2016–17 RFU Championship

2016–17 RFU Championship
Countries	England  Jersey
Date	3 September 2016 – May 2017
Matches played	60
Attendance	95,482 (average 1,591 per match)
Highest attendance	4,067 London Irish v Yorkshire Carnegie (5 November 2016)
Lowest attendance	438 Ealing Trailfinders v Jersey Reds (17 September 2016)
Tries scored	210 (average 3.5 per match)
Top point scorer	Tommy Bell (London Irish) 147
Top try scorer	Tyson Lewis (Doncaster Knights) 8
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 RFU Championship, known for sponsorship reasons as the Greene King IPA Championship, will be the eighth 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 is contested by eleven English clubs and one from Jersey in the Channel Islands. This will be the fourth and final year of the competition's sponsorship with Greene King Brewery.^[1] The twelve teams in the RFU Championship also compete in the British and Irish Cup, along with clubs from Ireland and Wales. Some matches in the RFU Championship are broadcast on Sky Sports.

Structure

The Championship's structure has all the teams playing each other on a home and away basis. The play-off structure will remain the same as the previous year.^[2] The top four teams at the end of the home-and-way season qualify for the promotion play-offs which follow a 1 v 4, 2 v 3 system. The winners have to meet the RFU's Minimum Standards Criteria in order to be promoted to the English Premiership. There is no promotion if a ground fails to meet the criteria.^[3] There is no relegation play-off; the bottom team is automatically relegated.^[4]

In 2015 the RFU increased annual funding to over £500,000 per club, an agreement which will last until 2020.^[5] Despite this, Cornish Pirates stated more money was needed in RFU grants to support a fully professional second tier.^[6]

Teams

After ten seasons in the Championship Birmingham Moseley were relegated following their last place finish in 2016. They are replaced by Richmond, who won the National League 1 and return to the second tier for the first time since 1997.^[7] Richmond subsequently entered administration and dropped eight tiers following two seasons in the premiership between 1997 and 1999.^[7] As a result, Richmond stated that they would remain semi-professional and not sign any professional players despite the RFU Championship being fully professional.^[7] London Irish, an original founder of the professional English Premiership, join the league after relegation from the 2015–16 Aviva Premiership, finishing bottom of the table.^[8]

Bedford

Cornish Pirates

Doncaster

Jersey Reds

London

London Irish

Nottingham

Rotherham

Yorkshire Carnegie

London teams

Ealing Trailfinders
London Scottish
London Welsh Richmond

Locations of the 2016–17 RFU Championship teams

Ealing

London Scottish

London Welsh

Richmond

Greater London RFU Championship teams clubs

Club	Stadium	Capacity	Area	Captain	DOR/Head Coach
Bedford Blues	Goldington Road	6,000	Bedford, Bedfordshire	Michael Le Bourgeois	Mike Rayer
Cornish Pirates	Mennaye Field	4,000 (2,200 Seats)	Penzance, Cornwall	Chris Morgan	Gavin Cattle Alan Paver
Doncaster Knights	Castle Park	5,000	Doncaster, South Yorkshire	Michael Hills	Clive Griffiths
Ealing Trailfinders	Trailfinders Sports Ground	3,020 (1,020 seats)	West Ealing, London	Danny Kenny	Ben Ward
Jersey Reds	St Peter	5,000	Saint Peter, Jersey	Pierce Philips	Harvey Biljon
London Irish	Madejski Stadium	24,161[lower-alpha 1]	Reading, Berkshire	Luke Narraway	Nick Kennedy
London Scottish	Athletic Ground, Richmond	4,500	Richmond, London	Rory Bartle	Sean Lineen
London Welsh	Old Deer Park	5,850 (1,000 seats)	Richmond, London	Matt Corker	James Buckland
Nottingham Rugby	Lady Bay Sports Ground	3,000	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire	Matt Everard	Ian Costello
Richmond	Athletic Ground, Richmond	4,500	Richmond, London	Will Warden	Steve Hill
Rotherham Titans	Clifton Lane	2,500	Rotherham, South Yorkshire	Tom Holmes	Justin Burnell
Yorkshire Carnegie	Headingley Carnegie Stadium	21,062	Leeds, West Yorkshire	Ryan Burrows	Ian McGeechan

• The Director of Rugby/Head Coach list updated 2 September 2016^[9]

Notes

1. Although Madejski's full capacity is 24,161, for most matches only the West Stand will be open with capacity of 7,579.

