2016 RFL Championship

none March 2026 2016 RFL Championship Championship 216px The Kingstone Press Championship logo 23 rounds (followed by a league split into "Super 8's" for 7 more fixtures) 12 Sky Sports 2016 season leigh 16 Leigh Centurions Championship winners Championship Shield leigh 16 Leigh Centurions RFL Championship Super League Workington 16 Workington TownWhitehaven 16 Whitehaven League 1 2015 RFL Championship 2015 2017 Rugby League Championship 2017 The 2016 Rugby Football League Championship, known as Kingstone Press Championship due to sponsorship by Kingstone Press Cider, was a rugby league football competition played in the UK, one tier below the first tier Super League. The 2016 season was the second to consist of a new structure combining the championship and super league divisions three quarters of the way through the season. The 2016 Championship featured 12 teams, which all played one another twice in the regular season, once at home, and once away, totalling 22 games. The 2016 season also featured the "Summer Bash Weekend"Painter Billy 2016-05-27 Sky Live: Kingstone Press Championship Summer Bash https://www.skysports.com/rugby-league/news/12196/10295846/sky-live-kingstone-press-championship-summer-bash 2026-03-23 Sky Sports for a second time. This is a 23rd round of fixtures which replicates Super League's Magic Weekend concept for the Championship sides. After these 23 rounds in both the Championship and the Super League, the two divisions of twelve were split into three divisions of eight, the "Super 8's". Following the split into the Super 8's, the top four teams in the Championship 2016 joined the bottom four teams of the Super League 2016 in the qualifiers. This group saw each team play each other once each, totalling seven extra games, with points reset to zero for the qualifiers. After seven extra rounds, the top three teams earned a place in the Super League competition for 2017, thus either retaining or earning a place in the top competition. The teams finishing 4th and 5th in the qualifiers played off in an extra fixture, hosted by the fourth-place side, for the final place in the 2017 Super League competition. The loser of this fixture, along with teams finishing 6th, 7th, and 8th in the qualifiers, were either relegated to or remained in the Championship for the 2017 season. Teams finishing after 23 rounds between 5th and 12th in the Championship played in the third of the three "Super 8" groups, "The Championship Shield". This saw each team playing each other once more, but with points from the original season retained. Following the additional seven rounds a four-team play-off took place pitting 1st vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd, with the winners playing each other in the final to win the new "Championship Shield". The two teams finishing at the bottom of this group of eight were relegated to the 2017 Kingstone Press League One, being replaced by two promoted teams from the 2016 League 1 competition. Relegation to League 1 was in place for the 2016 season, with the two bottom teams from "The Championship Shield" group after the split suffering the drop, with promotion to the Super League being available to teams finishing in the top four after 23 rounds. All of the teams in the 2016 Championship also competed in the 2016 Challenge Cup, where they entered in the third round. Teams This year's competition featured 12 teams. The teams consisted of ten of the 12 teams from 2015, the champion of the 2015 Championship 1 season, Oldham, and the champion of the Championship 1 playoffs, Swinton Lions. Doncaster and Hunslet Hawks, who finished in the bottom two in 2015, were relegated to League One for 2016. Legend  Reigning Champions  Championship Shield holders  Promoted  Relegated Team and current season Stadium Capacity Location Batley 16 Batley Bulldogs Fox's Biscuits Stadium 7,500 Batley, West Yorkshire Bradford 16 Bradford Bulls Provident Stadium 27,000 Bradford, West Yorkshire Dewsbury 16 Dewsbury Rams Tetley's Stadium 5,800 Dewsbury, West Yorkshire Featherstone 16 Featherstone Rovers Bigfellas Stadium 8,000 Featherstone, West Yorkshire Halifax 16 Halifax The MBi Shay 14,000 Halifax, West Yorkshire Leigh 16 Leigh Centurions Leigh Sports Village 12,700 Leigh, Greater Manchester London 16 London Broncos Trailfinders Sports Ground 3,176 Ealing, London Oldham 16 Oldham Bower Fold 6,500 Stalybridge, Greater Manchester Sheffield 16 Sheffield Eagles SHU Sports Park 3,000 Sheffield, South Yorkshire Swinton 16 Swinton Lions Heywood Road 5,400 Sale, Greater Manchester Whitehaven 16 Whitehaven Recreation Ground 7,500 Whitehaven, Cumbria Workington 16 Workington Town Zebra Claims Stadium 10,000 Workington, Cumbria UK England right 450 Locations of the 2016 RFL Championship teams UK England 53.707222 -1.631667 West Yorkshire right UK England 53.5 -2.316667 Greater Manchester left UK England 51.602599 -0.291785 London left UK England 53.406389 -1.4925 Sheffield center UK England 54.539722 -3.584167 Whitehaven right UK England 54.648056 -3.555556 Workington left West Yorkshire right 450 Locations of the 2016 RFL Championship teams in West Yorkshire West Yorkshire 53.707222 -1.631667 Batley left West Yorkshire 53.765 -1.756944 Bradford right West Yorkshire 53.699722 -1.6025 Dewsbury right West Yorkshire 53.678611 -1.354722 Featherstone Rovers left West Yorkshire 53.716111 -1.859167 Halifax left Greater Manchester right 450 Locations of the 2016 RFL Championship teams in Greater Manchester Greater Manchester 53.491 -2.529 Leigh left Greater Manchester 53.518452 -2.121747 Oldham left Greater Manchester 53.538611 -2.303611 Swinton left Table main WDL Regular season LEI 21 1 1 881 410 QUA LON 17 0 6 702 444 QUA BAT 15 1 7 589 485 QUA FEA 15 0 8 595 384 QUA BRA 13 2 8 717 446 CHS HFX 13 1 9 615 484 CHS SHF 8 0 15 583 617 CHS DEW 8 0 15 486 603 CHS SWI 7 1 15 449 813 CHS OLD 7 0 16 401 678 CHS WOR 5 1 17 455 756 CHS WHI 5 1 17 367 720 CHS leigh 16 Leigh Centurions london broncos old 16 London Broncos batley 16 Batley Bulldogs featherstone 16 Featherstone Rovers bradford 16 Bradford Bulls halifax 16 Halifax sheffield 16 Sheffield Eagles dewsbury 16 Dewsbury Rams swinton 16 Swinton Lions oldham 16 Oldham workington 16 Workington Town whitehaven 16 Whitehaven Q green1 The Qualifiers yellow1 Championship Shield 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored; points complete Rugby League Project 2 1 0 See also Championship 2015 RFL Championship British rugby league system Super League Rugby League Conference Northern Ford Premiership National League Cup References External links Official website Category:2016 in English rugby league Category:2016 in Welsh rugby league 2016