Английская Википедия:2013–14 RFU Championship

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox rugby union season The 2013–14 RFU Championship, known for sponsorship reasons as the Greene King IPA Championship, was the fifth season of the professionalised format of the RFU Championship, the second tier of the English rugby union league system run by the Rugby Football Union. It was held between 14 September 2013 and 4 June 2014. It was contested by eleven English clubs and one from Jersey in the Channel Islands. It was also the first Championship season with a title sponsor, as the Rugby Football Union and Greene King Brewery reached a deal by which the brewery would become the competition's main sponsor from 2013–14 through to 2016–17.

After being promoted after an appeal in the previous season, London Welsh were relegated back into the RFU Championship after finishing last in the 2012-13 English Premiership. As a result of relegation, they remained at the Kassam Stadium in Oxford instead of returning to their home ground of Old Deer Park in London in order to strengthen their support base. London Welsh replaced Newcastle Falcons who were promoted into the English Premiership after winning the play-off final against Bedford Blues. Doncaster Knights were relegated to the 2013–14 National League 1 and were replaced by the champions of National League 1, Ealing Trailfinders who played in the RFU Championship for the first time.

The twelve clubs in the 2013–14 RFU Championship also participated in the 2013–14 edition of the British and Irish Cup along with clubs from Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Matches in the RFU Championship were broadcast on Sky Sports.

Structure

The Championship's structure had all the teams playing each other on a home and away basis. In a change to previous years, this season commenced with an extra round of games in the "Greene King IPA Big Rugby Weekend". Matches were played on the weekend of 14 and 15 September with three double headers at neutral grounds: Saracens' Allianz Park, Doncaster's Castle Park and Exeter's Sandy Park.

The play–off structure remained the same as the previous year. The top four teams at the end of the home–and–away season qualified for the promotion play–offs, which followed a 1 v 4, 2 v 3 system. The winners had to meet the RFU's Minimum Standards Criteria in order to be promoted to the Premiership. If they had failed to meet the criteria, then there would have been no promotion from the RFU Championship. However, on 9 May 2014, the RFU announced that all four play-off participants had met the Minimum Standards Criteria, assuring that the champion would indeed be promoted to the 2014–15 Premiership. There was no relegation play–off; the bottom team was automatically relegated. Following an agreement with the RFU in 2012, each RFU Championship club received £355,000 in funding from the RFU for the season.

Participating teams

Club	Stadium	Capacity	Area
Bedford Blues	Goldington Road	6,000	Bedford, Bedfordshire
Bristol	Memorial Stadium	12,100	Bristol
Cornish Pirates	Mennaye Field	4,000 (2,200 Seats)	Penzance, Cornwall
Ealing Trailfinders	Trailfinders Sports Ground	3,020 (1,200 seats)	West Ealing, London
Jersey	St. Peter	5,000	Saint Peter, Jersey
Leeds Carnegie	Headingley Rugby Stadium	20,250	Leeds, West Yorkshire
London Scottish	Athletic Ground, Richmond	4,500	Richmond, London
London Welsh	Kassam Stadium	12,500	Oxford, Oxfordshire
Moseley	Billesley Common	3,000+	Birmingham, West Midlands
Nottingham	Meadow Lane	19,588	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Plymouth Albion	The Brickfields	8,500	Plymouth, Devon
Rotherham Titans	Clifton Lane Abbeydale Park	2,500 3,200	Rotherham, South Yorkshire Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Notes

League table

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| adjust_points_BRI = -1 | hth_BRI = Bristol were deducted 1 competition point for failing to reduce to 14 men when going to uncontested scrums against Bedford on 6 October. | adjust_points_JER = -2 | hth_JER = Jersey were deducted 2 competition points for fielding an ineligible player. | col_Q = #d8ffeb | text_Q = Promotion play-off |result1 = Q|result2 = Q|result3 = Q|result4 = Q | col_R = #ffcccc | text_R = Relegation |result12 = R | class_rules = 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

| update = 5 June 2014 | source = RFU }}

Regular season

The 2013–14 RFU Championship kicked off on the weekend of 14 and 15 September with the "Greene King IPA Big Rugby Weekend", an extra round of matches played as three double headers at neutral grounds. Thereafter, each team played the other twice on a home and away basis with the top four qualifying for the promotion phase.

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Round 13

• This match was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. It was rescheduled to 23 February.

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Round 15

• This match was postponed, as the surface of many parts of the pitch is under water. It has been rescheduled to 21 February.

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Round 16

• This match was postponed as the pitch was deemed unplayable. It has been rescheduled to 22 February.

• This match was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

• This match was postponed after a pitch inspection at The Mennaye. It has been rescheduled to 16 March.

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Postponed matches

• This match – originally scheduled to be played in Round 15 on 7 February 2014 – was postponed as many parts of the pitch was under water.

• This match – originally scheduled to be played in Round 16 on 14 February 2014 – was postponed as the pitch was deemed unplayable. The match was again postponed due to an unplayable pitch. It will now be played on 15 March.

