2014 RFL Championship

none 2014 RFL Championship Championship 216px The Kingstone Press Championship logo 26 Rounds (Followed by 4 round playoffs) 14 Premier Sports 2014 Season Grand final winners League Leaders Shield Championship 1 2013 RFL Championship 2013 2015 RFL Championship 2015 The 2014 Rugby Football League Championship, known as the Kingstone Press Championship due to sponsorship reasons, was a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in the UK, one tier below the first tier Super League. The 2014 season was the second and final season to consist of a 14-team division following the expansion of the league in 2013.Relegation is scrapped from Championship this campaign http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/sport/9535699.print/ 4 June 2012 Keighley News 16 February 2012 Relegation to Championship 1 was in place for the 2014 season, along with the play-offs with the format for the play-offs remaining the same with no promotion to the Super League. With two Super League teams relegated in 2014 and the Championship reduced to 12 teams in 2015, as part of the reform of the leagues, five teams were relegated at the end of the regular season with one team promoted at the end of 2014 Championship 1.Kingstone Press Championships clubs prepare for kick off http://www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/29455/kingstone-press-championships-clubs-prepare 20 February 2014 Rugby League Championships 10 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140225021430/http://www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/29455/kingstone-press-championships-clubs-prepare 25 February 2014 dead Teams The competition featured 12 of the 14 teams from 2013 plus the Champions and Play-off winner of the 2013 Championship 1 season, which were North Wales Crusaders and Rochdale Hornets. Hunslet Hawks and York City Knights, who finished in the bottom two in 2013 were relegated into Championship 1. Legend  Reigning champions  Defending Northern Rail Cup Champions  Promoted Team & Current Season Stadium Capacity Location Barrow 16 Barrow Raiders Craven Park 7,600 Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria Batley 16 Batley Bulldogs loverugbyleague.com Stadium 6,000 Batley, West Yorkshire Dewsbury 16 Dewsbury Rams Tetley's Stadium 5,100 Dewsbury, West Yorkshire Doncaster 16 Doncaster Keepmoat Stadium 15,231 Doncaster, South Yorkshire Featherstone 16 Featherstone Rovers Bigfellas Stadium 6,750 Featherstone, West Yorkshire Halifax 16 Halifax The Shay Stadium 6,561 Halifax, West Yorkshire Keighley 16 Keighley Cougars Cougar Park 7,800 Keighley, West Yorkshire Leigh 16 Leigh Centurions Leigh Sports Village 12,700 Leigh, Greater Manchester 16px North Wales Crusaders Racecourse Ground 10,500 (15,500 with The Kop open) Wrexham, Wales Rochdale 16 Rochdale Hornets Spotland 10,249 Rochdale, Greater Manchester Sheffield 16 Sheffield Eagles Owlerton Stadium 4,000 Sheffield, South Yorkshire Swinton 16 Swinton Lions Leigh Sports Village 12,700 Leigh, Greater Manchester Whitehaven 16 Whitehaven Recreation Ground 7,500 Whitehaven, Cumbria Workington 16 Workington Town Derwent Park 10,000 Workington, Cumbria Season standings main WDL 2014 RFL Championship Q points y 3 2 0 LEI Leigh 16 Leigh Centurions FEA Featherstone 16 Featherstone Rovers HAL Halifax 16 Halifax DON Doncaster 16 Doncaster SHE Sheffield 16 Sheffield Eagles DEW Dewsbury 16 Dewsbury Rams WOR Workington 16 Workington Town BAT Batley 16 Batley Bulldogs WHI Whitehaven 16 Whitehaven KEI Keighley 16 Keighley Cougars NWC 16px North Wales Crusaders ROC Rochdale 16 Rochdale Hornets SWI Swinton 16 Swinton Lions BAR Barrow 16 Barrow Raiders 25 0 1 1024 396 1 18 1 7 871 532 5 16 2 8 714 504 6 17 1 8 643 599 4 16 0 10 790 605 6 15 0 11 669 585 6 12 1 13 467 524 10 12 1 13 582 573 7 13 0 13 592 666 6 12 0 14 587 601 8 7 0 19 468 709 10 7 0 19 509 919 4 5 0 21 570 865 9 4 0 22 462 870 7 green2 Qualifying forthe Play-offs Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q red2 Relegation position R R R R R complete 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference. Competition points: For win = 3; For draw = 2; For loss by 12 points or fewer = 1.Points System http://www.rugbyleaguechampionships.co.uk/championship/points_system https://web.archive.org/web/20130208200244/http://www.rugbyleaguechampionships.co.uk/championship/points_system dead 8 February 2013 Rugby League Championships 27 January 2013 Season Results 2014 RFL Championship season results The regular league season saw the 14 teams play each other twice (one home, one away) over 26 matches. The top eight teams at the end of the regular season went through to the play-offs to determine the winners of the Championship. See also Championship 2014 Championship 1 British rugby league system Super League Rugby League Conference Northern Ford Premiership National League Cup References External links Official Website Category:2014 in English rugby league Category:2014 in Welsh rugby league 2014