Английская Википедия:2023–24 RFU Championship

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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.

Structure

The eleven teams will play each of the other teams twice.

The results of the matches contribute points to the league as follows:

• 4 points are awarded for a win
• 2 points are awarded for a draw
• 0 points are awarded for a loss, however
• 1 losing (bonus) point is awarded to a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer
• 1 additional (bonus) point is awarded to a team scoring 4 tries or more in a match.

Promotion and relegation

Subject to meeting the minimum standards criteria the team finishing top of the league will qualify for a promotion playoff against the bottom side in Premiership Rugby. Due to Jersey Reds dropping out of the league, and there being only eleven teams, there will be no relegation to National League 1, although the champions of National League will be promoted to become the twelfth team for the 2024–25 season.

Teams

Ten of the eleven teams played in last season's competition. Cambridge were promoted into the division as the champions of 2022–23 National League 1, replacing bottom placed Richmond who dropped down to the 2023–24 National League 1.

Club	Stadium	Capacity	Area	Previous season
Ampthill	Dillingham Park	3,000	Ampthill, Bedfordshire	8th
Bedford Blues	Goldington Road	5,000 (1,700 seats)	Bedford, Bedfordshire	4th
Caldy	Paton Field	4,000	Thurstaston, Wirral, Merseyside	10th
Cambridge	Grantchester Road	1,500 (200 seats)	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire	Promoted from National League 1
Cornish Pirates	Mennaye Field	4,000 (2,200 seats)	Penzance, Cornwall	5th
Coventry	Butts Park Arena	4,000 (3,000 seats)	Coventry, West Midlands	3rd
Doncaster Knights	Castle Park	5,183 (1,926 seats)	Doncaster, South Yorkshire	6th
Ealing Trailfinders	Trailfinders Sports Ground	5,000 (2,115 seats)	West Ealing, London	2nd
Hartpury	ALPAS Arena	2,000	Hartpury, Gloucestershire	7th
London Scottish	Athletic Ground	4,500 (1,000 seats)	Richmond, London	11th
Nottingham	Lady Bay Sports Ground	3,500	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire	9th

Fixtures & results

Fixtures for the season was announced by the RFU on 29 June 2023.

Round 6

• Postponed due to frozen pitch. Game to be rescheduled.

Round 7

• Abandoned due to player suffering serious injury. Game to be rescheduled.

Attendances

Club	Home Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Ampthill	5	6,430	1,286	2,837	708	43%
Bedford Blues	4	10,306	2,577	2,998	2,380	52%
Caldy	3	4,036	1,345	1,500	1,258	34%
Cambridge	3	3,576	1,192	1,308	1,085	79%
Cornish Pirates	5	7,771	1,554	2,474	1,143	39%
Coventry	3	9,174	3,058	3,417	2,611	76%
Doncaster Knights	3	6,192	2,064	2,264	1,872	40%
Ealing Trailfinders	2	2,048	1,024	1,237	811	20%
Hartpury	3	1,974	658	745	486	33%
London Scottish	3	2,118	706	835	520	16%
Nottingham	3	3,430	1,143	1,243	979	33%

Leading scorers

Note: Flags to the left of player names indicate national team as has been defined under World Rugby eligibility rules, or primary nationality for players who have not yet earned international senior caps. Players may hold one or more non-WR nationalities.

Most points

Шаблон:Updated Source:

Rank	Player	Club	Points
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Harry Bazalgette	Hartpury	63
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Gwyn Parks	Ampthill	60
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Craig Willis	Ealing Trailfinders	57
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Will Maisey	Bedford Blues	54
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Seán French	Bedford Blues	45
6	Шаблон:Flagicon Bruce Houston	Cornish Pirates	39
7	Шаблон:Flagicon Alex Dolly	Doncaster Knights	36
8	Шаблон:Flagicon David Williams	Nottingham	35
9	Шаблон:Flagicon Patrick Pellegrini	Coventry	34

Most tries

Шаблон:Updated Source:

Rank	Player	Club	Tries
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Seán French	Bedford Blues	9
2	Шаблон:Flagicon David Williams	Nottingham	7
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Elias Caven	Cambridge	6
	Шаблон:Flagicon Morgan Nelson	Cornish Pirates
	Шаблон:Flagicon Marcus Ramage	Nottingham
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Ryan Hutler	Coventry	5
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Austin	Hartpury	4
	Шаблон:Flagicon Alex Dolly	Doncaster Knights
	Шаблон:Flagicon Matt Gallagher	Caldy
	Шаблон:Flagicon Richard Hardwick	Ealing Trailfinders
	Шаблон:Flagicon Will Rigg	Coventry