The 2019–20 WRU Championship was the eighth season of the WRU Championship, the second tier of club rugby in Wales run by the Welsh Rugby Union. The league expanded to 14 teams from 12 seasons for the previous three seasons.
The season was cancelled on 20 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.
Structure Each team in the Championship will play each other twice on a home and away basis for a total of 26 matches played each. The team with the most points at the end of the season will be declared the winners. The winning club will be promoted to the 2020-21 WRU Premiership, provided they meet the "A" License criteria. At the end of the season, the bottom four clubs will be relegated.
Teams At the end of last season, Bedlinog, Newcastle Emlyn, Newbridge and Rhydyfelin were all relegated to Division 1 (specific league based on geographic location). The winners of each Division 1 entered into play-offs to decide the remaining two places. The winners of the two Eastern divisions faced each other as did the winners of the two Western divisions. The winners were East Central champions Glamorgan Wanderers and West Central champions Ystalyfera who beat Brecon and Felinfoel respectively. Joining these teams are the four clubs relegated from last season's Premiership. These clubs are Bedwas, Cross Keys, Bargoed and Neath.
Promotion play-offs
Glamorgan Wanderers won 57–40 on aggregate.
Ystalyfera won 64–48 on aggregate.
Club Stadium Capacity Area Bargoed Bargoed Park1,500 Bargoed, Caerphilly Beddau Mount Pleasant Parkunknown Beddau, Rhondda Cynon Taf Bedwas Bridge Field2,000 Bedwas, Caerphilly Cardiff Metropolitan University Cyncoed Campus1,620 Cyncoed, Cardiff Cross Keys Pandy Park3,000 Crosskeys, Caerphilly Glamorgan Wanderers Memorial Ground3,000 Ely, Cardiff Maesteg Quins South Parade Playing Fieldsunknown Maesteg, Bridgend County Borough Narberth Lewis Lloyd Groundunknown Narberth, Pembrokeshire Neath The Gnoll6,000 Neath, Neath Port Talbot Pontypool Pontypool Park8,800 Pontypool, Torfaen Tata Steel Tata Sports and Social Clubunknown Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot Trebanos Trebanos Parkunknown Trebanos, Neath Port Talbot Ystalyfera Ynysdarren Parkunknown Ystalyfera, Neath Port Talbot Ystrad Rhondda Gelligaled Parkunknown Ystrad, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Standings
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