2015–16_RFU_Championship

2015–16 RFU Championship
2015–16 RFU Championship
Countries	England; Jersey
Date	4 September 2015 – May 2016
Champions	Bristol
Runners-up	Doncaster Knights
Relegated	Moseley
Matches played	138
Attendance	298,010 ; (average 2,159 per match)
Highest attendance	16,084 Bristol Rugby v Doncaster Knights on 25 May 2016
Lowest attendance	310 Ealing Trailfinders v Nottingham Rugby on 28 November 2015
Tries scored	848 ; (average 6.1 per match)
Top point scorer	Gavin Henson; Bristol 193 points
Top try scorer	Paul Grant; Nottingham Rugby 19 tries
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 RFU Championship

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The 2015–16 RFU Championship, known for sponsorship reasons as the Greene King IPA Championship, is the seventh 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 third year of the competition's sponsorship with Greene King Brewery, which runs until 2017.^[1] The twelve teams in the RFU Championship also compete in the British and Irish Cup, along with clubs from Ireland and Wales. Some matches in the RFU Championship are broadcast on Sky Sports.

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Moseley are relegated into the 2016–17 National League 1 after finishing bottom of the table.^[2] After seven years of trying for promotion (five of which they actually topped the league stage including during this season), Bristol finally did it. In front of a divisional and club record crowd of 16,084, Bristol managed to gain promotion to the Aviva Premiership despite losing 32-34 to away side (and league stage runners up), Doncaster Knights, due to an emphatic first leg victory, to go up 60 - 47 on aggregate.^[3]^[4]

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Club	Stadium	Capacity	Area	Captain	DOR/Head Coach
Bedford Blues	Goldington Road	6,000	Bedford, Bedfordshire	Nick Fenton-Wells	Mike Rayer
Bristol	Ashton Gate Stadium	16,600^{[a 1]}	Bristol	Dwayne Peel	Andy Robinson
Cornish Pirates	Mennaye Field	4,000 (2,200 Seats)	Penzance, Cornwall	Chris Morgan	Ian Davies
Doncaster Knights	Castle Park rugby stadium	5,000	Doncaster, South Yorkshire	Michael Hills	Clive Griffiths
Ealing Trailfinders	Trailfinders Sports Ground	3,020 (1,020 seats)	West Ealing, London	Danny Kenny	Ben Ward
Jersey	St Peter	5,000	Saint Peter, Jersey	Alex Rae	Harvey Biljon
London Scottish	Athletic Ground, Richmond	4,500	Richmond, London	Mark Bright	Mike Friday
London Welsh	Old Deer Park	5,850 (1,000 seats)	Richmond, London	Matt Corker	Rowland Phillips
Moseley	Billesley Common	3,000+	Birmingham, West Midlands	Mike Powell	Kevin Maggs
Nottingham Rugby	Lady Bay Sports Ground	2,000 (est)	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire	Daniel Montagu	Martin Haag
Rotherham Titans	Clifton Lane Herringthorpe Playing Fields	2,500 Unknown capacity	Rotherham, South Yorkshire	Tom Holmes	Lee Blackett
Yorkshire Carnegie	Headingley Carnegie Stadium	21,062	Leeds, West Yorkshire	Ryan Burrows	Ian McGeechan

