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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
22 Aug 26	Goole ViGoole Vikings	2:00pm	Swinton Swinton Lions
22 Aug 26	NewcastlNewcastle Thunder	3:00pm	MidlandsMidlands Hurricanes
23 Aug 26	Barrow RBarrow Raiders	2:00pm	WhitehavWhitehaven RLFC
23 Aug 26	DewsburyDewsbury Rams	2:00pm	Batley BBatley Bulldogs
23 Aug 26	DoncasteDoncaster RLFC	2:00pm	SheffielSheffield Eagles
23 Aug 26	Hunslet Hunslet RLFC	2:00pm	RochdaleRochdale Hornets
23 Aug 26	London BLondon Broncos	2:00pm	Halifax Halifax Panthers
23 Aug 26	North WaNorth Wales Crusaders	2:00pm	KeighleyKeighley Cougars
23 Aug 26	Widnes VWidnes Vikings	2:00pm	WorkingtWorkington Town
23 Aug 26	Oldham ROldham RLFC	2:00pm	Salford Salford RLFC
		Results
19 Aug 26	Dewsbury Dewsbury Rams	22 - 34	Rochdale Rochdale Hornets
16 Aug 26	Oldham RLOldham RLFC	34 - 24	London BrLondon Broncos
16 Aug 26	WorkingtoWorkington Town	20 - 22	Rochdale Rochdale Hornets
16 Aug 26	WhitehaveWhitehaven RLFC	34 - 12	Dewsbury Dewsbury Rams
16 Aug 26	Swinton LSwinton Lions	60 - 10	North WalNorth Wales Crusaders
16 Aug 26	SheffieldSheffield Eagles	28 - 26	Hunslet RHunslet RLFC
16 Aug 26	DoncasterDoncaster RLFC	44 - 16	Midlands Midlands Hurricanes
16 Aug 26	Halifax PHalifax Panthers	10 - 11	Widnes ViWidnes Vikings
16 Aug 26	Batley BuBatley Bulldogs	22 - 18	Keighley Keighley Cougars
12 Aug 26	Barrow RaBarrow Raiders	25 - 26	DoncasterDoncaster RLFC

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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