Champ Rugby
Current season, competition or edition: 2026–27 Champ Rugby | |
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| Sport | Rugby union |
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| Founded | 1987 |
| Administrator | RFU |
| No. of teams | 14 |
| Countries |  England |
Most recent champion | Worcester Warriors (4th title) (2025–26) |
| Most titles | Bristol Bears Worcester Warriors (4 titles) |
| Level on pyramid | Level 2 |
| Promotion to | PREM Rugby (via expansion process from 2026–27 |
| Relegation to | National League 1 |
| Website | champrugby.com |
Elior Champ Rugby (formerly the RFU Championship) is an English rugby union competition among fourteen clubs. It is the second level of men's English rugby and is played by both professional and semi-professional players. The competition has existed since 1987, when English clubs were first organised into leagues. Historically the competition provided automatic promotion to the top-flight PREM Rugby, but following a vote by the RFU Council on 27 February 2026, automatic promotion and relegation between the two tiers was abolished from the 2026–27 season. Elior Champ Rugby remains a required pathway to the PREM under the new criteria-based expansion model, under which any club seeking admission to the PREM must first have played at least one season in the Champ.