Final League Placings

The RFU have released the following statement regarding the final placings for the Championship and all levels below tier 2.
The final leagues are not going to be available for viewing until 6pm tomorrow evening which seems a very strange time. Call me cynical but the timing suggests that they are expecting a 'backlash' from a number of very unhappy clubs.
RFU Statement;
"It was agreed that final standings for the Greene King IPA Championship and men’s and women’s community game would be calculated on a best playing record formula maintaining promotion and relegation for those leagues. The Tyrrells Premier 15s season has been declared null and void as there is no promotion or relegation in this league.

RFU President, Peter Wheeler, said: “We believe that the decisions made provide fair and balanced outcomes for the game and maintain the integrity of the competitions. We have listened to recommendations from the heart of the game and the approach has been ratified by the RFU Council.

“This has been a difficult decision to make in the most unprecedented of circumstances. There is no single solution that will suit every club, but the approach taken is one that we believe best reflects the nature of league rugby in England.

“With 80% of the season complete for the community game, we believe our approach is fair and the right one for our leagues. We have clubs that are clear league leaders and those who have said they would benefit from relegation to play more meaningful rugby.”

Final league tables will be available on www.EnglandRugby.com by 6pm, Friday 3 April.

Second bite, please. Does this mean that Leeds disappear into oblivion?

isleonian wrote: Help. What, please, is a "...best playing record formula..."

 It was used during the foot & mouth season. A bit like the cricket Duckworth Lewis system, a winning and score predictor calculation tool used in to predict scores and possible results based upon recent results, league positions, home and away record and recent fixtures between clubs. 

Presumably points difference average?

My thoughts exactly Kimbo - if a decision has been made, then announce it!

The only poss reason I can imagine is that they're waiting for 6pm when they think the lawyers will have gone home for the weekend.....haven't they heard they're already at home and have a digitised writ generation app available 24x7?

Hopefully it will result in huge High Court claims and counter-claims Then we can put all the law firms in a hat and ask the RFU to produce a league table? 

hrplaneman wrote: Leeds website is showing an interview with Phil Davies saying they have been relegated and that next season they will be playing under a new name. Wonder what happens academy wise?

I think the academy is the least of their problems.

1 Will they exist without any RFU money to bail them out?
2 where will they play if they do exist?
3 will all contracts be honoured this season or another CVA?
4 what are they going to call themselves next year?

For what it's worth, my opinion on the Academy - it should move to Doncaster

Bill Sley wrote: islander wrote: These are the 'workings' I've seen: The average number of points (including Bonus Points) gained for all ‘Home’ games played up to 16th March was calculated.  This amount will be added to the Club’s points total for each outstanding ‘Home’ game. The average number of points (including Bonus Points) gained for all ‘Away’ games played up to 16th March was calculated.  This amount will be further added to the Club’s points total for each outstanding ‘Away’ game. The standings aren't actually affected as i understand it, other than LS (currently 10th) are set to leapfrog Donny (currently 9th). Falcons promoted, Carnegie relegated, I assume 'Mond' coming up but that last one isn't confirmed... Is that the same as "table stands 'as is' unless you've not had chance to replay a game postponed"?

No it is average points for all unplaced games then work out the table (same as current table unless teams have outstanding cancelled games)

There is no way any postponed games are going to be played - the season has been over for weeks

Bill - sorry, but you've made this unnecessarily complicated IMHO. No major* changes to tables, but yes in some cases teams may move up or down a place or two as a result of the uneven number of games played. R999 meant to type 'unplayed' rather than 'unplaced'...

Edited by islander - 02 Apr 2020 at 14:32

hrplaneman wrote: Leeds website is showing an interview with Phil Davies saying they have been relegated and that next season they will be playing under a new name. Wonder what happens academy wise?

Academy is not run by them anymore - renamed the Yorkshire rugby academy, basically as a representative of the catchment area. Believe Leeds Beckett are taking it over from what I heard.