Current season, competition or edition: 2024 RFL Championship
Sport
Rugby league
Founded
2003; 21 years ago (2003)
No. of teams
14
Country
England France
Most recent champion(s)
London Broncos (1st title)
Most titles
Leigh Leopards (5 titles)
TV partner(s)
Premier Sports[1]
Level on pyramid
2
Relegation to
League One
Domestic cup(s)
Challenge Cup 1895 Cup
Official website
Championship
The Rugby Football League Championship, (known as the Betfred Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the second highest division of rugby league in Britain (with one team in the league also being based in France) after the Super League.[2]
Introduced in 2003 as National League One, it replaced the existing Second Division. It was rebranded as the Championship in 2009.
The league consists of 14 teams, with the winner decided by a playoff and relegation to League One. The current champions are London Broncos, winners of the 2023 season after beating Toulouse Olympique in the Championship Grand Final to win promotion to Super League 2024.
^"The list of Monday night rugby league Championship fixtures live on TV". 14 November 2021.
^"Operational Rules". RFL. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
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licence but failed; however, the RFL were impressed with their application and invited them to play in the Championship. In their first season they finished...
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or prohibit the attendance of spectators. Following an RFL meeting with both the Championship and League 1 clubs, it was agreed that golden point extra...
league, footballer who plays as a centre for Halifax Panthers in the RFLChampionship. Barber was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. Barber has previously...
in the club's history, ahead of 2020 season. Toronto also won the RFLChampionship Leaders' Shield, after finishing top of the league and completing a...
Barrow Raiders. Ritson has also appeared for Swinton Lions in the RFLChampionship as Swinton and St Helens have a dual-registration agreement. Ritson...
loan from Leeds at Featherstone Rovers and the Batley Bulldogs in the RFLChampionship. Broadbent attended Bruntcliffe Academy in Morley, West Yorkshire....
extended to indefinite. A discussion between the RFL and club officials in May saw a majority of the Championship clubs reject a suggestion that the season could...
signed for Leigh Centurions in the RFLChampionship On 28 May 2022, Chamberlain played for Leigh in their 2022 RFL 1895 Cup final victory over Featherstone...
the RFLChampionship. He started his career at the Leeds club, playing on loan at Wakefield Trinity in the Super League, Hunslet in Championship 1 and...
footballer who plays as a second-row forward for the Bradford Bulls in the RFLChampionship. Zac is of Aboriginal descent. Zac made history by being the first...
footballer who plays as a prop or second-row for Batley Bulldogs in the RFLChampionship. Cooper was born in Batley, West Yorkshire, England. On 12 Oct 2023...
made that the competition should be split into two separate county championships: Lancashire and Yorkshire Leagues. County leagues were in place for...