Английская Википедия:2019–20 RFU Championship Cup
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The 2019–20 RFU Championship Cup was the second season of the annual rugby union Championship Cup competition for second tier, professional English clubs playing in the RFU Championship.[1]
The competition ended without a winner after the quarter-final stage due to the premature end of the RFU Championship season due to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic in the United Kingdom.
Competition format
The competition format is a pool stage followed by a knockout stage. The pool stage consists of three pool of four teams each playing home and away matches. Pool matches ran from September through to December, on weekends when there is no RFU Championship league fixtures. In the inaugural season, the RFU had set out the pools in a regional format to encourage derby games, but this year's competition format was more loosely structured.
The top two sides in each pool, plus the two best third placed teams, progressed to the knockout stage, with the best ranked sides getting home advantage in the quarter-finals. The semi-finals and final were cancelled.[1]
Participating teams and locations
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Team | Ground | Capacity | City/Area |
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Ampthill | Dillingham Park | 3,000 | Ampthill, Bedfordshire |
Bedford Blues | Goldington Road | 5,000 (1,700 seats) | Bedford, Bedfordshire |
Cornish Pirates | Mennaye Field | 4,000 (2,200 seats) | Penzance, Cornwall |
Coventry | Butts Park Arena | 4,000 (3,000 seats) | Coventry, West Midlands |
Doncaster Knights | Castle Park | 5,000 (1,650 seats) | Doncaster, South Yorkshire |
Ealing Trailfinders | Trailfinders Sports Ground | 4,000 (2,200 seats) | West Ealing, London |
Hartpury | Gillman's Ground | 2,000 | Hartpury, Gloucestershire |
Jersey Reds | Stade Santander International | 4,000 | Saint Peter, Jersey |
London Scottish | Athletic Ground | 4,500 (1,000 seats) | Richmond, London, London |
Newcastle Falcons | Kingston Park | 10,500 | Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear |
Nottingham | Lady Bay Sports Ground | 3,500 | Nottingham, Nottinghamshire |
Yorkshire Carnegie | The SycamoresШаблон:Efn |
N/A | Bramhope, West Yorkshire |
Pool stage
Pool 1
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Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points For | Points Against | Points Difference | Tries For | Tries Against | Try Bonus | Losing Bonus | Points | |||||
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1 | Ealing Trailfinders (Q) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 282 | 107 | 175 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 28 | ||||
2 | Coventry (Q) | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 210 | 150 | 60 | 30 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 20 | ||||
3 | Ampthill | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 112 | 204 | -92 | 16 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 11 | ||||
4 | Bedford Blues | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 98 | 242 | -144 | 12 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
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Green background means the club has qualified for the quarter-finals as either pool winner or best runner-up. Blue background means the club has qualified for the quarter-finals as runner up or one of two best 3rd placed sides. Updated: 14 December 2019 Source: Шаблон:Cite web |
Round 1
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Round 2
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Round 3
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Round 4
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Round 5
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Round 6
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Pool 2
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Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points For | Points Against | Points Difference | Tries For | Tries Against | Try Bonus | Losing Bonus | Points | |||||
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1 | Newcastle Falcons (Q) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 261 | 53 | 208 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 29 | ||||
2 | Jersey Reds (Q) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 124 | 141 | -17 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 17 | ||||
3 | Doncaster Knights (Q) | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 131 | 212 | -81 | 19 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 11 | ||||
4 | Hartpury | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 116 | 227 | -111 | 14 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
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Round 1
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Round 2
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Round 3
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Round 4
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Round 5
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Round 6
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Pool 3
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Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points For | Points Against | Points Difference | Tries For | Tries Against | Try Bonus | Losing Bonus | Points | |||||
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1 | Nottingham (Q) | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 227 | 89 | 138 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 21 | ||||
2 | Cornish Pirates (Q) | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 213 | 79 | 134 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 21 | ||||
3 | London Scottish (Q) | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 168 | 121 | 47 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 19 | ||||
4 | Yorkshire Carnegie | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 338 | -319 | 3 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Green background means the club has qualified for the quarter-finals as either pool winner or best runner-up. Blue background means the club has qualified for the quarter-finals as runner up or one of two best 3rd placed sides. Updated: 14 December 2019 Source: Шаблон:Cite web |
Round 1
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Round 2
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Round 3
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Round 4
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Round 5
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Round 6
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Knock-out stage
The eight qualifiers are seeded according to performance in the pool stage - with the 3 pool winners making the top 3 seeds along with the best runner up as seed number 4, and the next two runners up and two best 3rd place teams making up the other 4 seeds. The top 4 seeds host the quarter-finals against the lower seeds, in a 1 v 8, 2 v 7, 3 v 6, 4 v 5 format. However, if two teams qualify from the same pool they can not be drawn together.
