2021–22 RFU Championship Cup
Tournament details
Countries	England Jersey
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Date	9 April – 21 May 2022
Tournament statistics
Teams	11
Final
Champions	Ealing Trailfinders (2nd title)
Runners-up	Coventry
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The 2021–22 RFU Championship Cup was the third season of the annual rugby union Championship Cup competition for second tier, professional English clubs playing in the RFU Championship. ^[1] The competition returned after a 14-month hiatus, following the cancellation of the previous year's tournament and the mid season cancellation of the 2019–20 tournament.

Competition format

The competition format is two-legged knockout ties with a first round of five matches, followed by quarter-finals, semi-finals and final. The Championship winners, Ealing Trailfinders received a bye to the quarter-finals. The first round matches took place on 9 April, following the final round of Championship fixtures. In the competition's inaugural season, the RFU had set out the pool matches in a regional format to encourage derby games, but this year's competition format is more loosely structured.

Participating teams and locations

Club Stadium Capacity Area Ampthill Dillingham Park 3,000 Ampthill, Bedfordshire Bedford Blues Goldington Road 5,000 (1,700 seats) Bedford, Bedfordshire 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 5,183 [2] (1,650 seats) Doncaster, South Yorkshire Ealing Trailfinders Trailfinders Sports Ground 4,000 (2,200 seats) West Ealing, London Hartpury University ALPAS Arena 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 Nottingham Lady Bay Sports Ground 3,500 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Richmond Athletic Ground 4,500 (1,000 seats) Richmond, London

London Ampthill Bedford Cornish Pirates Coventry Doncaster Hartpury Jersey Reds Nottingham London teams: Ealing London Scottish Richmond class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2021–22 RFU Championship Cup teams L. Scottish Richmond Ealing class=notpageimage| Greater London RFU Championship Cup teams

First round

First leg

Second leg

• Jersey Reds win 111 – 21 on aggregate

• Doncaster Knights win 56 – 46 on aggregate

• Hartpury University win 96 – 66 on aggregate

• Coventry win 52 – 49 on aggregate

• Bedford Blues win 90 – 33 on aggregate

Knock-out stage

The four overall winners from round 1 along with the best two losing teams and Ealing Trailfinders will contest the two-legged quarter-finals. The competition will then be played in a single-leg straight knockout format.

Quarter-finals

1st leg

2nd leg

• Jersey Reds won 49 - 34 on aggregate

• Cornish Pirates won 71 – 69 on aggregate

• Ealing Trailfinders won 87 – 45 on aggregate

• Coventry won 62 – 53 on aggregate

Semi-finals

Final

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See also

• RFU Championship
• British and Irish Cup

References

External links

• RFU