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2026 Betfred Championship

Stats

Note: * denotes incomplete data.

Top Tryscorer
Morea Morea (17)
Top Pointscorer
Jimmy Meadows (126)
No. Of Teams
20
No. Of Games
264
No. Of Players
634
No. Of Tries
1,028
No. Of Goals
797 / 1,092 (72.99%)
No. Of F.Goals
10
Total Attendance
96,544 *
Average Crowd
1,238 *
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
53.42

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--3936033344--226361901111--6199622+52356.278.73
2. Newcastle642-21912495651-236741621293-45519818+25737.9216.50
3. Oldham541-18442142651-196105911192-38014718+23334.5513.36
4. Barrow541-1407268752-189115741293-32918718+14227.4215.58
5. Widnes55--18476108743-124128-41293-30820418+10425.6717.00
6. Doncaster862-307120187422-965640* 1284-40317616+22733.5814.67
7. Sheffield422-90114-24862-169150191284-25926416-521.5822.00
8. Midlands422-86104-188521186198-121274127230215-3022.6725.17
9. Dewsbury624-92106-14642-186131551266-27823712+4123.1719.75
10. Keighley8431263166974-3170112-421246233327810+5527.7523.17
11. Batley431-1335281725-126217-911156-25926910-1023.5524.45
12. Hunslet514-92143-51633-15815171147-2502948-4422.7326.73
13. Rochdale H.936-163302-139312-2264-421248-1853668-18115.4230.50
14. Workington514-120122-27241102208-106123812223307-10818.5027.50
15. Goole514-140166-26725-122237-1151239-2624036-14121.8333.58
16. Salford523-86150-64615-74282-2081138-1604326-27214.5539.27
17. Whitehaven715174167-93514-94192-98122911683595-19114.0029.92
18. Swinton8251142224-823-3-34176-142112811764005-22416.0036.36
  Halifax633-138146-8514-80150-701147-218296* -4-7819.8226.91
  North Wales422-1341286716-94398-304* 1138-228526* -6-29820.7347.82
  • 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 4th 10 5 0 421 259 Crarey Johnston, Cresswell 8 - Ritson 91 -Walker Speed Comps 1,878 Supplementary Round
Batley Bulldogs 11th 6 8 0 315 369 Ford Leak 6 - Olpherts 50 -Reynolds Fox's Biscuits * 703
Dewsbury Rams 9th 7 8 0 320 343 March Senior 8 - Delaney 88 -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 15th 6 11 0 394 533 Taylor Ferres 14 - Barley 68 -Miller Victoria Grounds * 577
Halifax Panthers 20th 5 8 0 320 314 Eastmond Crooks 6 - Tibbs 46 -Lawford The Shay * 1,660 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 8 2 433 410 Burton, Hardman Flanagan, Beharrell 9 - Holroyd 66 -Beharrell Cougar (13), Fox's Biscuits (1) * 1,067
London Broncos 1st 15 1 0 863 158 Demetriou Campbell-Gillard 17 - Morea 126 -Meadows Cherry Red (12), Athletic Ground (2), Kuflink Stadium (1) * 3,396
Midlands Hurricanes 8th 10 5 1 436 354 Dunning Kirby 8 - Chrimes 66 -Medforth Avery 373
Newcastle Thunder 2nd 11 5 0 559 284 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 4 0 590 269 Ford, Kilshaw Wildie 6 - Walker, Bibby 74 -Dean Bower Fold (13), Boundary (2) 1,042
Rochdale Hornets 13th 7 9 0 301 479 Thornton Whitmore, Sa'u 8 - Boyd 62 -Flanagan Crown Oil Arena * 850
Salford RLFC 16th 4 10 0 202 566 Grady, Hewitt Dwyer 6 - Dwyer 24 -Dwyer CorpAcq * 2,325
Sheffield Eagles 7th 10 6 0 351 336 Lingard Farrell 11 - Walkley 45 -Lilley MEPS Intl (8), Steel City (5) 776
Swinton Lions 18th 3 10 1 226 558 Wood, Murray Baker 4 - Roberts, Ratchford 54 -Briers Morson 890
Whitehaven RLFC 17th 2 11 1 184 417 Murray, Newton Burns, Holliday 5 - Bickerdike 62 -Walker Ortus REC * 790
Widnes Vikings 5th 12 4 0 476 259 Coleman Owens 11 - Ince 44 -Ince, Abdull DCBL Stadium 2,635
Workington Town 14th 4 10 1 264 462 Gorley Scholey 7 - Dickinson 68 -Carter Fibrus * 1,509