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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
1

Sport
Rugby

Location
United Kingdom

Gender
Male

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31 Jan	Barrow Ra	6:00pm	Salford R
01 Feb	Dewsbury	2:00pm	Keighley
01 Feb	Midlands	2:00pm	Doncaster
01 Feb	Halifax P	3:00pm	Batley Bu
01 Feb	Hunslet R	3:00pm	Featherst
01 Feb	London Br	3:00pm	Oldham RL
01 Feb	Rochdale	3:00pm	Workingto
01 Feb	Swinton L	3:00pm	Goole Vik
01 Feb	Whitehave	3:00pm	Newcastle
01 Feb	Widnes Vi	3:00pm	North Wal
Results
18 Jan	Swinton L	8 - 12	Rochdale
18 Jan	Whitehave	4 - 11	Sheffield
18 Jan	London Br	44 - 12	Widnes Vi
18 Jan	Keighley	32 - 18	Goole Vik
18 Jan	Hunslet R	12 - 20	Dewsbury
18 Jan	Doncaster	19 - 12	Halifax P
18 Jan	Batley Bu	P - P	Featherst
18 Jan	Barrow Ra	40 - 0	Workingto
18 Jan	Midlands	10 - 28	Newcastle
16 Jan	Salford R	0 - 44	Oldham RL

Description

The Championship, known as the Betfred Championship for sponsorship reasons, is a professional rugby league competition. It is the second-tier competition organised by the Rugby Football League, the governing body for the sport in England, and consists of 14 teams, with promotion to the Super League and relegation to the third-tier competition, League 1. The current champions are Toronto Wolfpack. The league announced a two-year sponsorship deal with the bookmaking company Betfred ahead of the 2018 season.

From 2003 to 2009, the competition was known as National League One.


Seasons

2026		2025		2024		2023

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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