English Championship

Latest News Results and Fixtures Tables
English Championship Regular Season
Team
Rank
MP
W
D
L
PF
PA
P
Ealing Trailfinders
1
20
16
0
4
255
255
80
Doncaster Knights
2
20
17
0
3
255
255
77
Cornish Pirates
3
20
14
2
4
255
255
73
Jersey Reds
4
20
13
1
6
255
255
69
Bedford Blues
5
20
9
0
11
255
255
50
Ampthill
6
20
8
2
10
255
255
46
Hartpury University
7
20
7
1
12
255
255
46
Coventry
8
20
9
0
11
255
255
45
Richmond
9
20
7
1
12
255
255
42
Nottingham
10
20
5
0
15
255
255
30
London Scottish
11
20
1
1
18
255
255
11
• English Championship

  / 13 years ago

  Cattle thrilled to be facing the Haka for the first time

  Cornish Pirates scrum-half Gavin Cattle describes his inclusion in the RFU Championship squad to take on the Maori All Blacks at...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Championship

  / 13 years ago

  Rotherham Titans want Alex Codling after coach Andre Bester walks out

  Alex Codling has confirmed his interest in becoming Andre Bester’s full-time replacement at Rotherham Titans. Bester resigned from his post on...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Championship

  / 13 years ago

  ‘Brilliant’ Bedford Blues have Newcastle Falcons in their sights

  James Pritchard believes Bedford can do the Championship a favour and knock leaders Newcastle off their perch, when the Falcons visit...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Championship

  / 13 years ago

  Redruth move fast in race abuse row

  The RFU have praised Redruth’s handling of an incident of suspected racial abuse which involved a visiting black player being  jeered...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Championship

  / 13 years ago

  Bedford Blues’ attacking style pays off for Ben Ransom

  Ben Ransom says there is no better place to be than Bedford Blues as he awaits his Saracens first-team chance. Full-back...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Championship

  / 13 years ago

  RFU Championship Preview: team by team

  Bedford Blues The shortening of the play-off format from a top eight to a top four will assist part-time outfit Bedford...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Championship

  / 13 years ago

  “We’ll have fun rising to challenge,” says Newcastle’s Dean Richards

  Dean Richards will warn his Newcastle troops to expect the unexpected when they finally get their Championship campaign up and running...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Championship

  / 13 years ago

  SSE National Leagues preview

  With the National Leagues competitions starting on Saturday, we take a look at how Fylde, Ealing, Caldy and Redruth are preparing....

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Championship

  / 13 years ago

  Championship winners must go up says chairman Geoff Irvine

  Championship clubs’ chairman Geoff Irvine, right, says their Premiership counterparts need worry about only one thing – to avoid finishing bottom...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Championship

  / 13 years ago

  Falcons have strength in depth to make a quick return says Glen Delaney

  With the honourable exception of Bedford’s Mike Rayer, there is no coach with more experience of English rugby’s second tier than...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Championship

  / 13 years ago

  Age is no worry for new Esher coach Ollie Smith

  Having made his Leicester debut a few months after leaving school and toured with the Lions, aged 22, Ollie Smith’s appointment...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Championship

  / 13 years ago

  New funding deal for Championship clubs revealed

  As revealed in our The Rugby Paper on August 5th, the RFU has unveiled today a new four-year funding deal for...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Championship

  / 14 years ago

  Final offer from RFU would see Championship clubs receive £4.3m backing

  Championship clubs are close to agreeing a funding deal for the next four seasons after receiving what has been described by...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Championship

  / 14 years ago

  I was fed up facing the same teams all the time says Jersey new boy Richard Haughton

  Richard Haughton has revealed how he turned down offers to remain in the Premiership in favour of a move to Championship...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Championship

  / 14 years ago

  New Leeds boss Ian McGeechan keen to embrace Leeds Rhinos

  John Bentley has hailed the appointment of Sir Ian McGeechan as being massive for the profile of Leeds Carnegie. Bentley, selected...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Championship

  / 14 years ago

  Coventry Nathan Jones: “Some Championship players earn no more than minimum-wage”

  Coventry‘s new signing Nathan Jones has hit out at Championship clubs’ pay structures, revealing some of his former Nottingham teammates earn...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Championship

  / 14 years ago

  Cornish Pirates Aaron Penberthy ready to unleash full range of skills

  Cornish Pirates supporters might have thought they had seen Aaron Penberthy’s full range last season, but the 20-year-old fly-half has said...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Championship

  / 14 years ago

  We’re doing things even better than the Natal Sharks says Bristol head coach Liam Middleton

  Bristol head coach Liam Middleton hopes a recent fact-finding mission to South Africa will make the difference as his side targets...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Championship

  / 14 years ago

  New Nottingham boss Marting Haag can make the step up says Ian McGeechan

  Sir Ian McGeechan has backed Martin Haag to be a big hit in his first head coach role after Nottingham appointed...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Championship

  / 14 years ago

  Newcastle Falcons revival will be key for Jon Golding’s England call

  A Newcastle pack getting the better of their Wasps counterparts at Adams Park sounds a familiar tale but this scene took...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Championship

  / 14 years ago

  Newcastle Falcons wanted to swoop on Gavin Henson

  Newcastle made a bid to sign Gavin Henson before the RFU reversed their decision barring London Welsh from promotion to the...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Championship

  / 14 years ago

  Diccon Edwards ‘got it wrong’ with Leeds’ youth policy says departing Lee Blackett

  Lee Blackett has  revealed his anger at the way senior players were jettisoned at Leeds by Diccon Edwards’ youth-based policy. The...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Championship

  / 14 years ago

  New Bristol signing James Grindal gears up for big time again

  James Grindal ended a 13-year consecutive run in the top flight when he swapped Leicester for Bristol this summer, but such...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Championship

  / 14 years ago

  Rugby League legend Keith Senior returns to rugby Union 20 years later

  Talk to anyone in either code about legendary Rugby League centre Keith Senior and the soundbites are always the same. “Great...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Championship

  / 14 years ago

  Dean Richards’s tough love will revive Newcastle Falcons says Simon Keogh

  Newcastle players had better get ready to roll up their sleeves on the field – and in training – under Dean...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Championship

  / 14 years ago

  Give our tier-two English coaches a chance says coaching guru Kevin Bowring

  The RFU’s Head of Elite Coach Development, Kevin Bowring, wants to see more English-qualified coaches follow Glenn Delaney’s example and make...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Championship

  / 14 years ago

  Nottingham fly-half James Arlidge plans farewell to remember

  James Arlidge wants to set alarm bells ringing in opposition defences, as well as airport security. The 32-year-old Nottingham fly-half is...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Championship

  / 14 years ago

  Former Lion tourist Andy Titterrell still has what it takes

  Former Lion Andy Titterrell insists he hasn’t given up hope on his playing career despite finding himself without a club in...

  By The Rugby Paper Team

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