2012 Championship Cup

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The 2012 Championship Cup (known for commercial reasons as the Northern Rail Cup) was the 11th season of the rugby league football competition for clubs in Great Britain's Co-operative Championship and Championship One.

Contents

In the final staged at Bloomfield Road in Blackpool, Halifax defeated Featherstone Rovers 21-12 to claim the trophy.

Format

The twenty teams were split up into two pools. 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 then progressed into an open draw for the knock-out quarter-final stage. The competition started on February 5.

Toulouse Olympique competed in this competition despite withdrawing from the Co-operative Championship. All the teams from the Championships competed except for the newly reformed North Wales Crusaders.

2012 competition results

[1]

Pool 1

Round 1

HomeScoreAwayMatch information
Date & timeRefereeVenueAttendance
Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 16 – 32 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 9 April, 12:30 BST New River Stadium 0
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 16 – 22 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 12 February, 14:00 GMTGareth Hewer Cougar Park 1,095
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 6 – 36 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 12 February, 15:00 GMTTim Roby Tetley's Stadium 1,347
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 0 – 68 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 15 February, 20:00 GMTJamie Leahy Whitebank Stadium 672
Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 0 – 0 Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions 9 May, 20:00 BST Spotland Stadium 0

Round 2

HomeScoreAwayMatch information
Date & timeRefereeVenueAttendance
ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 24 – 24 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 18 February, 19:00 GMT Stade des Minimes 650
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 50 – 16 Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 19 February, 14:30 GMTWarren Turley Mount Pleasant 601
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 38 – 6 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 19 February, 15:00 GMTClint Sharrad Post Office Road 1,943
Faxcolours.svg Halifax 38 – 6 Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 19 February, 15:00 GMTMatt Thomason The Shay 1,881
Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions 36 – 36 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 19 February, 15:00 GMTPeter Brooke The Gnoll 849

Round 3

HomeScoreAwayMatch information
Date & timeRefereeVenueAttendance
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 34 - 12 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 25 February, 14:00 GMTGreg Dolan Mount Pleasant 620
Faxcolours.svg Halifax 32 - 34 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 26 February, 15:00 GMTRobert Hicks The Shay 2,530
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 28 - 30 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 26 February, 15:00 GMT Whitebank Stadium 573
Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 16 - 40 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 26 February, 15:00 GMTGeorge Stokes Spotland Stadium 604
Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions 30 - 38 Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 26 February, 15:00 GMTTom Crashley The Gnoll 205

Round 4

HomeScoreAwayMatch information
Date & timeRefereeVenueAttendance
ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 44 - 30 Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions 3 March, 19:00 GMTMatthew Thomasson Stade des Minimes 0
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 26 – 12 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 4 March, 14:00 GMTRonnie Laughton Cougar Park 0
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 32 - 10 Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 4 March, 15:00 GMTMatthew Kidd Spotland Stadium 0
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 22 - 34 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 4 March, 15:00 GMTJamie Leahy Post Office Road 0
Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 12 - 16 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 4 March, 15:00 GMT New River Stadium 0

Pool 1 qualification table

2012 Northern Rail Cup: Pool 1
#PLDWDLPFPAPDBPPTS
1 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 44001406674012
2 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 43011627290110
3 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 43011225864110
4 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 4211106743219
5 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 4211112104808
6 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 420274112-3806
7 Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 410382128-4625
8 Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions 301296118-2213
9 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham R.L.F.C. 401376160-8413
10 Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 300332110-7800
 Teams qualifying for the next round

Source: Northern Rail Cup Table – The RFL [2]
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
Gthundercolours.svg Gateshead Thunder 10 - 48 Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 15 February, 20:00 GMT Gateshead International Stadium 243
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 34 - 18 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 15 February, 19:30 GMTDave Merrick South Leeds Stadium 305
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 48 - 16 Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 12 February, 15:00 GMTGeorge Stokes Leigh Sports Village 1,860
Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 14 - 28 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 12 February, 15:00 GMTChris Leatherbarrow Derwent Park 532
Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 30 - 22 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 23 February, 20:00 GMT Huntington Stadium 504

