2021 RFL Championship season results

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The Rugby Football League (RFL) 2021 Championship comprised 22-rounds in the regular season with a four-round play-off post-season contested by the top six clubs to determine which club would be promoted to the 2022 Super League.

Contents

Regular season

Round 1

Betfred Championship: round one
HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 47–14 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 2 April 2021, 17:00 The MBI Shay G. Hewer— [lower-alpha 1]
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 28–20 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 2 April 2021, 17:15 Bower Fold C. Worsley
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 28–18 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 2 April 2021, 19:30 Millennium Stadium J. Smith
YorkRLFCcolours.png York City Knights 6–21 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 3 April 2021, 16:30 York Community Stadium T. Grant
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 17–8 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven RLFC 3 April 2021, 19:30 Tetley's Stadium A. Moore
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 50–12 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 4 April 2021, 12:45 Keepmoat Stadium J. Vella
Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 30–30 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 4 April 2021, 17:15 Kingston Park M. Griffiths
Source: [1]

Round 2

Betfred Championship: round two
HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 48–10 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 17 April 2021, 12:45 Mount Pleasant J. Vella— [lower-alpha 1]
ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 24–0 [lower-alpha 2] Broncoscolours.png London Broncos — Stade Ernest-Wallon —
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 14–22 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 17 April 2021, 17:30 DCBL Stadium C. Worsley
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 6–36 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 18 April 2021, 12:45 Heywood Road A. Moore
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven RLFC 29–20 Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 18 April 2021, 15:00 Recreation Ground J. Smith
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 27–26 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 18 April 2021, 17:15 Tetley's Stadium T. Grant
YorkRLFCcolours.png York City Knights 14–20 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 18 April 2021, 19:30 York Community Stadium G. Hewer
Source: [2]
  1. ↑ behind closed doors, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
  2. ↑ The RFL announced in March that under the COVID-19 quarantine regulations in England there was no bar to the match taking place. London declined to travel to France to play so, under the RFL regulations, London forfeited the game with the two competition points being awarded to Toulouse and the result recorded as a 24–0 win for the French side. The match does not count towards London's number of games played towards qualification to the play-offs.

Round 3

Betfred Championship: round three
HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 38–24 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 24 April 2021, 14:00 The Rock M. Mannifield— [lower-alpha 1]
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 48–16 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 24 April 2021, 16:00 Mount Pleasant G. Hewer
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 16–64 YorkRLFCcolours.png York City Knights 25 April 2021, 12:45 Heywood Road M. Rossleigh
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 48–14 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven RLFC 25 April 2021, 15:00 Millennium Stadium A. Moore
Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 34–44 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 25 April 2021, 15:00 The Shay J. Smith
Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 24–16 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 25 April 2021, 15:00 Kingston Park J. Vella
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 35–14 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 25 April 2021, 19:30 Tetley's Stadium S. Mikalauskas
Source: [3]

Round 4

Betfred Championship: round four
HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 16–12 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 1 May 2021, 12:45 Bower Fold G. Hewer— [lower-alpha 1]
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 20–20 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 1 May 2021, 15:00 Keepmoat Stadium B. Thaler
ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique P–P [lower-alpha 2] Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 1 May 2021, 15:00 Stade Ernest-Wallon
Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 16–28 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 2 May 2021, 12:45 Kingston Park A. Moore
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 22–30 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 2 May 2021, 15:00 LEL Arena J. Vella
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 46–10 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 2 May 2021, 17:15 Halton Stadium J. Smith
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 20–30 YorkRLFCcolours.png York City Knights 2 May 2021, 19:30 Tetley's Stadium T. Grant
Source: [4]
  1. ↑ behind closed doors, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
  2. ↑ Under RFL COVID-19 protocols part-time teams are not obliged to travel to Toulouse until French and UK government relax travel and quarantine restrictions

