2024–25 RFU Championship

2024–25 RFU Championship
Countries	England
Date	20 September 2024 – May 2025
Matches played	41
Attendance	55,714 (average 1,359 per match)
Highest attendance	3,197 – Coventry v Chinnor, 12 October 2024
Lowest attendance	324 – Caldy v Cornish Pirates, 7 December 2024
Tries scored	312 (average 7.6 per match)
Top point scorer	68 – Harry Bazalgette (Hartpury)
Top try scorer	9 – Kehinde Olowofela (Doncaster)
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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.

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.

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.

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

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.^[1][2]

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Note: Flags to the left of player names indicate national team as has been defined under World Rugby eligibility rules, or primary nationality for players who have not yet earned international senior caps. Players may hold one or more non-WR nationalities.

Most points [edit] As of 7 December 2024 Rank Player Club Points 1 Harry Bazalgette Hartpury University 68 2 Daniel Jones Ealing Trailfinders 58 3 William Maisey Bedford Blues 53 4 Liam Richman Coventry 51 5 Kehinde Olowofela Doncaster Knights 45 Connor Slevin Chinnor 6 Joshua Barton Ampthill 44 7 Matthew Arden Nottingham 41 8 Louis Grimoldby Cambridge 35 9 Russell Bennett Doncaster Knights 33 Craig Willis Ealing Trailfinders [6][7][8][9][10][11][14]

Most tries [edit] As of 7 December 2024 Rank Player Club Tries 1 Kehinde Olowofela Doncaster Knights 9 2 Thomas Collins Ealing Trailfinders 6 Ethan Hunt Hartpury University 3 Matthew Cornish Ealing Trailfinders 5 James Martin Coventry Francis Moore Ealing Trailfinders Arthur Relton Cornish Pirates 4 Dean Adamson Bedford Blues 4 Elias Caven Cambridge Jack Dickinson Nottingham Harry Graham Nottingham Ryan Hutler Coventry Jordan Reid Ealing Trailfinders Harry Short Hartpury University Tobi Wilson Ealing Trailfinders Matthew Worley Bedford Blues Oliver Wynn Caldy [6][7][8][9][10][11][14]

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