2022–23 Scottish League Championship Explained

Countries: Scotland
Champions:Hawick (13)
Runnersup:Currie
Prevseason:2021-22
Nextseason:2023-24

The 2022–23 Scottish League Championship, or 2022–23 Tennents League Championship for sponsorship reasons, was the 47th season of formal domestic rugby union leagues in Scotland.

The season was contested between August 2022 and March 2023, Hawick RFC won their 13th championship and their first in over 20 years whilst Currie where runners up for the second year running with Glasgow Hutchesons Aloysians being relegated to National Division One.

Premier Division

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2022–23 Tennents Premiership Division Table
ClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints ForPoints AgainstPoints DifferenceTry BonusLosing BonusPointsNotes
1 18 17 1 0 555 226 329 10 0 80 Qualified to Playoffs
2 18 14 0 4 619 396 223 10 2 72
3 18 13 0 5 513 362 151 12 2 66
4 18 10 0 8 457 445 12 9 2 51
5 18 9 1 8 374 357 17 5 3 46
6 18 6 0 12 472 574 -102 11 2 37
7 18 6 0 12 411 451 -40 7 4 35
8 18 5 0 13 403 595 -192 8 4 30
9 18 5 0 13 322 581 -259 7 3 30
10 18 4 0 14 427 566 -139 7 4 27 Relegated
Source [1]

Final

National Division One

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2022–23 Tennent's National League Division One Table
ClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints ForPoints AgainstPoints DifferenceTry BonusLosing BonusPointsNotes
1 22 20 0 2 647 309 338 14 2 96 Promoted
2 22 18 0 4 727 420 307 15 1 88
3 22 17 0 5 779 497 282 17 3 86
4 22 14 0 8 635 565 70 13 3 72
5 2213 0 9 561 398 163 10 5 67
6 22 14 0 8 491 424 67 5 2 63
7 22 8 0 14 561 578 -17 10 5 45
8 22 8 0 14 546 696 -150 10 3 45
9 22 7 0 15 519 558 -39 7 4 39
10 22 8 0 14 444 671 -227 5 2 39 Relegated
11 22 3 0 19 358 810 -452 3 4 19
12 22 2 0 20 376 718 -342 5 5 18
Source [2]

National Division Two

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2022–23 Tennent's National League Division Two Table
ClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints ForPoints AgainstPoints DifferenceTry BonusLosing BonusPointsNotes
1 22 18 0 4 714 318 396 14 1 87 Promoted
2 22 18 0 4 691 296 395 15 1 87
3 22 18 0 4 717 433 284 13 0 85
4 22 14 0 8 484 383 101 8 3 67
5 22 13 0 9 623 638 -15 13 2 65
6 22 12 0 10 409 409 0 4 6 58
7 22 10 0 12 537 520 17 10 5 55
8 22 8 1 13 479 533 -54 10 4 48 Relegated
9 22 9 1 12 444 448 -4 5 6 46
10 22 6 0 16 469 743 -224 7 3 34
11 22 3 0 19 407 889 -482 5 4 21
12 22 1 2 19 406 770 -364 6 4 18
Source [3]

National Division Three

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2022–23 Tennent's National League Division Three Table
ClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints ForPoints AgainstPoints DifferenceTry BonusLosing BonusPointsNotes
1 20 18 0 2 968 321 647 17 1 90 Promoted
2 20 16 0 4 678 261 317 13 3 80
3 20 14 0 6 877 382 495 15 4 75
4 20 14 0 6 576 497 79 13 3 70
5 20 11 0 9 623 378 245 13 6 63
6 20 12 0 8 565 622 -57 13 2 61
7 20 11 0 9 575 554 21 9 2 55 Relegated
8 20 7 0 13 498 575 -77 9 5 42
9 20 3 0 17 463 867 -404 11 3 23
10 20 3 0 17 392 870 -478 6 2 18
11 20 1 0 19 232 1020 -788 1 0 5
12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source [4]

1.Royal High were excluded from the tournament and all their matches were cancelled.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: RugbyArchive. www.rugbyarchive.net.
  2. Web site: RugbyArchive. www.rugbyarchive.net.
  3. Web site: RugbyArchive. www.rugbyarchive.net.
  4. Web site: RugbyArchive. www.rugbyarchive.net.