2011 Championship Cup

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2011 Championship Cup
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2011 Season

The 2011 Championship Cup , (known for commercial reasons as the Northern Rail Cup), was the 10th season of the rugby league football competition for clubs in Great Britain's Co-operative Championship and Championship One.

Contents

Leigh Centurions won the final against Halifax by the score of 20-16. The match was played at Bloomfield Road in Blackpool.

Format

The twenty teams are split up into two pools.

Pool A: Featherstone Rovers, Doncaster, London Skolars, Widnes Vikings, Toulouse Olympique, York City Knights, Keighley Cougars, Barrow Raiders, Rochdale Hornets, Dewsbury Rams.

Pool B: Swinton Lions, Halifax RLFC, Batley Bulldogs, Leigh Centurions, Gateshead Thunder, Sheffield Eagles, Oldham, Hunslet Hawks, Workington Town, Whitehaven RLFC.

Each team played two home games and two away games against teams in their pool. The top four teams in each pool following the conclusion of the group stage fixtures progressed into an open draw for the knock-out quarter-final stage. The competition started on 5 February.

Toulouse Olympique competed in the competition for the first time after the withdrawal of Blackpool Panthers who have entered administration. The South Wales Scorpions did not compete.

2011 Competition results

Pool 1

Round 1

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date & TimeRefereeVenueAttendance
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 54 – 10 Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 4 February, 19:30 GMT Big Fellas Stadium 1,223
ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 40 – 38 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 5 February, 16:00 GMT Arnaune Stadium 800
Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 18 – 62 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 6 February, 15:00 GMT New River Stadium 643
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 24 – 6 Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 6 February, 15:00 GMT Cougar Park 627
Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 24 – 20 Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 6 February, 14:00 GMT The Furness Heating Components Stadium 1,305

Round 2

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date & TimeRefereeVenueAttendance
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 44 – 28 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 12 February, 18:00 GMT Stobart Stadium Halton 2,376
Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 32 – 4 Broncoscolours.png London Skolars 13 February, 15:00 GMT Keepmoat Stadium -
Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 22 – 32 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 13 February, 15:00 GMT Huntington Stadium 1,387
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 14 – 0 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 13 February, 15:00 GMT Tetley's Stadium 758
Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 18 – 30 Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 13 February, 15:00 GMT Spotland Stadium -

Round 3

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date & TimeRefereeVenueAttendance
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 22 - 36 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 19 February, 18:00 GMT Cougar Park 513
Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 16 - 16 Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 20 February, 15:00 GMT New River Stadium 264
Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 18 - 30 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 20 February, 15:00 GMT Keepmoat Stadium 555
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 50 - 10 Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 20 February, 15:00 GMT Stobart Stadium Halton 3,155
Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 22 - 28 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 20 February, 14:00 GMT The Furness Heating Components Stadium 1,852

Round 4

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date & TimeRefereeVenueAttendance
ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 34 - 22 Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 26 February, 15:00 GMT Arnaune Stadium 998
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 16 – 22 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 26 February, 18:00 GMT Big Fellas Stadium 1,719
Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 36 - 40 Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 27 February, 15:00 GMT Spotland Stadium 442
Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 28 - 22 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 27 February, 15:00 GMT Huntington Stadium 748
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 16 - 12 Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 27 February, 15:00 GMT Tetley's Stadium 911

Pool 1 Qualification Table

2011 Northern Rail Cup: Pool 1
#PLDWDLPFPAPDBPPTS
1 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 440017872+106012
2 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 430113076+54110
3 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 43019870+28110
4 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 4301138126+1209
5 Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 42028882+628
6 Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 41128694−827
7 Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 4202100124-2417
8 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 41036884−1614
9 Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 401360144−8413
10 Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 400470144−7422
 Teams qualifying for the next round

Source: Northern Rail Cup Table – The RFL [1]
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
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 22 - 28 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 4 February, 20:00 GMT The Willows 1,000
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 28 - 22 Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 6 February, 15:00 GMT Whitebank Stadium 685
Gthundercolours.svg Gateshead Thunder 20 - 32 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 6 February, 15:00 GMT Gateshead International Stadium 444
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 4 - 24 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 6 February, 14:00 GMT Mount Pleasant 1,072
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 18 - 28 Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 8 February, 19:30 GMT Recreation Ground 1,005

Round 2

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date & TimeRefereeVenueAttendance
Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 82 - 0 Gthundercolours.svg Gateshead Thunder 13 February, 15:00 GMT Derwent Park 381
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 16 - 16 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 13 February, 15:00 GMT Bramall Lane 727
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 42 - 22 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 13 February, 15:00 GMT Leigh Sports Village 1,623
Faxcolours.svg Halifax 50 - 10 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 13 February, 15:00 GMT The Shay 2,027
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 8 - 12 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 13 February, 15:00 GMT South Leeds Stadium 666

