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2026 Betfred Championship

Stats

Note: * denotes incomplete data.

Top Tryscorer
Morea Morea (25)
Top Pointscorer
Jimmy Meadows (200)
No. Of Teams
20
No. Of Games
264
No. Of Players
676
No. Of Tries
1,555
No. Of Goals
1,216 / 1,647 (73.83%)
No. Of F.Goals
11
Total Attendance
122,931 *
Average Crowd
1,194 *
Average Crowd (Reg. Season)
*
Highest Crowd
4,380 *
Highest Crowd (Reg. Season)
*
Lowest Crowd
208 *
Mean Scoreline
40-13
Median Scoreline
36-12
Highest Scoreline
0-134
Lowest Scoreline
4-11
Highest Team Score
London (134-0)
Average PPG
57.75

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. London88--4717639588--550764741616--1,02115232+86963.819.50
2. Newcastle1082-449146303761-3107423617143-75922028+53944.6512.94
3. Oldham761-24058182981-27215311916142-51221128+30132.0013.19
4. Barrow871-23313895972-26714712017143-50028528+21529.4116.76
5. Widnes862-246130116963-2241289617125-47025824+21227.6515.18
6. Doncaster862-307120187752-21690126* 15114-52321022+31334.8714.00
7. Sheffield743-192230-38963-1851681716106-37739820-2123.5624.88
8. Midlands734-154180-269531196228-321687135040817-5821.8825.50
9. Batley853-293168125936-182247-651789-47541516+6027.9424.41
10. Dewsbury734-12411212945-244258-141679-36837014-223.0023.13
11. Salford835-174244-70936-206332-12617611-38057612-19622.3533.88
12. Rochdale H.1046-199334-135624-70172-10216610-26950612-23716.8131.63
13. Whitehaven9351170193-23826-144316-17217511131450911-19518.4729.94
14. Keighley11461303314-116-51100178-7817411240349210-8923.7128.94
15. Hunslet826-132257-1251037-216357-14118513-34861410-26619.3334.11
16. Goole936-214298-84927-154337-18318513-36863510-26720.4435.28
17. Workington826-196220-249261136292-1561741213325129-18019.5330.12
18. Swinton9261164248-84624-130236-1061541012944849-19019.6032.27
  Halifax835-178230-52835-2201982216610-398428* 0-3024.8826.75
  North Wales725-134442-308918-116586-470* 16313-2501,028* -6-77815.6364.25
  • 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 15 5 0 592 357 Crarey Johnston, Cresswell 12 - Ritson 144 -Walker Speed Comps 1,875
Batley Bulldogs 9th 9 11 0 531 515 Ford Leak 10 - Butterworth 128 -Reynolds Fox's Biscuits * 703 Supplementary Round
Dewsbury Rams 10th 8 11 0 410 476 March Senior 11 - Delaney 118 -Hookem FLAIR * 1,412
Doncaster RLFC 6th 13 6 0 631 298 Horne Aston, Lyne 13 - Gebbie 130 -Robinson Eco-Power 1,467
Featherstone Rovers n/a 0 1 0 0 0 - - - - --   0
Goole Vikings 16th 8 15 0 500 765 Taylor Ferres 17 - Barley 94 -Miller Victoria Grounds * 577 Supplementary Round
Halifax Panthers 20th 7 11 0 500 446 Eastmond Crooks 11 - Tibbs 84 -Lawford The Shay * 1,664 Wooden Spoon
Hunslet RLFC 15th 6 15 0 422 738 Trout Jowitt 9 - Graham 106 -Jowitt South Leeds * 813 Supplementary Round
Keighley Cougars 14th 6 13 2 503 624 Burton, Hardman Flanagan, Beharrell 10 - Holroyd 82 -Beharrell Cougar (13), Fox's Biscuits (1) * 1,170
London Broncos 1st 21 1 0 1327 238 Demetriou Campbell-Gillard 25 - Morea 200 -Meadows Cherry Red (11), Athletic Ground (3), Kuflink (1) * 3,396 Supplementary Round
Midlands Hurricanes 8th 11 9 1 538 522 Dunning Kirby 10 - Chrimes 88 -Medforth Avery 354
Newcastle Thunder 2nd 16 5 0 863 306 Steadman - 19 - Ward 120 -Harrison Crow Trees * 0
North Wales Crusaders 21st 4 15 0 366 1088 Muir, Inu, Long Eaves 8 - Eden 50 -Patton Eirias * 676
Oldham 3rd 17 4 0 722 333 Ford, Kilshaw Wildie 10 - Ashurst 74 -Dean Bower Fold (10), Boundary (4) 1,038 Supplementary Round
Rochdale Hornets 12th 9 12 0 385 671 Thornton Whitmore, Sa'u 9 - Boyd 94 -Flanagan Crown Oil * 850
Salford RLFC 11th 7 13 0 422 710 Grady, Hewitt Dwyer 11 - Garmston 66 -Dixon CorpAcq * 2,325
Sheffield Eagles 7th 12 8 0 469 470 Lingard Farrell 16 - Walkley 64 -Walkley MEPS Intl (8), Steel City (5) 707
Swinton Lions 18th 5 12 1 344 642 Wood, Murray Baker 5 - Higham 76 -Briers Morson (13), Edge Hall Road (1) 859
Whitehaven RLFC 13th 5 13 1 330 567 Murray, Newton Burns, Holliday 9 - Walker 140 -Walker Ortus REC * 742
Widnes Vikings 5th 16 6 0 690 313 Coleman Owens 17 - Ince 68 -Ince DCBL * 2,473 Supplementary Round
Workington Town 17th 5 14 1 374 644 Gorley Scholey 8 - Corkill 94 -Carter Fibrus * 1,381

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