Current standings

2016–17 RFU Championship Table
	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Try bonus	Loss bonus	Points
1	London Irish	11	11	0	0	399	158	241	9	0	53
2	Yorkshire Carnegie	11	10	0	1	333	259	74	7	0	47
3	Ealing Trailfinders	11	6	1	4	259	237	22	3	1	30
4	Nottingham Rugby	11	5	1	5	230	259	−29	3	3	28
5	London Welsh	11	5	0	6	244	226	18	4	3	27
5	Doncaster Knights	11	5	0	6	252	249	3	5	2	27
7	London Scottish	11	5	0	6	244	294	−50	3	3	26
8	Jersey Reds	11	4	0	7	255	279	−24	4	5	25
9	Cornish Pirates	10	4	1	5	267	251	16	2	4	24
10	Rotherham Titans	11	4	1	6	233	297	−64	2	2	22
11	Bedford Blues	11	3	0	8	242	256	−14	4	5	21
12	Richmond	10	1	0	9	139	332	−193	1	0	5
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background are promotion play-off places. Pink background is the relegation place. Updated: 3 December 2016 Source: "Greene King IPA Championship". NCA Rugby.

Fixtures

Fixtures for the season were announced by the RFU on 8 July 2016.

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Round 1

3 September 2016 14:00

Richmond	16 – 41	Jersey Reds (BP)
	Richmond Jersey

Athletic Ground Attendance: 893 Referee: Dean Richards

3 September 2016 15:00

Bedford Blues	17 – 26	Cornish Pirates
	Bedford Pirates

Goldington Road Attendance: 2,033 Referee: Simon Harding

3 September 2016 15:00

Ealing Trailfinders	13 – 30	Yorkshire Carnegie (BP)
	Ealing Carnegie

Trailfinders Sports Ground Attendance: 635 Referee: Darren Gamage

3 September 2016 15:00

London Irish	19 – 0	Doncaster Knights
	Irish Doncaster

Madejski Stadium Attendance: 3,503 Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys

4 September 2016 14:00

(BP) Rotherham Titans	33 – 32	London Welsh (2BP)
	Rotherham Welsh

Clifton Lane Attendance: 1,382 Referee: Christophe Ridley

4 September 2016 15:00

Nottingham Rugby	25 – 22	London Scottish (BP)
	Nottingham Scottish

Lady Bay Sports Ground Attendance: 924 Referee: Andrew Jackson

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Round 2

10 September 2016 14:30

Doncaster Knights	25 – 13	Rotherham Titans
	Doncaster Rotherham

Castle Park Attendance: 1,831 Referee: Matt O'Grady

10 September 2016 15:00

Jersey Reds	14 – 9	Bedford Blues (BP)
	Jersey Bedford

St Peter Attendance: 1,630 Referee: Andrew Jackson

10 September 2016 15:00

(BP) London Irish	36 – 12	Richmond
	Irish Richmond

Madejski Stadium Attendance: 3,303 Referee: Tim Baker

10 September 2016 15:00

London Scottish	9 – 36	London Welsh
	Scottish Welsh

Athletic Ground Attendance: 1,146 Referee: Tim Wigglesworth

11 September 2016 14:00

(BP) Cornish Pirates	31 – 31	Ealing Trailfinders (BP)
	Pirates Ealing

Mennaye Field Attendance: 1,347 Referee: Christophe Ridley

11 September 2016 15:00

Yorkshire Carnegie	26 – 24	Nottingham Rugby (2BP)
	Carnegie Nottingham

Headingley Carnegie Stadium Attendance: 1,378 Referee: Greg Macdonald

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Round 3

17 September 2016 14:00

Ealing Trailfinders	20 – 15	Jersey Reds (BP)
	Ealing Jersey

Trailfinders Sports Ground Attendance: 438 Referee: Dean Richards

17 September 2016 14:00

(BP) London Welsh	22 – 23	Yorkshire Carnegie
	Welsh Carnegie

Old Deer Park Attendance: 1,012 Referee: John Meredith

17 September 2016 15:00

(BP) Bedford Blues	25 – 30	London Irish (BP)
	Bedford Irish

Goldington Road Attendance: 2,585 Referee: Greg MacDonald

17 September 2016 15:00

Richmond	16 – 57	Doncaster Knights (BP)
	Richmond Doncaster

Athletic Ground Attendance: 654 Referee: Andrew Jackson

17 September 2016 15:00

(BP) Rotherham Titans	30 – 31	London Scottish (BP)
	Rotherham Scottish

Clifton Lane Attendance: 1,154 Referee: Michael Hudson

18 September 2016 15:00

Nottingham Rugby	19 – 35	Cornish Pirates (BP)
	Nottingham Pirates

Lady Bay Sports Ground Attendance: 1,005[12] Referee: Steve Lee

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Round 4

23 September 2016 19:45

(BP) Jersey Reds	21 – 22	Nottingham Rugby
	Jersey Nottingham

St Peter Attendance: 1,723 Referee: Ian Tempest

24 September 2016 14:30

(BP) Doncaster Knights	30 – 22	Bedford Blues (BP)
	Doncaster Bedford

Castle Park Attendance: 1,079 Referee: John Meredith

24 September 2016 15:00

Richmond	8 – 18	Rotherham Titans
	Richmond Rotherham

Athletic Ground Attendance: 658 Referee: Fergus Kirby

25 September 2016 14:00

Cornish Pirates	16 – 10	London Welsh (BP)
	Pirates Welsh

Mennaye Field Attendance: 1,495 Referee: Paul Andrew

25 September 2016 15:00

(BP) London Irish	32 – 12	Ealing Trailfinders
	Irish Ealing

Madejski Stadium Attendance: 3,357 Referee: Matthew O’Grady

25 September 2016 15:00

(BP) Yorkshire Carnegie	39 – 29	London Scottish (BP)
	Carnegie Scottish

Headingley Carnegie Stadium Attendance: 1,807 Referee: Christopher Ridley

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Round 5

30 September 2016 19:45

Nottingham Rugby	7 – 29	London Irish (BP)
	Nottingham Irish

Lady Bay Sports Ground Attendance: 1,538 Referee: Andrew Jackson

1 October 2016 14:00

London Welsh	23 – 18	Jersey Reds (BP)
	Welsh Jersey

Old Deer Park Attendance: 789 Referee: Darren Gamage

1 October 2016 15:00

(BP) Bedford Blues	34 – 14	Richmond
	Bedford Richmond

Goldington Road Attendance: 2,009 Referee: Matthew O'Grady

1 October 2016 15:00

