2010 Championship 1

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2010 Championship 1
Co-operative championship1.png
Championship 1 logo
League Championship 1
Duration20 games each
Teams11
Attendance2,896
Broadcast partners SKY Sports
2010 Season
Playoff Winners Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights
League Leaders Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks
Runners-up Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham

The 2010 Championship 1 was a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in the United Kingdom, the third tier of the sport in the country. The winner of this league, Hunslet Hawks, were promoted to the Co-operative Championship along with play-off winners, York City Knights. [1] There was no relegation from this league as it is the lowest tier of professional rugby league in the UK.

Contents

All of the teams competed in the 2010 Challenge Cup but South Wales did not compete in the 2010 National League Cup. [2]

2010 structure

The competition features mainly the same teams as it did in 2009. The exceptions being that the Dewsbury Rams and the Keighley Cougars were both promoted to compete in the 2010 RFL Championship. Originally, Doncaster and the Leigh Centurions were supposed to be relegated. However, Gateshead Thunder breached the insolvency laws which meant that it was they, instead of Leigh, who were relegated. [3]

The competition was going to contain 10 teams but one more was added when the Super League team the Crusaders left their home base at Bridgend and moved to Wrexham. This resulted in a new club being formed in Neath, South Wales, called the South Wales Scorpions who will play at the Gnoll.

Championship 1
Team 2009 Season StadiumCapacityCity/Area
Blackpoolcolours.svg Blackpool Panthers 5th Woodlands Memorial Ground N/A Lytham St Annes, Lancashire
Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 11th
(Championship)
Keepmoat Stadium 15,231 Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Gthundercolours.svg Gateshead Thunder 7th
(Championship)
Thunderdome 11,800 Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 6th South Leeds Stadium N/A Leeds, West Yorkshire
Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 10th New River Stadium 5,000 Haringey, London
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 4th Park Lane (Season Start to May)
Whitebank Stadium (May onwards)
N/A
1050
Whitefield, Greater Manchester
Oldham, Greater Manchester
Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 8th Spotland Stadium 10,249 Rochdale, Greater Manchester
Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions
(2010 Season)
N/A The Gnoll 6,000 Neath, West Glamorgan, Wales
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 7th Park Lane N/A Swinton, Greater Manchester
Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 9th Derwent Park 10,000 Workington, Cumbria
Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 3rd Huntington Stadium 3,428 York, North Yorkshire

Table

PositionClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPts forPts agstPts DiffB.P.Points
1 Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 201802828305523155
2 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 201703694438256152
3 Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 20120861752483339
4 Blackpoolcolours.svg Blackpool Panthers 201505805370435338 [a]
5 Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 2010010630498132737
6 Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions 209011576468108734
7 Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 208111494498−4733
8 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 209110570581−11433
9 Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 208012518588−70428
10 Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 202018444900−456410
11 Gthundercolours.svg Gateshead Thunder 2010192361232−9961-2 [b]
  1. Blackpool were docked 10 points for an operational rules breach
  2. Gateshead were docked 6 points for entering administration

2010 Playoffs

Elimination play-offsQualifying/Elimination semifinalElimination final Grand Final
12 September 201026 September 2010, Halliwell Jones Stadium
1 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 41 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 4
2 Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 3219 September 2010 Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 25
5 September 2010
Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 38
3 Blackpoolcolours.svg Blackpool Panthers 36
12 September 2010 Blackpoolcolours.svg Blackpool Panthers 18
6 Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 26
Blackpoolcolours.svg Blackpool Panthers 34
5 September 2010
Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 26
4 Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 60
5 Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions 26

See also

References

  1. "Oldham Roughyeds 4–25 York City Knights". BBC Sport. 26 September 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
  2. Hadfield, Dave (8 December 2009). "New Welsh club formed as Crusaders move north". London: The Independent. Archived from the original on 13 December 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  3. "RFL accepts Thunder business plan". BBC Sport. 11 November 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2010.