Teams are ranked by:
- 1 – competition points (4 for a win, 2 for a draw)
- 2 – where competition points are equal, greatest number of wins
- 3 – where the number of wins are equal, greatest number of tries scored
- 4 – where the number of tries are equal, greatest number of points scored
- 4 – where the number of points scored are equal, aggregate points difference
- 6 – where the aggregate points differences are equal, least red cards
- 7 – if red cards are equal, then ranking will be decided by the toss of a coin
Rank | Pool leaders/best runner-up | Pts | Wins | TF | PF | Diff |
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1 | Newcastle Falcons | 29 | 6 | 39 | 261 | 208 |
2 | Ealing Trailfinders | 28 | 6 | 40 | 282 | 175 |
3 | Nottingham | 21 | 4 | 34 | 227 | 138 |
4 | Cornish Pirates | 21 | 4 | 29 | 213 | 134 |
Rank | Pool runners-up/top two 3rd place | Pts | Wins | TF | PF | Diff |
5 | Coventry | 20 | 4 | 30 | 210 | 60 |
6 | London Scottish | 19 | 4 | 27 | 168 | 47 |
7 | Jersey Reds | 17 | 3 | 14 | 124 | -17 |
8 | Doncaster Knights | 11 | 2 | 19 | 131 | -81 |
9 | Ampthill | 11 | 2 | 16 | 112 | -92 |
Quarter-finals
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Attendances
Club | Home matches |
Total | Average | Highest | Lowest | % Capacity |
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Ampthill | 3 | 3,211 | 1,070 | 2,151 | 247 | 36% |
Bedford Blues | 3 | 7,432 | 2,477 | 3,287 | 1,915 | 50% |
Cornish Pirates | 4 | 4,336 | 1,084 | 1,299 | 843 | 27% |
Coventry | 3 | 6,174 | 2,058 | 2,067 | 2,042 | 51% |
Doncaster Knights | 3 | 3,071 | 1,024 | 1,468 | 730 | 20% |
Ealing Trailfinders | 4 | 2,474 | 619 | 788 | 526 | 15% |
Hartpury | 3 | 2,424 | 808 | 847 | 762 | 40% |
Jersey Reds | 3 | 3,031 | 1,010 | 1,203 | 805 | 25% |
London Scottish | 3 | 1,787 | 596 | 707 | 502 | 13% |
Newcastle Falcons | 4 | 12,969 | 3,242 | 3,818 | 2,003 | 32% |
Nottingham | 4 | 2,978 | 745 | 871 | 563 | 21% |
Yorkshire Carnegie | 3 | 1,148 | 383 | 450 | 248 |
Individual statistics
- Points scorers includes tries as well as conversions, penalties and drop goals. Appearance figures also include coming on as substitutes (unused substitutes not included).
Top points scorers
Rank | Player | Team | Appearances | Points |
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1 | Шаблон:Flagicon Craig Willis | Ealing Trailfinders | 7 | 57 |
2 | Шаблон:Flagicon Will Cargill | Cornish Pirates | 6 | 52 |
3 | Шаблон:Flagicon Javier Rojas Alvarez | Cornish Pirates | 7 | 43 |
4 | Шаблон:Flagicon Joel Hodgson | Newcastle Falcons | 7 | 41 |
5 | Шаблон:Flagicon Alex O'Meara | Cornish Pirates | 4 | 40 |
6 | Шаблон:Flagicon Will Maisey | Coventry | 7 | 38 |
7 | Шаблон:Flagicon George Wacokecoke | Newcastle Falcons | 5 | 35 |
8 | Шаблон:Flagicon Toby Flood | Newcastle Falcons | 5 | 33 |
9 | Шаблон:Flagicon Rory Jennings | Coventry | 6 | 32 |
10 | Шаблон:Flagicon Joshua Bragman | Hartpury | 4 | 31 |
Шаблон:Flagicon Shane O'Leary | Nottingham | 4 | 31 | |
Шаблон:Flagicon Steven Shingler | Ealing Trailfinders | 4 | 31 |
Top try scorers
Season records
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Team
- Largest home win — 83 points
83 – 0 Nottingham at home to Yorkshire Carnegie on 20 September 2019
- Largest away win — 50 points
50 – 0 Nottingham away to Yorkshire Carnegie on 14 December 2019
- Most points scored — 83 points
83 – 0 Nottingham at home to Yorkshire Carnegie on 20 September 2019
- Most tries in a match — 13
Nottingham at home to Yorkshire Carnegie on 20 September 2019
- Most conversions in a match — 10
Ealing Trailfinders at home to Bedford Blues on 30 November 2019
- Most penalties in a match — 5
Hartpury at home to Doncaster Knights on 14 December 2019
- Most drop goals in a match — 0
Player
- Most points in a match — 25
Шаблон:Flagicon Craig Willis for Ealing Trailfinders at home to Bedford Blues on 30 November 2019
- Most tries in a match — 4
Шаблон:Flagicon Alex O'Meara for Cornish Pirates away to Nottingham on 4 October 2019
- Most conversions in a match — 10
Шаблон:Flagicon Craig Willis for Ealing Trailfinders at home to Bedford Blues on 30 November 2019
- Most penalties in a match — 5
Шаблон:Flagicon Josh Bragman for Hartpury at home to Doncaster Knights on 14 December 2019
- Most drop goals in a match — 0
Attendances
- Highest — 3,818
Newcastle Falcons at home to Hartpury on 29 November 2019
- Lowest — 247
Ampthill at home to Ealing Trailfinders on 7 December 2019
- Highest average attendance — 3,242
Newcastle Falcons
- Lowest average attendance — 383
Yorkshire Carnegie
Notes
See also
- RFU Championship
- British and Irish Cup
- 2019–20 Premiership Rugby Cup
- English rugby union system
- List of English rugby union teams
- Rugby union in England
References
External links
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 3,2 3,3 3,4 3,5 3,6 3,7 Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 4,2 4,3 4,4 4,5 4,6 4,7 Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 5,2 5,3 5,4 5,5 5,6 5,7 Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ 6,0 6,1 6,2 6,3 6,4 6,5 6,6 6,7 Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ 7,0 7,1 7,2 7,3 7,4 7,5 7,6 Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ 8,0 8,1 8,2 8,3 8,4 8,5 8,6 8,7 Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ 9,0 9,1 9,2 9,3 9,4 9,5 Шаблон:Cite news