Round 5

Betfred Championship: round five
HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 18–30 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 7 May 2021, 19:45 Keepmoat Stadium G. Hewer— [lower-alpha 1]
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 4–36 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 8 May 2021, 12:45 Bower Fold S. Mikalauskas
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 22–23 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 9 May 2021, 11:45 Heywood Road M. Griffiths
Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 50–30 Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 9 May 2021, 15:00 Trailfinders Sports Ground J. Smith
ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 70–0 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 9 May 2021, 15:00 Heywood Road [lower-alpha 2] T. Grant
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 0–36 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 9 May 2021, 17:15 Tetley's Stadium A. Moore
YorkRLFCcolours.png York City Knights 12–16 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 9 May 2021, 19:30 York Community Stadium C. Kendall
Source: [6]
  1. ↑ behind closed doors, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
  2. ↑ Match being played on neutral ground in England to reduced impact in teams due to COVID-19 quarantine regulations [5]

Round 6

Limited attendances by home supporters only were allowed from Monday 17 May 2021. [7]

Betfred Championship: round six
HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 6–40 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 15 May 2021, 14:00 Fox's Biscuits Stadium T. Grant— [lower-alpha 1]
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 0–66 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 16 May 2021, 15:00 LEL Arena J. Smith
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 14–35 YorkRLFCcolours.png York City Knights 16 May 2021, 15:00 Halton Stadium G. Hewer
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 18–20 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 17 May 2021, 19:45 Heywood Road C. Worsley416
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 68–0 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 17 May 2021, 20:00 LD Nutrition Stadium J. Vella1,684
Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 46–12 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 6 June 2021, 12:45 [lower-alpha 2] The MBi Shay R. Hicks734
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 31–12 Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 6 June 2021, 15:00 [lower-alpha 3] Odsal Stadium J. Child3,562
Source: [10] [11] [12]
  1. ↑ behind closed doors, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
  2. ↑ Match originally scheduled for 15 May, was postponed on 11 May after two Sheffield players tested positive for COVID-19 and five others identified as close contacts. With seven players ruled out, the RFL COVID-19 protocol allows for postponement of the game. [8]
  3. ↑ Originally scheduled for 17 May, the match was postponed by mutual consent to 6 June. [9]

Round 7

Betfred Championship: round seven
HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance [lower-alpha 1]
ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 66–18 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 22 May 2021, 15:00 Heywood Road [lower-alpha 2] J. Smith186
Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 8–33 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 23 May 2021, 15:00 Trailfinders Sports Ground J. Vella533
Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 0–32 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 23 May 2021, 15:00 Kingston Park G. Hewer604
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 44–6 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 23 May 2021, 15:00 Halton Stadium J. McMullen1,043
YorkRLFCcolours.png York City Knights 34–6 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 23 May 2021, 15:00 York Community Stadium N. Bennett1,000
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 18–50 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 23 May 2021, 15:30 Keepmoat Stadium A. Moore620
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 10–38 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 15 July 2021, 19:30 [lower-alpha 3] Tetley's Stadium M. Mannifield1,021
Source: [15] [12]
  1. ↑ Limited attendances allowed but by home fans only. [7]
  2. ↑ Although this is a home fixture for Toulouse, the match was played at Swinton by mutual consent due to travel restrictions relating to COVID-19. [13]
  3. ↑ Postponed by mutual consent from original date of 23 May. [14]

Round 8

Betfred Championship: round eight
HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance [lower-alpha 1]
ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique C–C Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder — [lower-alpha 2]
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 26–12 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 30 May 2021, 15:00 Fox's Biscuits Stadium G. Hewer930
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 37–18 YorkRLFCcolours.png York City Knights 30 May 2021, 15:00 Odsal Stadium B. Thaler4,000
Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 8–16 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 30 May 2021, 15:00 The MBi Shay T. Grant882
Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 30–10 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 30 May 2021, 15:00 Trailfinders Sports Ground A. Moore280
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 18–40 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 30 May 2021, 15:00 Bower Fold J. Smith600
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 25–25 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 30 May 2021, 15:00 Keepmoat Stadium C. Worsley343
Source: [17]
  1. ↑ Limited attendances only due to COVID-19 restrictions
  2. ↑ Match originally scheduled for 29 May but postponed due to COVID-19 restrictions on travel to France from the UK. Subsequently re-arranged for 17 July but continuing quarantine rules forced another postponement. With no free dates left in the season calendar the fixture was cancelled and not played. [16]

