2019–20 RFU Championship

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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.[1]

2019–20 Greene King IPA Championship
Countries England
 Jersey
Date11 October 2019 - 14 March 2020
ChampionsNewcastle Falcons (3rd title)
Runners-upEaling Trailfinders
RelegatedYorkshire Carnegie
Matches played87
Attendance139,760
(average 1,606 per match)
Highest attendance6,315
Newcastle Falcons v Cornish Pirates
16 February 2020
Lowest attendance300
Yorkshire Carnegie v Ampthill
22 February 2020
Tries scored523
(average 6 per match)
Top point scorerEngland Louis Grimoldby
(Ampthill)
England Rory Jennings
(Coventry)
England Sam Olver
(Doncaster Knights)
112 points each
Top try scorerEngland George McGuigan
(Newcastle Falcons)
England 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.[2][3] 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.[4][5]

Structure

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The team that finished first was promoted to Premiership Rugby as their ground met the RFU Minimum Standards Criteria. The team that finished last was relegated to National League 1. Each club received £530,000 in funding from the RFU in the last year of a deal with the RFU.[6]

Plans to expand Premiership Rugby from 12 to 13 teams for the 2019–20 season, which would have reprieved Newcastle Falcons from being relegated to the Championship, were blocked by the RFU.[7] Plans to abolish promotion and relegation were under discussion prior to the season,[7] and drew complaints and threats of legal action from the Cornish Pirates.[8] There were also plans for the RFU Championship to have a delayed start until October due to the 2019 Rugby World Cup.[9]

The season began on 20 September 2019 with the Championship Rugby Cup after which the first round of matches started on 11 October 2019 and the final round of matches were scheduled to be played on 9 May 2020.

Teams

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Richmond were relegated to National League 1 after finishing bottom of the 2018-19 RFU Championship.[10] They are replaced by Ampthill who were promoted from 2018-19 National League 1 in their fifth promotion in twelve years, playing in the Championship for the first time.[11][12] London Irish were promoted back to Premiership Rugby at the first attempt.[6] They are replaced in the RFU Championship by Newcastle Falcons who were relegated after finishing last in 2018-19 Premiership Rugby.[13]

Club Stadium Capacity Area Previous season
Ampthill Dillingham Park 3,000 Ampthill, Bedfordshire Promoted from National League 1 (champions)
Bedford Blues Goldington Road 5,000 (1,700 seats)[a] Bedford, Bedfordshire 3rd
Cornish Pirates Mennaye Field 4,000 (2,200 Seats) Penzance, Cornwall 5th
Coventry Butts Park Arena 4,000 (3,000 seats) Coventry, West Midlands 8th
Doncaster Knights Castle Park 5,000 (1,650 seats) Doncaster, South Yorkshire 10th
Ealing Trailfinders Trailfinders Sports Ground 4,000 (2,200 Seats) West Ealing, London Runners up
Hartpury College ALPAS Arena 2,000 Hartpury, Gloucestershire 11th
Jersey Reds Stade Santander International 4,000 Saint Peter, Jersey 4th
London Scottish Athletic Ground, Richmond 4,500 (1,000 seats) Richmond, London 9th
Newcastle Falcons Kingston Park 10,200 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear Relegated from Premiership (12th)
Nottingham Lady Bay Sports Ground 3,500 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire 7th
Yorkshire Carnegie Headingley Carnegie Stadium 21,062 Leeds, West Yorkshire 6th

Tables

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Fixtures & Results

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Round 1

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12 October 2019
14:30
Hartpury8 – 20Doncaster Knights
Report
Gillman's Ground
Attendance: 935
Referee: Greg MacDonald
12 October 2019
15:00
Ampthill20 – 44Nottingham (1 BP)
Report
Dillingham Park
Attendance: 762
Referee: George Selwood
12 October 2019
15:00
(1 BP) Jersey Reds22 – 15Coventry (1 BP)
Report
Stade Santander International
Attendance: 1,135
Referee: Mathew Turvey
12 October 2019
15:00
(1 BP) London Scottish13 – 17Newcastle Falcons
Report
Athletic Ground
Attendance: 1,014
Referee: Jack Makepeace
13 October 2019
14:30
(1 BP) Cornish Pirates30 – 10Ealing Trailfinders
Report
Mennaye Field
Attendance: 1,772
Referee: Adam Leal
13 October 2019
15:00
Yorkshire Carnegie14 – 34Bedford Blues (1 BP)
Report
Emerald Headingley Stadium
Attendance: 750
Referee: Hamish Smales