Round 2

HomeScoreAwayMatch information
Date & timeRefereeVenueAttendance
Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 31 - 24 Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 19 February, 14:00 GMTJamie Leahy Craven Park 1,366
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 18 - 24 Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 19 February, 14:00 GMTThierry Alibert Leigh Sports Village 475
Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 18 - 29 Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 19 February, 15:00 GMTRonnie Laughton Keepmoat Stadium 418
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 23 - 22 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 19 February, 15:00 GMTRobert Hicks Don Valley Stadium 1,045
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 44 - 18 Gthundercolours.svg Gateshead Thunder 19 February, 15:00 GMTGary Dolan Recreation Ground 649

Round 3

HomeScoreAwayMatch information
Date & timeRefereeVenueAttendance
Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 32 - 16 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 26 February, 14:00 GMTDave Merrick Craven Park 1,083
Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 12 - 56 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 26 February, 15:00 GMTWarren Turley Keepmoat Stadium 731
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 30 - 12 Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 26 February, 15:00 GMTChris Leatherbarrow Leigh Sports Village 1,374
Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 44 - 16 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 26 February, 15:00 GMTMatthew Kidd Derwent Park 1,147
Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 26 - 22 Gthundercolours.svg Gateshead Thunder 26 February, 15:00 GMTD Sharpe Huntington Stadium 635

Round 4

HomeScoreAwayMatch information
Date & timeRefereeVenueAttendance
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 36 - 4 Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 2 March, 19:30 GMTRobert Hicks Don Valley Stadium 0
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 30 - 12 Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 4 March, 14:00 GMTClint Sharrad Leigh Sports Village 0
Gthundercolours.svg Gateshead Thunder 0 - 42 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 4 March, 15:00 GMTTom Crashley Gateshead International Stadium 0
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 20 - 10 Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 4 March, 15:00 GMTPeter Brooke South Leeds Stadium 0
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 10 - 18 Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 4 March, 15:00 GMT Recreation Ground 0

Pool 2 qualification table

2012 Northern Rail Cup: Pool 2
#PLDWDLPFPAPDBPPTS
1 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 44001435291012
2 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 43011425191110
3 Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 430190761409
4 Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 43019798-109
5 Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 43018998-909
6 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 41038698-1225
7 Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 410388115-2725
8 Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 410394105-1114
9 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 410388112-2414
10 Gthundercolours.svg Gateshead Thunder 400450160-11000
 Teams qualifying for the next round

Source: Northern Rail Cup Table – The RFL [2]
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 32
A Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 12
H Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 54
A Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 16
H Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 12
A Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 60
N Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers
N Faxcolours.svg Halifax RLFC
H Ramscolours.svg Sheffield Eagles 40
A Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 8
H Ramscolours.svg Sheffield Eagles 22
A Faxcolours.svg Halifax RLFC 24
H Faxcolours.svg Halifax RLFC 54
A Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 24

Quarter-finals

HomeScoreAwayMatch information
Date & timeRefereeVenueAttendance
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 12–60 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 19:30 BST, 14 June 2012Jamie Leahy Cougar Park 828
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 40–8 Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 14:00 BST, 15 June 2012Ronnie Laughton Don Valley Stadium 286
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 32–12 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 14:00 BST, 16 June 2012Clint Sharrad Leigh Sports Village 2,002
Faxcolours.svg Halifax 54–24 Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 15:00 BST, 16 June 2012 The Shay 1,448
Source: [3] [4]

Semi-finals

HomeScoreAwayMatch information
Date & timeRefereeVenueAttendance
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 54–16 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 19:30 BST, 5 July 2012Jamie Leahy Bigfellas Stadium 1,721
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 22-24 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 19:30 BST, 6 July 2012Ronnie Laughton Don Valley Stadium
Source: [3] [4]

Final

HomeScoreAwayMatch information
Date & timeRefereeVenueAttendance
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 12–21 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 15:00 BST, 29 July 2012Jamie Leahy Bloomfield Road, Blackpool 6,691
Source: [3] [4]

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