Round 9

Betfred Championship: round nine
HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance [lower-alpha 1]
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 28–32 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 12 June 2021, 15:00 Bower Fold M. Mannifield475
Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 30–6 YorkRLFCcolours.png York City Knights 13 June 2021, 11:30 The MBi Shay G. Hewer828
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 12–56 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 13 June 2021, 15:00 Tetley's Stadium B. Thaler418
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 44–0 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 13 June 2021, 15:00 Millennium Stadium A. Moore1,700
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 30–36 Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 13 June 2021, 15:00 Heywood Road J. McMullen455
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 20–24 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 13 June 2021, 15:00 LEL Arena N. Bennett632
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 22–54 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 13 June 2021, 15:00 Halton Stadium L. Staveley1,211
Source: [18] [12]
  1. ↑ Limited attendances only due to COVID-19 restrictions

Round 10

Betfred Championship: round ten
HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 24–68 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 20 June 2021, 15:00 Tetley's Stadium M. Mannifield792
Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 46–12 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 20 June 2021, 15:00 Trailfinders Sports Ground J. Smith250
Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 40–6 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 20 June 2021, 15:00 Kingston Park A. Moore1,087
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 4–34 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 20 June 2021, 15:00 Heywood Road N. Bennett520
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 30–20 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 20 June 2021, 15:00 Halton Stadium B. Thaler984
YorkRLFCcolours.png York City Knights 20–22 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 20 June 2021, 15:00 LNER Community Stadium T. Grant1,486
ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique P–P Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls TBC [lower-alpha 1] Stade Ernest-Wallon
Source: [20] [12]
  1. ↑ Match postponed. Originally scheduled for 19 June but postponed on 6 June under RFL rules not requiring part-time clubs to travel to France if COVID-19 restrictions require a long period of quarantine. [19]

Round 11

Betfred Championship: round eleven
HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 68–12 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 26 June 2021, 15:00 Millennium Stadium N. Bennett1,750
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 12–22 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 27 June 2021, 15:00 Fox's Biscuits Stadium B. Thaler1,193
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 12–25 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 27 June 2021, 15:00 Odsal Stadium S. Mikalauskas3,153
Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 38–24 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 27 June 2021, 15:00 Trailfinders Sports Ground M. Smaill240
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 4–18 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 27 June 2021, 15:00 Bower Fold M. Rossleigh600
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 6–54 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 27 June 2021, 15:00 Mobile Rocket Stadium, WakefieldG. Hewer292
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 37–12 YorkRLFCcolours.png York City Knights 27 June 2021, 15:00 LEL Arena M. Mannifield601
Source: [21] [12]

Round 12

Betfred Championship: round twelve
HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 63–14 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 3 July 2021, 15:00 Millennium Stadium S. Mikalauskas1,750
ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique C–C Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham — [lower-alpha 1]
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 30–16 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 4 July 2021, 15:00 Odsal Stadium A. Moore2,831
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 18–18 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 4 July 2021, 15:00 Tetley's Stadium M. Rossleigh549
Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 17–16 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 4 July 2021, 15:00 The MBi Shay M. Mannifield1,232
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 36–22 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 4 July 2021, 15:00 LEL Arena J. Mcmullen746
YorkRLFCcolours.png York City Knights 26–28 Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 4 July 2021, 15:00 LNER Community Stadium N. Bennett1,497
Source: [22] [12]
  1. ↑ Match was scheduled for 3 July but under COVID-19 quarantine rules in place in the UK and France the game was postponed. With no free dates in the season calendar the fixture was cancelled and was not played. [16]