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Round 2

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18 October 2019
19:45
Nottingham17 – 14London Scottish (1 BP)
Report
Lady Bay Sports Ground
Attendance: 854
Referee: Greg MacDonald
18 October 2019
20:00
(1 BP) Newcastle Falcons45 – 7Hartpury
Report
Kingston Park
Attendance: 4,206
Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe
19 October 2019
14:00
(1 BP) Ealing Trailfinders52 – 38Jersey Reds (1 BP)
Report
Trailfinders Sports Ground
Attendance: 750
Referee: Sara Cox
19 October 2019
14:30
Doncaster Knights25 – 47Cornish Pirates (1 BP)
Report
Castle Park
Attendance: 1,089
Referee: Fergus Kirby
19 October 2019
15:00
(1 BP) Ampthill53 – 22Yorkshire Carnegie
Report[usurped]
Dillingham Park
Attendance: 640
Referee: Michael Hudson
19 October 2019
15:00
(1 BP) Coventry26 – 19Bedford Blues (1 BP)
Report
Butts Park Arena
Attendance: 2,128
Referee: Neil Chivers

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Round 3

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25 October 2019
19:45
Bedford Blues5 – 18Ealing Trailfinders
Report
Goldington Road
Attendance: 2,162
Referee: Greg Macdonald
25 October 2019
19:45
Hartpury12 – 6Nottingham (1 BP)
Report
Gillman's Ground
Attendance: 1,146
Referee: Simon Harding
25 October 2019
19:45
(1 BP) Jersey Reds27 – 0Doncaster Knights
Report
Stade Santander International
Attendance: 1,223
Referee: Neil Chivers
26 October 2019
15:00
London Scottish6 – 6Ampthill
Report
Athletic Ground
Attendance: 788
Referee: Karl Dickson
27 October 2019
14:30
Cornish Pirates9 – 18Newcastle Falcons
Report
Mennaye Field
Attendance: 2,975
Referee: Matt Turvey
27 October 2019
15:00
(1 BP) Yorkshire Carnegie26 – 66Coventry (1 BP)
Report
Emerald Headingley Stadium
Attendance: 600
Referee: Andrew Jackson

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Round 4

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1 November 2019
19:45
(1 BP) London Scottish30 – 10Yorkshire Carnegie
Report
Athletic Ground
Attendance: 622
Referee: Neil Chivers
1 November 2019
19:45
Nottingham14 – 23Cornish Pirates
Report
Lady Bay Sports Ground
Attendance: 1,023
Referee: Greg Macdonald
2 November 2019
13:00
(1 BP) Newcastle Falcons42 – 19Jersey Reds
Report
Kingston Park
Attendance: 3,795
Referee: Karl Dickson
2 November 2019
14:15
Ampthill19 – 13Hartpury (1 BP)
Report
Dillingham Park
Attendance: 701
Referee: Matthew Turvey
2 November 2019
14:30
Doncaster Knights22 – 18Bedford Blues (1 BP)
Report
Castle Park
Attendance: 781
Referee: Andrew Jackson
2 November 2019
15:00
(1 BP) Ealing Trailfinders28 – 28Coventry (1 BP)
Report
Trailfinders Sports Ground
Attendance: 625
Referee: Matthew Carley

