2015 Championship 1

June 2025 June 2025 June 2025 2015 Championship 1 Championship 1 22 matches 14 4,066 keighley 16 Keighley Cougars vs coventry 16 Coventry Bears (10/05/15) 115 london skolars 16 London Skolars vs keighley 16 Keighley Cougars (31/08/15) 2015 Season oldham 16 Oldham season_champ_name swinton 16 Swinton Lions Promotion Playoff Winner oldham 16 Oldham swinton 16 Swinton Lions 2016 Championship 2014 Championship 1 2014 2016 League 1 2016 The 2015 Championship 1, known as the Kingstone Press League 1 for sponsorship reasons, was a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in England, the third tier of the sport in the country. The 2015 Championship 1 featured fourteen teams, who all played each other once; Each team then played nine other teams again, based on a geographical basis, totalling 22 games. Two teams were promoted from Championship 1, due to the restructure of Super League, Championship and Championship 1. After the 22 regular season games, the top two sides faced each other and the winner was automatically be promoted to the Kingstone Press Championship as champions, while the loser and the teams finishing 3rd, 4th and 5th contested the play-offs and the winner was also promoted. There is no relegation from this league as it is the lowest tier of professional rugby league.https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/2015-kingstone-press-league-1-fixtures 2015 Kingstone Press League 1 fixtures Love Rugby League 19 October 2014 4 June 2025 2015 structure The competition featured the eight teams that did not win promotion in 2014: Gloucestershire All Golds, Hemel Stags, London Skolars, Newcastle Thunder, Oldham R.L.F.C., Oxford RLFC, South Wales Scorpions and York City Knights. It also featured five teams relegated from the RFL Championship: Barrow Raiders, Keighley Cougars, North Wales Crusaders, Rochdale Hornets and Swinton Lions. Coventry Bears were also accepted into the division, creating a fourteen-team division. Team & current season 2014 Position Stadium Capacity Location Barrow 16px Barrow Raiders 14th (Championship) Craven Park 7,600 Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria Coventry 16px Coventry Bears N/A Butts Park Arena 4,000 Coventry, West Midlands gloucestershire 16px Gloucestershire All Golds 6th Prince of Wales Stadium 480 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Hemel 16px Hemel Stags 5th Pennine Way 2,000 Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire Keighley 16px Keighley Cougars 8th (Championship) Cougar Park 7,800 Keighley, West Yorkshire London Skolars 16px London Skolars 7th New River Stadium 5,000 Haringey, London Gateshead 16px Newcastle Thunder 4th Kingston Park 10,200 Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear 16px North Wales Crusaders 11th (Championship) Racecourse Ground 10,500 (15,500 with The Kop open) Wrexham, Wales Oldham 16px Oldham 3rd Whitebank Stadium 1,500 (temporary capacity) Limeside, Oldham, Greater Manchester Oxford 16px Oxford RLFC 8th Iffley Road 500 Oxford, Oxfordshire Rochdale 16px Rochdale Hornets 12th (Championship) Spotland 10,249 Rochdale, Greater Manchester South Wales Scorpions 16px South Wales Scorpions 9th Llynfi Road 6,000 Maesteg, Bridgend, Wales Swinton 16px Swinton Lions 13th (Championship) Park Lane 3,000 Whitefield, Greater Manchester York City 16px York City Knights 1st Huntington Stadium 3,428 York, North Yorkshire Season table main WDL Q 2015 Championship 1 2 points y OLD Oldham 16 Oldham KEI Keighley Cougars 16 Keighley Cougars SWI Swinton Lions 16 Swinton Lions YCK York City 16 York City Knights NWC North Wales 16 North Wales Crusaders ROC Rochdale 16 Rochdale Hornets BAR Barrow 16 Barrow Raiders NEW Gateshead 16 Newcastle Thunder GLO Gloucestershire 16 Gloucestershire All Golds OXF Oxford 16 Oxford RLFC LON London Skolars 16 London Skolars COV Coventry 16 Coventry Bears HEM Hemel 16 Hemel Stags SWS South Wales Scorpions 16 South Wales Scorpions 19 3 0 840 362 CP 18 4 0 759 400 16 5 1 899 402 P 16 6 0 816 382 14 7 1 677 391 14 8 0 731 459 14 8 0 661 423 11 11 0 555 552 8 14 0 562 677 7 15 0 453 948 5 17 0 388 671 5 17 0 430 775 5 17 0 422 903 1 21 0 274 1122 green1 Qualified for Grand Final GF GF blue1 Qualified for play-offs Q Q Q 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference. Competition points: For win = 2; For draw = 1 14 September 2015 (season complete) rugbyleaguechampionships.co.uk and Rugby League Project. Play-offs League One Grand Final #HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and Time (Local)VenueRefereeAttendance League One Grand FinalF Oldham31 – 20 Keighley Cougars20 September, 15:00 BSTWhitebank Stadium, OldhamMike Woodhead1,405Source:https://www.rugby-league.com/article/28562/oldham-secure-promotion-to-championship Oldham secure promotion to Championship RFL 20 September 2015 4 June 2025 Oldham are League One Champions 2015 and are promoted to the 2016 Championship. Keighley Cougars will enter the play off semi finals for the second promotion place along with teams finishing 3rd, 4th and 5th. League One Promotion Play Offs #HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and Time (Local)VenueRefereeAttendance League One Promotion Play Off Semi-finalsSF1 Keighley Cougars32 – 6 North Wales Crusaders27 September, 15:00 BSTCougar Park, KeighleyStuart Ansell1,103SF2 Swinton Lions18 – 17 (AET) York City Knights27 September, 15:00 BSTPark Lane, SwintonChris Campbell684 League One Promotion Play Off FinalF Keighley Cougars28 – 29 Swinton Lions4 October, 14:00 BSTSelect Security Stadium, WidnesChris Kendall4,179Source:https://www.rugby-league.com/article/28592/keighley-cougars-32-6-north-wales-crusaders Keighley Cougars 32-6 North Wales Crusaders RFL 27 September 2015 4 June 2025https://www.rugby-league.com/article/28591/swinton-lions-18-17-york-city-knights Swinton Lions 18-17 York City Knights RFL 27 September 2015 4 June 2025https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/34439736 Featherstone Rovers beat London Broncos in Championship final BBC Sport 4 October 2015 4 June 2025 Swinton won the play off final to secure the second and final promotion place to the 2016 Championship. Play-off bracket main 3 y 3 4.5,7.5 6 3-4.5:red (4.5,7.5)-6 yes Promotion Final 1 Oldham 31 2 Keighley Cougars 24 Play-off semi-finals Keighley Cougars 32 5 North Wales Crusaders 6 3 Swinton Lions 18 4 York City Knights 17 Play-off final Keighley Cougars 28 Swinton Lions 29 Source:https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/seasons/league-1-2015/summary.html League 1 2015 Rugby League Project 7 May 2026 References External links Official Website Category:RFL League One Category:Rugby Football League Championship Category:2015 in English rugby league Category:2015 in Welsh rugby league