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CHAMPIONSHIP winners Ealing Trailfinders have withdrawn their appeal against the decision to deny them promotion to the Premiership.
Ealing and Doncaster Knights were the only two clubs to apply for promotion, in the event they won the division.
But an audit found neither club “met the minimum standards criteria based on capacity (among other factors)”.
Premiership stadiums must hold at least 10,001, with Ealing’s ground only holding about half of that.
“We are disappointed that having won the Championship, we will not be taking our rightful place...