Round 13

Betfred Championship: round thirteen
HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 14–4 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 11 July 2021, 13:00 The MBi Shay M. Rossleigh877
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 12–32 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 11 July 2021, 15:00 Fox's Biscuits Stadium S. Mikalauskas782
Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 50–20 YorkRLFCcolours.png York City Knights 11 July 2021, 15:00 Trailfinders Sports Ground J. Mcmullen200
Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 24–12 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 11 July 2021, 15:00 Kingston Park J. Smith789
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 22–54 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 11 July 2021, 15:00 Bower Fold B. Millican650
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 22–30 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 11 July 2021, 15:00 Heywood Road T. Crashley501
Haven colours.svg Widnes Vikings 10–32 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 11 July 2021, 15:00 DCBL Stadium A. Moore947
Source: [23] [12]

Round 14

Betfred Championship: round fourteen
HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 28–40 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 25 July 2021, 12:30 Mobile Rocket Stadium [lower-alpha 1] B. Milligan775
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 42–12 Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 25 July 2021, 15:00 Fox's Biscuits Stadium M. Griffiths932
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 30–36 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 25 July 2021, 15:00 Odsal Stadium M. Mannifield3,708
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 28–24 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 25 July 2021, 15:00 LEL Arena A. Moore920
YorkRLFCcolours.png York City Knights 46–10 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 25 July 2021, 15:00 LNER Community Stadium S. Mikalauskas1,344
Broncoscolours.png London Broncos C–C Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings — [lower-alpha 2]
ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique C–C Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams — [lower-alpha 3]
Source: [27] [12]
  1. ↑ Sheffield's home ground unavailable due to pitch maintenance work [24]
  2. ↑ After London Broncos reported more than seven players requiring to isolate, the match was postponed then cancelled as the clubs agreed there was no possible date available for re-arranging the fixture. [25]
  3. ↑ Match cancelled due to quarantine rules surrounding travel to France. [26]

Round 15

Betfred Championship: round fifteen
HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 18–22 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 1 August 2021, 15:00 Tetley's Stadium M. Smaill616
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 6–23 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 1 August 2021, 15:00 Millennium Stadium J. Smith4,021
Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 24–21 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 1 August 2021, 15:00 The MBi Shay A. Moore2,696
Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 14–20 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 1 August 2021, 15:00 Kingston Park B. Milligan1,647
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 20–30 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 1 August 2021, 15:00 Bower Fold C. Smith948
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 16–34 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 1 August 2021, 15:00 DCBL Stadium N. Bennett1,258
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles P–P YorkRLFCcolours.png York City Knights Not rearranged [lower-alpha 1] Keepmoat Stadium
Source: [29] [12]
  1. ↑ Match postponed under COVID-19 protocols after Sheffield reported over seven players testing positive or required to self-isolate after close contact. [28]

Round 16

Betfred Championship: round sixteen
HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 13–28 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 8 August 2021, 15:00 Fox's Biscuits Stadium A. Moore1,259
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls P–P Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles Not rearranged [lower-alpha 1] Odsal Stadium
Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 14–12 Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 8 August 2021, 15:00 The MBi Shay J. Smith1,541
Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 6–66 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 8 August 2021, 15:00 Trailfinders Sports Ground S. Mikalauskas500
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 22–22 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 8 August 2021, 15:00 Heywood Park G. Hewer1,527
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 20–18 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 8 August 2021, 15:00 LEL Arena J. Mcmullen730
YorkRLFCcolours.png York City Knights 34–20 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 8 August 2021, 15:00 LNER Community Stadium N. Bennett1,386
Source: [31] [12]
  1. ↑ Match postponed under RFL COVID-19 protocols after Sheffield reported more than seven players testing positive or isolating under close contact. [30]