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Round 5

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8 November 2019
19:45
(1 BP) Hartpury44 – 17London Scottish
Report
Gillman's Ground
Attendance: 785
Referee: Hamish Smales
9 November 2019
15:00
(1 BP) Bedford Blues6 – 11Newcastle Falcons
Report
Goldington Road
Attendance: 2,772
Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe
9 November 2019
15:00
Coventry18 – 6Doncaster Knights
Report
Butts Park Arena
Attendance: 2,386
Referee: Michael Hudson
9 November 2019
15:00
Jersey Reds19 – 10Nottingham
Stade Santander International
Attendance: 848
Referee: George Selwood
10 November 2019
14:30
(1 BP) Cornish Pirates40 – 11Ampthill
Report
Mennaye Field
Attendance: 1,664
Referee: Dean Richards
10 November 2019
15:00
Yorkshire Carnegie13 – 66Ealing Trailfinders (1 BP)
Report
Emerald Headingley Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Jack Makepeace

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Round 6

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15 November 2019
19:45
London Scottish25 – 24Cornish Pirates (1 BP)
Report
Athletic Ground
Attendance: 1,136
Referee: Matt Turvey
16 November 2019
14:15
(1 BP) Ampthill38 – 47Jersey Reds (1 BP)
Report
Dillingham Park
Attendance: 790
Referee: Luke Pearce
16 November 2019
14:30
(1 BP) Hartpury45 – 12Yorkshire Carnegie
Report
Gillman's Ground
Attendance: 878
Referee: Luke Pearce
16 November 2019
14:30
Doncaster Knights9 – 24Ealing Trailfinders
Report
Castle Park
Attendance: 988
Referee: Tim Wigglesworth
17 November 2019
15:00
(1 BP) Newcastle Falcons47 – 7Coventry
Report
Kingston Park
Attendance: 4,909
Referee: Fergus Kirby
17 November 2019
15:00
(1 BP) Nottingham29 – 14Bedford Blues
Report
Lady Bay Sports Ground
Attendance: 1,055
Referee: Michael Hudson

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Round 7

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21 December 2019
14:00
(1 BP) Jersey Reds10 – 13London Scottish
Report
Stade Santander International
Attendance: 1,002
Referee: Fergus Kirby
21 December 2019
15:00
Ealing Trailfinders14 – 26Newcastle Falcons (1 BP)
Report
Trailfinders Sports Ground
Attendance: 1,950
Referee: Adam Leal
21 December 2019
17:30
Coventry25 – 11Nottingham
Report
Butts Park Arena
Attendance: 3,117
Referee: Hamish Smales
22 December 2019
14:30
Cornish Pirates6 – 0Hartpury (1 BP)
Report
Mennaye Field
Attendance: 1,928
Referee: Dean Richards
22 December 2019
15:00
Yorkshire Carnegie19 – 40Doncaster Knights (1 BP)
Emerald Headingley Stadium
Attendance: 750
26 December 2019
15:00
Bedford Blues10 – 23Ampthill
Report
Goldington Road
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe

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Round 8

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10 January 2020
19:45
(1 BP) London Scottish17 – 24Bedford Blues
Report
Athletic Ground
Attendance: 906
Referee: Simon Harding
10 January 2020
19:45
Nottingham10 – 18Ealing Trailfinders
Report
Lady Bay Sports Ground
Attendance: 850
Referee: Alex Thomas
10 January 2020
20:00
(1 BP) Newcastle Falcons34 – 10Doncaster Knights
Report
Kingston Park
Attendance: 4,820
Referee: Hamish Smales
11 January 2020
13:30
(1 BP) Hartpury9 – 10Jersey Reds
Report
Gillman's Ground
Attendance: 943
Referee: George Selwood
11 January 2020
14:15
Ampthill19 – 17Coventry (1 BP)
Report
Dillingham Park
Attendance: 1,016
Referee: Dean Richards
12 January 2020
14:30
(1 BP) Cornish Pirates52 – 0Yorkshire Carnegie
Report
Mennaye Field
Attendance: 1,572
Referee: Fergus Kirby

