Betfred Championship 2020 | |
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League | Championship |
Duration | Planned: 27 rounds + play-offs Actual: 5 rounds |
Teams | 14 |
Broadcast partners | Sky Sports |
2020 season | |
The 2020 Rugby Football League Championship is a rugby league football competition played primarily in England but including a team from France. It is the second tier of the three tiers of professional rugby league in England, below Super League and above League 1. Following rule changes agreed at the end of the 2018 season, the Super 8's format was abandoned and the Championship was to have featured a play-off system leading to promotion to Super League for one club while results during the regular season would have led to relegation to League 1 for two teams.
The 2020 Championship comprised 14 teams, which all played one another twice in the regular season, once at home and once away, totalling 26 games. The 2020 season would also have featured the "Summer Bash Weekend" for a sixth time so the regular season totals 27 games for each team.
On 16 March the structure and timing of the competition were placed in doubt as all rugby league games were suspended until 3 April at least as part of the United Kingdom's response to the coronavirus pandemic. [1] The suspension of the season was extended to indefinite. [2]
A discussion between the RFL and club officials in May saw a majority of the Championship clubs reject a suggestion that the season could recommence with games being played behind closed doors. [3] The RFL board met on 20 July and having consulted with the clubs decided to abandon the 2020 season as the majority of clubs did not support playing behind closed doors. [4] The RFL also confirmed that there would be no promotion or relegation between the Championship and Super League in 2020 and the season was declared null and void . [5] [4]
The Championship is made up of 14 teams, 11 of whom featured in the 2019 Championship; one, London Broncos, who were relegated from Super League; and two, Whitehaven and Oldham, who won promotion from League 1 in 2019. At the end of the 2019 season Bradford Bulls moved out of their Odsal ground and for 2020 agreed a ground share deal with Dewsbury Rams at the Rams' Tetley's Stadium.
Team | Stadium | Capacity | Location |
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![]() | Fox's Biscuits Stadium | 7,500 | Batley, West Yorkshire |
![]() | Tetley's Stadium | 5,800 | Dewsbury, West Yorkshire |
![]() | Tetley's Stadium | 5,800 | Dewsbury, West Yorkshire |
![]() | LD Nutrition Stadium | 8,000 | Featherstone, West Yorkshire |
![]() | The MBi Shay | 14,000 | Halifax, West Yorkshire |
![]() | Leigh Sports Village | 12,000 | Leigh, Greater Manchester |
![]() | Trailfinders Sports Ground | 4,000 | Ealing, London |
![]() | Bower Fold [6] | 6,500 | Stalybridge, Greater Manchester |
![]() | Sheffield Olympic Legacy Stadium | 2,500 | Sheffield, South Yorkshire |
![]() | Heywood Road | 3,387 | Sale, Greater Manchester |
![]() | Stade Ernest-Wallon | 19,500 | Toulouse, France |
![]() | Recreation Ground | 7,500 | Whitehaven, Cumbria |
![]() | Halton Stadium | 13,350 | Widnes, Cheshire |
![]() | Bootham Crescent | 8,256 | York, North Yorkshire |
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||
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Date and Time (GMT) | Venue | Referee | Attendance | |||
![]() | 10–36 | ![]() | 31 January 2020, 19:30 | Tetley's Stadium | Cameron Worsley | 1,723 |
![]() | 22–10 | ![]() | 1 February 2020, 18:00 | Stade Ernest-Argeles | Marcus Griffiths | 3,151 |
![]() | 18–38 | ![]() | 2 February 2020, 15:00 | The Fox's Biscuit Stadium | Tom Grant | 1,795 |
![]() | 14–18 | ![]() | Tetley's Stadium | Aaron Moore | 2,697 | |
![]() | 18–17 | ![]() | The MBI Shay | Billy Pearson | 1,525 | |
