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The 2013 Championship Cup , (known for commercial reasons as the Northern Rail Cup), was the 12th and last season of the rugby league football competition for clubs in Great Britain's Championship and Championship 1.

Contents

Leigh beat Sheffield 43-28 in the final, which was played at Halifax's The Shay.

Format

For 2013, the format of the competition was changed to coincide with the expansion of the Championship from 10 to 14 teams. The competition began on 3 March with a group stage containing eight teams from the 2013 Championship 1 split into two groups. Each team played four games (two home, two away) with three of the games being played against the other teams in the group and the fourth game being played against a team from the other group. [1]

Following the completion of the group stage, the teams finishing first in each group progressed to the knock-out stages where they join the 14 teams from the Championship to make up 16 teams. There were three knock-out rounds (play-off, quarter final, semi final) before the final on 20 July 2013 at The Shay in Halifax. [2] The final took place after the inaugural Northern Rail Bowl final, involving the two highest-ranked teams from the group stages.

2013 Competition Results

Group stage

Round 1

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders 48 – 12 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham R.L.F.C. 3 March, 14:30 GMT Racecourse Ground Clint Sharrad721
New South Wales colours.svg Gloucestershire All Golds 18 – 36 Hemelcolours.png Hemel Stags 3 March, 15:00 GMT Prince of Wales Stadium, Cheltenham Peter Brooke256
Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 58 – 16 Gthundercolours.svg Gateshead Thunder 3 March, 15:00 GMT Spotland Stadium Joe Cobb508
Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions 12 – 54 Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 3 March, 15:00 GMT The Gnoll Tom Crashley329
Source: [3] [4]

Round 2

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Gthundercolours.svg Gateshead Thunder 4 – 30 NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders 10 March, 15:00 GMT MS3 Craven Park, Hull A Dave Sharpe228
New South Wales colours.svg Gloucestershire All Golds 20 – 42 Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions 10 March, 15:00 GMT Prince of Wales Stadium, Cheltenham Clint Sharrad
Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 26 – 4 Hemelcolours.png Hemel Stags 10 March, 15:00 GMT New River Stadium Jamie Bloem
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham R.L.F.C. 26 – 10 Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 10 March, 15:00 GMT Whitebank Stadium Tom Crashley518
Source: [3] [4]

Round 3

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders 30 – 16 Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 17 March, 14:30 GMT Racecourse Ground Peter Brooke659
Hemelcolours.png Hemel Stags 20 – 22 Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions 17 March, 15:00 GMT Pennine Way stadium Dave Sharpe179
Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 20 – 0 New South Wales colours.svg Gloucestershire All Golds 17 March, 15:00 GMT New River Stadium Tom Crashley251
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham R.L.F.C. 34 – 16 Gthundercolours.svg Gateshead Thunder 17 March, 15:00 GMT Whitebank Stadium Joe Cobb476
Source: [3] [4]

Round 4

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Gthundercolours.svg Gateshead Thunder 16 – 18 New South Wales colours.svg Gloucestershire All Golds 24 March, 15:00 GMT Crow Trees (Blaydon RFC) B Jamie Bloem142
Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions 12 – 24 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham R.L.F.C. 24 March, 15:00 GMT The Gnoll Peter Brooke280
Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 40 – 16 Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 1 April 15:00 BST C Spotland Stadium Joe Cobb413
Hemelcolours.png Hemel Stags 24 – 36 NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders 23 April 19:00 BST C Pennine Way stadium Tom Crashley129
Source: [3] [4]

Tables

2013 Northern Rail Cup: Pool A
#PLDWDLPFPAPDBPPTS
1 NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders 440014456+88012
2 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham R.L.F.C. 43019686+1009
3 Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 420212488+3606
4 Gthundercolours.svg Gateshead Thunder 400452140-8811
2013 Northern Rail Cup: Pool B
#PLDWDLPFPAPDBPPTS
1 Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 430111656+6009
2 Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions 420288118-3017
3 Hemelcolours.png Hemel Stags 410384102-1825
4 New South Wales colours.svg Gloucestershire All Golds 410356114-5803
 Teams qualifying for the next round

Tables are correct as of 23 April 2013. Source: rugbyleaguechampionships.co.uk and BBC Sport.

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

Knock-out Stages

Finals Tournament Bracket

1st Knock-out Round Quarter Final Semi Final Final
            
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 18
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 38
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 30
Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 4
Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 36
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 16
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 6
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 23
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 12
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 22
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 34
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 18
Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 16
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 62
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 43
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 28
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 26
NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders 18
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 14
Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 36
Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 12
Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 24
Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 10
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 32
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 64
Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 10
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 26
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 16
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 20
Faxcolours.svg Halifax 18

Play Off Round

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 20 – 18 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 16 May, 19:30 BST Tetley's Stadium George Stokes800
Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 16 – 62 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 19 May, 14:00 BST New River Stadium Joe Cobb276
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 12 – 22 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 19 May, 15:00 BST Bigfellas Stadium Matt Thomason1,745
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 18 – 38 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 19 May, 15:00 BST Cougar Park Dave Merrick714
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 64 – 10 Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 19 May, 15:00 BST Don Valley Stadium Chris Leatherbarrow408
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 26 – 18 NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders 19 May, 15:00 BST Leigh Sports Village Jamie Leahy544
Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 36 – 16 Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 19 May, 15:00 BST Derwent Park Gareth Hewer569
Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 12 – 24 Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 19 May, 15:00 BST Huntington Stadium Ronnie Laughton451
Source: [3] [4]

Quarter-final

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 14 – 36 Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 13 June, 19:30 BST Leigh Sports Village Chris Leatherbarrow
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 26 – 16 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 14 June, 20:00 BST Don Valley Stadium Matt Thomason576
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 30 – 4 Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 16 June, 14:00 BST Loverugbyleague.com Stadium George Stokes671
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 34 – 18 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 16 June, 15:00 BST Leigh Sports Village Jamie Leahy1,320
Source: [3] [4]

Semi-final

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 23 – 6 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 27 June, 19:30 BST Leigh Sports Village Jamie Leahy1,807
Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 10 – 32 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 28 June, 20:00 BST Doncaster Athletics Stadium Chris Leatherbarrow611
Source: [3] [4]

Finals

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Northern Rail Cup
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 43 – 28 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 20 July, 17:00 BST The Shay, Halifax Chris Leatherbarrow4,179
Northern Rail Bowl
NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders 42 – 24 Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 20 July, 14:30 BST The Shay, Halifax Joe Cobb2,000
Source: [3] [4]

Notes

A. ^ Game switched from Thunderdome to Craven Park due to Stan Calvert Cup match between Northumbria University and Newcastle University [5]
B. ^ Game switched from Thunderdome to Blaydon RFC due to poor conditions of pitch at Gateshead [6]
C. ^ Match originally postponed on 24 March due to snow

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