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2021–22 WRU Championship

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2021–22 Admiral Championship
Countries Wales
Date13 November 2021 - 7 May 2022
ChampionsBargoed
Matches played79 (out of a scheduled 91)

The 2021–22 WRU Championship (or Admiral Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of the WRU Championship, the second tier of club rugby in Wales run by the Welsh Rugby Union. The league expanded to a 14 team format, up from 12 in previous seasons. The league was won by Bargoed for the second time; the first being the 2014–15 season.

The season was truncated and not all fixtures fulfilled. Ultimately, this had no bearing on the title as Bargoed could not be mathematically caught.

The large amount of cancelled fixtures caused friction from some clubs within the league, the most vocal being Pontypool, who called for the entire WRU Community Game Board to resign.[1]

Structure

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For 2021-22, instead of a traditional league, each team played each other team on a home or away basis for a total of 13 games. League points were awarded as such – 4 points for a win, 2 for a draw and 0 for a loss. Teams could also earn an additional bonus point by scoring four or more tries in a match and/or losing by less than seven points. The club with the most points after 13 games were declared the winners, although not all clubs completed their full 13 matches. As the previous two seasons were disrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic, there was no promotion or relegation this year.

Teams

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As the previous seasons (2019–20 & 2020–21) were cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic, no teams were promoted or relegated from any league. Therefore, the same 14 teams that competed the previous season will compete again this season.

Locations of the 2021–22 WRU Championship teams with colour markers to represent the region they belong to:

Orange = Dragons
Blue = Cardiff Rugby
Black = Ospreys

Red = Scarlets
Club Stadium Capacity Area
Bargoed Bargoed Park 1,500 Bargoed, Caerphilly
Beddau Mount Pleasant Park unknown Beddau, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Bedwas Bridge Field 2,000 Bedwas, Caerphilly
Cardiff Metropolitan University Cyncoed Campus 1,620 Cyncoed, Cardiff
Cross Keys Pandy Park 3,000 Crosskeys, Caerphilly
Glamorgan Wanderers Memorial Ground 3,000 Ely, Cardiff
Maesteg Quins South Parade Playing Fields unknown Maesteg, Bridgend County Borough
Narberth Lewis Lloyd Ground unknown Narberth, Pembrokeshire
Neath The Gnoll 6,000 Neath, Neath Port Talbot
Pontypool Pontypool Park 8,800 Pontypool, Torfaen
Tata Steel Tata Sports and Social Club unknown Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot
Trebanos Trebanos Park unknown Trebanos, Neath Port Talbot
Ystalyfera Ynysdarren Park unknown Ystalyfera, Neath Port Talbot
Ystrad Rhondda Gelligaled Park unknown Ystrad, Rhondda Cynon Taf

Standings

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2021–22 Admiral National Championship Table
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 Bargoed (C) 13 12 0 1 368 158 +210 51 19 8 0 56
2 Neath 13 11 0 2 382 246 +136 51 26 7 2 53
3 Pontypool 11 9 0 2 441 100 +341 61 11 9 1 46
4 Bedwas 12 9 0 3 290 234 +56 39 29 4 1 41
5 Narberth 12 7 0 5 307 214 +93 37 27 4 3 35
6 Cardiff Metropolitan University 13 7 0 6 355 297 +58 48 42 4 2 34
7 Cross Keys 11 5 0 6 196 224 −28 27 27 2 4 26
8 Maesteg Quins 12 5 0 7 223 265 −42 26 38 2 3 25
9 Ystrad Rhondda 10 4 0 6 136 219 −83 20 29 2 1 19
10 Glamorgan Wanderers 12 4 0 8 212 384 −172 27 55 1 1 18
11 Trebanos 10 3 0 7 150 250 −100 18 36 0 1 13
12 Tata Steel 12 1 0 11 199 433 −234 21 61 2 2 8
13 Ystalyfera 8 1 0 7 126 199 −73 15 26 1 2 7
14 Beddau 9 1 0 8 90 252 −162 12 27 1 0 5
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2022. Source: "Admiral National Championship". allwalessport.
Rules for classification: If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Number of tries scored
  3. Ratio between points for:points against
    (C) Champion

References

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