2024–25 RFU Championship
The 2024–25 RFU Championship was the sixteenth season of the RFU Championship, the professional second tier of rugby union in England. It featured twelve English teams. Ealing Trailfinders were the reigning champions, having been refused promotion to the Premiership due to failing to meet minimum standards.
Ealing Trailfinders finished as champions on 17 May following a decisive victory away to Caldy, giving them the title with two games still left to play. Despite winning their second RFU Championship title in a row the minimum standards ruling meant that once again they were ineligible for promotion. Cambridge finished bottom but due to the Championship increasing from 12 to 14 teams for the following season, there was no relegation.
Structure
The twelve teams will play each of the other teams twice.The results of the matches contribute points to the league as follows:
- 4 points are awarded for a win
- 2 points are awarded for a draw
- 0 points are awarded for a loss, however
- 1 losing point is awarded to a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer
- 1 additional point is awarded to a team scoring 4 tries or more in a match.
Promotion and relegation
Subject to meeting the minimum standards criteria the team finishing top of the league will qualify for a promotion playoff against the bottom side in Premiership Rugby while the team that finishes bottom will be typically relegated to National League 1.Relegation this season would be different as earlier in the season it had been indicated that the RFU Championship was due to increase from 12 to 14 teams for 2025–26. This was finally confirmed by the RFU with most of the season completed, meaning that no clubs would be relegated at the end of 2024–25.
In March 2025 it was confirmed that only Doncaster Knights were eligible for promotion to the premiership.
Teams
Eleven of the twelve teams played in last season's competition. Chinnor were promoted as the champions of the 2023–24 National League 1 with no side being relegated the opposite way due to Jersey Reds going into liquidation in September 2023 and there only being eleven sides.| Club | Stadium | Capacity | Area | Previous season |
| Ampthill | Dillingham Park | 3,000 | Ampthill, Bedfordshire | 7th |
| Bedford Blues | Goldington Road | 5,000 | Bedford, Bedfordshire | 4th |
| Caldy | Paton Field | 4,000 | Thurstaston, Wirral, Merseyside | 10th |
| Cambridge | Grantchester Road | 2,200 | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire | 11th |
| Chinnor | Kingsey Road | 2,500 | Thame, Oxfordshire | Promoted from National 1 |
| Cornish Pirates | Mennaye Field | 4,000 | Penzance, Cornwall | Runners up |
| Coventry | Butts Park Arena | 5,250 | Coventry, West Midlands | 3rd |
| Doncaster Knights | Castle Park | 5,183 | Doncaster, South Yorkshire | 6th |
| Ealing Trailfinders | Trailfinders Sports Ground | 5,000 | West Ealing, London | Champions |
| Hartpury University | Hartpury Stadium | 2,000 | Hartpury, Gloucestershire | 5th |
| London Scottish | Athletic Ground | 4,500 | Richmond, London | 9th |
| Nottingham | Lady Bay Sports Ground | 3,700 | Nottingham, Nottinghamshire | 8th |
Table
Fixtures & results
Round 1
----Round 2
----Round 3
----Round 4
----Round 5
----Round 6
----Round 7
- Game abandoned in 68th minute, with Chinnor leading 18–13, due to power cut caused by adverse weather. The RFU would later rule the result a victory for Chinnor subject to appeal.
Round 8
- Game abandoned due to injury to referee. Game to be rescheduled for 11 January 2025.
Round 9
----Round 10
----Round 8 (rescheduled game)
- Game originally rescheduled from 14 December 2024 but postponed again due to frozen pitch. Game to be rescheduled for 1 March 2025.
Round 11
----Round 12
----Round 8 (rescheduled game)
- Game originally rescheduled from 14 December 2024 and then rescheduled again from 11 January 2025.
Round 13
----Round 14
----Round 15
----Round 16
----Round 17
----Round 18
----Round 19
----Round 20
----Round 21
----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
| Rank | Player | Club | Points | ||||
| 1 |  Most tries
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