Round 17

Betfred Championship: round seventeen
HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 12–36 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 14 August 2021, 17:00 Kingston Park N. Bennett1,168
ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique C–C Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers — [lower-alpha 1]
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 44–14 YorkRLFCcolours.png York City Knights 14 August 2021, 18:00 Millennium Stadium M. Rossleigh2,183
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 23–2 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 15 August 2021, 15:00 Tetley's Stadium T. Grant726
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 25–18 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 15 August 2021, 15:00 Keepmoat Stadium A. Moore379
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 6–38 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 15 August 2021, 15:00 Heywood Road S. Mikalauskas842
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 32–18 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 15 August 2021, 15:00 LEL Arena J. Smith792
Source: [33]
  1. ↑ Match postponed and not rescheduled as RFL operational rules do not require part-time clubs to travel to France while COVID-19 restrictions mandate long periods of quarantine on return. With no dates available in the season calendar for rescheduling the fixture is cancelled and will not be played. [32]

Round 18

Betfred Championship: round eighteen
HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 56–12 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 22 August 2021, 15:00 Fox's Biscuits Stadium B. Milligan859
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 30–26 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 22 August 2021, 15:00 Odsal Stadium M. Rossleigh2,819
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 64–6 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 22 August 2021, 15:00 Millennium Stadium S. Mikaluskas2,115
Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder P–P Broncoscolours.png London Broncos Not rearranged [lower-alpha 1] Kingston Park
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 6–34 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 22 August 2021, 15:00 Bower Fold J. Smith743
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 25–6 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 22 August 2021, 15:00 Halton Stadium T. Grant1,252
YorkRLFCcolours.png York City Knights 30–12 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 22 August 2021, 15:00 LNER Community Stadium A. Moore1,460
Source: [35] [12]
  1. ↑ Match postponed under RFL COVID-19 protocols at request of Newcastle. [34]

Round 19

Betfred Championship: round nineteen
HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 22–43 Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 29 August 2021, 15:00 Tetley's Stadium G. Hewer540
Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 48–12 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 29 August 2021, 15:00 The MBi Shay N. Bennett1,663
Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 42–12 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 29 August 2021, 15:00 Trailfinders Sports Ground C. Worsley350
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 10–48 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 29 August 2021, 15:00 Bower Fold M. Smaill1,158
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 64–6 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 29 August 2021, 15:00 LEL Arena B. Milligan951
YorkRLFCcolours.png York City Knights 18–36 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 29 August 2021, 15:00 LNER Community Stadium J. Smith4,000
ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique C–C Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs — [lower-alpha 1]
Source: [36] [12]
  1. ↑ Match postponed and not rescheduled as RFL operational rules do not require part-time clubs to travel to France while COVID-19 restrictions mandate long periods of quarantine on return. With no dates available in the season calendar for rescheduling the fixture is cancelled and will not be played. [32]

Round 20

Betfred Championship: round nineteen
HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 16–29 YorkRLFCcolours.png York City Knights 3 September 2021, 19:45 Kingston Park A. Moore922
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 14–22 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 5 September 2021, 15:00 Fox's Biscuits Stadium M. Mannifield922
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 6–60 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 5 September 2021, 15:00 Tetley's Stadium, DewsburyG. Hewer2,445
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 54–22 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 5 September 2021, 15:00 Millennium Stadium C. Worsley3,063
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 32–34 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 5 September 2021, 15:00 Heywood Road C. Smith542
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 62–4 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 5 September 2021, 15:00 Halton Stadium M. Rossleigh1,088
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 20–24 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 5 September 2021, 16:30 Keepmoat Stadium, DoncasterJ. Vella491
Source: [37] [12]

Round 21

Betfred Championship: round twenty-one
HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 24–31 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 12 September 2021, 15:00 Fox's Biscuits Stadium B. Thaler1,532
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 24–38 Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 12 September 2021, 15:00 Bower Fold J. Smith723
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 10–9 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 12 September 2021, 15:00 Halton Stadium M. Griffiths1,725
Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 24–48 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 12 September 2021, 15:00 Trailfinders Sports Ground N. Bennett555
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 19–6 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 12 September 2021, 15:00 LEL Arena A. Moore1,258
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 28–34 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 12 September 2021, 16:30 Keepmoat Stadium G. Hewer430
ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique C–C YorkRLFCcolours.png York City Knights —
Source: [38] [12]

