The 2010–11 RFU Championship was the 2nd season (of the professionalised format) of the

second division In sport, the Second Division, also called Division 2 or Division II is usually the second highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Following the rise of Premier League style compet ...

of the English domestic

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competitions, played between August 2010 and May 2011. New teams to the division included

Worcester Warriors Worcester Warriors Rugby Football Club is a professional rugby union club, based in Worcester, England, that is currently in Administration (law), administration and which has been suspended and will be relegated from Premiership Rugby, the top ...

who were relegated from the Guinness Premiership 2009–10 and

Esher Esher ( ) is a town in Surrey, England, to the east of the River Mole. Esher is an outlying suburb of London near the London-Surrey Border, and with Esher Commons at its southern end, the town marks one limit of the Greater London Built-Up Ar ...

who were promoted from the

2009–10 National League 1 The 2009-10 National League 1, previously known as National Division 2, is the first season of the third division of the English rugby union competitions since the professionalised format of the second division was introduced with widespread leag ...

. The league maintained the three stage system with the league including promotion/relegation pools and playoffs to determine the champion and promoted team.

topped the regular season league table, their play-off group table and then won the Championship after they defeated

Cornish Pirates The Cornish Pirates ( kw, An Vorladron Gernewek) are a professional rugby union team who play in the Championship, the second level of the English rugby union pyramid, and are the premier Cornish rugby club. Formerly known as Penzance & Newlyn ...

over two legs in the Championship final at

Sixways Stadium Sixways Stadium is a stadium in Worcester, England. It is currently used for rugby union and association football matches and is the home stadium of Premier 15s side Worcester Warriors Women, University of Worcester Warriors and football side ...

(46-32) on 18 May 2011 to make an instant return to the Premiership. Birmingham & Solihull were relegated to the

2011–12 National League 1 The 2011–12 National League 1 is the third season of the third division of the English domestic rugby union competitions since the professionalised format of the second division was introduced. Birmingham & Solihull find themselves playing in ...

at the end of this season.

Participating teams

Stage 1 league table

Results

Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4

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Round 5

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Round 6

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Round 7

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Round 8

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Round 9

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Round 10

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Round 11

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Round 12

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Round 13

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Round 14

*Postponed. Game rescheduled to 25 January 2011. *Postponed. Game rescheduled to 15 December 2010. ----

Round 15

*Postponed. Game rescheduled to 15 December 2010. *Postponed. Game rescheduled to 14 December 2010. *Postponed. Game rescheduled to 19 January 2011. *Postponed. Game rescheduled to 18 January 2011. ----

Round 14 & Round 15 (rescheduled games)

*Game rescheduled from 4 December 2010. *Game rescheduled from 27 November 2010. *Game rescheduled from 4 December 2010. ----

Round 16

*Postponed. Game rescheduled to 9 February 2011. *Postponed. Game rescheduled to 2 February 2011. ----

Round 17

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Round 18

*This fixture would double up as a league and

2010–11 British and Irish Cup 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1 ...

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Round 15 (rescheduled games)

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Round 14 (rescheduled game)

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Round 19

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Round 16 (rescheduled game)

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Round 20

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Round 16 (rescheduled game)

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Round 21

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Round 22

Stage 2 - Play-offs

Group A (Promotion)

Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4

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Round 5

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Round 6

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Group B (Promotion)

Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4

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Round 5

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Round 6

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Group C (Relegation)

* * Refers to number of points awarded before the start of the play-offs.

Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4

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Round 5

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Round 6

Stage 3

Semi-finals

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Final

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Total Season Attendances

*Includes playoff games.

Individual statistics

*Player stats include playoff games as well as regular season games. Also note that points scorers includes tries as well as conversions, penalties and drop goals.

Top points scorers

Top try scorers

Season records

Team

;Largest home win — 68 pts 81 - 13 Worcester Warriors at home to Bristol on 16 April 2011 ;Largest away win — 46 pts 68 - 22 London Welsh away to Moseley on 16 October 2010 ;Most points scored — 81 pts 81 - 13 Worcester Warriors at home to Bristol on 16 April 2011 ;Most tries in a match — 12 Bedford Blues at home to Rotherham Titans on 16 April 2011 ;Most conversions in a match — 10 (x2) Bedford Blues at home to Rotherham Titans on 16 April 2011
Worcester Warriors at home to Bristol on 16 April 2011 ;Most penalties in a match — 7 (x5) Nottingham at home to London Welsh on 29 August 2011
Nottingham away to Doncaster Knights on 2 October 2011
Esher at home to Birmingham & Solihull on 1 January 2011
Rotherham Titans at home to Doncaster Knights on 5 February 2012
Plymouth Albion at home to Birmingham & Solihull on 25 March 2012 ;Most drop goals in a match — 3 Worcester Warriors away to Bedford Blues on 16 October 2010

Player

;Most points in a match — 30 James Pritchard for Bedford Blues at home to Rotherham Titans on 16 April 2011 ;Most tries in a match — 4 (x2) James Short for Bedford Blues at home to Moseley on 25 September 2010
Josh Drauniniu for London Welsh away to Moseley on 16 October 2010 ;Most conversions in a match — 10 James Pritchard for Bedford Blues at home to Rotherham Titans on 16 April 2011 ;Most penalties in a match — 7 (x5)

James Arlidge ; born 11 August 1979) is a Japanese international rugby union player. He plays primarily at fly-half. Club career Unusually, he made his Super Rugby debut for the Auckland Blues, prior to making his first start in provincial rugby, making th ...

for Nottingham at home to London Welsh on 29 August 2011

for Nottingham away to Doncaster Knights on 2 October 2011

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for Esher at home to Birmingham & Solihull on 1 January 2011

Juan Pablo Socino Juan Pablo Socino (born 30 May 1988) is an international Argentine rugby union player who plays as a centre, currently unattached he most recently played for Premiership Rugby side Leicester Tigers. He won four caps for in 2015, including being ...

for Rotherham Titans at home to Doncaster Knights on 5 February 2012
Alex Davies for Plymouth Albion at home to Birmingham & Solihull on 25 March 2011 ;Most drop goals in a match — 3

Andy Goode Andrew James Goode (born 3 April 1980) is a sports pundit and retired rugby union player. Goode had an 18-year professional career playing over 400 games and scoring over 4,000 points. He played professionally in England, France and South A ...

for Exeter Chiefs away to Bristol on 26 May 2010

Attendances

;Highest — 12,024 Worcester Warriors at home to Cornish Pirates on 18 May 2011 ;Lowest — 317 Birmingham & Solihull at home to Doncaster Knights on 9 January 2011 ;Highest Average Attendance — 6,524 Worcester Warriors ;Lowest Average Attendance — 590 Birmingham & Solihull

References

External links

Official site

Fixtures & Results
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