2024–25 RFU Championship

2024–25 RFU Championship
Countries	England
Date	October 2024 — May 2025

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.

Structure

The twelve 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 while the team that finishes bottom will be relegated to National League 1.

Teams

Eleven of the twelve teams played in last season's competition. Chinnor were promoted as the champions of the 2023–24 National League 1 with no side being relegated the opposite way due to Jersey Reds going into liquidation in September 2023 and there only being eleven sides.

Club	Stadium	Capacity	Area	Previous season
Ampthill	Dillingham Park	3,000	Ampthill, Bedfordshire	7th
Bedford Blues	Goldington Road	5,000 (1,700 seats)	Bedford, Bedfordshire	4th
Caldy	Paton Field	4,000	Thurstaston, Wirral, Merseyside	10th
Cambridge	Grantchester Road	2,200 (200 seats)	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire	11th
Chinnor	Kingsey Road	2,500	Thame, Oxfordshire	Promoted from National League 1 (champions)
Cornish Pirates	Mennaye Field	4,000 (2,200 seats)	Penzance, Cornwall	Runners up
Coventry	Butts Park Arena	5,200 (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	Champions (not promoted)
Hartpury University	ALPAS Arena	2,000	Hartpury, Gloucestershire	5th
London Scottish	Athletic Ground	4,500 (1,000 seats)	Richmond, London	9th
Nottingham	Lady Bay Sports Ground	3,500	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire	8th

Ampthill

Bedford Blues

Caldy

Cambridge

Chinnor

Cornish Pirates

Coventry

Doncaster Knights

Ealing Trailfinders

London Scottish

Hartpury University

Nottingham

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Locations of the 2024–25 RFU Championship teams

Table

2024–25 RFU Championship Table
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Try bonus	Losing bonus	Points
1	Ampthill	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bedford Blues	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Caldy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Cambridge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chinnor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Cornish Pirates	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Coventry	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Doncaster Knights	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Ealing Trailfinders	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Hartpury University	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	London Scottish	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Nottingham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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 is the promotion place. Pink background is the relegated team. Updated: 1 June 2024

See also

• 2024–25 Premiership Rugby
• 2024–25 Premiership Rugby Cup