to the 2020 21 season 15 16 Sponsorship edit For sponsorship reasons the competition was officially known as the Greene King IPA Championship between the 2013 14 and 2020 21 seasons 17 Historic results editCourage League National Division Two 1987 1997 edit 1980s Season Matches Champions Runners up Relegated teams1987 88 11 Rosslyn Park Liverpool St Helens No relegation1988 89 11 Saracens Bedford London Scottish and London Welsh1989 90 11 Northampton Liverpool St Helens No relegation a 1 Green background are promotion places 1990s Season Matches Champions Runners up Relegated teams1990 91 12 Rugby London Irish Richmond and Headingley1991 92 12 London Scottish West Hartlepool Plymouth Albion Liverpool St Helens1992 93 12 Newcastle Gosforth Waterloo Bedford Rosslyn Park Richmond Blackheath Coventry Fylde Morley1993 94 18 Sale West Hartlepool Rugby Otley1994 95 18 Saracens Wakefield Fylde Coventry1995 96 18 Northampton London Irish No relegation a 2 1996 97 22 Richmond Newcastle Rugby NottinghamGreen background are promotion places Allied Dunbar Premiership Two 1997 2000 edit 1990s Season Matches Champions Runners up Relegated teams1997 98 22 Bedford West Hartlepool a 3 No relegation a 4 1998 99 26 Bristol Rotherham Blackheath and Fylde1999 00 26 Rotherham Leeds Tykes Rugby and West HartlepoolGreen background are promotion places National Division One 2000 2009 edit 2000s Season Matches Champions Runners up Relegated teams2000 01 26 Leeds Tykes Worcester Orrell and Waterloo2001 02 26 Rotherham Worcester Henley and Bracknell2002 03 26 Rotherham Worcester Moseley Rugby Lions2003 04 26 Worcester Orrell Wakefield Manchester2004 05 26 Bristol Exeter Orrell Henley2005 06 26 Harlequins Bedford Blues No relegation a 5 2006 07 30 Leeds Tykes Earth Titans Otley Waterloo2007 08 30 Northampton Saints Exeter Chiefs Pertemp Bees Launceston2008 09 30 Leeds Tykes Exeter Chiefs Esher Sedgley Park Newbury Otley ManchesterGreen background are promotion places RFU Championship 2009 edit 2000s Season Matches Champions Runners up Relegated teams2009 10 22 Exeter Chiefs Bristol CoventryGreen background are promotion places 2010s Season Matches Champions Runners up Relegated teams2010 11 22 Worcester Warriors Bedford Blues Doncaster Knights2011 12 22 London Welsh Bristol Ealing Trailfinders2012 13 22 Newcastle Falcons Bristol Plymouth Albion2013 14 23 London Welsh Doncaster Knights Moseley2014 15 22 Worcester Warriors Yorkshire Carnegie No relegation2015 16 22 Bristol Ealing Trailfinders Rotherham Titans2016 17 22 London Irish Ealing Trailfinders Richmond2017 18 22 Bristol Ealing Trailfinders Yorkshire Carnegie2018 19 22 London Irish Ealing Trailfinders No relegation2019 20 15 Newcastle Falcons Ealing Trailfinders No relegationGreen background are promotion places 2019 20 season ended early because of the COVID 19 pandemic 2020s Season Matches Champions Runners up Relegated teams2020 21 10 Saracens Ealing Trailfinders No relegation2021 22 20 Ealing Trailfinders Doncaster Knights No relegation2022 23 22 Jersey Reds Ealing Trailfinders Richmond2023 24 20Green background are promotion places 2020 21 season started late due to the pandemic See also editRugby union in England Premiership Rugby List of English rugby union teamsNotes edit Due to the expansion of the Courage National Leagues for the following season there was no relegation from the 1989 90 Courage League National Division Two 18 Due to the expansion of the division from 10 to 12 teams for the following season there was no relegation from the 1995 96 Courage League National Division Two 19 3rd place London Scottish were also promoted Due to the expansion of the top two divisions for the following season there was no relegation from the 1997 98 Dunbar Premiership Two 20 Due to the RFU expanding the league from 14 to 16 teams for the following season there was no relegation from the 2005 06 National Division One 21 References edit What next for rugby s Championship BBC Sport RFU cuts turn London Scottish semi pro but Championship could become development league SWLondoner 2 April 2020 Williams Peter 2012 Any given Saturday Competitive balance in elite English rugby union Managing Leisure 17 2 3 88 105 doi 10 1080 13606719 2012 674388 S2CID 154035466 Regulation 2013 PDF Archived PDF from the original on 24 April 2020 RFU Williams P J 2000 Professionalism and Change in English Rugby Union An Inside View ProQuest University of Manchester Retrieved 22 November 2021 Annual Meeting of County Secretaries the programme for 1890 Cricket A Weekly Record of the Game ACS 1889 pp 478 479 Archived from the original on 8 September 2017 Retrieved 3 July 2017 Williams P December 2002 Battle Lines on Three Fronts The RFU and the Lost War Against Professionalism The International Journal of the History of Sport 19 4 114 136 doi 10 1080 714001793 S2CID 145705183 Retrieved 22 November 2021 a b Play off system removed from Greene King IPA Championship from next season Press release Premiership Rugby Limited 3 March 2017 Retrieved 4 March 2017 RFU Council Vote in Favour of Covid Recovery Plan and Temporary Pause on Relegation Premiership Rugby Retrieved 29 June 2021 RFU www englandrugby com Retrieved 12 February 2021 Greene King IPA Championship Fixtures Confirmed www championshiprugby co uk Retrieved 12 February 2021 RFU Council Votes in Favour of No Relegation www englandrugby com Retrieved 16 February 2021 Straughan Dick 5 July 2012 Falcons relegated as Welsh win RFU promotion appleal The Cornishman p 80 Update on RFU Funding of Greene King IPA Championship Rugby Football Union Retrieved 11 February 2020 Update on RFU Funding of Greene King IPA Championship Rugby Football Union Retrieved 23 February 2020 Greene King IPA to sponsor RFU Championship Press release Rugby Football Union 26 June 2013 Archived from the original on 1 July 2013 Retrieved 27 June 2013 Tony Williams and Bill Mitchell ed 1990 Courage Official Rugby Union Club Directory 1990 91 Windsor Burlington Publishing Co Ltd Mick Cleary and John Griffiths ed 1996 Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1996 97 London Headline Book Publishing ISBN 978 0 7472 7771 2 Leagues 1997 98 Moseley Rugby Club Retrieved 9 August 2012 RFU council approves expansion of National League One ESPN 17 March 2006 External links editOfficial website nbsp RFU Championship table at BBC 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