2019–20 RFU Championship Cup – Wikipedia
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| 2019–20 RFU Championship Cup | |
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| Countries |  England  Jersey |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and knockout |
| Date | 20 September 2019 — 23 February 2020 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Matches played | 40 |
| Attendance | 51,035 (1,276 per match) |
| Highest attendance | 3,818 Newcastle Falcons v Hartpury 29 November 2019 |
| Lowest attendance | 247 Ampthill v Ealing Trailfinders 7 December 2019 |
| Tries scored | 309 (7.73 per match) |
| Top point scorer(s) | Craig Willis (Ealing Trailfinders) 57 points |
| Top try scorer(s) | Alex O’Meara (Cornish Pirates) 8 tries |
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[edit]
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[edit]
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Locations of the 2019–20 RFU Championship Cup teams(color by pool)
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Pool stage[edit]
Pool 1[edit]
| 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: “Championship Cup 2019-20”. englandrugby.com. |
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Round 1[edit]
| Dillingham Park Attendance: 813 Referee: Michael Hudson |
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Round 2[edit]
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Round 3[edit]
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Round 4[edit]
| (1 BP) Ealing Trailfinders | 80 – 17 | Bedford Blues |
| Try: Niko (2) 1′ m, 38′ c Mills 5′ c Joseph 11′ m Willis 14′ c Smid 25′ c Bell 31′ c Reid 40′ c Sloan 42′ c Murphy 60′ c Hampson 67′ c Johnston 70′ c Con: Willis (10/12) 5′, 14′, 25′, 31′, 38′, 40′, 42′, 60′, 67′, 70′ |
Report | Try: Temm (2) 3′ c, 50′ m Fields 36′ m Con: Robling (1/3) 3′ |
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Round 5[edit]
| Dillingham Park Attendance: 247 Referee: Harry Walbaum |
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Round 6[edit]
| Dillingham Park Attendance: 2,151 Referee: Simon Harding |
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Pool 2[edit]
| Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points For | Points Against | Points Difference | Tries For | Tries Against | Try Bonus | Losing Bonus | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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| 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: “Championship Cup 2019-20”. englandrugby.com. |
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Round 1[edit]
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Round 2[edit]
| Gillman’s Ground Attendance: 762 Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe |
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Round 3[edit]
| Gillman’s Ground Attendance: 815 Referee: Ian Tempest |
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Round 4[edit]
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Round 5[edit]
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Round 6[edit]
| Gillman’s Ground Attendance: 847 Referee: Ben Russell |
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Pool 3[edit]
| 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: “Championship Cup 2019-20”. englandrugby.com. |
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Round 1[edit]
| (1 BP) Nottingham | 83 – 0 | Yorkshire Carnegie |
| Try: Williams 5′ c Qualter 8′ c Foley (3) 12′ c, 21′ c, 54′ m Peters 18′ c Farnworth 48′ m Scanlon (2) 32′ c, 49′ m Connolly 64′ c Strong 66′ c Clark 69′ m Stephenson 79′ c Con: Millett (6/9) 5′, 8′, 12′, 18′, 21′, 32′ Dolly (3/4) 64′, 66, 79′ |
Report[Usurped!] |
| Lady Bay Sports Ground Attendance: 728 Referee: Hamish Smales |
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Round 2[edit]
| The Sycamores, Bramhope Attendance: 248 Referee: Neil Chivers |
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Round 3[edit]
| Lady Bay Sports Ground Attendance: 816 Referee: Matt Turvey |
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Round 4[edit]
| The Sycamores, Bramhope Attendance: 450 Referee: Alex Thomas |
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Round 5[edit]
| Lady Bay Sports Ground Attendance: 871 Referee: Dean Richards |
Round 6[edit]
| The Sycamores, Bramhope Attendance: 450 Referee: Greg MacDonald |
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Knock-out stage[edit]
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
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Quarter-finals[edit]
| Lady Bay Sports Ground Attendance: 563 Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe |
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Attendances[edit]
| Club | Home matches |
Total | Average | Highest | Lowest | % Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[edit]
- Points scorers includes tries as well as conversions, penalties and drop goals. Appearance figures also include coming on as substitutes (unused substitutes not included).
Season records[edit]
Team[edit]
83 – 0 Nottingham at home to Yorkshire Carnegie on 20 September 2019
50 – 0 Nottingham away to Yorkshire Carnegie on 14 December 2019
83 – 0 Nottingham at home to Yorkshire Carnegie on 20 September 2019
Nottingham at home to Yorkshire Carnegie on 20 September 2019
Ealing Trailfinders at home to Bedford Blues on 30 November 2019
Hartpury at home to Doncaster Knights on 14 December 2019
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Player[edit]
[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Attendances[edit]
Newcastle Falcons at home to Hartpury on 29 November 2019
Ampthill at home to Ealing Trailfinders on 7 December 2019
Newcastle Falcons
Yorkshire Carnegie [3][4][5][6][7][8][9] |
- ^ Yorkshire Carnegie held all their cup games at the home ground of West Park Leeds – The Sycamores – instead of their usual ground at Emerald Headingley Stadium.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b “Championship Cup competition announced”. RFU. 2018-06-22. Retrieved 2018-06-24.
- ^ a b c d “Championship Cup Regulations 2018-19” (PDF). England Rugby. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h “Championship Cup”. The RugbyPaper. No. 575. 22 September 2019. pp. 28–29 & 38.
- ^ a b c d e f g h “Championship Cup”. The RugbyPaper. No. 576. 29 September 2019. pp. 28–29 & 38.
- ^ a b c d e f g h “Championship Cup”. The RugbyPaper. No. 577. 6 October 2019. pp. 28–29 & 38.
- ^ a b c d e f g h “Championship Cup”. The RugbyPaper. No. 585. 1 December 2019. pp. 28–29 & 38.
- ^ a b c d e f g “Championship Cup”. The RugbyPaper. No. 586. 8 December 2019. pp. 26–27 & 38.
- ^ a b c d e f g h “Championship Cup”. The RugbyPaper. No. 587. 14 December 2019. pp. 26–27 & 38.
- ^ a b c d e f “Championship Cup”. The RugbyPaper. No. 597. 23 February 2020. pp. 30–31 & 39.
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