The Championship Cup,, and 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.
John Kear is an English rugby league coach who is the head coach of Bradford Bulls and the Wales national rugby league team and also works as a pundit for BBC Sport. He is a former professional rugby league footballer. He is best known as a coach for his Challenge Cup successes with Sheffield Eagles in 1998 and Hull in 2005, as well as his time coaching Wakefield Trinity in the late 2000s. As a player, he played on the Wing or in the Centre position for Castleford.
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 F.C. 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.
The 2006 National Leagues are the second, third and fourth divisions of rugby league in the UK.
Matt Diskin an English professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of Oldham in the Betfred Championship, and a former professional rugby league footballer who played as a hooker in the 2000s and 2010s.
Mount Pleasant stadium, officially known for commercial sponsorship purposes as Fox's Biscuits Stadium, is a rugby league stadium in Batley, West Yorkshire, England. It is the home of Batley Bulldogs.
Glen Tomlinson is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played at club level for Caboolture, the Batley Bulldogs, the Bradford Bulls, Hull F.C. and the 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 a retired English professional rugby league footballer who last played as a hooker for the Batley Bulldogs in the Betfred 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 professional rugby league footballer who plays on the wing for the Huddersfield Giants in the Super League. He has played for the England Knights, England and Great Britain at international level.
Iain Marsh is an English former rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played at representative level for Scotland, and at club level for the Salford City Reds, St Helens (A-Team), the Barrow Raiders, Oldham, the Batley Bulldogs, Rochdale Hornets and Workington Town, as a wing, centre or second-row.
Alex Walmsley is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for St Helens in the Betfred Super League, and England and Great Britain at international level.
Jonathan Campbell is an English rugby league footballer who plays on the wing or as a fullback for the Batley Bulldogs in the Betfred Championship.
Tom Holmes is an English rugby league footballer who plays as a scrum-half or stand-off for Featherstone Rovers in the Betfred Championship.
Jack Logan is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a centre for Batley Bulldogs in the RFL Championship.
Jake Connor is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a centre, stand-off, fullback or scrum-half for Hull F.C. in the Betfred Super League, and England and Great Britain at international level.
Alex Rowe is a Malta international rugby league footballer who plays for the Hunslet in the Betfred League 1. He plays as a prop and can also play as a loose-forward.
James Harrison is a Malta international rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row, prop or loose forward for Featherstone Rovers in the Betfred Championship.
Craig Lingard is an English rugby league coach who is the head coach of the Batley Bulldogs in the Betfred Championship, and a former player.
