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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
14

Sport
Rugby

Location
United Kingdom

Gender
Male

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24 May	Barrow RBarrow Raiders	2:00pm	Hunslet Hunslet RLFC
24 May	Batley BBatley Bulldogs	2:00pm	North WaNorth Wales Crusaders
24 May	DewsburyDewsbury Rams	2:00pm	WorkingtWorkington Town
24 May	DoncasteDoncaster RLFC	2:00pm	FeathersFeatherstone Rovers
24 May	RochdaleRochdale Hornets	2:00pm	Swinton Swinton Lions
24 May	SheffielSheffield Eagles	2:00pm	London BLondon Broncos
24 May	WhitehavWhitehaven RLFC	2:00pm	KeighleyKeighley Cougars
24 May	Halifax Halifax Panthers	2:00pm	Salford Salford RLFC
31 May	North WaNorth Wales Crusaders	2:00pm	Salford Salford RLFC
31 May	Hunslet Hunslet RLFC	2:00pm	London BLondon Broncos
Results
22 May	Oldham ROldham RLFC	-	MidlandsMidlands Hurricanes
22 May	NewcastlNewcastle Thunder	-	Goole ViGoole Vikings
20 May	DoncasteDoncaster RLFC	12 - 36	Barrow RBarrow Raiders
15 May	Halifax Halifax Panthers	14 - 28	SheffielSheffield Eagles
10 May	Salford Salford RLFC	6 - 32	Widnes VWidnes Vikings
10 May	KeighleyKeighley Cougars	22 - 26	Batley BBatley Bulldogs
10 May	WorkingtWorkington Town	16 - 28	SheffielSheffield Eagles
10 May	Swinton Swinton Lions	40 - 12	WhitehavWhitehaven RLFC
10 May	London BLondon Broncos	64 - 0	MidlandsMidlands Hurricanes
10 May	Halifax Halifax Panthers	30 - 16	DewsburyDewsbury Rams

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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