2011 RFL Championship

none March 2020 2011 RFL Championship RFL Championship 2010 and 2011 RFL Championship Logo.jpg 216px Championship logo 22 Rounds (Followed by 4 round playoffs) 10 Sky Sports 2011 Season Featherstone Rovers Grand Final winners Featherstone Rovers League leaders Mick Nanyn (296) Jamie Ellis, Mick Nanyn (22) Championship 1 2010 RFL Championship 2010 2012 RFL Championship 2012 The 2011 Rugby Football League Championship is known as Co-operative Championship due to sponsorship by The Co-operative Group. The 2011 Co-operative Championship is a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in the UK and France one tier below the first tier Super League. The two worst performing teams during the season, with the exception of Toulouse Olympique, will be relegated to Championship 1. 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 2012–14 period. All of the teams in the 2011 Co-operative Championship will also compete in the 2011 Challenge Cup where they will enter in the third round. All of the teams will also compete in the 2011 National League Cup which starts before the Co-operative Championship with the finals held mid season. Teams This competition features mostly the same teams as it did in 2010. The Hunslet Hawks and York City Knights were promoted from the 2010 Championship 1 while the Keighley Cougars and Whitehaven were relegated. Legend  Reigning champions  Defending Northern Rail Cup Champions  Promoted Team & Current Season Stadium Capacity Location Barrow Raiders Craven Park 7,600 Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria Batley Bulldogs Mount Pleasant 6,000 Batley, West Yorkshire Dewsbury Rams Tetley's Stadium 3,500 Dewsbury, West Yorkshire Featherstone Rovers Bigfellas Stadium 6,750 Featherstone, West Yorkshire Halifax The Shay Stadium 6,561 Halifax, West Yorkshire Hunslet Hawks South Leeds Stadium 4,000 Leeds, West Yorkshire Leigh Centurions Leigh Sports Village 12,700 Leigh, Greater Manchester Sheffield Eagles Bramall Lane 32,702 Sheffield, South Yorkshire Toulouse Olympique XIII Stade des Minimes 4,066 Toulouse, Midi-Pyrénées, France Widnes Vikings Stobart Stadium Halton 13,500 Widnes, Cheshire York City Knights Huntington Stadium 3,428 York, North Yorkshire Season standings 2011 Co-operative Championship # Position Team Pld Games played W Won D Drawn L Lost PF Points for (total points scored) PA Points against (total points conceded) PD Points difference (points scored minus points conceded) Bns Bonus points Pts Competition points 1 Featherstone 16 Featherstone Rovers 20 18 1 1 840 348 +492 0 56 2 Leigh 16 Leigh Centurions 20 18 1 1 776 368 +408 1 53 3 Batley 16 Batley Bulldogs 20 12 0 8 498 406 +92 0 41 4 Sheffield 16 Sheffield Eagles 20 12 0 8 577 488 +89 0 39 5 Widnes 16 Widnes Vikings 20 11 1 8 555 532 +23 0 38 6 Halifax 16 Halifax 20 10 0 10 569 543 +26 1 36 7 Hunslet 16 Hunslet Hawks 20 4 1 15 395 630 -235 3 20 8 York City 16 York City Knights 20 5 1 14 416 788 -372 3 19 9 Dewsbury 16 Dewsbury Rams 20 4 1 15 413 618 −205 0 18 10 Toulouse 16 Toulouse Olympique(R) 20 4 0 16 358 663 −305 0 15 11 Barrow 16 Barrow Raiders (R) 20 9 0 11 527 540 -13 1 0  Teams qualifying for the Play-offs  Teams in relegation position This table is correct as of 25 August 2010 (1:12pm). Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20110322190230/http://www.cooperativechampionship.co.uk/table_nl1.php Classification: 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. Season results Regular season 2011 RFL Championship Results Play-offs Elimination play-offs 8 September 2011 Batley Bulldogs 22–32 Halifax Tries: Preece (2), Daley Williams, ManningGoals: Handforth 2/3, Mennell 1/3 Tries: Haley, Bannister, Worrincy, Penkywicz, BeswickGoals: Jones 6/6 Mount Pleasant Batley 1,179 Clint Sharrad 9 September 2011 Sheffield Eagles 36–20 Widnes Vikings Tries: Laulu-Togagae (2), McDonald (2), TaulapapaGoals: Brown 8/9 Tries: Flynn (2), Ropati, Craven Goals: Craven 2/4 Bramall Lane Sheffield 564 Matthew Thomason Qualifying semi-final 15 September 2011 Featherstone Rovers 35–20 Leigh Centurions Tries: Cockayne, Finn, Saxton (3), BostockGoals: Finn 5/7Drop goals: Finn Tries: Maden, Mills, Ridyard, Nanyn Goals: Nanyn 2/4 Post Office Road Featherstone 2,031 Tim Roby Elimination semi-final 18 September 2011 Sheffield Eagles 50–12 Halifax Tries: Laulu-Togagae, Hirst, Henderson (2), McDonald (2), Taulapapa, WoodcockGoals: Brown 9/11 Tries: Goddard, Penkywicz Goals: Jones 2/2 Bramall Lane Sheffield 1,233 Matthew Thomason Elimination final 22 September 2011 Leigh Centurions 10–20 Sheffield Eagles Tries: Donlan, Nanyn Goals: Nanyn 1/2 Tries: S. Scott, Finigan, Laulu-TogagaeGoals: Brown 4/4 Leigh Sports Village Leigh 1,818 Ben Thaler Grand Final 2 October 2011 Featherstone Rovers 40–4 Sheffield Eagles Tries: Spears, Finn (2), Hardman, Cockayne, Hepworth, SaxtonGoals: Finn 6/7 Tries: McDonaldGoals: Brown 0/1 Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington 7,263 Matthew Thomason Elimination play-offs Qualifying/Elimination semifinal Elimination final 30 Grand Final 8 September 2011 Batley 12 Batley Bulldogs 22 Halifax 12 Halifax 32 9 September 2011 Sheffield 12 Sheffield Eagles 36 Widnes 12 Widnes Vikings 20 15 September 2011 Featherstone 12 Featherstone Rovers 35 Leigh 12 Leigh Centurions 20 18 September 2011 Halifax 12 Halifax 12 Sheffield 12 Sheffield Eagles 50 22 September 2011 Leigh 12 Leigh Centurions 10 Sheffield 12 Sheffield Eagles 20 2 October 2011 Featherstone 12 Featherstone Rovers 40 'Sheffield 12 Sheffield Eagles 4 Statistics The following are the top points scorers in the Championship during the 2011 season. Statistics also include tries and goals scored in the play-offs.Gillette Rugby League Yearbook 2011-12 League Publications Limited 978-1-901347-24-1 Tim Butcher Daniel Spencer November 2011 Most tries Player Team Tries Jamie Ellis Leigh Centurions 22 Mick Nanyn Leigh Centurions 22 Andy Ballard Barrow Raiders 20 Bryn Powell Featherstone Rovers 20 Tom Saxton Featherstone Rovers 18 Paul White Halifax 17 Martyn Ridyard Leigh Centurions 17 Quentin Laulu-Togagae Sheffield Eagles 17 Menzie Yere Sheffield Eagles 16 Jon Hepworth Featherstone Rovers 15 Most goals Player Team Goals Liam Finn Featherstone Rovers 115 Mick Nanyn Leigh Centurions 104 Simon Brown Sheffield Eagles 95 Steve Tyrer Widnes Vikings 69 Danny Jones Halifax 65 Jamie Rooney Barrow Raiders 63 Paul Handforth Batley Bulldogs 59 Darren Nicholls Toulouse Olympique 40 Dominic Brambani Dewsbury Rams 39 Pat Walker Dewsbury Rams 29 Most points Player Team Tries Goals DGs Points Mick Nanyn Leigh Centurions 22 104 0 296 Liam Finn Featherstone Rovers 14 115 1 287 Simon Brown Sheffield Eagles 2 95 1 199 Steve Tyrer Widnes Vikings 12 69 0 186 Danny Jones Halifax 6 65 0 154 Jamie Rooney Barrow Raiders 6 63 1 151 Paul Handforth Batley Bulldogs 4 59 0 134 Darren Nicholls Toulouse Olympique 13 40 0 132 Dominic Brambani Dewsbury Rams 6 39 1 103 Jamie Ellis Leigh Centurions 22 7 0 102 See also Co-operative Championship 2011 Championship 1 British rugby league system Super League Rugby League Conference Northern Ford Premiership National League Cup References Category:2011 in English rugby league Category:2011 in French rugby league 2011