2013 RFL Championship
| Kinstone Press Championship 2013 | |
|---|---|
| League | Championship |
| Duration | 26 Rounds (Followed by 4 round playoffs) |
| Teams | 14 |
| Highest attendance | 3,890 Featherstone Rovers v Sheffield Eagles (28 August 2013) |
| Lowest attendance | 375 Hunslet Hawks v Whitehaven (10 March 2013) |
| Average attendance | 1,199 |
| Attendance | 187,103 |
| Broadcast partners | United Kingdom Premier Sports |
| 2013 Season | |
| Grand Final winners | File:Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles |
| League Leaders Shield | File:Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers |
| Runners-up | File:Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles |
| Top point-scorer(s) | File:Fevcolours.svg Liam Finn (308)[1] |
| Top try-scorer(s) | File:Sheffeagles colours.svg Menzie Yere (30)[1] |
| Promotion and relegation | |
| Relegated to Championship 1 | File:Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks File:Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights |
The 2013 Rugby Football League Championship, which will be known as Kingstone Press Championship due to sponsorship by Kingstone Press Cider, is a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in the UK, one tier below the first tier Super League. The 2013 season is the first season to consist of a 14-team division. This was achieved by scrapping relegation for the 2012 season and having four teams promoted from the Championship 1.[2] Relegation to Championship 1 is restored for the 2013 but as in previous years, there is no automatic promotion from this league to Super League, which uses a licensing system renewed every three years. Qualifying for the Grand Final or winning the Northern Rail Cup is a prerequisite for Championship clubs to be able to apply for a licence in the next round of applications for the 2015–17 seasons. All of the teams in the 2013 Co-operative Championship will also compete in the 2013 Challenge Cup where they will enter in the third round. All of the teams will also compete in the 2013 National League Cup which starts before the Co-operative Championship with the finals held mid season.
Teams
This year's competition features the same 10 teams as it did in 2012 plus the top four teams from the 2012 Championship 1 season, which are Barrow Raiders, Doncaster, Whitehaven and Workington Town.
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| Reigning champions | |
| Defending Northern Rail Cup Champions | |
| Promoted | |
Season standings
| 2013 RFL Championship | ||||||||||
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| # | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Bns | Pts |
| 1 | File:Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers | 26 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 940 | 362 | +578 | 4 | 70 |
| 2 | File:Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles | 26 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 806 | 474 | +332 | 1 | 67 |
| 3 | File:Faxcolours.svg Halifax | 26 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 817 | 476 | +341 | 1 | 62 |
| 4 | File:Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions | 26 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 752 | 495 | +257 | 4 | 58 |
| 5 | File:Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs | 26 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 670 | 394 | +276 | 7 | 57 |
| 6 | File:Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster | 26 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 593 | 594 | -1 | 6 | 43 |
| 7 | File:Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams | 26 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 492 | 620 | -128 | 6 | 42 |
| 8 | File:Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town | 26 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 483 | 681 | -198 | 6 | 39 |
| 9 | File:Haven colours.svg Whitehaven | 26 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 485 | 774 | -289 | 4 | 37 |
| 10 | File:Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions | 26 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 516 | 738 | -222 | 7 | 34 |
| 11 | File:Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars | 26 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 492 | 719 | -227 | 9 | 33 |
| 12 | File:Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders | 26 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 482 | 792 | -310 | 9 | 33 |
| 13 | File:Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks (R) | 26 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 529 | 704 | -175 | 12 | 30 |
| 14 | File:Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights (R) | 26 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 493 | 727 | -234 | 8 | 26 |
| Teams qualifying for the Play-offs | |
| Teams in relegation position |
Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.
Season results
The regular league season sees the 14 teams play each other twice (one home, one away) over 26 matches. The top eight teams at the end of the regular season goes through to the play-offs to determine the winners of the Championship.
See also
- Co-operative Championship
- 2013 Championship 1
- British rugby league system
- Super League
- Rugby League Conference
- Northern Ford Premiership
- National League Cup
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Stats Centre". Love Rugby League. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ↑ "Relegation is scrapped from Championship this campaign". Keighley News. 16 February 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- ↑ "Points System". Rugby League Championships. Archived from the original on February 8, 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.