Competition format
The competition format is a pool stage followed by a knockout stage. The pool stage consists of three pool of four teams each playing home and away matches. Pool matches ran from September through to December, on weekends when there is noParticipating teams and locations
Pool stage
Pool 1
Round 1
----Round 2
----Round 3
----Round 4
----Round 5
----Round 6
Pool 2
Round 1
----Round 2
----Round 3
----Round 4
----Round 5
----Round 6
Pool 3
Round 1
----Round 2
----Round 3
----Round 4
----Round 5
----Round 6
Knock-out stage
The eight qualifiers are seeded according to performance in the pool stage - with the 3 pool winners making the top 3 seeds along with the best runner up as seed number 4, and the next two runners up and two best 3rd place teams making up the other 4 seeds. The top 4 seeds host the quarter-finals against the lower seeds, in a 1 v 8, 2 v 7, 3 v 6, 4 v 5 format. However, if two teams qualify from the same pool they can not be drawn together. Teams are ranked by: :1 – competition points (4 for a win, 2 for a draw) :2 – where competition points are equal, greatest number of wins :3 – where the number of wins are equal, greatest number of tries scored :4 – where the number of tries are equal, greatest number of points scored :4 – where the number of points scored are equal, aggregate points difference :6 – where the aggregate points differences are equal, least red cards :7 – if red cards are equal, then ranking will be decided by the toss of a coinQuarter-finals
Attendances
Individual statistics
* Points scorers includes tries as well as conversions, penalties and drop goals. Appearance figures also include coming on as substitutes (unused substitutes not included).Top points scorers
Top try scorers
Season records
Team
;Largest home win — 83 points 83 – 0 Nottingham at home to Yorkshire Carnegie on 20 September 2019 ;Largest away win — 50 points 50 – 0 Nottingham away to Yorkshire Carnegie on 14 December 2019 ;Most points scored — 83 points 83 – 0 Nottingham at home to Yorkshire Carnegie on 20 September 2019 ;Most tries in a match — 13 Nottingham at home to Yorkshire Carnegie on 20 September 2019 ;Most conversions in a match — 10 Ealing Trailfinders at home to Bedford Blues on 30 November 2019 ;Most penalties in a match — 5 Hartpury at home to Doncaster Knights on 14 December 2019 ;Most drop goals in a match — 0Player
;Most points in a match — 25 Craig Willis for Ealing Trailfinders at home to Bedford Blues on 30 November 2019 ;Most tries in a match — 4 Alex O'Meara for Cornish Pirates away to Nottingham on 4 October 2019 ;Most conversions in a match — 10 Craig Willis for Ealing Trailfinders at home to Bedford Blues on 30 November 2019 ;Most penalties in a match — 5 Josh Bragman for Hartpury at home to Doncaster Knights on 14 December 2019 ;Most drop goals in a match — 0Attendances
;Highest — 3,818 Newcastle Falcons at home to Hartpury on 29 November 2019 ;Lowest — 247 Ampthill at home to Ealing Trailfinders on 7 December 2019 ;Highest average attendance — 3,242 Newcastle Falcons ;Lowest average attendance — 383 Yorkshire CarnegieNotes
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