2010–11 RFU Championship

2010–11 RFU Championship
Countries  England
Champions Worcester Warriors
Runners-up Cornish Pirates
Relegated Birmingham & Solihull
Top point scorer Andy Goode (373 points)
Top try scorer Miles Benjamin (26 tries)

The 2010–11 RFU Championship was the 2nd season (of the professionalised format) of the second division of the English domestic rugby union competitions, played between August 2010 and May 2011. Worcester Warriors topped the regular season league table, their play-off group table and then won the Championship after they defeated Cornish Pirates over two legs in the Championship final at Sixways Stadium (46-32) on 18 May 2011. Birmingham & Solihull were relegated to the National League 1 at the end of this season.

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Participating teams

Locations of the 2010–11 RFU Championship teams
Team Stadium Capacity City/Area
Bedford Blues Goldington Road 7,000 Bedford, Bedfordshire
Birmingham & Solihull Damson Park 3,050 Solihull, West Midlands
Bristol Memorial Stadium 12,100 Bristol
Cornish Pirates Mennaye Field 3,500 Penzance
Doncaster Knights Castle Park 3,075 Doncaster
Esher Molesey Road 3,000 Hersham, Surrey
London Welsh Old Deer Park 5,850 London
Moseley Billesley Common 3,000+ Birmingham
Nottingham Meadow Lane 19,588 Nottingham
Plymouth Albion The Brickfields 6,500 Plymouth
Rotherham Titans Clifton Lane 2,500 Rotherham
Worcester Warriors Sixways Stadium 12,088 Worcester

Stage 1 league table

2010-11 RFU Championship Table watch · edit · discuss
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points For Points Against Points Difference Bonus Points Points
1 Worcester Warriors (P) 22 21 0 1 770 382 +388 17 101
2 Bedford Blues (SF) 22 17 0 5 662 375 +287 14 82
3 Cornish Pirates (F) 22 15 1 6 633 337 +296 14 76
4 London Welsh (SF) 22 14 0 8 575 429 +146 12 68
5 Nottingham 22 12 0 10 647 556 +91 16 64
6 Doncaster Knights 22 9 0 13 572 576 -4 15 51
7 Rotherham Titans 22 10 0 12 435 553 -118 7 47
8 Bristol 22 8 1 13 468 540 -72 7 41
9 Esher 22 7 1 14 406 651 -245 8 38
10 Plymouth Albion 22 6 2 14 365 500 -135 8 36
11 Moseley 22 5 3 14 382 667 -285 3 29
12 Birmingham & Solihull (R) 22 4 0 18 397 746 -349 6 22
  • If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  5. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background are promotion play-off places. Pink background are relegation play-off places.

Stage 2 - Play-offs

Group A (Promotion)

Pos Team P W D L F A +/- BP PTS *
1 Worcester Warriors 6 6 0 0 256 103 153 4 31 3
2 London Welsh 6 4 0 2 208 124 84 4 22 2
3 Nottingham 6 1 0 5 133 198 -65 3 8 1
4 Bristol 6 1 0 5 105 277 -172 2 6 0

Group B (Promotion)

Pos Team P W D L F A +/- BP PTS *
1 Cornish Pirates 6 6 0 0 215 119 96 3 29 2
2 Bedford Blues 6 3 0 3 226 147 79 4 19 3
3 Doncaster Knights 6 3 0 3 181 154 27 5 18 1
4 Rotherham Titans 6 0 0 6 110 312 -202 1 1 0

Group C (Relegation)

Pos Team P W D L F A +/- BP PTS *
1 Esher 6 4 0 2 163 146 17 4 27 7
2 Moseley 6 4 0 2 172 153 19 3 24 5
3 Plymouth Albion 6 3 0 3 158 146 12 2 20 6
4 Birmingham & Solihull 6 1 0 5 135 183 -48 3 11 4

