The Championship Cup, previously known as the National League Cup, was a rugby league football competition for clubs in the United Kingdom's Rugby League Championships. Although the French club Toulouse Olympique competed in the Championship from 2009 through 2011, they never participated in the cup until 2012 after they had left the Championship. The Cup's last season was 2013, after which it was replaced by the 1895 Cup.
The Batley Bulldogs are an English professional rugby league club in Batley, West Yorkshire, who play in the Championship. Batley were one of the original twenty-two rugby football clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895. They were League Champions in 1924 and have won three Challenge Cups.
Karl Harrison is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and coached in the 2000s and 2010s. He played at representative level for both Great Britain and England, and at club level for Bramley, Featherstone Rovers, Hull FC and Halifax, as a prop. and has coached at representative level for England, and at club level for Halifax Blue Sox, the Keighley Cougars, the Bradford Bulls, the Salford City Reds, the Huddersfield Giants, the Batley Bulldogs and Halifax. Harrison is a Halifax Hall of Fame Inductee.
Mount Pleasant Stadium, officially known for sponsorship purposes as Fox's Biscuits Stadium, is a rugby league stadium in Batley, West Yorkshire, England. It is the home of the Batley Bulldogs and amateur club Batley ARLFC.
Kyle Wood is an English rugby league footballer who plays as a hooker for Sheffield Eagles in the RFL Championship.
Glen Tomlinson is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played at club level for Batley Bulldogs, Bradford Bulls, Hull FC and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats as a five-eighth or halfback. A stand at Batley Bulldogs' ground, Mount Pleasant is named after Glen Tomlinson.
Shaun Lunt is an English former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a hooker for the Batley Bulldogs in the Championship, and has played for England and the England Knights at international level.
The 2010 Championship Cup was the 9th season of the rugby league football competition for clubs in Great Britain's Co-operative Championship and Championship One.
Jermaine McGillvary is an English former professional rugby league footballer who last played on the wing for the Wakefield Trinity in the RFL Championship. He has played for the England Knights, England and Great Britain at international level.
Alex Walmsley is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for St Helens in the Super League, and England and Great Britain at international level.
Tom Holmes is an English rugby league footballer who plays as a scrum-half or stand-off for Bradford Bulls in the Championship.
Jack Logan is an English professional rugby league footballer who played as a centre for the York City Knights in the RFL Championship.
Alex Walker is a Scotland international rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback for the London Broncos in the Super League.
Alex Rowe is a Malta international rugby league footballer who plays for the Hunslet in League 1. He plays as a prop and can also play as a loose-forward.
Toby Joe Everett is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop or loose forward for Dewsbury Rams in Betfred League One.
Joel Farrell is a Jamaican professional rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward for the Sheffield Eagles in the Championship and Jamaica at international level.
Craig Lingard is an English rugby league coach and former professional rugby league footballer.
Samy Kibula is a Congolese professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop forward for the Batley Bulldogs in the RFL Championship.
The 2018 Americas Rugby League Championship was held in Jacksonville, Florida, in November 2018. This tournament was the 3rd Americas Rugby League Championship and the 1st in which a South American national team participated. The tournament also acted as part of the 2021 Men's Rugby League World Cup qualifying. The winning team directly qualified for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup, while the runner-up will progress to the intercontinental repechage in 2019.
Muizz Mustapha is a Nigerian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop forward for the Castleford Tigers in the Super League.
