2017–18 RFU Championship

The Championship's structure has all the teams playing each other on a home and away basis. The play-offs for promotion have been abolished and replaced by the first ranked team being promoted; providing that club's ground fulfills the Rugby Football Union's Minimum Standards Criteria. Under the play-off system some clubs qualified for the play-offs but did not meet the RFU's Minimum Standards Criteria which meant they could not be promoted. ==Teams==

{{location map+ |England |float=right |width=400 |caption= Locations of the 2017–18 RFU Championship teams |places= In January 2017, London Welsh was expelled from the RFU Championship and then liquidated due to debt. As a result, Rotherham Titans, who finished bottom of the league, were not relegated; a decision which former Championship club Plymouth Albion contested. Promoted in place of London Welsh were the winners of 2016–17 National League 1, Hartpury College, who have moved from Gloucester 3 North, at the bottom of the English rugby pyramid, to the second tier within thirteen years of their founding. London Irish was promoted as champions and play-off winners of the 2016–17 RFU Championship and were replaced by Bristol following their last place in the 2016–17 English Premiership. ==Table==

Fixtures for the season were announced by the RFU on 9 June 2017. Round 1 ---- Round 2 ---- Round 3 ---- Round 4 ---- Round 5 ---- Round 6 ---- Round 7 ---- Round 8 ---- Round 9 ---- Round 10 ---- Round 11 ---- Round 12 ---- Round 13 ---- Round 14 ---- Round 15 • Postponed due to waterlogged pitch caused by heavy rain. Game rescheduled to 25 February 2018. ---- Round 16 ---- Round 15 (rescheduled game) • Game rescheduled from 11 February 2018. ---- Round 17 • Postponed due to bad weather (snow). Game to be rescheduled for 10 March 2018. • Postponed due to bad weather (snow). Game to be rescheduled for 10 March 2018. • Postponed due to bad weather (snow). Game to be rescheduled for 30 March 2018. ---- Round 17 (rescheduled games) • Game rescheduled from 3 March 2018. • Game rescheduled from 3 March 2018. ---- Round 18 • Postponed due to bad weather (snow). Game to be rescheduled for 24 April 2018. • Postponed due to bad weather (snow). Game to be rescheduled for 17 April 2018. ---- Round 19 • Rotherham Titans are relegated. ---- Round 17 (rescheduled game) • Game rescheduled from 3 March 2018. ---- Round 20 • Bristol are champions following Ealing's defeat to Doncaster on the following day. ---- Round 21 ---- Round 18 (rescheduled games) • Game rescheduled from 18 March 2018. • Game rescheduled from 18 March 2018. ---- Round 22 == Attendances==

• Note that 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 — 60 points 72 - 12 Ealing Trailfinders at home to London Scottish on 24 September 2017 ;Largest away win — 43 points 60 - 17 Bristol away to Nottingham on 6 April 2018 ;Most points scored — 72 points 72 - 12 Ealing Trailfinders at home to London Scottish on 24 September 2017 ;Most tries in a match — 10 (2) Ealing Trailfinders at home to London Scottish on 24 September 2017 Bristol at home to Doncaster Knights on 13 April 2018 ;Most conversions in a match — 9 Bristol at home to Doncaster Knights on 13 April 2018 ;Most penalties in a match — 6 Bristol at home to Yorkshire Carnegie on 23 March 2018 ;Most drop goals in a match — 2 Nottingham at home to Hartpury College on 29 September 2017 Attendances ;Highest — 13,100 Bristol at home to Cornish Pirates on 13 April 2018 ;Lowest — 426 Hartpury College at home to Nottingham on 10 February 2018 ;Highest average attendance — 8,487 Bristol ;Lowest average attendance — 814 Ealing Trailfinders ==Notes==