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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
8

Sport
Rugby

Location
United Kingdom

Gender
Male

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03 Apr	Whitehave	12:00pm	Workingto
03 Apr	Barrow Ra	2:00pm	Widnes Vi
03 Apr	Oldham RL	2:00pm	Rochdale
03 Apr	Sheffield	2:00pm	Doncaster
03 Apr	Goole Vik	4:00pm	Newcastle
03 Apr	Batley Bu	4:00pm	Dewsbury
04 Apr	Keighley	12:00pm	Hunslet R
05 Apr	Featherst	2:00pm	Halifax P
05 Apr	North Wal	2:00pm	Midlands
05 Apr	Swinton L	2:00pm	Salford R
Results
29 Mar	Keighley	12 - 20	Midlands
29 Mar	Widnes Vi	P - P	Featherst
29 Mar	Rochdale	35 - 10	Goole Vik
29 Mar	North Wal	52 - 20	Whitehave
29 Mar	Newcastle	38 - 8	Workingto
29 Mar	Doncaster	74 - 6	Swinton L
29 Mar	Dewsbury	16 - 18	Sheffield
29 Mar	London Br	40 - 12	Batley Bu
29 Mar	Oldham RL	44 - 0	Hunslet R
27 Mar	Salford R	22 - 28	Halifax P

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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