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Scrumtime
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Thats fine but the issue will be what do Exeter do? they fill Plymouth and now Taunton, throw Redruth in and even Exeter do not have enough pups to go into 3 national 1 sides. Although Cornish P seem to be helping Plymouth out
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workerbee
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RFU have just announced that the Championship will be a 12 team league for 22/23 and subject to the top club achieving ground criteria then 2 sides from Nat 1 will be promoted , if that club should fail then the Premiership will remain at 13 and only 1 side will be promoted. At present Ealing are the team most likely to get promoted from Championship and I would presume that they have passed all the requirements to enter premiership. For some reason, which someone will explain, the Championship did not go for a 14 team league to bring it in line with all other national Leagues including the Premiership, perhaps it is to do with funding.
At present there is no application from London Scottish to move leagues, perhaps they are happy to drop through the leagues until they arrive at a league commensurate with their budget. With only two maximum being promoted this will leave Nat 1 with 13 so relegation will come into play , possibly 2 down and 3 up or 1 down and 2 up , the winners of each league with no play off. This is still to be decided. This decision has come out, with no comments from the two working parties from the Championship , who I believe were in favour of 14 team league.
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gerg_861
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Just curious where you've found this? I couldn't find it anywhere?
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workerbee
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Email Received from RFU-
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Raider999
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Well at least they have made a decision.
Now we can only hope the leagues below (which have been decimated by Covid this weekend ) actually manage to finish the season. |
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Camquin
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Means there will be relegation. And it means they will have to arrange another cup - but that is their problem.
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kempstonblue
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So all these months, the RFU (?) went back to the format every Championship supporter and it seems clubs didn’t want.
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Looking forward to new beginnings.
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Kimbo
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What did you expect? Eff You is in their name.
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quercynomad
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I understand the proposal is for the Championship to move to 14 teams by the 24/25 season but the mechanism by which that happens hasn't been agreed. 12 is a temporary measure.
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workerbee
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So it is a temporary measure?!! Why , this just makes a mockery of stable structured seasons, there will be another re arrangement in two years .
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Camquin
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It does seem they cannot find their elbow with both hands and a map. The cynic in me says they did not want to share the reduced funding.
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Thatbloke
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Post removed - misread original! Edited by Thatbloke - 18 Dec 2021 at 10:54 |
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Kimbo
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Which implies that there is worthwhile funding to share outside the Prem. I really don't think it's much of an issue nowadays
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kempstonblue
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While awaiting to see an official release, I think this is RFU release. The delegates from Championship clubs might not have agreed this.
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Looking forward to new beginnings.
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kingsheathlad
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What about relegation in Nat 1.
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Cauliflower ear.
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Raider999
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Should be as normal - bottom 2 and OEs? |
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kingsheathlad
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OE'S dropped to the bottom league I thought not one league.
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Cauliflower ear.
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FHLH
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My first thought,. Either top up funding or dilute existing. The former won't happen and the latter uncomfortable.
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"My father told me big men fall just as quick as little ones, if you put a sword through their hearts."
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workerbee
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Despite receiving the notification from the RFU confirmed by NCA secretary, nothing has appeared to confirm this from Championship clubs who were discussing the options and appeared to favour 14 team league. However there is still a glaring issue which has not been addressed for any club in the lower part of the league at present, that of relegation. If two go up leaving Nat 1 a 13 team league, then there are two options , 1 down and two up , just the league champions or 2 down and three up. Option one has been done before with only 2 up and no play off at level 4. this happened when the Championship went to 12 teams.
Surely clubs need to know as it is half way through the season.
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Camquin
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So at the start of the season the position was;
We expect two teams to be promoted, to bring the Championship back to 12. My guess is one team (plus the ghost of Old Elthamians) down and two up, one from each league. But we do need confirmation from the Committee. Of course, the prospect of Leicester being relegated shakes everything up. |
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