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English RFU Championship

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Established
1987 (39 years old)

First Recorded Event
2014-09-05

Current Season
2026-2027

Current Round
3

Sport
Rugby

Location
United Kingdom

Gender
Male

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		Upcoming
09 Oct 26	CoventryCoventry R.F.C.	6:45pm	BlackheaBlackheath
10 Oct 26	WorcesteWorcester Warriors	2:00pm	NottinghNottingham R.F.C.
10 Oct 26	AmpthillAmpthill RUFC	2:00pm	DoncasteDoncaster Knights
10 Oct 26	Chinnor Chinnor RFC	2:00pm	RichmondRichmond F.C.
10 Oct 26	Bedford Bedford Blues	4:00pm	Cornish Cornish Pirates
11 Oct 26	Ealing TEaling Trailfinders	3:00pm	HartpuryHartpury University R.F.C.
16 Oct 26	NottinghNottingham R.F.C.	6:45pm	Bedford Bedford Blues
17 Oct 26	Cornish Cornish Pirates	12:00pm	Chinnor Chinnor RFC
17 Oct 26	DoncasteDoncaster Knights	2:00pm	CoventryCoventry R.F.C.
17 Oct 26	Caldy RuCaldy Rugby Football Club	2:00pm	AmpthillAmpthill RUFC
		Results
04 Oct 26	BlackheatBlackheath	33 - 26	DoncasterDoncaster Knights
03 Oct 26	Richmond Richmond F.C.	26 - 45	WorcesterWorcester Warriors
03 Oct 26	Cornish PCornish Pirates	35 - 33	Ealing TrEaling Trailfinders
03 Oct 26	Caldy RugCaldy Rugby Football Club	35 - 38	Chinnor RChinnor RFC
02 Oct 26	NottinghaNottingham R.F.C.	26 - 64	Coventry Coventry R.F.C.
02 Oct 26	Hartpury Hartpury University R.F.C.	24 - 33	Ampthill Ampthill RUFC
27 Sep 26	DoncasterDoncaster Knights	29 - 15	Hartpury Hartpury University R.F.C.
27 Sep 26	Ealing TrEaling Trailfinders	36 - 19	Richmond Richmond F.C.
26 Sep 26	Ampthill Ampthill RUFC	33 - 28	NottinghaNottingham R.F.C.
26 Sep 26	Bedford BBedford Blues	33 - 52	Chinnor RChinnor RFC

Description

The RFU Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Greene King IPA Championship between 2013–14 and 2019–20) is the second tier of the English rugby union league system and was founded in September 1987. The twelve-side league was known as National Division One and in 2009 changed from semi-professional clubs to fully professional. The 2020 champions were Newcastle Falcons, winning automatic promotion to Premiership Rugby.
Originally the league required an end-of-season round of two-legged play-offs in which the top eight, from 2012–13 until 2016–17 revised to top four, clubs at the end of the main phase of the season played each other.
On 10 November 2008 it was proposed by the Rugby Football Union that the second tier of the English rugby union system should be a fully professional twelve club Championship.


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Ampthill RUFC		Bedford Blues		Blackheath
Caldy Rugby Foo		Chinnor RFC		Cornish Pirates
Coventry R.F.C.		Doncaster Knigh		Ealing Trailfin
Hartpury Univer		Nottingham R.F.		Richmond F.C.
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