Ealing Trailfinders	27 – 14	Doncaster Knights
	Ealing Doncaster

Trailfinders Sports Ground Attendance: 629 Referee: Fergus Kirby

1 October 2016 15:00

London Scottish	25 – 24	Cornish Pirates (BP)
	Scottish Pirates

Athletic Ground Attendance: 955 Referee: Simon Harding

1 October 2016 15:00

Rotherham Titans	21 – 37	Yorkshire Carnegie (BP)
	Rotherham Carnegie

Clifton Lane Attendance: 1,237 Referee: Steve Lee

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Round 6

7 October 2016 19:45

Bedford Blues	17 – 16	Rotherham Titans (BP)
	Bedford Rotherham

Goldington Road Attendance: 2,398 Referee: Greg McDonald

8 October 2016 14:30

Doncaster Knights	26 – 21	Nottingham Rugby (BP)
	Doncaster Nottingham

Castle Park Attendance: 1,368 Referee: Darren Gamage

8 October 2016 15:00

Jersey Reds	10 – 36	London Scottish (BP)
	Jersey Scottish

St Peter Attendance: 1,702 Referee: John Meredith

8 October 2016 15:00

(BP) London Irish	35 – 12	London Welsh
	Irish Welsh

Madejski Stadium Attendance: 4,025 Referee: Christophe Ridley

9 October 2016 15:00

(BP) Cornish Pirates	28 – 35	Yorkshire Carnegie (BP)
	Pirates Carnegie

Mennaye Field Attendance: 1,477 Referee: Luke Pearce

9 October 2016 15:00

Richmond	12 – 38	Ealing Trailfinders (BP)
	Richmond Ealing

Athletic Ground Attendance: 1,108 Referee: Andrew Jackson

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Round 7

28 October 2016 20:00

(BP) Yorkshire Carnegie	35 – 29	Jersey Reds (2BP)
	Yorkshire Carnegie Jersey

Headingley Carnegie Stadium Attendance: 1,914 Referee: Tim Wigglesworth

29 October 2016 14:00

London Welsh	14 – 10	Doncaster Knights (BP)
	Welsh Doncaster

Old Deer Park Attendance: 1,025 Referee: Andrew Jackson

29 October 2016 15:00

Ealing Trailfinders	24 – 23	Bedford Blues (BP)
	Ealing Bedford

Trailfinders Sports Ground Attendance: 789 Referee: Jack Makepeace

29 October 2016 15:00

Rotherham Titans	26 – 24	Cornish Pirates (BP)
	Rotherham Pirates

Clifton Lane Attendance: 1,021 Referee: Matthew O'Grady

30 October 2016 15:00

London Scottish	12 – 62	London Irish (BP)
	Irish Report

Athletic Ground Attendance: 2,339 Referee: Christophe Ridley

30 October 2016 15:00

Nottingham Rugby	20 – 8	Richmond
	Nottingham Richmond

Lady Bay Sports Ground Attendance: 1,015[17] Referee: Mike Hudson

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Round 8

5 November 2016 14:30

(BP) Doncaster Knights	29 – 23	London Scottish (BP)
	Doncaster Scottish

Castle Park Attendance: 1,339 Referee: Darren Gamage

5 November 2016 15:00

(2BP) Bedford Blues	34 – 36	Nottingham Rugby (BP)
	Bedford Nottingham

Goldington Road Attendance: 2,487 Referee: Tom Foley

5 November 2016 15:00

(BP) Ealing Trailfinders	50 – 24	Rotherham Titans (BP)
	Ealing Rotherham

Trailfinders Sports Ground Attendance: 638 Referee: Simon Harding

5 November 2016 15:00

Jersey Reds	27 – 24	Cornish Pirates (BP)
	Jersey Pirates

St Peter Attendance: 1,504 Referee: Steve Lee

5 November 2016 15:00

(BP) London Irish	41 – 17	Yorkshire Carnegie
	Irish Carnegie

Madejski Stadium Attendance: 4,067 Referee: Ian Tempest

5 November 2016 15:00

Richmond	5 – 33	London Welsh (BP)
	Richmond Welsh

Athletic Ground Attendance: 961 Referee: Wayne Barnes

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Round 9

18 November 2016 19:00

(BP) London Scottish	16 – 17	Richmond
	Scottish Richmond

Athletic Ground Attendance: 1,684 Referee: Simon Harding

18 November 2016 19:45

Nottingham Rugby	17 – 13	Ealing Trailfinders (BP)
	Nottingham Ealing

Lady Bay Sports Ground Attendance: 1,050 Referee: Matt O'Grady

18 November 2016 20:00

Yorkshire Carnegie	24 – 6	Doncaster Knights
