Championship players in the Premiership Final

Missed any? 17/18 out of 46 players have played in the Championship and below. The team that won had most! There are a number of foreign players.

Northampton: Furbank; Freeman, Odendaal, Dingwall, Sleightholme; Smith, Mitchell; Waller, Langdon, Davison, Moon, Coles, Lawes (c), Pearson, Augustus.

Replacements: Matavesi, Iyogun, Mills, Mayanavanua, Graham, Ludlam, James, Hendy.

Bath: Gallagher; Cokanasiga, Lawrence, Redpath, Muir; Russell, Spencer (c); Obano, Dunn, Du Toit, Roux, Ewels, Hill, Underhill, Barbeary.

Replacements: Annett, Schoeman, Stuart, Stooke, Bayliss, Schreuder, Bailey, Reid.

Blues - Gallagher, Iyogun, James (Knights as well), Hendy - MoM

Knights - Graham & Langdon

Pirates - Matavesi

Hartpury - Stooke - don’t know if he played in the Championship?

Cambridge - Spencer

Ampthill - Smith

Ealing - Mills

Nottingham - Barbeary (1 game), Stuart & Furbank (Bedford School, as is Dingwall)

Scottish - Dunn

Blaydon - Davison

Moseley - Mitchell

London Irish - Cokanasiga

Edited by The Blues - 09 Jun 2024 at 00:05

Hill came through the knights junior section before joing the Leeds academy,

Edited by KnightsBoy - 09 Jun 2024 at 09:25

It is nothing new though, but does admirably show how important the other leagues are to the top tier, Martin Johnson and the Deacon Brothers began at Wigston, one of the two clubs who merged to form Leicester Lions. Billy Twelvetrees played for the Lions before joining Leicester Tigers. The academy system is superb, but it does not replace the Championship or the National leagues, I think they need us more than they will ever actually acknowledge.

An amazing contribution from The Championship let alone the volunteer led Community clubs who encouraged players in their Mini & Youth set up. I read there's a growing movement for financial contribution to Junior clubs who introduce youngsters to the game.

Mills played a couple of games for Chinnor