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English RFL Championship

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Established
2003 (23 years old)

First Recorded Event
2013-01-31

Current Season
2026

Current Round
11

Sport
Rugby

Location
United Kingdom

Gender
Male

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01 May	Doncaster	6:30pm	North Wal
02 May	Goole Vik	2:00pm	London Br
02 May	Newcastle	3:00pm	Batley Bu
03 May	Barrow Ra	2:00pm	Oldham RL
03 May	Dewsbury	2:00pm	Whitehave
03 May	Hunslet R	2:00pm	Workingto
03 May	Keighley	2:00pm	Halifax P
03 May	Swinton L	2:00pm	Midlands
03 May	Widnes Vi	2:00pm	Sheffield
08 May	Oldham RL	6:45pm	Doncaster
Results
26 Apr	Sheffield	-	Salford R
26 Apr	Widnes Vi	-	Halifax P
26 Apr	Whitehave	-	Hunslet R
26 Apr	Rochdale	-	Dewsbury
26 Apr	Oldham RL	-	Workingto
26 Apr	Doncaster	-	London Br
26 Apr	Batley Bu	-	Goole Vik
26 Apr	Swinton L	-	Keighley
25 Apr	North Wal	P - P	Featherst
25 Apr	Newcastle	37 - 22	Barrow Ra

Description

The Rugby Football League Championship, (known as the Betfred Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the second highest division of rugby league in Britain .

Introduced in 2003 as National League One, it replaced the existing Second Division. It was rebranded as the Championship in 2009.

Until the end of the 2025 season the league consisted of 13 or 14 teams, with the winner decided by a playoff. Toulouse Olympique were winners of the 2025 season after beating York Knights in the Championship Grand Final.

In 2026, the Championship merged with League One, thus seeing an expansion to 21 teams. This was catalysed by Super League's expansion from 12 to 14 teams also in 2026 which would see two clubs promoted from the Championship without replacement and would have left the Championship with only 11 clubs.


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Barrow Raiders		Batley Bulldogs		Dewsbury Rams
Doncaster RLFC		Featherstone Ro		Goole Vikings
Halifax Panther		Hunslet RLFC		Keighley Cougar
London Broncos		Midlands Hurric		Newcastle Thund
North Wales Cru		Oldham RLFC		Rochdale Hornet
Salford RLFC		Sheffield Eagle		Swinton Lions
Whitehaven RLFC		Widnes Vikings		Workington Town

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