Round 3

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date & TimeRefereeVenueAttendance
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 29 - 20 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham R.L.F.C. 20 February, 15:00 GMT The Willows 776
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 68 - 6 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 20 February, 15:00 GMT Leigh Sports Village 1,520
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 30 - 0 Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 20 February, 15:00 GMT South Leeds Stadium 379
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 60 - 6 Gthundercolours.svg Gateshead Thunder 20 February, 14:00 GMT Mount Pleasant Stadium 612
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 6 - 60 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 16 March, 19:30 GMT Recreation Ground 771

Round 4

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date & TimeRefereeVenueAttendance
Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 12 - 42 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 27 February, 15:00 GMT Derwent Park 592
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham R.L.F.C. 4 - 14 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 27 February, 15:00 GMT Whitebank Stadium 544
Gthundercolours.svg Gateshead Thunder 4 - 76 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 27 February, 15:00 GMT Gateshead International Stadium 323
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 12 - 16 Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 27 February, 15:00 GMT Bramall Lane 854
Faxcolours.svg Halifax 25 - 26 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 27 February, 15:00 GMT The Shay 1,968

Pool 2 Qualification Table

2011 Northern Rail Cup: Pool 2
#PLDWDLPFPAPDBPPTS
1 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 440017644+132012
2 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 430116364+99110
3 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 430110263+3909
4 Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 420276522428
5 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 420214994+5517
6 Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 420212290+3206
7 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 411266120-5416
8 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 411254108−5416
9 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham R.L.F.C. 410362115−5325
10 Gthundercolours.svg Gateshead Thunder 400430250−22011
 Teams qualifying for the next round

Source: Northern Rail Cup Table – The RFL [1]
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

Finals

Finals Tournament Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
H Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 50
A Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 18
H Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 30
A Faxcolours.svg Halifax RLFC 31
H Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 12
A Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 50
H Faxcolours.svg Halifax RLFC 16
A Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 20
H ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique XIII 26
A Faxcolours.svg Halifax RLFC 36
H Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 44
A Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 10
H Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 38
A Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 22

Quarter-finals

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date & TimeRefereeVenueAttendance
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions50 – 18 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings19:30, 7 April 2011Leigh Sports Village2,737
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks12 – 50 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers20:00 8 April 2011South Leeds Stadium877
ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique26 – 36 Faxcolours.svg Halifax RLFC19:00 9 April 2011Stade de Minimes850
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams38 – 22 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs15:00 10 April 2011Tetley's Stadium1,643

Semi-finals

The semi-finals took place on 16 and 19 June with Sky Sports broadcasting the Featherstone v Halifax game live on Thursday 16 June.

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date & TimeRefereeVenueAttendance
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers30 – 31 Faxcolours.svg Halifax RLFCThursday 16 June 2011, 19:30 KOGareth HewerBig Fellas Stadium1,987 [2]
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions44 – 10 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury RamsSunday 19 June 2011, 15:00 KOMatt ThompsonLeigh Sports Village2,234 [3]

Final

The Northern Rail Cup Final took place at Bloomfield Road, Blackpool on Sunday 17 July at 17:00 GMT live on Sky Sports 3. The Match was contested by Halifax RLFC and Leigh Centurions.

This was Halifax's first appearance in the National League Cup final and was he fourth time Leigh have appeared in the final after making the finals in 2003 and winning the final in 2004 & 2006.

The game was won by Leigh 20 points to 16 with Leigh scoring in the final minute thanks to Tom Armstrong. [4] The victory fulfils the on-field criteria that clubs must meet to be allowed to apply for a Super League licence for the 2015–17 period. Leigh Centurions have become the first club to have won the competition on 3 occasions.

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date & TimeRefereeVenueAttendance
Halifax RLFC Faxcolours.svg 16 - 20Leigh Centurions Leigh colours.svg Sunday, 17 July 2011, 17:00 KOMatt Thomason Bloomfield Road, Blackpool 8,522 [4]

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References

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  2. ↑ "RFL Match Report: Featherstone 30 - 31 Halifax". The RFL. 16 June 2011. Archived from the original on 21 September 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "RFL Match Report: Leigh 44 - 10 Dewsbury". The RFL. 19 June 2011. Archived from the original on 21 September 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  4. 1 2 "RFL Match Report: Halifax 16 - 20 Leigh". The RFL. 17 July 2011. Archived from the original on 21 September 2012.
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