Rugby Football League Championship Third Division

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RFL Championship Third Division
Sport Rugby league
Instituted1991-1993 (as Third Division)
1995-1998 (as Division Two)
Ceased1998
Replaced by League 1
CountryFlag of England.svg  England
Most titles HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers (2 titles)
Related competition Challenge Cup
Promotion to Second Division

The Rugby Football League Championship Third Division was founded in 1991 and was the third tier of professional rugby league in the UK until 1998.

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History

The RFL Championship Third Division was founded in 1991 to make the top two divisions more competitive. The competition ran for two seasons until it was scrapped in 1993. The third division was resurrected in 1995 and ran for another three seasons although there was no promotion in 1995–96. In 1999 the Second and Third Divisions were merged to create the Northern Ford Premiership, the third division was recreated again in 2003.

In 2003 rugby league beneath Super League were completely re-organised into the Rugby League National Leagues. The Third Division was renamed National League Two.

Results

YearChampions [1] PromotedBottomRef
1991–92 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield
No image.svg Bramley 		Nottingham City [2]
1992–93 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Second and Third Division merged Nottingham City [2] [3]
1993–1995: No Third Division
1995–96 HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers No Promotion Highfield [4]
1996 HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton 		Prescot Panthers [5]
1997 Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet
Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale
Leigh colours.svg Leigh 		Prescot Panthers [6]
1998 Blackpoolcolours.svg Lancashire Lynx Division One and Two merged Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster [7]
1999-2002: No Third Division

Winners

ClubWinsWinning years
1 Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet 11997
2 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 11992–93
3 HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers 21995–96, 1996
6 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 11991–92
5 Blackpoolcolours.svg Lancashire Lynx §11998

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Third Tier Champions". 13 July 2009. Archived from the original on 4 May 2009.
  2. 1 2 Fletcher & Howes 1995, pp. 302–3.
  3. 1 2 "1992-93 Season summary". Cherry and White. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006.
  4. ↑ "1995-96 Season summary". Cherry and White. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006.
  5. ↑ "1996 Season summary". Cherry and White. Archived from the original on 25 August 2006.
  6. ↑ "1997 Season summary". Cherry and White. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006.
  7. ↑ "1998 Season summary". Cherry and White. Archived from the original on 25 August 2006.

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