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Round 9

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18 January 2020
14:00
Jersey Reds10 – 23Cornish Pirates
Report
Stade Santander International
Attendance: 1,501
Referee: Adam Leal
18 January 2020
14:30
Doncaster Knights16 – 15Nottingham (1 BP)
Report
Castle Park
Attendance: 1,203
Referee: Dean Richards
18 January 2020
15:00
Bedford Blues28 – 23Hartpury (1 BP)
Report
Goldington Road
Attendance: 2,474
Referee: Wayne Barnes
18 January 2020
15:00
(1 BP) Coventry36 – 30London Scottish (2 BP)
Report
Butts Park Arena
Attendance: 2,545
Referee: Greg MacDonald
18 January 2020
15:00
(1 BP) Ealing Trailfinders77 – 26Ampthill (1 BP)
Report
Trailfinders Sports Ground
Attendance: 680
Referee: Neil Chivers
19 January 2020
15:00
Yorkshire Carnegie10 – 36Newcastle Falcons (1 BP)
Report
Emerald Headingley Stadium
Attendance: 2,121
Referee: Joe James

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Round 10

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24 January 2020
19:45
(1 BP) Jersey Reds56 – 17Yorkshire Carnegie
Report
Stade Santander International
Attendance: 1,312
Referee: Simon Harding
24 January 2020
19:45
(1 BP) London Scottish26 – 42Ealing Trailfinders (1 BP)
Report
Athletic Ground
Attendance: 918
Referee: Fergus Kirby
24 January 2020
19:45
(1 BP) Nottingham12 – 19Newcastle Falcons
Report
Lady Bay Sports Ground
Attendance: 2,092
Referee: Tim Wigglesworth
25 January 2020
14:15
(1 BP) Ampthill30 – 26Doncaster Knights (2 BP)
Report
Dillingham Park
Attendance: 980
Referee: Greg McDonald
25 January 2020
14:30
Hartpury23 – 20Coventry (1 BP)
Report
Gillman's Ground
Attendance: 920
Referee: Sara Cox
26 January 2020
14:30
Cornish Pirates18 – 15Bedford Blues (1 BP)
Report
Mennaye Field
Attendance: 1,635
Referee: Christophe Ridley

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Round 11

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31 January 2020
19:45
Yorkshire Carnegie10 – 62Nottingham (1 BP)
Report[usurped]
Emerald Headingley Stadium
Attendance: 882[a]
Referee: Andrew Jackson
1 February 2020
14:30
Doncaster Knights15 – 13London Scottish (1 BP)
Report
Castle Park
Attendance: 1,075
Referee: Jack Makepeace
1 February 2020
15:00
(1 BP) Bedford Blues27 – 25Jersey Reds (1 BP)
Report
Goldington Road
Attendance: 2,132
Referee: Hamish Smales
1 February 2020
15:00
Coventry28 – 23Cornish Pirates (1 BP)
Report
Butts Park Arena
Attendance: 2,786
Referee: Neil Chivers
1 February 2020
15:00
(1 BP) Ealing Trailfinders59 – 5Hartpury
Report
Trailfinders Sports Ground
Attendance: 630
Referee: Hamish Grant
2 February 2020
13:00
(1 BP) Newcastle Falcons45 – 29Ampthill (1 BP)
Report
Kingston Park
Attendance: 4,906
Referee: George Selwood

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Round 12

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7 February 2020
19:45
Bedford Blues19 – 15Coventry (1 BP)
Report
Goldington Road
Attendance: 2,612
Referee: Karl Dickson
7 February 2020
19:45
London Scottish17 – 30Nottingham
Report
Athletic Ground
Attendance: 640
Referee: Adam Leal
8 February 2020
14:00
(1 BP) Jersey Reds24 – 28Ealing Trailfinders
Report
Stade Santander International
Attendance: 1,016
Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe
8 February 2020
14:30
Hartpury5 – 26Newcastle Falcons (1 BP)
Report
Gillman's Ground
Attendance: 1,473
Referee: Fergus Kirby
9 February 2020
14:30
(1 BP) Cornish Pirates27 – 10Doncaster Knights
Report
Mennaye Field
Attendance: 1,285
Referee: Alexander Thomas
  • Game postponed due to bad weather (storm). Game to be rescheduled to 22 February 2020.[26][27]

