2019–20 RFU Championship
The 2019–20 RFU Championship, known as the 2019–20 Greene King IPA Championship for sponsorship reasons, was the eleventh season of the RFU Championship, the professional second tier of rugby union in England. It featured eleven English teams and one from Jersey. The competition was sponsored by Greene King for the seventh successive season.
| 2019–20 Greene King IPA Championship | |
|---|---|
| Countries | England Jersey |
| Date | 11 October 2019 - 14 March 2020 |
| Champions | Newcastle Falcons (3rd title) |
| Runners-up | Ealing Trailfinders |
| Relegated | Yorkshire Carnegie |
| Matches played | 87 |
| Attendance | 139,760 (average 1,606 per match) |
| Highest attendance | 6,315 Newcastle Falcons v Cornish Pirates 16 February 2020 |
| Lowest attendance | 300 Yorkshire Carnegie v Ampthill 22 February 2020 |
| Tries scored | 523 (average 6 per match) |
| Top point scorer | Louis Grimoldby (Ampthill) Rory Jennings (Coventry) Sam Olver (Doncaster Knights) 112 points each |
| Top try scorer | George McGuigan (Newcastle Falcons) Adam Radwan (Newcastle Falcons) 10 tries each |
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, the Rugby Football Union officially cancelled the season on 20 March 2020, after initially postponing all rugby in England including training from 17 March until 14 April 2020. As a result, Newcastle Falcons were declared champions for the season, and promoted to the Premiership on 2 April 2020 on the basis of a best playing record formula, having been undefeated and top of the table when the league was suspended, while Yorkshire Carnegie were relegated to National League 1 at the bottom.