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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
21

Sport
Rugby

Location
United Kingdom

Gender
Male

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		Upcoming
01 Aug 26	Barrow RBarrow Raiders	5:00pm	RochdaleRochdale Hornets
02 Aug 26	MidlandsMidlands Hurricanes	2:00pm	KeighleyKeighley Cougars
02 Aug 26	DewsburyDewsbury Rams	2:00pm	Hunslet Hunslet RLFC
02 Aug 26	DoncasteDoncaster RLFC	2:00pm	Oldham ROldham RLFC
02 Aug 26	North WaNorth Wales Crusaders	2:00pm	Goole ViGoole Vikings
02 Aug 26	SheffielSheffield Eagles	2:00pm	Halifax Halifax Panthers
02 Aug 26	Swinton Swinton Lions	2:00pm	Batley BBatley Bulldogs
02 Aug 26	Widnes VWidnes Vikings	2:00pm	London BLondon Broncos
02 Aug 26	WorkingtWorkington Town	2:00pm	NewcastlNewcastle Thunder
07 Aug 26	Oldham ROldham RLFC	6:45pm	SheffielSheffield Eagles
		Results
26 Jul 26	WorkingtoWorkington Town	36 - 24	Keighley Keighley Cougars
26 Jul 26	SheffieldSheffield Eagles	56 - 6	Rochdale Rochdale Hornets
26 Jul 26	Oldham RLOldham RLFC	28 - 16	Barrow RaBarrow Raiders
26 Jul 26	Hunslet RHunslet RLFC	16 - 18	WhitehaveWhitehaven RLFC
26 Jul 26	Midlands Midlands Hurricanes	16 - 78	London BrLondon Broncos
25 Jul 26	NewcastleNewcastle Thunder	34 - 10	Swinton LSwinton Lions
25 Jul 26	Goole VikGoole Vikings	28 - 24	Dewsbury Dewsbury Rams
24 Jul 26	Widnes ViWidnes Vikings	52 - 8	Salford RSalford RLFC
24 Jul 26	DoncasterDoncaster RLFC	22 - 10	Batley BuBatley Bulldogs
19 Jul 26	Salford RSalford RLFC	4 - 62	London BrLondon Broncos

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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