	Carnegie Doncaster

Headingley Carnegie Stadium Attendance: 2,617 Referee: Steve Lee

19 November 2016 12:00

London Welsh	25 – 38	Bedford Blues (BP)
	Welsh Bedford

Old Deer Park Attendance: 787 Referee: Christophe Ridley

19 November 2016 13:00

Cornish Pirates	24 – 35	London Irish (BP)
	Pirates Irish

Mennaye Field Attendance: 2,043 Referee: Fergus Kirby

19 November 2016 14:00

Rotherham Titans	23 – 16	Jersey Reds (BP)
	Rotherham Jersey

Clifton Lane Attendance: 918 Referee: Mike Hudson

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Round 10

25 November 2016 19:45

(BP) Bedford Blues	10 – 13	London Scottish
	Bedford Scottish

Goldington Road Attendance: 2,339 Referee: Fergus Kirby

25 November 2016 19:45

(BP) Richmond	31 – 39	Yorkshire Carnegie (BP)
	Richmond Carnegie

Athletic Ground Attendance: 701 Referee: Darren Gamage

26 November 2016 15:00

Ealing Trailfinders	19 – 11	London Welsh
	Ealing Welsh

Trailfinders Sports Ground Attendance: 792 Referee: Michael Hudson

27 November 14:00

(BP) Doncaster Knights	26 – 35	Cornish Pirates
	Doncaster Pirates

Castle Park Attendance: 2,748 Referee: Jack Makepeace

27 November 2016 14:00

(BP) London Irish	42 – 29	Jersey Reds (BP)
	Irish Jersey

Madejski Stadium Attendance: 3,460 Referee: John Meredith

27 November 2016 15:00

Nottingham Rugby	19 – 19	Rotherham Titans
	Nottingham Rotherham

Lady Bay Sports Ground Attendance: 1,037 Referee: Christophe Ridley

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Round 11

2 December 2016 19:00

London Scottish	28 – 12	Ealing Trailfinders
	Scottish Ealing

Athletic Ground Attendance: 951 Referee: John Meredith

2 December 2016 20:00

(BP) Yorkshire Carnegie	28 – 15	Bedford Blues
	Carnegie Bedford

Headingley Carnegie Stadium Attendance: 1,894 Referee: Andrew Jackson

3 December 2016 14:00

(BP) London Welsh	26 – 20	Nottingham Rugby (2BP)
	Welsh Nottingham

Old Deer Park Attendance: 531 Referee: Jack Makepeace

3 December 2016 14:00

Rotherham Titans	10 – 38	London Irish (BP)
	Rotherham Irish

Clifton Lane Attendance: 1,342 Referee: Andrew Jackson

3 December 2016 14:30

(BP) Jersey Reds	35 – 29	Doncaster Knights (2BP)
	Jersey

St Peters Attendance: 1,277 Referee: Tom Foley

4 December 2016 14:00

Cornish Pirates	–	Richmond

Mennaye Field

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Round 12

24 December 2016 13:15

London Welsh	–	London Scottish

Old Deer Park

24 December 2016 14:00

Ealing Trailfinders	–	Cornish Pirates

Trailfinders Sports Ground

24 December 2016 15:00

Richmond	–	London Irish

Athletic Ground

26 December 2016 14:00

Nottingham Rugby	–	Yorkshire Carnegie

lady Bay Sports Ground

26 December 2016 14:00

Rotherham Titans	–	Doncaster Knights

Clifton Lane

26 December 2016 15:00

Bedford Blues	–	Jersey

Goldington Road

Round 13

31 December 2016 12:30

Cornish Pirates	–	Nottingham Rugby

Mennaye Field

31 December 2016 14:00

London Irish	–	Bedford Blues

Madejski Stadium

31 December 2016 14:30

Doncaster Knights	–	Richmond

Castle Park

1 January 2017 14:00

Jersey Reds	–	Ealing Trailfinders

St Peters

1 January 2017 14:00

London Scottish	–	Rotherham Titans

Athletic Ground

1 January 2017 15:00

Yorkshire Carnegie	–	London Welsh

Headingley Carnegie Stadium

Play-offs

Semi-finals

The semi-finals follow a 1 v 4, 2 v 3 system – with the games being played over two-legs and the higher placed team choosing which leg they play at home. The matches are due to be played on 29 April 2017 and 6 May 2017.^[2]

Final

The final is played over two legs – with the higher placed team deciding who plays at home in the first leg.