Stage 3

Semi-finals

1 May 2011
12:15		 Worcester Warriors 23 - 22 Bedford Blues Sixways Stadium, Worcester
Attendance: 6,539
Referee: Andrew Small
Try: Goode 34'c, Horstmann 78'c
Con: Goode (1/1), Carlisle (1/1)
Pen: Goode 22', 40', 53' (3)
 Report Try: Thrower 18'c
Con: Pritchard (1/1)
Pen: Pritchard 7', 10', 12', 25', 46' (5)
FB 15 Tom Arscott
RW 14 Marcel Garvey
OC 13 Alex Crockett 70'
IC 12 Dale Rasmussen
LW 11 Miles Benjamin
FH 10 Andy Goode 68'
SH 9 Jonny Arr
N8 8 Kai Horstmann (c)
OF 7 Matt Kvesic 57'
BF 6 Neil Best
RL 5 Craig Gillies 46' to 56'
LL 4 Greg Rawlinson 64'
TP 3 Tevita Taumoepeau 68'
HK 2 Aleki Lutui 70'
LP 1 Adam Black
Replacements:
HK 16 Chris Fortey 70'
PR 17 Bruce Douglas 68'
LK 18 Graham Kitchener 64' 78' to 80'
FL 19 Jake Abbott 57'
SH 20 Ollie Frost
FH 21 Joe Carlisle 68'
CE 22 Alex Grove 70'
Coach: Richard Hill
FB 15 Edd Thrower
RW 14 Handre Schmidt
OC 13 Myles Dorrian
IC 12 Tom Bedford
LW 11 James Pritchard (c)
FH 10 Jake Sharp 51'
SH 9 Will Chudley
N8 8 Paul Tupai 79'
OF 7 Alex Rae 78'
BF 6 Gregor Gillanders
RL 5 George Kruis
LL 4 Mike Howard 70'
TP 3 Phil Boulton 57'
HK 2 Dan Richmond
LP 1 Dan Seal
Replacements:
HK 16 Chris Locke
PR 17 Sam Walsh 57' 70' to 80'
LK 18 Sean Tomes 70' 78' to 80'
N8 19 Chris Goodman 79'
FL 20 William Fraser 78'
SH 20 Darryl Veenendaal
CE 22 Duncan Taylor 51'
Coach: Mike Rayer

Touch judges:
Chris Sharp
Eric Woodmason
Television match official:
Dave Matthews
1 May 2011
17:45		 Cornish Pirates 18 - 10 London Welsh Mennaye Field, Penzance
Attendance: 3,001
Referee: David Rose
Try: Cattle 62'c, McAtee 76'm
Con: Cook (1/2)
Pen: Cook 12', 69' (2)
 Report Try: Corker 16'c
Con: Ross (1/1)
Pen: Ross 9' (1)
FB 15 Rob Cook
RW 14 Nick Jackson
OC 13 Matt Hopper
IC 12 Tom Luke 60'
LW 11 Rhodri McAtee
FH 10 Johnny Bentley
SH 9 Gavin Cattle (c)
N8 8 Laurie McGlone
OF 7 Sam Betty 10' to 20' 51'
BF 6 Chris Morgan
RL 5 Ben Gulliver 60'
LL 4 Mike Myerscough
TP 3 Alan Paver 45'
HK 2 Dave Ward 58'
LP 1 Paul Andrew
Replacements:
PR 16 Carl Rimmer 45'
HK 17 Rob Elloway 58'
FL 18 Phil Burgess 51'
N8 19 Kyle Marriott 60'
CE 20 Steve Winn
CE 21 Drew Locke 60'
SH 22 James Doherty
Coach: Chris Stirling
FB 15 Aled Thomas 56'
RW 14 Liam Gibson
OC 13 Hudson Tonga'uiha
IC 12 Simon Whatling
LW 11 Errie Claassens 40'
FH 10 Gordon Ross
SH 9 Robert Lewis 68'
N8 8 Ben Russell 47' 55' 58'
OF 7 Michael Hills
BF 6 Jonathan Mills (c)
RL 5 Matt Corker
LL 4 Mike Powell 51'
TP 3 Lorne Ward
HK 2 Viliami Ma'asi 78'
LP 1 Shawn Pittman 45' to 55'
Replacements:
HK 16 Saul Nelson 78'
PR 17 Max Lahiff 47' 55'
LK 18 Martin Purdy 51'
N8 19 Lee Beach 58'
SH 20 Ben Stevenson 68'
CE 20 Dominic Shabbo 56'
WG 22 Marland Yarde 40'
Coach: Phil Greening

Touch judges:
Steve Leyshon
Peter Parker-Sedgemore
Television match official:
Geoff Warren

