2010 Championship Cup

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2010 Championship Cup
Teams20
Attendance49,202 (average: 1,144)
2010 Season
Season Champions Batley Bulldogs
Runners-up Widnes Vikings

The 2010 Championship Cup, (known for commercial reasons as the Northern Rail Cup), was the 9th season of the rugby league football competition for clubs in Great Britain's Co-operative Championship and Championship One.

Contents

In the final, played at Bloomfield Road in Blackpool with Batley Bulldogs defeating the Widnes Vikings 25–24 to claim the trophy.

Format

The format and structure of the 2010 Northern Rail Cup competition was the same as in 2009. All the English-based Co-operative Championship and Championship One clubs have been divided equally into two pools for the group stages with five teams from each division in each pool.

Each team played two home games and two away games against teams in their pool with each club playing an equal number of The Co-operative Championship and The Co-operative Championship One clubs.

The top four teams in each pool following the conclusion of the group stage fixtures then progressed into an open draw for the knock-out quarter-final stage.

The Northern Rail Cup quarter-finals were played on the weekend of 5 and 6 June with the semi-finals taking place on 19 and 20 June.

The winners of the Northern Rail Cup were eligible to apply for a Super League licence in 2011.

Toulouse Olympique and newly formed South Wales Scorpions did not participate in the 2010 Northern Rail Cup. [ permanent dead link ]

Fixtures

Pool 1

Round 1

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date & TimeRefereeVenueAttendance
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 26 – 34 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 10 February, 19:30 GMT Recreation Ground (Whitehaven) 888
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 50 – 6 Gthundercolours.svg Gateshead Thunder 2 February, 15:00 GMT Stobart Stadium Halton 2,200
Blackpoolcolours.svg Blackpool Panthers 22 – 24 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 31 January, 15:00 GMT Woodlands Memorial Ground
Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 0 – 60 Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 17 February, 19:45 GMT Keepmoat Stadium 285
Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 18 – 19 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 17 February, 19:30 GMT Derwent Park 286

Round 2

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date & TimeRefereeVenueAttendance
Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 34 – 8 Blackpoolcolours.svg Blackpool Panthers 7 February, 14:00 GMT Craven Park 1,474
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 30 – 30 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 7 February, 14:00 GMT Mount Pleasant, Batley 1,004
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 17 – 16 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 7 February, 14:00 GMT Cougar Park 756
Gthundercolours.svg Gateshead Thunder 12 – 26 Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 7 February, 15:00 GMT Gateshead International Stadium 404
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 30 – 20 Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 7 February, 15:00 GMT Park Lane (stadium) 380

Round 3

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date & TimeRefereeVenueAttendance
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 46 - 10 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 14 February, 14:00 GMT Mount Pleasant, Batley 999
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 38 - 10 Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 14 February, 15:00 GMT Cougar Park 654
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 54 - 10 Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 14 February, 14:00 GMT Recreation Ground (Whitehaven) 808
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 22 - 20 Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 14 February, 15:00 GMT Stobart Stadium Halton 3,432
Blackpoolcolours.svg Blackpool Panthers 74 - 6 Gthundercolours.svg Gateshead Thunder 14 February, 15:00 GMT Woodlands Memorial Ground

Round 4

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date & TimeRefereeVenueAttendance
Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 62 - 18 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 10 March, 19:45 GMTCraig Halloran Craven Park 1,277
Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 20 – 40 Blackpoolcolours.svg Blackpool Panthers 24 March, 19:45 GMTTim Roby Keepmoat Stadium 198
Gthundercolours.svg Gateshead Thunder 4 - 100 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 17 March, 19:30 GMTChris Leatherbarrow Gateshead International Stadium 237
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 12 - 36 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 21 February, 15:00 GMTWarren Turley Park Lane (stadium) 816
Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 22 - 14 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 21 February, 15:00 GMTM Thomason Derwent Park 738

Pool 1 Qualification Table

2010 Northern Rail Cup: Pool 1
PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDBPPts
1 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 431021070+140011
2 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 431013868+70011
3 Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 430117648+128110
4 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 4301144110+3409
5 Blackpoolcolours.svg Blackpool Panthers 420214484+6017
6 Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 42027683−717
7 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 410311083+2736
8 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 420271120−4906
9 Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 400450184−13411
10 Gthundercolours.svg Gateshead Thunder 400428250−22200
Source: Northern Rail Cup Table – The RFL [1]
Rules for 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.

