2011 RFL Championship

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Co-operative Championship 2011
2010 and 2011 RFL Championship Logo.jpg
The Co-operative Championship logo
League Co-operative Championship
Duration22 Rounds (Followed by 4 round playoffs)
Teams10
Broadcast partners Sky Sports
2011 Season
Grand Final winners Featherstone Rovers
League leaders Featherstone Rovers
Top point-scorer(s) Mick Nanyn (296)
Top try-scorer(s) Jamie Ellis, Mick Nanyn (22)

The 2011 Rugby Football League Championship is known as Co-operative Championship due to sponsorship by The Co-operative Group.

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The 2011 Co-operative Championship is a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in the UK and France one tier below the first tier Super League. The two worst performing teams during the season, with the exception of Toulouse Olympique, will be relegated to Championship 1.

There is no automatic promotion from this league to Super League, which uses a licensing system renewed every three years. Qualifying for the Grand Final or winning the Northern Rail Cup is a prerequisite for Championship clubs to be able to apply for a licence in the next round of applications for the 2012–14 period.

All of the teams in the 2011 Co-operative Championship will also compete in the 2011 Challenge Cup where they will enter in the third round. All of the teams will also compete in the 2011 National League Cup which starts before the Co-operative Championship with the finals held mid season.

Teams

This competition features mostly the same teams as it did in 2010. The Hunslet Hawks and York City Knights were promoted from the 2010 Championship 1 while the Keighley Cougars and Whitehaven were relegated.

Legend
 Reigning champions
 Defending Northern Rail Cup Champions
 Promoted
Team & Current SeasonStadiumCapacityLocation
Barrow Raiders Craven Park 7,600 Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria
Batley Bulldogs Mount Pleasant 6,000 Batley, West Yorkshire
Dewsbury Rams Tetley's Stadium 3,500 Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Featherstone Rovers Bigfellas Stadium 6,750 Featherstone, West Yorkshire
Halifax The Shay Stadium 6,561 Halifax, West Yorkshire
Hunslet Hawks South Leeds Stadium 4,000 Leeds, West Yorkshire
Leigh Centurions Leigh Sports Village 12,700 Leigh, Greater Manchester
Sheffield Eagles Bramall Lane 32,702 Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Toulouse Olympique XIII Stade des Minimes 4,066 Toulouse, Midi-Pyrénées, France
Widnes Vikings Stobart Stadium Halton 13,500 Widnes, Cheshire
York City Knights Huntington Stadium 3,428 York, North Yorkshire

Season standings

2011 Co-operative Championship
#TeamPldWDLPFPAPDBnsPts
1 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 201811840348+492056
2 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 201811776368+408153
3 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 201208498406+92041
4 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 201208577488+89039
5 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 201118555532+23038
6 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 2010010569543+26136
7 Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 204115395630-235320
8 Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 205114416788-372319
9 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 204115413618−205018
10 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique (R)204016358663−305015
11 Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders (R)209011527540-1310
 Teams qualifying for the Play-offs
 Teams in relegation position
This table is correct as of 25 August 2010 (1:12pm).

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20110322190230/http://www.cooperativechampionship.co.uk/table_nl1.php

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.

Season results

Regular season

Play-offs

Elimination play-offs

8 September 2011 Batley Bulldogs 22–32 Halifax Batley
Tries: Preece (2), Daley Williams, Manning
Goals: Handforth 2/3, Mennell 1/3		Tries: Haley, Bannister, Worrincy, Penkywicz, Beswick
Goals: Jones 6/6		Stadium: Mount Pleasant
Attendance: 1,179
Referee: Clint Sharrad
9 September 2011 Sheffield Eagles 36–20 Widnes Vikings Sheffield
Tries: Laulu-Togagae (2), McDonald (2), Taulapapa
Goals: Brown 8/9		Tries: Flynn (2), Ropati, Craven
Goals: Craven 2/4		Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 564
Referee: Matthew Thomason

Qualifying semi-final

15 September 2011 Featherstone Rovers 35–20 Leigh Centurions Featherstone
Tries: Cockayne, Finn, Saxton (3), Bostock
Goals: Finn 5/7
Drop goals: Finn 		Tries: Maden, Mills, Ridyard, Nanyn
Goals: Nanyn 2/4		Stadium: Post Office Road
Attendance: 2,031
Referee: Tim Roby

Elimination semi-final

18 September 2011 Sheffield Eagles 50–12 Halifax Sheffield
Tries: Laulu-Togagae, Hirst, Henderson (2), McDonald (2), Taulapapa, Woodcock
Goals: Brown 9/11		Tries: Goddard, Penkywicz
Goals: Jones 2/2		Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 1,233
Referee: Matthew Thomason

Elimination final

22 September 2011 Leigh Centurions 10–20 Sheffield Eagles Leigh
Tries: Donlan, Nanyn
Goals: Nanyn 1/2		Tries: S. Scott, Finigan, Laulu-Togagae
Goals: Brown 4/4		Stadium: Leigh Sports Village
Attendance: 1,818
Referee: Ben Thaler

Grand Final

2 October 2011
Featherstone Rovers 40–4 Sheffield Eagles
Tries: Spears, Finn (2), Hardman, Cockayne, Hepworth, Saxton
Goals: Finn 6/7		Tries: McDonald
Goals: Brown 0/1
Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington
Attendance: 7,263
Referee: Matthew Thomason
Elimination play-offsQualifying/Elimination semifinalElimination final Grand Final
15 September 20112 October 2011
1 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 35 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 40
2 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 2022 September 2011' Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 4
8 September 2011
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 10
3 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 22
18 September 2011 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 20
6 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 32
Faxcolours.svg Halifax 12
9 September 2011
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 50
4 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 36
5 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 20

Statistics

The following are the top points scorers in the Championship during the 2011 season. Statistics also include tries and goals scored in the play-offs. [1]

Most points

PlayerTeamTriesGoalsDGsPoints
Mick Nanyn Leigh Centurions 221040296
Liam Finn Featherstone Rovers 141151287
Simon Brown Sheffield Eagles 2951199
Steve Tyrer Widnes Vikings 12690186
Danny Jones Halifax 6650154
Jamie Rooney Barrow Raiders 6631151
Paul Handforth Batley Bulldogs 4590134
Darren Nicholls Toulouse Olympique 13400132
Dominic Brambani Dewsbury Rams 6391103
Jamie Ellis Leigh Centurions 2270102

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References

  1. ↑ Tim Butcher; Daniel Spencer (November 2011). Gillette Rugby League Yearbook 2011-12. League Publications Limited. ISBN   978-1-901347-24-1.
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