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The 2024–25 RFU Championship is the sixteenth season of the RFU Championship, the professional second tier of rugby union in England. It features twelve English teams. Ealing Trailfinders are the reigning champions, having been refused promotion to the Premiership due to failing to meet minimum standards.
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. [1]
The second tier of the British rugby league system comprises 13 clubs – 12 from England and one from France. The season will comprise 26 rounds in the regular season with each team playing 24 fixtures and having two bye weeks. The top six teams taking part in the play-offs to determine the champions.
The RFU Championship is an English rugby union competition comprising eleven clubs. It is the second level of men's English rugby and is played by both professional and semi-professional players. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The competition has existed since 1987, when English clubs were first organised into leagues.
The 2024–25 Premiership Rugby is the 38th season of the top flight of English domestic rugby union competition. The season began on 20 September 2024 and will finish on 14 June 2025. [2] The reigning champions entering the season are Northampton Saints, who claimed their second league title after winning the 2024 final.
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The first step was to reduce the Championship from 14 clubs to 13 at the end of the 2024 season. This was achieved by the bottom two clubs being relegated to League 1 but only the League 1 champions being promoted. The team finishing third-bottom in 2024 played the team winning the League 1 play-offs for the 13th spot in the 2025 Championship. [5]
2024 Six Nations Championship: Win England: Jamie George: 5th — [97] [98] 10 February Wales: Twickenham Stadium, London 16 14 Win England: 5th — [99] [100] 24 February Scotland: Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 30 21 Loss Scotland: 5th Calcutta Cup [101] [102] 9 March Ireland: Twickenham Stadium, London 23 22 Win England: 5th Millennium ...