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2022–23 RFU Championship Cup
Tournament details
Countries	England Jersey
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and knockout
Date	4 November 2022 — 13 May 2023
Tournament statistics
Teams	12
Matches played	39
Attendance	41,442 (1,063 per match)
Highest attendance	3,045 – Bedford v Coventry, 11 November 2022
Lowest attendance	483 – Ampthill v Caldy, 4 February 2023
Tries scored	306 (7.85 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	44 – Russell Bennett (Jersey)
Top try scorer(s)	6 – Arthur Relton (Pirates) Peter Roberts (Doncaster) Simon Uzokwe (Ealing) David Williams (Nottingham)
Final
Champions	Ealing Trailfinders (3rd title)
Runners-up	Jersey Reds
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The 2022–23 RFU Championship Cup was the fourth and final season of the annual rugby union Championship Cup competition for second tier, professional English clubs playing in the RFU Championship. The competition was won by Ealing Trailfinders who defeated Jersey Reds 35 - 31 in the final. It would be the third Championship Cup title for the London club. The competition would merge with the Premiership Rugby Cup for the following season.

Competition format

The competition format is a pool stage followed by a knockout stage. The pool stage consists of three pools of four teams each playing home and away matches. Pool matches ran from September through to February, on weekends when there is no RFU Championship league fixtures. The three group winners, along with the best group runner up, qualify for the semi-finals to be held in May.

Participating teams and locations

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Ampthill Dillingham Park 3,000 Ampthill, Bedfordshire Bedford Blues Goldington Road 5,000 (1,700 seats) Bedford, Bedfordshire Caldy Paton Field 4,000 Thurstaston, Wirral, Merseyside Cornish Pirates Mennaye Field 4,000 (2,200 seats) Penzance, Cornwall Coventry Butts Park Arena 4,000 (3,000 seats) Coventry, West Midlands Doncaster Knights Castle Park 5,000 (1,650 seats) Doncaster, South Yorkshire Ealing Trailfinders Trailfinders Sports Ground 4,000 (2,200 seats) West Ealing, London Hartpury Gillman's Ground 2,000 Hartpury, Gloucestershire Jersey Reds Stade Santander International 4,000 Saint Peter, Jersey London Scottish Athletic Ground 4,500 (1,000 seats) Richmond, London, London Nottingham Lady Bay Sports Ground 3,500 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Richmond Athletic Ground 4,500 (1,000 seats) Richmond, London, London

AmpthillBedfordCaldyCornish PiratesCoventryDoncasterEalingHartpuryJersey RedsScottishNottinghamRichmondclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2022–23 RFU Championship Cup teams

Pool stage

Pool A

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Pool B

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Pool C

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Knock-out stage

The four qualifiers were seeded according to performance in the pool stage - with the two best performing pool winners being ranked as seeds 1 and 2, while the third group winner and best group runner up were ranked as seeds 3 and 4. The top four seeds hosted the quarter-finals against the lower seeds, in a 1 v 4, 2 v 3 format. However, if two teams qualified from the same pool they could not be drawn together. For the final the highest ranked seed would have home advantage.

Teams were ranked by:

1 – competition points (4 for a win, 2 for a draw)

2 – where competition points are equal, greatest number of wins

3 – where the number of wins are equal, greatest number of tries scored

4 – where the number of tries are equal, aggregate points difference

5 – where the aggregate points difference are equal, greatest number of points scored

6 – where the greatest number of points are equal, least red cards

7 – if red cards are equal, then ranking will be decided by the toss of a coin

Semi-finals

Final

Attendances

Leading scorers

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 As of 13 May 2023 Source: Rank Player Club Points 1 Russell Bennett Jersey Reds 44 2 Will Maisey Bedford Blues 37 3 Evan Mitchell Coventry 32 4 Harry Bazalgette Cornish Pirates 31 Patrick Pellegrini Coventry 5 Conor Rankin Ampthill 30 Arthur Relton Cornish Pirates Peter Roberts Doncaster Knights Simon Uzokwe Ealing Trailfinders David Williams Nottingham

Most tries As of 13 May 2023 Source: Rank Player Club Tries 1 Arthur Relton Cornish Pirates 6 Peter Roberts Doncaster Knights Simon Uzokwe Ealing Trailfinders David Williams Nottingham 2 Jonah Holmes Ealing Trailfinders 5 Ben Woollett Jersey Reds 3 Sydney Blackmore Ampthill 4 Will Brown Jersey Reds Brad Denty Hartpury Jake Garside Bedford Blues James Hadfield Jersey Reds Suva Ma'asi Coventry Nick Royle Caldy Callum Sirker Cornish Pirates Luke Stratford Hartpury Morgan Strong Ampthill Lucas Titherington Coventry Alun Walker Ealing Trailfinders

See also

• 2022–23 RFU Championship
• British and Irish Cup
• Premiership Rugby Cup

References

1. ^ "Championship Cup semi-finals". The RUGBYPaper. No. 765. Rugby Paper Ltd. 14 May 2023. p. 16.
2. "2022/23 Fixtures Announced". RFU. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
3. ^ "Championship Cup Regulations 2018-19" (PDF). England Rugby. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
4. ^ "The Championship Cup Results 2022–23". RFU. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
5. ^ "Results". The RugbyPaper. No. 738. 6 September 2022. p. 38.
6. ^ "Results". The RugbyPaper. No. 739. 13 September 2022. p. 38.
7. ^ "Results". The RugbyPaper. No. 740. 20 September 2022. p. 37.
8. ^ "Results". The RugbyPaper. No. 751. 5 February 2023. p. 38.
9. ^ "Results". The RugbyPaper. No. 752. 12 February 2023. p. 34.
10. ^ "Results". The RugbyPaper. No. 753. 19 February 2023. p. 38.
11. "Match Report: Cornish Pirates 27 Ampthill 1". Cornish Pirates. 20 November 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
12. "Results". The RugbyPaper. No. 741. 27 September 2022. p. 37.
13. ^ "Championship Cup semi-finals". The RUGBYPaper. No. 764. Rugby Paper Ltd. 7 May 2023. p. 32.

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