2013 RFL Championship

none 2013 RFL Championship Championship 200px The Kingstone Press Championship logo 26 Rounds (Followed by 4 round playoffs) 14 3,890 Featherstone Rovers v Sheffield Eagles (28 August 2013) 375 Hunslet Hawks v Whitehaven (10 March 2013) 1,199 187,103 United Kingdom Premier Sports 2013 Season Sheffield 16 Sheffield Eagles Grand Final winners Featherstone 16 Featherstone Rovers League Leaders Shield Sheffield 16 Sheffield Eagles Featherstone 16 Liam Finn (308) Sheffield 16 Menzie Yere (30)Stats Centre http://www.loverugbyleague.com/stats/ Love Rugby League 2 September 2012 28 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120828023624/http://loverugbyleague.com/stats/ dead Hunslet 16 Hunslet HawksYork City 16 York City Knights Championship 1 2012 RFL Championship 2012 2014 RFL Championship 2014 The 2013 Rugby Football League Championship, which will be known as Kingstone Press Championship due to sponsorship by Kingstone Press Cider, is a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in the UK, one tier below the first tier Super League. The 2013 season is the first season to consist of a 14-team division. This was achieved by scrapping relegation for the 2012 season and having four teams promoted from the Championship 1.Relegation is scrapped from Championship this campaign https://www.keighleynews.co.uk/sport/9535699.print/ 4 June 2012 Keighley News 16 February 2012 Relegation to Championship 1 is restored for the 2013 but as in previous years, there is no automatic promotion from this league to Super League, which uses a licensing system renewed every three years. Qualifying for the Grand Final or winning the Northern Rail Cup is a prerequisite for Championship clubs to be able to apply for a licence in the next round of applications for the 2015–17 seasons. All of the teams in the 2013 Co-operative Championship will also compete in the 2013 Challenge Cup where they will enter in the third round. All of the teams will also compete in the 2013 National League Cup which starts before the Co-operative Championship with the finals held mid season. Teams This year's competition features the same 10 teams as it did in 2012 plus the top four teams from the 2012 Championship 1 season, which are Barrow Raiders, Doncaster, Whitehaven and Workington Town. 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 3,500 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 Hunslet 16 Hunslet Hawks South Leeds Stadium 4,000 Leeds, 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 Sheffield 16 Sheffield Eagles Bramall Lane 32,702 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 York City 16 York City Knights Huntington Stadium 3,428 York, North Yorkshire Season standings main WDL Q points 3 2 0 y FEA Featherstone 16 Featherstone Rovers SHE Sheffield 16 Sheffield Eagles HAL Halifax 16 Halifax LEI Leigh 16 Leigh Centurions BAT Batley 16 Batley Bulldogs DON Doncaster 16 Doncaster DEW Dewsbury 16 Dewsbury Rams WOR Workington 16 Workington Town WHI Whitehaven 16 Whitehaven SWI Swinton 16 Swinton Lions KEI Keighley 16 Keighley Cougars BAR Barrow 16 Barrow Raiders HUN Hunslet 16 Hunslet Hawks R YOR York City 16 York City Knights R 22 0 4 940 362 4 22 0 4 806 474 1 19 2 5 817 476 1 18 0 8 752 495 4 16 1 9 670 394 7 12 1 13 593 594 6 12 0 14 492 620 6 11 0 15 483 681 6 11 0 15 485 774 4 9 0 17 516 738 7 8 0 18 492 719 9 8 0 18 482 792 9 6 0 20 529 704 12 6 0 20 493 727 8 #CCFFCC Qualifying for the play-offs Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q #FFCCCC Relegation position R R complete rugbyleaguechampionships.co.uk and BBC Sport 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 February 8, 2013 Rugby League Championships 27 January 2013 Season results 2013 RFL Championship season results The regular league season sees 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 goes through to the play-offs to determine the winners of the Championship. See also Co-operative Championship 2013 Championship 1 British rugby league system Super League Rugby League Conference Northern Ford Premiership National League Cup References External links Official Website Category:2013 in English rugby league 2013