![]() | 6–36 | ![]() | Bower Fold | Jack Smith | 1,726 | |
![]() | 0–14 | ![]() | Recreation Ground | Gareth Hewer | 803 | |
Source: [7] [8] [9] [10] |
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||
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Date and Time (GMT) | Venue | Referee | Attendance | |||
![]() | 58–10 | ![]() | 8 February 2020, 15:00 | Leigh Sports Village | Michael Mannifield | 3,104 |
![]() | 58–6 | ![]() | 8 February 2020, 18:00 | Stade Ernest-Wallon | Aaron Moore | 2,318 |
![]() | 36–20 | ![]() | 9 February 2020, 15:00 | Trailfinders Sports Ground | Matthew Rossleigh | 735 |
![]() | 32–12 | ![]() | Select Security Stadium | Tom Grant | 3,577 | |
![]() | ![]() | TBC [lower-alpha 1] | ||||
![]() | ![]() | TBC [lower-alpha 1] | ||||
![]() | ![]() | TBC [lower-alpha 1] | ||||
Source: |
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Date and Time (GMT) | Venue | Referee | Attendance | |||
![]() | 20–10 | ![]() | 16 February 2020, 15:00 | The Fox's Biscuit Stadium | Billy Pearson | 746 |
![]() | 22–30 | ![]() | Tetley's Stadium | Matthew Rossleigh | 3,640 | |
![]() | 34–0 | ![]() | Leigh Sports Village | Scott Mikalauskua | 2,942 | |
![]() | 14–26 | ![]() | Castle Park | Aaron Moore | 618 | |
![]() | 12–38 | ![]() | Select Security Stadium | Jack Smith | 3,680 | |
![]() | 14–16 | ![]() | 16 February 2020, 18:15 | Recreation Ground | Michael Mannifield | 532 |
![]() | 18–16 | ![]() | 18 February 2020, 19:45 | The MBI Shay | Cameron Worsley | 1,151 |
Source: |
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||
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Date and Time (GMT) | Venue | Referee | Attendance | |||
![]() | 18–19 [lower-alpha 1] | ![]() | 1 March 2020, 15:00 | The Fox's Biscuit Stadium | ||
![]() | 28–4 | ![]() | The MBI Shay | |||
![]() | 10–34 | ![]() | Trailfinders Sports Ground | |||
![]() | 12–26 | ![]() | Bower Fold | |||
![]() | 4–40 | ![]() | Recreation Ground | |||
![]() | 20–8 | ![]() | 1 March 2020, 18:15 | Tetley's Stadium | ||
![]() | ![]() | TBC [lower-alpha 2] | ||||
Source: |
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||
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Date and Time (GMT) | Venue | Referee | Attendance | |||
![]() | 34–14 | ![]() | 7 March 2020, 18:00 | Stade Ernest-Wallon | ||
![]() | 35–24 | ![]() | 8 March 2020, 15:00 | LD Nutrition Stadium | ||
![]() | 34–20 | ![]() | Leigh Sports Village | |||
![]() | 6–24 | ![]() | Bower Fold | |||
![]() | 40–16 | ![]() | Select Security Stadium | |||
![]() | 12–18 | ![]() | Bootham Crescent | 1,364 | ||
![]() | 28–0 | ![]() | 8 March 2020, 18:15 | |||
Source: |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | BP | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 48 | +132 | 0 | 10 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 40 | +122 | 0 | 8 |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 74 | +63 | 0 | 8 |
4 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 120 | 92 | +28 | 0 | 8 |
5 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 128 | 92 | +36 | 0 | 6 |
6 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 66 | +6 | 0 | 6 |
7 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 90 | 60 | +30 | 0 | 4 |
8 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 82 | 73 | +9 | 0 | 4 |
9 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 82 | 133 | −51 | 1 | 3 |
10 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 55 | −7 | 0 | 2 |
11 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 60 | 148 | −88 | 0 | 2 |
12 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 46 | 158 | −112 | 0 | 2 |
13 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 102 | −76 | 0 | 0 |
14 | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 54 | 146 | −92 | 0 | 0 |
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