• This match – originally scheduled to be played in Round 13 on 26 January 2014 – was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

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Postponed matches (2)

• This match – originally scheduled to be played in Round 16 on 14 February 2014 – was postponed as the pitch was deemed unplayable. The pitch was again found to be unplayable on the new date of 22 February, and the match was postponed for the second time.

• This match – originally scheduled to be played in Round 16 on 15 February 2014 – was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

• This match – originally scheduled to be played in Round 16 on 16 February 2014 – was postponed after a pitch inspection at The Mennaye.

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Round 20

• This result means that London Welsh will finish in the top four and therefore are into the playoffs.

• This result means that Bristol will finish in the top four and therefore are into the playoffs.

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Play–offs

Semi–finals

The semi–finals followed a 1 v 4, 2 v 3 system - with the games being played over two legs and the higher placed team deciding who played at home in the first leg.

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Second leg

• Bristol won 39 — 25 on aggregate

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• London Welsh won 60 — 58 on aggregate

Final

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• London Welsh won 48–28 on aggregate and were promoted to Premiership Rugby

Total attendances

• Note attendance statistics include 1st round with each team playing at the neutral venue considered the 'home team' as well as playoff games

Club	Home Matches	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Bedford Blues	12	27,137	2,261	2,754	1,550	37%
Bristol	14	79,261	5,662	10,905	3,752	47%
Cornish Pirates	12	21,558	1,797	3,752	1,127	40%
Ealing Trailfinders	12	10,085	840	1,571	473	25%
Jersey	12	27,184	2,265	3,752	1,592	42%
Leeds Carnegie	13	30,028	2,310	3,902	1,098	13%
London Scottish	12	15,269	1,272	2,155	797	27%
London Welsh	14	24,121	1,723	5,021	999	16%
Moseley	12	11,363	947	1,437	626	29%
Nottingham	12	15,843	1,320	1,614	1,098	9%
Plymouth Albion	12	22,999	1,917	3,752	1,036	22%
Rotherham Titans	13	22,872	1,759	3,267	1,050	66%

Top scorers

Top points scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Points
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Juan Pablo Socino	Rotherham	300
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Matthew Jarvis	Nottingham	191
3	Шаблон:Flagicon James Pritchard	Bedford Blues	175
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Glyn Hughes	Leeds Carnegie	156
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Alex Lozowski	Leeds Carnegie	143
6	Шаблон:Flagicon Declan Cusack	Plymouth Albion	134
7	Шаблон:Flagicon Alex Davies	London Welsh	132
8	Шаблон:Flagicon Kieran Hallett	Cornish Pirates	131
9	Шаблон:Flagicon Niall O'Connor	Jersey	128
	Шаблон:Flagicon Gordon Ross	London Welsh

Top try scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Tries
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Miles Mantella	London Scottish	19
2	Шаблон:Flagicon George Watkins	Bristol	18
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Mark Bright	London Scottish	16
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Tom Bowen	Plymouth Albion	14
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Phil Chesters	Ealing	12
6	Шаблон:Flagicon Seb Stegmann	London Welsh	11
7	Шаблон:Flagicon David Doherty	Leeds Carnegie	10
	Шаблон:Flagicon Jonah Holmes	Leeds Carnegie
	Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Keating	Rotherham
	Шаблон:Flagicon Nick Scott	London Welsh
	Шаблон:Flagicon Matthew Williams	Moseley

Season records

Team

Largest home win — 70 pts

79 – 9 Rotherham Titans at home to Ealing Trailfinders on 21 September 2013

Largest away win — 44 pts

51 - 7 Rotherham Titans away to Nottingham on 9 March 2014

Most points scored — 82 pts

82 – 28 Bristol at home to Ealing Trailfinders on 30 March 2014

Most tries in a match — 12

Bristol at home to Ealing Trailfinders on 30 March 2014

Most conversions in a match — 11

Bristol at home to Ealing Trailfinders on 30 March 2014

Most penalties in a match — 8

Leeds Carnegie at home to London Welsh on 11 May 2014

Most drop goals in a match — 2

Ealing Trailfinders at home to Nottingham on 12 April 2014

Player

Most points in a match — 34

Шаблон:Flagicon Juan Pablo Socino for Rotherham Titans at home to Ealing Trailfinders on 21 September 2013

Most tries in a match — 4 (x2)

Шаблон:Flagicon Marko Mama for Bristol at home to Cornish Pirates on 9 March 2014
Шаблон:Flagicon Curtis Wilson for Rotherham Titans away to Nottingham on 9 March 2014

Most conversions in a match — 11

Шаблон:Flagicon Adrian Jarvis for Bristol at home to Ealing Trailfinders on 30 March 2014

Most penalties in a match — 7

Шаблон:Flagicon Glyn Hughes for Leeds Carnegie at home to London Welsh on 11 May 2014

Most drop goals in a match — 1

N/A - multiple players

Attendances

Highest — 10,905

Bristol at home to London Welsh on 4 June 2014

Lowest — 473

Ealing Trailfinders at home to Nottingham on 12 April 2014

Highest Average Attendance — 5,662

Bristol

Lowest Average Attendance — 840

Ealing Trailfinders

See also

• 2013–14 British and Irish Cup

External links

• RFU Championship news