Ealing Trailfinders denied Premiership promotion with relegation play-off likely to be scrapped

Ealing Trailfinders denied Premiership promotion with relegation play-off likely to be scrapped

Championship leaders ineligible for promotion after failing to meet the minimum standards criteria

RFU confirms just ONE Championship club passes audit requirements for Premiership promotion

The Men’s Professional Rugby Board (MPRB) has reviewed the independent audit of all clubs in the Premiership as well as those Championship clubs who applied to be assessed for promotion against the league’s current minimum standards criteria.  The audit included three Championship clubs – Coventry Rugby, Doncaster Knights and  Ealing Trailfinders.  All existing Premiership Rugby clubs met the leagues minimum standards criteria as did Championshi…

Premiership ringfenced again as Ealing and Coventry fail RFU test

Championship leaders Ealing have failed the RFU’s minimum standards audit and will be denied promotion to the Premiership, which will retain its existing 10 teams next season.  Third-placed Coventry have also failed the audit, which was conducted by the RFU’s Professional Rugby Board, in a development that is likely to increase tensions ahead of next week’s Special General Meeting at Twickenham.  RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney is facing a vote…