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The 2023–24 RFU Championship is the fifteen season of the RFU Championship, the professional second tier of rugby union in England. It features eleven English teams, with the 12th team, and reigning champions, Jersey Reds , withdrawing from the competition at the start of the season after going into liquidation.
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]
Score Competition Result Winner Captain World Ranking [a] Trophy/Other comp. Ref. Home Away 4 February Scotland: Twickenham Stadium, London 23 29 2023 Six Nations Championship: Loss Scotland: Owen Farrell 6th Calcutta Cup [66] [67] 12 February Italy: Twickenham Stadium, London 31 14 Win England: 6th — [68] [69] 25 February Wales
Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2023. Source: "The Championship". England Rugby. Rules for classification: If 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 ...
Locations of the 2024–25 RFU Championship teams Eleven of the twelve teams played in last season's competition. Chinnor were promoted as the champions of the 2023–24 National League 1 with no side being relegated the opposite way due to Jersey Reds going into liquidation in September 2023 and there only being eleven sides.
Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the 2023 Rugby Championship
July 8, 2023 at 2:34 PM New Zealand are defending champions once again (Getty Images) The Rugby Championship returns as the four best southern hemisphere sides look to gain some vital momentum ...
Cambridge Rugby Union Football Club or CRUFC ('The Blood & Sand') is an English rugby union club representing the city of Cambridge. Formed in 1923, the club competes in the second tier of the English rugby union system , the RFU Championship , following promotion from National League 1 in 2022–23 .