2022–23 RFU Championship

The 2022–23 RFU Championship is the fourteenth season of the RFU Championship, the professional second tier of rugby union in England. It features eleven English teams and one from Jersey. Ealing Trailfinders are the reigning champions.

2022–23 RFU Championship
Countries England
 Jersey
Number of teams12
Date
September 2022 — tba
Attendance0
Tries scored0

Structure

In a return to the structure used prior to 2020–21, the eleven teams will play each of the other teams twice. There is no end of season play-off and no team will be promoted due to a moratorium being placed on promotion to and relegation from Premiership Rugby. The twelfth placed team at the end of the season will be relegated from the league.

RFU funding

For the third year in a row each club will receive approximately £161,500 in funding from the RFU as part of the reduction of funding introduced ahead of the 2016–17 season.[1][2][3] Following news of the funding change, several clubs announced a switch to a semi-professional business model ahead of the 2020–21 season.[4][5]

Teams

eleven of the twelve teams played in last season's competition. Caldy having won the 2021–22 National League 1 were promoted into league with no team relegated.[6][7]

Table
2022–23 RFU Championship Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1Ampthill0000000000
2Bedford Blues0000000000
3Caldy0000000000
4Coventry0000000000
5Cornish Pirates0000000000
6Doncaster Knights0000000000
7Ealing Trailfinders0000000000
8Hartpury0000000000
9Jersey Reds0000000000
10London Scottish0000000000
11Nottingham0000000000
12Richmond0000000000
  • 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 Championship winners.
Red background will be relegated.
Updated: 1 July 2022
Source: "The Championship". England Rugby.

Fixtures & results

Fixtures for the season will be announced by the RFU in summer. All fixtures are subject to change.

Notes
  1. Goldington Road's capacity down from 6,000 to 5,000.

References
  1. "Update on RFU Funding of Greene King IPA Championship". Rugby Football Union. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
  2. "Update on RFU Funding of Greene King IPA Championship". Rugby Football Union. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  3. "RFU Council Vote in Favour of COVID Recovery Plan". www.englandrugby.com. Archived from the original on 2021-06-29. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  4. "RFU funding cut update". London Scottish Rugby. 2020-02-28. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  5. "PLANNING FOR NEXT SEASON". Nottingham Rugby. 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  6. "RFU Council votes in favour of no Premiership relegation". England Rugby. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  7. "RUGBY:Caldy RFC win National League One to secure promotion to The Championship". Wirral Globe. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  8. "A right mess entirely of the RFU's making". The RugbyPaper. No. 703. 6 March 2022. p. 11.
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