2011 Championship Cup

2011 Championship Cup
Number of teams 20
2011 Season
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The 2011 Championship Cup, known as the Northern Rail Cup due to sponsorship from Northern Rail, was the 10th season of the rugby league football competition for clubs in Great Britain's Co-operative Championship and Championship One.

Leigh Centurions won the final against Halifax RLFC by the score of 20-16. The match was played at Bloomfield Road in Blackpool.

Format

The twenty teams are split up into two pools.

Pool A: Featherstone Rovers, Doncaster, London Skolars, Widnes Vikings, Toulouse Olympique, York City Knights, Keighley Cougars, Barrow Raiders, Rochdale Hornets, Dewsbury Rams.

Pool B: Swinton Lions, Halifax RLFC, Batley Bulldogs, Leigh Centurions, Gateshead Thunder, Sheffield Eagles, Oldham, Hunslet Hawks, Workington Town, Whitehaven RLFC.

Each team will play two home games and two away games against teams in their pool. The top four teams in each pool following the conclusion of the group stage fixtures will then progress into an open draw for the knock-out quarter-final stage. The competition will start on 5 February.

Toulouse Olympique will compete in this competition for the first time after the withdrawal of Blackpool Panthers who have entered administration. The South Wales Scorpions will not compete.

2011 Competition results

Pool 1

Round 1

Home Score Away Match Information
Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance
Featherstone Rovers 54 – 10 Doncaster RLFC 4 February, 19:30 GMT Big Fellas Stadium 1,223
Toulouse Olympique 40 – 38 Dewsbury Rams 5 February, 16:00 GMT Arnaune Stadium 800
London Skolars 18 – 62 Widnes Vikings 6 February, 15:00 GMT New River Stadium 643
Keighley Cougars 24 – 6 Rochdale Hornets 6 February, 15:00 GMT Cougar Park 627
Barrow Raiders 24 – 20 York City Knights 6 February, 14:00 GMT The Furness Heating Components Stadium 1,305

Round 2

Home Score Away Match Information
Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance
Widnes Vikings 44 – 28 Toulouse Olympique 12 February, 18:00 GMT Stobart Stadium Halton 2,376
Doncaster RLFC 32 – 4 London Skolars 13 February, 15:00 GMT Keepmoat Stadium -
York City Knights 22 – 32 Featherstone Rovers 13 February, 15:00 GMT Huntington Stadium 1,387
Dewsbury Rams 14 – 0 Keighley Cougars 13 February, 15:00 GMT Tetley's Stadium 758
Rochdale Hornets 18 – 30 Barrow Raiders 13 February, 15:00 GMT Spotland Stadium -

Round 3

Home Score Away Match Information
Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance
Keighley Cougars 22 - 36 Toulouse Olympique 19 February, 18:00 GMT Cougar Park 513
London Skolars 16 - 16 York City Knights 20 February, 15:00 GMT New River Stadium 264
Doncaster RLFC 18 - 30 Dewsbury Rams 20 February, 15:00 GMT Keepmoat Stadium 555
Widnes Vikings 50 - 10 Rochdale Hornets 20 February, 15:00 GMT Stobart Stadium Halton 3,155
Barrow Raiders 22 - 28 Featherstone Rovers 20 February, 14:00 GMT The Furness Heating Components Stadium 1,852

Round 4

Home Score Away Match Information
Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance
Toulouse Olympique 34 - 22 London Skolars 26 February, 15:00 GMT Arnaune Stadium 998
Featherstone Rovers 16 – 22 Widnes Vikings 26 February, 18:00 GMT Big Fellas Stadium 1,719
Rochdale Hornets 36 - 40 Doncaster RLFC 27 February, 15:00 GMT Spotland Stadium 442
York City Knights 28 - 22 Keighley Cougars 27 February, 15:00 GMT Huntington Stadium 748
Dewsbury Rams 16 - 12 Barrow Raiders 27 February, 15:00 GMT Tetley's Stadium 911

Pool 1 Qualification Table

2011 Northern Rail Cup: Pool 1
    		 PLD W D L PF PA PD BP PTS
    1 Widnes Vikings 4 4 0 0 178 72 +106 0 12
    2 Featherstone Rovers 4 3 0 1 130 76 +54 1 10
    3 Dewsbury Rams 4 3 0 1 98 70 +28 1 10
    4 Toulouse Olympique 4 3 0 1 138 126 +12 0 9
    5 Barrow Raiders 4 2 0 2 88 82 +6 2 8
    6 York City Knights 4 1 1 2 86 94 −8 2 7
    7 Doncaster RLFC 4 2 0 2 100 124 -24 1 7
    8 Keighley Cougars 4 1 0 3 68 84 −16 1 4
    9 London Skolars 4 0 1 3 60 144 −84 1 3
    10 Rochdale Hornets 4 0 0 4 70 144 −74 2 2
      Teams qualifying for the next round

    Source: Northern Rail Cup Table – The RFL[1]
    Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.
    Competition Points: For win = 3; For draw = 2; For loss by 12 points or fewer = 1

