The 2014–15 RFU Championship, known for sponsorship reasons as the Greene King IPA Championship, is the sixth 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 is the second year of the competition's sponsorship with Greene King Brewery, which runs until 2017.[1] The twelve teams in the RFU Championship also competed in the British and Irish Cup, along with clubs from Ireland and Wales.[2] Matches in the RFU Championship were broadcast on Sky Sports.
Worcester Warriors finished second during the regular season and became champions after beating Bristol 59 – 58 in the two-legged final. The Warriors overcame third-place London Scottish in the semifinal play-off, while Bristol (who finished first in the league table) beat fourth-place Rotherham Titans in the other semi-final. After thirteen seasons in the second tier of English rugby union, Plymouth Albion are relegated to the 2015–16 National League 1 for next season, after finishing in last place.[3]
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.[4] The top four teams at the end of the home–and–away 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 Premiership. If they fail to meet the criteria then there is no promotion.[5] There are no relegation play–offs; the bottom team is automatically relegated.[4] Following an agreement with the RFU in 2012, each RFU Championship club will receive £365,000 in funding from the RFU for the season.[6]
Participating teams and locations
Ten of the teams that competed in the 2013–14 RFU Championship remain in the competition for the 2014–15 RFU Championship. London Welsh were promoted back into the English Premiership after defeating Bristol in the play-off final after being relegated into the RFU Championship the previous year.[7] They are replaced by Worcester Warriors after they were relegated to the RFU Championship after finishing last in the 2013–14 English Premiership.[8]Ealing Trailfinders were relegated into National League 1 after finishing bottom of the 2013–14 RFU Championship by one point.[9] They are replaced by Doncaster Knights, who returned to the RFU Championship at the first opportunity by finishing top of the 2013–14 National League 1 after being relegated in 2013.[10] This was the first time that a relegated team returned to the RFU Championship after being relegated the previous season since the RFU Championship was formed.[10]
Below is a list of the teams participating in the 2014–15 RFU Championship.[7][8][9][10][11][12]
^Rotherham would have to play their final league game and any play-off games at Abbeydale Park in Sheffield due to a dispute with Rotherham Cricket Club over ground sharing at Clifton Lane.[13][14]
Updated to match(es) played on 5 July 2015. Source: "Greene King IPA Championship". NCA Rugby. Rules for classification: 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
The semifinals followed a 1 v 4, 2 v 3 system – with the games being played over two-legs with the higher placed team deciding who played at home in the first leg.
The RFU Dream Team is picked by the coaches of the twelve championship teams. Bristol playmaker Morgan attracted the highest number of votes for an individual player with eight, one more than Cornish Pirates pair Tom Kessell and Darren Barry and Nottingham's Shaun Malton. Meanwhile, London Scottish number 8 Bright makes the Dream Team for the third year in a row and is the only player to retain his place from last season.[40]
Lawrence Rayner for Plymouth Albion away to Rotherham Titans on 20 September 2014
Most tries in a match — 4 (x2)
Sam Smith for Worcester Warriors away to Yorkshire Carnegie on 27 December 2014 Olly Robinson for Bristol Rugby away to Plymouth Albion on 11 April 2015
Most conversions in a match — 8
Andy Symons for Worcester Warriors away to Cornish Pirates on 18 April 2015
Most penalties in a match — 7 (x2)
Sam Olver for Moseley away to Doncaster Knights on 15 November 2014 Peter Lydon for London Scottish away to Nottingham Rugby on 4 January 2015
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