Attendances

Club	Home Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Bedford Blues	6	13,851	2,309	2,585	2,009
Cornish Pirates	4	6,362	1,591	2,043	1,347
Doncaster Knights	5	8,365	1,673	2,748	1,079
Ealing Trailfinders	6	3,921	654	792	438
Jersey Reds	5	7,836	1,567	1,723	1,277
London Irish	6	21,715	3,619	4,067	3,303
London Scottish	5	7,075	1,415	2,339	951
London Welsh	5	4,144	829	1,025	531
Nottingham Rugby	6	6,569	1,095	1,538	924
Richmond	6	4,975	829	1,108	654
Rotherham Titans	6	7,054	1,176	1,382	918
Yorkshire Carnegie	5	9,610	1,922	2,617	1,378

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Individual statistics

• Note if players are tied on tries or points the player with the lowest number of appearances is placed first (if they have the same number of games, then the less minutes played will rank first). Also note that points scorers includes tries as well as conversions, penalties and drop goals. Appearance figures also include coming on as substitutes (unused substitutes not included). Stats also cover playoff games.

Top points scorers Rank Player Team Appearances Points 1 Tommy Bell London Irish 147 2 Joe Ford Yorkshire Carnegie 118 3 Peter Lydon London Scottish 95 4 Will Robinson Rotherham Titans 83 5= Aaron Penberthy Ealing Trailfinders 66 5= Will Cargill Cornish Pirates 65 6 Joe Carlisle London Welsh 64 [22]

Top try scorers Rank Player Team Appearances Tries 1 Tyson Lewis Doncaster Knights 8 2= Jonah Holmes Yorkshire Carnegie 7 2= Rob O'Donnell Yorkshire Carnegie 7 2= Kristian Phillips London Welsh 7 3= Dean Adamson Bedford Blues 6 3= Murray McConnell Nottingham Rugby 6 3= Ben Ransom London Irish 6 [22]

Season records

• Updated to 27 November 2016

Team Largest home win — 26 pts 50 – 24 Ealing Trailfinders at home to Rotherham Titans on 5 November 2016 Largest away win — 50 pts 62 – 12 London Irish away to London Scottish on 30 October 2016 Most points scored — 62 pts 62 – 12 London Irish away to London Scottish on 30 October 2016 Most tries in a match — 9 Doncaster Knights away to Richmond on 17 September 2016 Most conversions in a match — 8 London Irish away to London Scottish on 30 October 2016 Most penalties in a match — 7 London Scottish at home to Ealing Trailfinders on 2 December 2016 Most drop goals in a match — 1 N/A - multiple teams [24][25][26][27]

Player Most points in a match — 32 Tommy Bell for London Irish away to London Scottish on 30 October 2016 Most tries in a match — 3 (x2) Tyson Lewis for Doncaster Knights away to Richmond on 17 September 2016 Patrick Tapley for Doncaster Knights at home to Richmond on 1 October 2016 Most conversions in a match — 8 Tommy Bell for London Irish away to London Scottish on 30 October 2016 Most penalties in a match — 7 Peter Lydon for London Scottish at home to Ealing Trailfinders on 2 December 2016 Most drop goals in a match — 1 N/A - multiple players [28][29][30][31][32] Attendances Highest — 4,067 London Irish at home to Yorkshire Carnegie on 5 November 2016 Lowest — 438 Ealing Trailfinders at home to Jersey Reds on 17 September 2016 Highest Average Attendance — Lowest Average Attendance — [23]

See also

• 2016–17 British and Irish Cup

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External links

• RFU Championship news