2026 Betfred Championship

Stats

Note: * denotes incomplete data.

Top Tryscorer: Connor Barley (14)
Top Pointscorer: Jimmy Meadows (124)

No. Of Teams: 20
No. Of Games: 264
No. Of Players: 628
No. Of Tries: 959
No. Of Goals: 744 / 1,019 (73.01%)
No. Of F.Goals: 10

Total Attendance: 91,113 *
Average Crowd: 1,231 *
Average Crowd (Reg. Season): *
Highest Crowd: 4,380 *
Highest Crowd (Reg. Season): *
Lowest Crowd: 300 *

Mean Scoreline: 36-13
Median Scoreline: 32-12
Highest Scoreline: 106-18
Lowest Scoreline: 4-11
Highest Team Score: London (106-18)
Average PPG: 52.81

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.

Ladder

		Home							Away							Overall
Team		P	W	L	D	F	A	PD	P	W	L	D	F	A	PD	P	W	L	D	F	A	Pts	PD	FPG	APG
1.	London	6	6	-	-	329	60	269	4	4	-	-	226	36	190	10	10	-	-	555	96	20	+459	55.50	9.60
2.	Newcastle	6	4	2	-	219	124	95	6	5	1	-	236	74	162	12	9	3	-	455	198	18	+257	37.92	16.50
3.	Oldham	5	4	1	-	184	42	142	6	5	1	-	196	105	91	11	9	2	-	380	147	18	+233	34.55	13.36
4.	Doncaster	7	6	1	-	295	84	211	4	2	2	-	96	56	40	* 11	8	3	-	391	140	16	+251	35.55	12.73
5.	Barrow	5	4	1	-	140	72	68	6	4	2	-	153	103	50	11	8	3	-	293	175	16	+118	26.64	15.91
6.	Widnes	5	5	-	-	184	76	108	6	3	3	-	92	122	-30	11	8	3	-	276	198	16	+78	25.09	18.00
7.	Midlands	4	2	2	-	86	104	-18	7	5	1	1	186	134	52	11	7	3	1	272	238	15	+34	24.73	21.64
8.	Dewsbury	6	2	4	-	92	106	-14	5	4	1	-	170	101	69	11	6	5	-	262	207	12	+55	23.82	18.82
9.	Sheffield	4	2	2	-	90	114	-24	6	4	2	-	113	120	-7	10	6	4	-	203	234	12	-31	20.30	23.40
10.	Keighley	7	4	2	1	241	140	101	4	-	3	1	70	112	-42	11	4	5	2	311	252	10	+59	28.27	22.91
11.	Batley	4	3	1	-	133	52	81	6	1	5	-	100	195	-95	10	4	6	-	233	247	8	-14	23.30	24.70
12.	Hunslet	5	1	4	-	92	143	-51	6	3	3	-	158	151	7	11	4	7	-	250	294	8	-44	22.73	26.73
13.	Rochdale H.	9	3	6	-	163	302	-139	3	1	2	-	22	64	-42	12	4	8	-	185	366	8	-181	15.42	30.50
14.	Workington	4	1	3	-	104	94	10	7	2	4	1	102	208	-106	11	3	7	1	206	302	7	-96	18.73	27.45
15.	Goole	5	1	4	-	140	166	-26	7	2	5	-	122	237	-115	12	3	9	-	262	403	6	-141	21.83	33.58
16.	Salford	4	2	2	-	80	118	-38	6	1	5	-	74	282	-208	10	3	7	-	154	400	6	-246	15.40	40.00
17.	Whitehaven	7	1	5	1	74	167	-93	4	1	3	-	82	152	-70	11	2	8	1	156	319	5	-163	14.18	29.00
18.	Swinton	7	1	5	1	102	212	-110	3	-	3	-	34	176	-142	10	1	8	1	136	388	3	-252	13.60	38.80
	Halifax	4	2	2	-	94	102	-8	5	1	4	-	80	150	-70	9	3	6	-	174	252	* -6	-78	19.33	28.00
	North Wales	4	2	2	-	134	128	6	7	1	6	-	94	398	-304	* 11	3	8	-	228	526	* -6	-298	20.73	47.82
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	5th	9	5	0	385	247	Crarey	Johnston, Cresswell	8	-	Ritson	75	-	Walker	Speed Comps	1,878
Batley Bulldogs	11th	5	8	0	289	347	Ford	Leak	6	-	Olpherts	40	-	Reynolds	Fox's Biscuits	* 703
Dewsbury Rams	8th	7	7	0	304	313	March	Senior	8	-	Delaney	84	-	Hookem	FLAIR	* 1,412
Doncaster RLFC	4th	10	4	0	479	176	Horne	Aston, Lyne	12	-	Gebbie	92	-	Robinson	Eco-Power	1,468
Featherstone Rovers	n/a	0	1	0	0	0	-	-		-	-		-	-		0
Goole Vikings	15th	6	10	0	388	509	Taylor	Ferres	14	-	Barley	68	-	Miller	Victoria Grounds	* 577
Halifax Panthers	20th	4	7	0	276	270	Eastmond	Crooks	4	-	Tibbs, Lindsey, Crooks	30	-	Lawford	The Shay	* 1,678	Wooden Spoon
Hunslet RLFC	12th	5	9	0	324	418	Trout	Jowitt	5	-	Jowitt, Graham, Faraimo, Dalton-Harrop	86	-	Jowitt	South Leeds	* 773
Keighley Cougars	10th	6	7	2	411	384	Burton, Hardman	Flanagan, Beharrell	9	-	Holroyd	66	-	Beharrell	Cougar	* 1,067
London Broncos	1st	13	1	0	747	138	Demetriou	Campbell-Gillard	13	-	Morea	124	-	Meadows	Cherry Red (12), Athletic Ground (2), Kuflink Stadium (1)	* 3,396
Midlands Hurricanes	7th	9	4	1	396	256	Dunning	Kirby	8	-	Chrimes	66	-	Medforth	Avery	373
Newcastle Thunder	2nd	11	4	0	539	254	Steadman	-	12	-	Ward	62	-	Roberts	Crow Trees	* 0
North Wales Crusaders	21st	4	10	0	344	586	Muir, Inu	Eaves	8	-	Eden	50	-	Patton	Eirias Stadium	* 728
Oldham	3rd	12	3	0	556	229	Ford, Kilshaw	Wildie	6	-	Walker, Bibby	74	-	Dean	Bower Fold (13), Boundary (1)	1,047
Rochdale Hornets	13th	6	9	0	277	473	Thornton	Whitmore, Sa'u	8	-	Boyd	62	-	Flanagan	Crown Oil Arena	* 850
Salford RLFC	16th	4	9	0	196	534	Grady, Hewitt	Dwyer	6	-	Dwyer	24	-	Dwyer	CorpAcq	* 2,325
Sheffield Eagles	9th	8	6	0	295	306	Lingard	Farrell	6	-	Walkley	45	-	Lilley	MEPS Intl (8), Steel City (5)	776
Swinton Lions	18th	2	10	1	186	546	Wood, Murray	Baker	4	-	Ratchford	38	-	Briers	Morson	908
Whitehaven RLFC	17th	2	10	1	172	377	Murray, Newton	Burns, Holliday	5	-	Bickerdike	58	-	Walker	Ortus REC	* 790
Widnes Vikings	6th	10	4	0	414	233	Coleman	Owens	11	-	Ince	44	-	Ince, Abdull	DCBL Stadium	2,635
Workington Town	14th	4	9	1	248	434	Gorley	Scholey	7	-	Dickinson	64	-	Carter	Fibrus	* 1,509

2026 Betfred Championship

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