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2026 Betfred Championship

Stats

Note: * denotes incomplete data.

Top Tryscorer
Morea Morea (19)
Top Pointscorer
Jimmy Meadows (146)
No. Of Teams
20
No. Of Games
264
No. Of Players
644
No. Of Tries
1,129
No. Of Goals
880 / 1,199 (73.39%)
No. Of F.Goals
10
Total Attendance
102,489 *
Average Crowd
1,235 *
Average Crowd (Reg. Season)
*
Highest Crowd
4,380 *
Highest Crowd (Reg. Season)
*
Lowest Crowd
300 *
Mean Scoreline
37-13
Median Scoreline
32-12
Highest Scoreline
106-18
Lowest Scoreline
4-11
Highest Team Score
Batley (110-10)
Average PPG
54.19

On 3 December 2025, Salford Red Devils were liquidated in the High Court and expelled from the RFL.The RFL has set a deadline of 17 December 2025 for formal bids to form a phoenix club for the 2026 Championship.

The RFL announced on the 9th of January that Featherstone had not been RFL membership, and consequently entry into the 2026 competition. This was owing to the club going into administration, and the only takeover submission falling short of the required criteria. Because it was inside a week before the commencement of the season, the fixture list could not be adjusted, meaning a switch to using the win percentage system to determine ladder positions and compensations for clubs which had budgeted for home fixtures against Featherstone during the season. This was subsequently dropped by the time the season got underway, with 6 additional home and 6 additional away fixtures involving the 12 teams who had lost those home games against Featherstone. Those matches were scheduled throughout the season at varying intervals on spare weekends and midweek.

As the season progressed, both Halifax and North Wales endured periods of insolvency - Halifax postponed matches while they searched for new ownership in March while North Wales forfeited both a Cup fixture and a League fixture while they did the same in April. Both clubs were penalised with 12 point deductions, and Halifax were asked to rearrange the fixtures they missed.

Ladder

 HomeAwayOverall
TeamPWLDFAPD PWLDFAPD PWLDFAPtsPDFPGAPG
1. London77--3936033355--298462521212--69110624+58557.588.83
2. Newcastle752-281134147651-2367416213103-51720820+30939.7716.00
3. Oldham651-21452162651-1961059112102-41015720+25334.1713.08
4. Barrow651-1769482752-1891157413103-36520920+15628.0816.08
5. Widnes55--18476108743-124128-41293-30820418+10425.6717.00
6. Doncaster862-307120187422-965640* 1284-40317616+22733.5814.67
7. Sheffield523-100186-86862-169150191385-26933616-6720.6925.85
8. Midlands422-86104-189531196228-321375128233215-5021.6925.54
9. Dewsbury734-12411212642-186131551376-31024314+6723.8518.69
10. Batley541-24362181725-126217-911266-36927912+9030.7523.25
11. Keighley8431263166975-4184128-441347234729410+5326.6922.62
12. Rochdale H.1046-199334-135312-2264-421358-22139810-17717.0030.62
13. Hunslet514-92143-51734-180187-71248-2723308-5822.6727.50
14. Salford523-86150-64725-108310-2021248-1944608-26616.1738.33
15. Workington514-120122-28251108240-132133912283627-13417.5427.85
16. Whitehaven825190181-91514-94192-98133911843737-18914.1528.69
17. Goole514-140166-26826-132299-16713310-2724656-19320.9235.77
18. Swinton8251142224-824-4-66212-146122912084365-22817.3336.33
  Halifax734-166180-14514-80150-701248-246330* -4-8420.5027.50
  North Wales422-1341286817-104508-404* 1239-238636* -6-39819.8353.00
  • Featherstone Rovers left the competition on the 9th January, 2026. Club denied RFL membership after going into administration
  • Halifax deducted 12 competition points for going into liquidation
  • North Wales deducted 12 competition points for going through an insolvency event

 

Team Stats (includes Cup/Tour matches)

Team Name Position W L D Pts For Pts Ag. Coach(es) Captain(s) Top Tryscorer(s) Top Pointscorer(s) Home Venue(s) Home Crowd Avg Extra Info
Barrow Raiders 4th 11 5 0 457 281 Crarey Johnston, Cresswell 9 - Ritson 103 -Walker Speed Comps 1,880
Batley Bulldogs 10th 7 8 0 425 379 Ford Leak 8 - Olpherts 88 -Reynolds Fox's Biscuits * 703
Dewsbury Rams 9th 8 8 0 352 349 March Senior 9 - Delaney 96 -Hookem FLAIR * 1,412
Doncaster RLFC 6th 10 6 0 511 264 Horne Aston, Lyne 12 - Gebbie 96 -Robinson Eco-Power 1,467 Supplementary Round
Featherstone Rovers n/a 0 1 0 0 0 - - - - --   0
Goole Vikings 17th 6 12 0 404 595 Taylor Ferres 14 - Barley 70 -Miller Victoria Grounds * 577
Halifax Panthers 20th 5 9 0 348 348 Eastmond Crooks 8 - Tibbs 50 -Lawford The Shay * 1,671 Wooden Spoon
Hunslet RLFC 13th 5 10 0 346 454 Trout Jowitt 7 - Graham 86 -Jowitt South Leeds * 773
Keighley Cougars 11th 6 9 2 447 426 Burton, Hardman Flanagan, Beharrell 9 - Holroyd 66 -Beharrell Cougar (13), Fox's Biscuits (1) * 1,067
London Broncos 1st 16 1 0 935 168 Demetriou Campbell-Gillard 19 - Morea 146 -Meadows Cherry Red (12), Athletic Ground (2), Kuflink Stadium (1) * 3,396
Midlands Hurricanes 8th 10 6 1 446 384 Dunning Kirby 8 - Chrimes 72 -Medforth Avery 373
Newcastle Thunder 2nd 12 5 0 621 294 Steadman - 14 - Ward 62 -Roberts Crow Trees * 0
North Wales Crusaders 21st 4 11 0 354 696 Muir, Inu Eaves 8 - Eden 50 -Patton Eirias Stadium * 728
Oldham 3rd 13 4 0 620 279 Ford, Kilshaw Wildie 6 - Walker, Bibby, Ashurst 74 -Dean Bower Fold (12), Boundary (3) 1,038
Rochdale Hornets 12th 8 9 0 337 511 Thornton Whitmore, Sa'u 8 - Boyd 82 -Flanagan Crown Oil Arena * 850
Salford RLFC 14th 5 10 0 236 594 Grady, Hewitt Dwyer 7 - Dwyer 28 -Dwyer CorpAcq * 2,325
Sheffield Eagles 7th 10 7 0 361 408 Lingard Farrell 12 - Walkley 48 -Walkley MEPS Intl (8), Steel City (5) 765
Swinton Lions 18th 3 11 1 258 594 Wood, Murray Baker 4 - Roberts, Ratchford, Kelly-Duffy 66 -Briers Morson 890
Whitehaven RLFC 16th 3 11 1 200 431 Murray, Newton Burns, Holliday 5 - Walker, Bickerdike 78 -Walker Ortus REC * 761
Widnes Vikings 5th 12 4 0 476 259 Coleman Owens 11 - Ince 44 -Ince, Abdull DCBL Stadium 2,635
Workington Town 15th 4 11 1 270 494 Gorley Scholey 7 - Dickinson 70 -Carter Fibrus * 1,509

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