(BP) London Scottish	19 – 23	Moseley
	Scottish Moseley

(2BP) Doncaster Knights	33 – 35	London Welsh (BP)
	Welsh

Rotherham Titans	24 – 23	Ealing Trailfinders (BP)
	Rotherham Ealing

(BP) Bristol Rugby	23 – 29	Bedford Blues (BP)
	Bristol Bedford

2015–16 RFU Championship
Countries	England Jersey
Date	4 September 2015 – May 2016
Champions	Bristol
Runners-up	Doncaster Knights
Relegated	Moseley
Matches played	138
Attendance	298,010 (average 2,159 per match)
Highest attendance	16,084 Bristol Rugby v Doncaster Knights on 25 May 2016
Lowest attendance	310 Ealing Trailfinders v Nottingham Rugby on 28 November 2015
Tries scored	848 (average 6.1 per match)
Top point scorer	Gavin Henson Bristol 193 points
Top try scorer	Paul Grant Nottingham Rugby 19 tries
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bristol (C)	22	20	0	2	718	397	+321	14	1	95	Promotion play-off place
2	Doncaster Knights (F)	22	15	2	5	588	470	+118	10	5	79
3	Yorkshire Carnegie (SF)	22	14	0	8	655	466	+189	15	7	78
4	Bedford Blues (SF)	22	12	0	10	623	599	+24	10	6	64
5	London Welsh	22	11	1	10	442	528	−86	9	3	58
6	Jersey	22	11	1	10	465	466	−1	5	6	57
7	Nottingham Rugby	22	10	0	12	494	483	+11	9	7	56
8	London Scottish	22	10	0	12	463	453	+10	2	7	49
9	Cornish Pirates	22	8	1	13	530	570	−40	8	7	49
10	Rotherham Titans	22	8	0	14	454	621	−167	3	3	38
11	Ealing Trailfinders	22	6	1	15	523	605	−82	5	6	37
12	Moseley (R)	22	4	0	18	416	715	−299	6	4	26	Relegation place

(BP) Yorkshire Carnegie	39 – 22	Jersey
	Carnegie^[usurped] Jersey

Ealing Trailfinders	17 – 37	London Scottish (BP)
	Ealing Scottish

Rotherham Titans	11 – 20	Yorkshire Carnegie
	Rotherham Carnegie^[usurped]

(2BP) Nottingham Rugby	30 – 36	Doncaster Knights (BP)
	Nottingham

(BP) Cornish Pirates	24 – 26	Rotherham Titans
	Pirates Rotherham

(BP) Yorkshire Carnegie	40 – 28	Ealing Trailfinders (BP)
	Carnegie^[usurped] Ealing

(BP) Ealing Trailfinders	22 – 34	Nottingham Rugby (BP)
	Report

(2BP) London Scottish	22 – 28	Ealing Trailfinders (BP)
	Report

(BP) Doncaster Knights	34 – 28	Yorkshire Carnegie (2BP)
	Report

(BP) Nottingham Rugby	22 – 18	Ealing Trailfinders (BP)
	Report

Doncaster Knights	13–28	Bristol Rugby
Try: Hurrell (1) 23'c Con: Cusack (1/1) 23' Pen: Cusack (2) 3', 39'	Bristol Knights	Try: Lemi 35'm McMillan 46'c Glynn 50'c Con: Sheedy (2/3) 46', 50' Pen: Sheedy (3) 19', 26', 66'

Club	Home Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Bedford Blues	12	31,333	2,611	4,341	2,077	44%
Bristol Rugby	13	100,129	7,702	16,084	4,560	46%
Cornish Pirates	11	15,705	1,428	2,340	1,025	36%
Doncaster Knights	13	29,937	2,303	4,797	1,019	46%
Ealing Trailfinders	11	7,338	667	874	310	22%
Jersey	11	22,790	2,072	2,613	1,526	41%
London Scottish	11	12,809	1,164	1,850	884	26%
London Welsh	11	13,214	1,201	2,032	730	24%
Moseley	11	11,509	1,046	1,431	726	35%
Nottingham Rugby	11	11,202	1,018	1,864	623	51%
Rotherham Titans	11	12,980	1,180	1,721	887	48%
Yorkshire Carnegie	12	28,520	2,377	3,672	1,329	11%

2015–16_RFU_Championship

Structure

Teams

Table

Fixtures

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Play-offs

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

First leg

Second leg

Attendances

Individual statistics

Top points scorers

Top try scorers

Season records

Team

Player

Attendances

See also

References

External links

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