2019–20 WRU Championship

The 2019–20 WRU Championship was the eighth season of the WRU Championship, the second tier of club rugby in Wales run by the Welsh Rugby Union. The league expanded to 14 teams from 12 seasons for the previous three seasons.

2019–20 WRU National Championship
Countries Wales
Date7 September 2019 – 14 March 2020 (cancelled)
ChampionsNONE
RelegatedNONE
Matches played115 (out of a scheduled 182)

The season was cancelled on 20 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.[1]

Structure

Each team in the Championship will play each other twice on a home and away basis for a total of 26 matches played each. The team with the most points at the end of the season will be declared the winners. The winning club will be promoted to the 2020-21 WRU Premiership, provided they meet the "A" License criteria. At the end of the season, the bottom four clubs will be relegated.

Teams

At the end of last season, Bedlinog, Newcastle Emlyn, Newbridge and Rhydyfelin were all relegated to Division 1 (specific league based on geographic location). The winners of each Division 1 entered into play-offs to decide the remaining two places. The winners of the two Eastern divisions faced each other as did the winners of the two Western divisions. The winners were East Central champions Glamorgan Wanderers and West Central champions Ystalyfera who beat Brecon and Felinfoel respectively. Joining these teams are the four clubs relegated from last season's Premiership. These clubs are Bedwas, Cross Keys, Bargoed and Neath.

Promotion Play-offs
11 May 2018
14:30
Brecon 28 – 23 Glamorgan Wanderers
Parc de Pugh
7 May 2018
19:00
Ystalyfera 34 – 28 Felinfoel
Ynysydarren Park
18 May 2018
14:30
Glamorgan Wanderers 34 – 12 Brecon
Ely Memorial Ground

Glamorgan Wanderers won 57–40 on aggregate.

12 May 2018
15:00
Felinfoel 20 – 30 Ystalyfera
St George Field

Ystalyfera won 64–48 on aggregate.

Locations of the 2018–19 WRU Championship teams with colour markers to represent the region they belong to:

Orange = Newport Gwent Dragons
Blue = Cardiff Blues
Black = Ospreys

Red = Scarlets
Club Stadium Capacity Area
Bargoed Bargoed Park 1,500 Bargoed, Caerphilly
Beddau Mount Pleasant Park unknown Beddau, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Bedwas Bridge Field 2,000 Bedwas, Caerphilly
Cardiff Metropolitan University Cyncoed Campus 1,620 Cyncoed, Cardiff
Cross Keys Pandy Park 3,000 Crosskeys, Caerphilly
Glamorgan Wanderers Memorial Ground 3,000 Ely, Cardiff
Maesteg Quins South Parade Playing Fields unknown Maesteg, Bridgend County Borough
Narberth Lewis Lloyd Ground unknown Narberth, Pembrokeshire
Neath The Gnoll 6,000 Neath, Neath Port Talbot
Pontypool Pontypool Park 8,800 Pontypool, Torfaen
Tata Steel Tata Sports and Social Club unknown Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot
Trebanos Trebanos Park unknown Trebanos, Neath Port Talbot
Ystalyfera Ynysdarren Park unknown Ystalyfera, Neath Port Talbot
Ystrad Rhondda Gelligaled Park unknown Ystrad, Rhondda Cynon Taf

Standings
2019–20 WRU Championship Table
Team Played Won Drawn Lost PF PA PD TF TA TBP LBP Total Points
1Pontypool1616007461366101121814078
2Bargoed161411663148515961614173
3Bedwas171304477236241652910365
4Cardiff Metropolitan University18131452839313575569063
5Neath17809344413-6944555441
6Narberth16817339335440474139
7Cross Keys17809316395-7939513338
8Glamorgan Wanderers16808233340-10724431235
9Maesteg Quins16808235370-13525442034
10Ystrad Rhondda166010270350-8031413431
11Beddau164012220505-28529752119
12Trebanos162212175336-16121450618
13Tata Steel162113232521-28929681415
14Ystalyfera172015204504-30023650513
  • If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Number of tries scored
  3. Ratio between points for:points against

    Updated: 14 March 2020
    Source: "WRU Championship". allwalessport.

    References
    1. "Coronavirus: Welsh Rugby Union cancels all league and cup games". BBC Sport. 21 March 2020.
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