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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
16

Sport
Rugby

Location
United Kingdom

Gender
Male

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		Upcoming
14 Jun 26	Batley BBatley Bulldogs	2:00pm	Halifax Halifax Panthers
14 Jun 26	DewsburyDewsbury Rams	2:00pm	RochdaleRochdale Hornets
14 Jun 26	KeighleyKeighley Cougars	2:00pm	NewcastlNewcastle Thunder
14 Jun 26	WhitehavWhitehaven RLFC	2:00pm	North WaNorth Wales Crusaders
14 Jun 26	Widnes VWidnes Vikings	2:00pm	DoncasteDoncaster RLFC
14 Jun 26	WorkingtWorkington Town	2:00pm	Oldham ROldham RLFC
14 Jun 26	Hunslet Hunslet RLFC	2:00pm	Salford Salford RLFC
20 Jun 26	Goole ViGoole Vikings	2:00pm	KeighleyKeighley Cougars
20 Jun 26	NewcastlNewcastle Thunder	3:00pm	RochdaleRochdale Hornets
20 Jun 26	Barrow RBarrow Raiders	5:00pm	DewsburyDewsbury Rams
		Results
13 Jun 26	Barrow RaBarrow Raiders	-	SheffieldSheffield Eagles
13 Jun 26	Midlands Midlands Hurricanes	-	Goole VikGoole Vikings
07 Jun 26	Swinton LSwinton Lions	22 - 24	Halifax PHalifax Panthers
07 Jun 26	Salford RSalford RLFC	16 - 44	DoncasterDoncaster RLFC
07 Jun 26	WorkingtoWorkington Town	12 - 56	Barrow RaBarrow Raiders
07 Jun 26	Widnes ViWidnes Vikings	46 - 0	Dewsbury Dewsbury Rams
07 Jun 26	North WalNorth Wales Crusaders	0 - 134	London BrLondon Broncos
07 Jun 26	Keighley Keighley Cougars	22 - 34	Rochdale Rochdale Hornets
06 Jun 26	NewcastleNewcastle Thunder	52 - 6	Hunslet RHunslet RLFC
06 Jun 26	Goole VikGoole Vikings	4 - 50	Batley BuBatley Bulldogs

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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Teams

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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