2015 Championship 1

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2015 Championship 1
League Championship 1
Duration22 matches
Teams14
Highest attendance4,066
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars vs Coventrycolours.png Coventry Bears (10/05/15)
Lowest attendance115
Skolscolours.svg London Skolars vs Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars (31/08/15)
2015 Season
Champions Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham
Promotion Playoff Winner Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions

The 2015 Championship 1, known as the Kingstone Press League 1 for sponsorship reasons, was a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in England, the third tier of the sport in the country.

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The 2015 Championship 1 featured fourteen teams, who all played each other once; Each team then played nine other teams again, based on a geographical basis, totalling 22 games. Two teams were promoted from Championship 1, due to the restructure of Super League, Championship and Championship 1. After the 22 regular season games, the top two sides faced each other and the winner was automatically be promoted to the Kingstone Press Championship as champions, while the loser and the teams finishing 3rd, 4th and 5th contested the play-offs and the winner was also promoted. There is no relegation from this league as it is the lowest tier of professional rugby league. [1]

2015 structure

The competition featured the eight teams that did not win promotion in 2014: Gloucestershire All Golds, Hemel Stags, London Skolars, Newcastle Thunder, Oldham R.L.F.C., Oxford RLFC, South Wales Scorpions and York City Knights. It also featured five teams relegated from the RFL Championship: Barrow Raiders, Keighley Cougars, North Wales Crusaders, Rochdale Hornets and Swinton Lions. Coventry Bears were also accepted into the division, creating a fourteen-team division. [1]

Team & current season 2014 Position StadiumCapacityLocation
Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 14th (Championship) Craven Park 7,600 Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria
Coventrycolours.png Coventry Bears N/A Butts Park Arena 4,000 Coventry, West Midlands
Gloucestershirecolours.png Gloucestershire All Golds 6th Prince of Wales Stadium 480 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Hemelcolours.png Hemel Stags 5th Pennine Way 2,000 Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 8th (Championship) Cougar Park 7,800 Keighley, West Yorkshire
Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 7th New River Stadium 5,000 Haringey, London
Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 4th Kingston Park 10,200 Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders 11th (Championship) Racecourse Ground 10,500 (15,500 with The Kop open) Wrexham, Wales
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 3rd Whitebank Stadium 1,500 (temporary capacity)Limeside, Oldham, Greater Manchester
Oxfordcolours.png Oxford RLFC 8th Iffley Road 500 Oxford, Oxfordshire
Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 12th (Championship) Spotland 10,249 Rochdale, Greater Manchester
Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions 9th Llynfi Road 6,000 Maesteg, Bridgend, Wales
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 13th (Championship) Park Lane 3,000 Whitefield, Greater Manchester
Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 1st Huntington Stadium 3,428 York, North Yorkshire

Season table

2015 Championship 1
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham (C, P)221930840362+47838Promoted
2 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 221840759400+35936Qualified for play-offs
3 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions (P)221651899402+49733Promoted
4 Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 221660816382+43432Qualified for play-offs
5 NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders 221471677391+28629
6 Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 221480731459+27228
7 Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 221480661423+23828
8 Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 2211110555552+322
9 Gloucestershirecolours.png Gloucestershire All Golds 228140562677−11516
10 Oxfordcolours.png Oxford RLFC 227150453948−49514
11 Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 225170388671−28310
12 Coventrycolours.png Coventry Bears 225170430775−34510
13 Hemelcolours.png Hemel Stags 225170422903−48110
14 Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions 2212102741122−8482
Updated to match(es) played on 14 September 2015 (season complete). Source: rugbyleaguechampionships.co.uk and Rugby League Project.
Rules for classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference. Competition points: For win = 2; For draw = 1
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Play-offs

#HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and Time (Local)VenueRefereeAttendance
League One Grand Final
F Oldham 31 – 20 Keighley Cougars 20 September, 15:00 BST Whitebank Stadium, Oldham Mike Woodhead1,405
Source: [2]
#HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and Time (Local)VenueRefereeAttendance
League One Promotion Play Off Semi-finals
SF1 Keighley Cougars 32 – 6 North Wales Crusaders 27 September, 15:00 BST Cougar Park, Keighley Stuart Ansell1,103
SF2 Swinton Lions 18 – 17 (AET) York City Knights 27 September, 15:00 BST Park Lane, Swinton Chris Campbell684
League One Promotion Play Off Final
F Keighley Cougars 28 – 29 Swinton Lions 4 October, 14:00 BST Select Security Stadium, Widnes Chris Kendall 4,179
Source: [3] [4] [5]

References

  1. 1 2 "2015 Kingstone Press League 1 fixtures". Love Rugby League. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "Oldham secure promotion to Championship". RFL. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  3. ↑ "Keighley Cougars 32-6 North Wales Crusaders". RFL. 27 September 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  4. ↑ "Swinton Lions 18-17 York City Knights". RFL. 27 September 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  5. ↑ "Featherstone Rovers beat London Broncos in Championship final". BBC Sport. 4 October 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
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