No Championship club will be promoted to the Gallagher Premiership after Doncaster Knights and Ealing Trailfinders failed to meet the standards required to compete in the top flight.
Both Doncaster and Ealing had applied for top-level status in the event of winning the Championship and gaining promotion, however the two applications have been turned down.
The two teams remained well in the hunt to earn the promotion spot, with Doncaster top of the table on 67 points, whilst Ealing sat seven points behind in third.