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Round 13

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14 February 2020
19:45
(1 BP) Nottingham33 – 26Hartpury (2 BP)
Report
Lady Bay Sports Ground
Attendance: 865
Referee: Tim Wigglesworth
15 February 2020
14:15
Ampthill13 – 5London Scottish
Report
Dillingham Park
Attendance: 467
Referee: Jack Makepeace
15 February 2020
14:30
Doncaster Knights38 – 10Jersey Reds
Report
Castle Park
Attendance: 1,048
Referee: Sara Cox
15 February 2020
15:00
(1 BP) Coventry55 – 3Yorkshire Carnegie
Butts Park Arena
Attendance: 1,932
Referee: Joe James
15 February 2020
15:00
(1 BP) Ealing Trailfinders38 – 5Bedford Blues
Report
Trailfinders Sports Ground
Attendance: 780[b]
Referee: Andrew Jackson
16 February 2020
15:00
(1 BP) Newcastle Falcons40 – 7Cornish Pirates
Report
Kingston Park
Attendance: 6,315
Referee: Adam Leal

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Round 12 (rescheduled game)

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22 February 2020
14:00
Yorkshire Carnegie10 – 52Ampthill (1 BP)
Report
Emerald Headingley Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Alex Thomas
  • Game rescheduled from 9 February 2020.

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Round 14

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28 February 2020
19:45
Coventry8 – 17Ealing Trailfinders
Report
Butts Park Arena
Attendance: 2,231
Referee: George Selwood
28 February 2020
19:45
Hartpury5 – 16Ampthill
Report
Gillman's Ground
Attendance: 578
Referee: Dean Richards
29 February 2020
15:00
(1 BP) Bedford Blues29 – 5Doncaster Knights
Report
Goldington Road
Attendance: 2,324
Referee: Simon Harding
29 February 2020
15:00
Jersey Reds3 – 38Newcastle Falcons (1 BP)
Report
Stade Santander International
Attendance: 1,892
Referee: Karl Dickson
1 March 2020
14:30
Cornish Pirates21 – 15Nottingham (1 BP)
Report
Mennaye Field
Attendance: 1,541
Referee: Sara Cox
1 March 2020
15:00
(1 BP) Yorkshire Carnegie26 – 73London Scottish (1 BP)
Report[usurped]
Emerald Headingley Stadium
Attendance: 306
Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe

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Round 15

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13 March 2020
20:00
(1 BP) Newcastle Falcons41 – 0Bedford Blues
Report
Kingston Park
Attendance: 3,999
Referee: Andrew Jackson
14 March 2020
14:15
Ampthill13 – 30Cornish Pirates (1 BP)
Report
Dillingham Park
Attendance: 1,208
Referee: Simon Harding
14 March 2020
14:30
Doncaster Knights26 – 35Coventry (1 BP)
Report
Castle Park
Attendance: 1,115
Referee: Mike Hudson
14 March 2020
14:30
NottinghamP – PJersey Reds
Lady Bay Sports Ground
14 March 2020
15:00
HartpuryP – PLondon Scottish
Gillman's Ground

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Attendances

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Club Home
Games
Total Average Highest Lowest % Capacity
Ampthill 8 6,564 821 1,208 467 27%
Bedford Blues 7 19,476 2,782 5,000 2,132 56%
Cornish Pirates 8 14,372 1,797 2,975 1,285 45%
Coventry 7 17,125 2,446 3,117 1,932 61%
Doncaster Knights 7 7,299 1,043 1,203 781 21%
Ealing Trailfinders 6 5,415 903 1,950 625 23%
Hartpury 8 7,658 957 1,473 578 48%
Jersey Reds 8 9,929 1,241 1,892 848 31%
London Scottish 7 6,024 861 1,136 622 19%
Newcastle Falcons 7 32,950 4,707 6,315 3,795 46%
Nottingham 6 6,739 1,123 2,092 850 32%
Yorkshire Carnegie 8 6,209 776 2,121 300 4%

Individual statistics

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  • 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).

Season records

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Notes

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  1. ^ Yorkshire Carnegie's attendance v Nottingham on 31 January 2020 was incorrectly given as 826 in The Rugby Paper, with the official figure provided by Yorkshire Carnegie instead being 882.
  2. ^ Ealing Trailfinders attendance v Bedford Blues on 15 February 2020 was incorrectly given as 680 in The Rugby Paper, with the official figure provided by Ealing instead being 780.

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