Round 22

Betfred Championship: round twenty-two
HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 12–82 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 18 September 2021, 15:00 Kingston Park C. Worlsey428
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 22–36 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 19 September 2021, 15:00 Odsal Stadium A. Moore5,340
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 21–14 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 19 September 2021, 15:00 Tetley's Stadium M. Rossleigh827
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 78–10 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 19 September 2021, 15:00 Millennium Stadium B. Millican1,750
Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 10–12 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 19 September 2021, 15:00 The MBi Shay J. Smith2,216
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 16–26 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 19 September 2021, 15:00 Sheffield Olympic Legacy Stadium G. Hewer1,358
YorkRLFCcolours.png York City Knights 32–22 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 19 September 2021, 15:00 LNER Community Stadium S. Mikalauskas2,782
Source: [39]

Play-offs

Similar to the Super League, the teams who finished first and second respectively on the regular season table (Toulouse Olympique and Featherstone Rovers respectively, had byes to the semi-finals. The four teams who finish third to sixth contested in the two eliminator play-offs, with the winner of those two games moving on to the semi-finals (Halifax Panthers and Batley Bulldogs respectively). [40] [41]

Team bracket

EliminatorsSemi-finals Million Pound Game
1 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 51
4 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 234 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 12
5 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 10 1 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 34
2 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 12
2 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 42
3 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 243 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 10
6 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 20

Week 1: Eliminators

First eliminator
25 September 2021
17:30 BST (UTC+01)
Halifax Panthers Faxcolours.svg 24 – 20 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven
Tries: McGrath 6'
Garside 10', 38'
Woodburn-Hall 34'
Goals: Woodburn-Hall 11'
Harris 35', 39'
Robinson 63'
 Report (RFL)
Report (Sky Sports)
Tries: Cooper 22'
Bulman 44', 78'
King 53'
Goals: Jouffret 23', 79'
The MBi Shay, Halifax
Attendance: 1,289
Referee: Chris Kendall
Second eliminator
25 September 2021
15:15 BST (UTC+01)
Batley Bulldogs Batley colours.svg 23 – 10 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls
Tries: Kaye 16'
Gilmore 35'
Hall 72'
Goals: Gilmore 6', 17', 34', 36', 73'
Drop goals: Gilmore 77'
 Report (RFL)
Report (Sky Sports)
Tries: Brown 54'
Lilley 64'
Goals: Brough 65'
Fox's Biscuits Stadium, Batley
Attendance: 2,005
Referee: James Child

Week 2: Semi-finals

First semi-final
2 October 2021
15:15 CEST (UTC+02)
Toulouse Olympique ToulouseRLcolours.png 51 – 12 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs
Tries: Casty 10'
Gigot 14'
Bretherton 21'
Vaivai 42' 78'
Kheirallah 44'
Sangare 51'
Jussaume 57'
Garbutt 66'
Goals: Kheirallah 11', 15', 45', 52', 58', 67', 79'
Drop goals: Gigot 77'
 Report (RFL)
Report (Sky Sports)
Tries: Manning 17'
Johnson 27'
Goals: Gilmore 18', 28'
Stade Ernest-Wallon, Toulouse
Attendance: 6,871 [42]
Referee: Liam Moore
Second semi-final
2 October 2021
17:30 BST (UTC+01)
Featherstone Rovers Fevcolours.svg 42 – 10 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers
Tries: Halton 5'
Kopczak 20'
Ferres 51'
Hardcastle 54'
Jones 57', 70'
Welham 63'
Goals: Hall 6', 14', 21', 55', 58', 64', 71'
 Report (RFL)
Report (Sky Sports)
Tries: McGrath 10'
Harris 67'
Goals: Robinson 68'
Millennium Stadium, Featherstone
Attendance: 2,084
Referee: Robert Hicks

Week 3: Million Pound Game

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