2019 RFL League 1

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2019 League 1
Betfred League 1 logo.jpg
League League 1
Duration20 matches
Teams11
2019 Season
Champions Whitehaven
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from League 1 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham

The 2019 RFL League 1 was a professional rugby league football competition played in England and Wales and is the third tier of the sport for Rugby Football League (RFL) affiliated clubs. The sponsors for the league are the bookmakers, Betfred and the league will continue to be known as the Betfred League 1.

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The league was restructured following a meeting on the RFL clubs in 2018 and League 1 was reduced in size from 14 clubs in 2018 to 12 clubs for 2019. However, on 23 October 2018, Hemel Stags announced that the club was withdrawing from the league for 2019 reducing the number of teams to 11; the RFL indicated that no replacement team is to be sought. [1] The season will consist of 22 rounds with each of the 11 teams playing 20 fixtures against each other home and away and two bye rounds. The team finishing top will win automatic promotion to the 2020 Championship and be named league champions for 2019. The teams finishing second to sixth will meet in a series of play-off games culminating in the League 1 Play-Off Final. The winner of this match will also be promoted to the Championship for 2020. [2]

During the season Coventry Bears were forced to move home fixtures away from Butts Park Arena due to work being undertaken on the pitch by the ground owners, Coventry R.F.C. [3] Two other clubs also played home games at other venues due to pitch works; Doncaster played three games at Featherstone Rovers LD Nutrition Stadium in July and Workington Town played three games, also in July, at their original ground Borough Park (now the home of soccer club Workington A.F.C.). [4] [5]

The division was won by Whitehaven who secured the title and the automatic promotion place to the Championship with a 72–0 win over Coventry Bears in the last round of the regular season. [6] Whitehaven were joined in the Championship for 2020 by Oldham who won the play-offs beating Newcastle Thunder 18–14 in the play-off final.

Teams

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Locations of the 2019 RFL League 1 teams
ColoursClubCityStadiumCapacity*
Coventrycolours.png Coventry Bears Coventry, West Midlands Butts Park Arena
Ivor Preece Field
Webb Ellis Ground 		4,000
1,500
1,000
Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster Doncaster, South Yorkshire Keepmoat Stadium 15,231
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Leeds, West Yorkshire South Leeds Stadium 4,000
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars Keighley, West Yorkshire Cougar Park 7,800
Skolscolours.svg London Skolars Haringey, London New River Stadium 2,000
Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder Newcastle, Tyne and Wear Kingston Park 10,200
NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders Wrexham, Wales Queensway Stadium 2,000
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham Oldham, Greater Manchester Whitebank Stadium 1,500
Canberra colours.svg West Wales Raiders Llanelli, Wales Stebonheath Park 3,700
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven Whitehaven, Cumbria Recreation Ground 7,500
Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town Workington, Cumbria Zebra Claims Stadium 10,000

*capacity for rugby league games may differ from official stadium capacity.

Results

Standings

PosTeam
PldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 201523582283+29932Champions
2 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 201505655341+31430Play-off semi-final
3 Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 201415741364+37729Play-off qualifying final
4 Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 201208564309+25524
5 Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet 201208596379+21724Play-off elimination final
6 Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 201019592478+11421
7 NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders 209011489501−1218
8 Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 207112440542−10215
9 Coventrycolours.png Coventry Bears 204016365829−4648
10 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 208111447576−1295 [lower-alpha 1]
11 Canberra colours.svg West Wales Raiders 2010192221091−8692
Source:
Notes:
  1. ↑ Keighley deducted 12 points for transfer of RFL membership during the close season. [7]

Play-offs

The winners of the play-off final will join this season's champions of League 1, Whitehaven, in the Championship in 2020.

Qualifying play-offQualifying semi-finalPreliminary final Promotion play-off final
2 Oldham 22 Oldham 18
Doncaster 12 Newcastle Thunder 14
3 Newcastle Thunder 6 Newcastle Thunder 34
4 Doncaster 20Elimination semi-final Doncaster 4
Newcastle Thunder 38
5 Hunslet 24 Workington Town 18
6 Workington Town 32

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References

  1. ↑ "Stags to switch focus in 2019". RFL. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "2019 structure explained". Rugby Football League. 14 September 2018. Archived from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "Bears move to Rugby for remainder of 2019". Coventry Bears. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "Featherstone Rovers fined by RFL over incidents involving supporters". Yorkshire Evening Post . 11 June 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  5. ↑ "Workington Town 'heading home'". News & Star. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  6. ↑ "Whitehaven crowned Betfred League One champions after victory at Coventry Bears". News and Star . 8 September 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  7. ↑ "RFL statement: Keighley Cougars". RFL. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
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