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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
12

Sport
Rugby

Location
United Kingdom

Gender
Male

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		Upcoming
11 Jul 26	Barrow RBarrow Raiders	5:00pm	NewcastlNewcastle Thunder
11 Jul 26	London BLondon Broncos	6:30pm	DoncasteDoncaster RLFC
12 Jul 26	Oldham ROldham RLFC	2:00pm	Halifax Halifax Panthers
12 Jul 26	Batley BBatley Bulldogs	2:00pm	MidlandsMidlands Hurricanes
12 Jul 26	KeighleyKeighley Cougars	2:00pm	DewsburyDewsbury Rams
12 Jul 26	North WaNorth Wales Crusaders	2:00pm	Widnes VWidnes Vikings
12 Jul 26	WhitehavWhitehaven RLFC	2:00pm	Swinton Swinton Lions
12 Jul 26	Salford Salford RLFC	2:00pm	SheffielSheffield Eagles
18 Jul 26	Widnes VWidnes Vikings	4:00pm	Barrow RBarrow Raiders
19 Jul 26	MidlandsMidlands Hurricanes	1:00pm	RochdaleRochdale Hornets
		Results
05 Jul 26	Salford RSalford RLFC	64 - 4	North WalNorth Wales Crusaders
05 Jul 26	Halifax PHalifax Panthers	30 - 22	Swinton LSwinton Lions
04 Jul 26	London BrLondon Broncos	78 - 16	Hunslet RHunslet RLFC
04 Jul 26	Goole VikGoole Vikings	0 - 52	Widnes ViWidnes Vikings
03 Jul 26	Batley BuBatley Bulldogs	14 - 20	Oldham RLOldham RLFC
01 Jul 26	Widnes ViWidnes Vikings	6 - 26	DoncasterDoncaster RLFC
28 Jun 26	Salford RSalford RLFC	20 - 22	Barrow RaBarrow Raiders
28 Jun 26	WorkingtoWorkington Town	40 - 14	Hunslet RHunslet RLFC
28 Jun 26	SheffieldSheffield Eagles	42 - 30	Dewsbury Dewsbury Rams
28 Jun 26	Keighley Keighley Cougars	18 - 40	Swinton LSwinton Lions

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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