Final

11 May 2011
19:45		 Cornish Pirates 12 - 21 Worcester Warriors Mennaye Field, Penzance
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Martin Fox
Pen: Cook 21', 38', 57', 69' (4)
 Report Try: Benjamin 5'm, Goode 30'c
Con: Goode (1/2)
Pen: Goode 18', 39', 54' (3)
FB 15 Rob Cook
RW 14 Wes Davies 63'
OC 13 Matt Hopper
IC 12 Tom Luke 54'
LW 11 Rhodri McAtee
FH 10 Johnny Bentley
SH 9 Gavin Cattle (c)
N8 8 Laurie McGlone 69'
OF 7 Phil Burgess
BF 6 Chris Morgan
RL 5 Mike Myerscough
LL 4 Ian Nimmo
TP 3 Alan Paver 69'
HK 2 Dave Ward 75'
LP 1 Paul Andrew 63'
Replacements:
PR 16 Ryan Storer 63'
HK 17 Rob Elloway 63'
PR 18 Carl Rimmer 69'
FL 19 Tyrone Holmes 75'
N8 20 Kyle Marriott 69'
CE 21 Drew Locke 54'
SH 22 James Doherty
Coach: Chris Stirling
FB 15 Chris Pennell (c)
RW 14 Marcel Garvey
OC 13 Alex Crockett 57'
IC 12 Dale Rasmussen
LW 11 Miles Benjamin
FH 10 Andy Goode 75'
SH 9 Jonny Arr
N8 8 Kai Horstmann
OF 7 Jake Abbott
BF 6 Neil Best 56' to 66' 66'
RL 5 Craig Gillies
LL 4 Greg Rawlinson 61'
TP 3 Tevita Taumoepeau 61'
HK 2 Chris Fortey 54'
LP 1 Adam Black
Replacements:
HK 16 Aleki Lutui 54'
PR 17 Bruce Douglas 61'
LK 18 Graham Kitchener 61'
N8 19 Adam Balding 66'
SH 20 Ollie Frost
FH 21 Joe Carlisle 75'
CE 22 Alex Grove 57'
Coach: Richard Hill

Touch judges:
Gareth Copsey
Chris Sharp
Television match official:
Steve Leyshon
18 May 2011
19:45		 Worcester Warriors 25 - 20 Cornish Pirates Sixways Stadium, Worcester
Attendance: 12,024
Referee: JP Doyle
Try: Garvey 12'c, Benjamin 43'c, Goode 46'm
Con: Goode (2/3)
Pen: Goode 6' (1)
Drop: Goode 21' (1)
 Report Try: Locke 53'c, Penalty try 74'c
Con: Cook (2/2)
Pen: Cook 2', 35' (2)
FB 15 Chris Pennell (c)
RW 14 Marcel Garvey 79'
OC 13 Alex Grove
IC 12 Dale Rasmussen 70'
LW 11 Miles Benjamin
FH 10 Andy Goode 70'
SH 9 Jonny Arr
N8 8 Kai Horstmann
OF 7 Jake Abbott
BF 6 Neil Best 72' to 80'
RL 5 Craig Gillies
LL 4 Greg Rawlinson 70'
TP 3 Tevita Taumoepeau 75'
HK 2 Chris Fortey 33'
LP 1 Adam Black
Replacements:
HK 16 Aleki Lutui 33'
PR 17 Bruce Douglas 75'
LK 18 Graham Kitchener 70'
N8 19 Adam Balding
SH 20 Ollie Frost 79'
FH 21 Joe Carlisle 70'
CE 22 Alex Crockett 70'
Coach: Richard Hill
FB 15 Rob Cook
RW 14 Nick Jackson
OC 13 Matt Hopper
IC 12 Drew Locke
LW 11 Rhodri McAtee 40'
FH 10 Johnny Bentley
SH 9 Gavin Cattle (c) 62'
N8 8 Kyle Marriott
OF 7 Phil Burgess 50'
BF 6 Chris Morgan
RL 5 Mike Myerscough
LL 4 Laurie McGlone 58'
TP 3 Carl Rimmer 62'
HK 2 Rob Elloway 58'
LP 1 Ryan Storer 58'
Replacements:
PR 16 Paul Andrew 58'
HK 17 Dave Ward 58'
PR 18 Alan Paver 62'
LK 19 Ian Nimmo 58'
FL 20 Sam Betty 50'
CE 21 Tom Luke 40'
SH 22 James Doherty 62'
Coach: Chris Stirling

Touch judges:
Gareth Copsey
Chris Sharp
Television match official:
Steve Leyshon

Individual Statistics

Top try scorers

Player Team Tries
Miles Benjamin Worcester Warriors 26
Marcel Garvey Worcester Warriors 19
Simon Hunt Birmingham & Solihull 17
Matty Williams Doncaster Knights 16
Josh Drauniniu London Welsh 15
Edd Thrower Bedford Blues 15
Handre Schmidt Bedford Blues 14
Stephen McColl Doncaster Knights 13
Phil Burgess Cornish Pirates 12
Andy Goode Worcester Warriors 12
David Jackson Nottingham 12

Top points scorers

Player Team Points
Andy Goode Worcester Warriors 373
Rob Cook Cornish Pirates 366
Tristan Roberts Doncaster Knights 309
James Arlidge Nottingham 299
James Pritchard Bedford Blues 280
Juan Pablo Socino Rotherham Titans 278
Sam Ulph Esher 237
Alex Davies Plymouth Albion 236
Ollie Thomas Moseley 205
Gordon Ross London Welsh 197

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