Pool 2

Round 1

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date & TimeRefereeVenueAttendance
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 50 - 4 Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 31 January, 15:00 GMT Tetley's Stadium 887
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 24 - 12 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 31 January, 15:00 GMT Leigh Sports Village 1,627
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 13 - 6 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 17 February, 19:45 GMT Don Valley Stadium 851
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 0 - 68 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 4 March, 20:00 GMT South Leeds Stadium
Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 12 - 36 Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 17 February, 20:00 GMT Spotland Stadium 362

Round 2

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date & TimeRefereeVenueAttendance
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 18 - 18 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 7 February, 15:00 GMT Chris Moyles Stadium 1,175
Faxcolours.svg Halifax 24 - 0 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 7 February, 15:00 GMT Shay Stadium 2,141
Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 12 - 60 Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 7 February, 14:00 GMT New River Stadium 328
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 22 - 14 Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 8 February, 20:00 GMT Boundary Park
Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 13 - 12 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 7 February, 15:00 GMT Huntington Stadium 911

Round 3

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date & TimeRefereeVenueAttendance
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 36 - 6 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 14 February, 15:00 GMT Leigh Sports Village 1,729
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 40 - 10 Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 14 February, 15:00 GMT Don Valley Stadium 840
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 28 - 14 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 14 February, 14:00 GMT John Charles Centre for Sport 519
Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 0 - 68 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 14 February, 15:00 GMT New River Stadium 416
Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 12 - 48 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 14 February, 15:00 GMT Spotland Stadium 575

Round 4

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date & TimeRefereeVenueAttendance
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 56 - 10 Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 23 February, 20:00 GMTCraig Halloran Chris Moyles Stadium 777
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 22 - 44 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 3 March, 19:45 GMTJamie Leahy Tetley's Stadium 888
Faxcolours.svg Halifax 36 - 42 Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 21 March, 15:00 GMTRonnie Laughton Shay Stadium 1,771
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 22 - 24 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 21 February, 15:00 GMTRobert Hicks Boundary Park 340
Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 34 - 12 Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 10 March, 19:00 GMTTim Roby Huntington Stadium 439

Pool 2 Qualification Table

2010 Northern Rail Cup: Pool 2
PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDBPPts
1 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles (Q)43109556+39011
2 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions (Q)430111653+63110
3 Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights (Q)43019376+1709
4 Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks (Q)4301130130009
5 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 421114864+8408
6 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 420213455+7928
7 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 420212084+3606
8 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 41037090−2025
9 Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 400448162−11411
10 Broncoscolours.png London Skolars 400428212−18400
Source: Northern Rail Cup Table – The RFL [1]
Rules for 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.
(Q) Teams qualifying for the next round

Finals

Sky Sports televised one Northern Rail Cup quarter-final tie live on Thursday 3 June and one of the semi-finals on Thursday 17 June as well as providing full coverage of the Northern Rail Cup final at Bloomfield Road, Blackpool, on Sunday 18 July.

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
1 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 32
2 Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 6
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 18
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 48
3 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 26
4 Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 12
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 25
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 24
5 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 26
6 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 16
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 4
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 25
7 Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 6
8 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 42

Quarter-finals

The Northern Rail Cup quarter-final draw took place on Wednesday 24 March and was broadcast live on Sky Sports’ weekly Boots N' All programme.

Barrow, Batley, Hunslet, Keighley, Leigh, Sheffield, Widnes & York all qualified for the quarter-final stage of the competition. The eight teams were entered into the open draw for the quarter-final knock-out stages which was played on the weekend of 5 and 6 June. Only Hunslet and York come from Co-operative Championship 1.

One quarter-final tie was brought forward to Thursday 3 June to be screened live on Sky Sports.

The teams lined up as per the table below: [2]

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date & TimeRefereeVenueAttendance
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings26 – 12 Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders19:30, 3 June 2010Stobart Stadium Halton1,718
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars32 – 6 Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights15:00 6 June 2010Cougar Park712
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs26 – 16 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles15:00 6 June 2010Mount Pleasant708
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks6 – 42 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions15:00 6 June 2010South Leeds Stadium770

Semi-finals

The semi-finals will take place on the weekend of 19 and 20 June with Sky Sports broadcasting one tie live on the Thursday night.

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date & TimeRefereeVenueAttendance
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions4 – 25 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs19:30, 17 June 2010Leigh Sports Village2,058
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars18 – 48 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings15:00 20 June 2010Cougar Park1,686

Final

The Northern Rail Cup final took place at Bloomfield Road, Blackpool on Sunday 18 July at 4pm live on Sky Sports. The Match was contested by Batley Bulldogs and defending champions Widnes Vikings, who were looking for their 3rd cup victory in just 4 years. Batley won the match, beating Widnes 25-24 thanks to two late tries from Alex Brown. This was Batley's first appearance in a cup final since 1998 and first in a major final since 1952. [3] The victory leaves Batley eligible to apply for the 2012–14 Super League licences to gain promotion to the Super League, although coach Karl Harrison stated that they have no Super League ambitions. [4]

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date & TimeRefereeVenueAttendance
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 25-24 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 16:00 18 July 2010Robert Hicks Bloomfield Road, Blackpool 8,138

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References

  1. 1 2 "Northern Rail Cup Table". RFL.
  2. ↑ http://www.therfl.co.uk/home/news_item_top.php?id=17091%5B%5D
  3. ↑ http://www.therfl.co.uk/home/news_item_top.php?id=18428%5B%5D
  4. ↑ "Batley win the Northern Rail Cup". 18 July 2010.
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