    Pool 2

    Round 1

    Home Score Away Match Information
    Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance
    Swinton Lions 22 - 28 Halifax RLFC 4 February, 20:00 GMT The Willows 1,000
    Oldham Roughyeds 28 - 22 Hunslet Hawks 6 February, 15:00 GMT Whitebank Stadium 685
    Gateshead Thunder 20 - 32 Sheffield Eagles 6 February, 15:00 GMT Gateshead International Stadium 444
    Batley Bulldogs 4 - 24 Leigh Centurions 6 February, 14:00 GMT Mount Pleasant 1,072
    Whitehaven RLFC 18 - 28 Workington Town 8 February, 19:30 GMT Recreation Ground 1,005

    Round 2

    Home Score Away Match Information
    Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance
    Workington Town 82 - 0 Gateshead Thunder 13 February, 15:00 GMT Derwent Park 381
    Sheffield Eagles 16 - 16 Whitehaven RLFC 13 February, 15:00 GMT Bramall Lane 727
    Leigh Centurions 42 - 22 Swinton Lions 13 February, 15:00 GMT Leigh Sports Village 1,623
    Halifax RLFC 50 - 10 Oldham Roughyeds 13 February, 15:00 GMT The Shay 2,027
    Hunslet Hawks 8 - 12 Batley Bulldogs 13 February, 15:00 GMT South Leeds Stadium 666

    Round 3

    Home Score Away Match Information
    Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance
    Swinton Lions 29 - 20 Oldham Roughyeds 20 February, 15:00 GMT The Willows 776
    Leigh Centurions 68 - 6 Sheffield Eagles 20 February, 15:00 GMT Leigh Sports Village 1,520
    Hunslet Hawks 30 - 0 Workington Town 20 February, 15:00 GMT South Leeds Stadium 379
    Batley Bulldogs 60 - 6 Gateshead Thunder 20 February, 14:00 GMT Mount Pleasant Stadium 612
    Whitehaven RLFC 6 - 60 Halifax RLFC 16 March, 19:30 GMT Recreation Ground 771

    Round 4

    Home Score Away Match Information
    Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance
    Workington Town 12 - 42 Leigh Centurions 27 February, 15:00 GMT Derwent Park 592
    Oldham Roughyeds 4 - 14 Whitehaven RLFC 27 February, 15:00 GMT Whitebank Stadium 544
    Gateshead Thunder 4 - 76 Swinton Lions 27 February, 15:00 GMT Gateshead International Stadium 323
    Sheffield Eagles 12 - 16 Hunslet Hawks 27 February, 15:00 GMT Bramall Lane 854
    Halifax RLFC 25 - 26 Batley Bulldogs 27 February, 15:00 GMT The Shay 1,968

    Pool 2 Qualification Table

    2011 Northern Rail Cup: Pool 2
      		 PLD W D L PF PA PD BP PTS
      1 Leigh Centurions 4 4 0 0 176 44 +132 0 12
      2 Halifax RLFC 4 3 0 1 163 64 +99 1 10
      3 Batley Bulldogs 4 3 0 1 102 63 +39 0 9
      4 Hunslet Hawks 4 2 0 2 76 52 24 2 8
      5 Swinton Lions 4 2 0 2 149 94 +55 1 7
      6 Workington Town 4 2 0 2 122 90 +32 0 6
      7 Sheffield Eagles 4 1 1 2 66 120 -54 1 6
      8 Whitehaven RLFC 4 1 1 2 54 108 −54 1 6
      9 Oldham Roughyeds 4 1 0 3 62 115 −53 2 5
      10 Gateshead Thunder 4 0 0 4 30 250 −220 1 1
        Teams qualifying for the next round

      Source: Northern Rail Cup Table – The RFL[1]
      Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.
      Competition Points: For win = 3; For draw = 2; For loss by 12 points or fewer = 1

      Finals

      Finals Tournament Bracket

      Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
               
      H Leigh Centurions 50
      A Widnes Vikings 18
      H Featherstone Rovers 30
      A Halifax RLFC 31
      H Hunslet Hawks 12
      A Featherstone Rovers 50
      H Halifax RLFC 16
      A Leigh Centurions 20
      H Toulouse Olympique XIII 26
      A Halifax RLFC 36
      H Leigh Centurions 44
      A Dewsbury Rams 10
      H Dewsbury Rams 38
      A Batley Bulldogs 22

      Quarter-finals

      Home Score Away Match Information
      Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance
      Leigh Centurions 50 – 18 Widnes Vikings 19:30, 7 April 2011 Leigh Sports Village 2,737
      Hunslet Hawks 12 – 50 Featherstone Rovers 20:00 8 April 2011 South Leeds Stadium 877
      Toulouse Olympique 26 – 36 Halifax RLFC 19:00 9 April 2011 Stade de Minimes 850
      Dewsbury Rams 38 – 22 Batley Bulldogs 15:00 10 April 2011 Tetley's Stadium 1,643

      Semi-finals

      The semi-finals took place on 16 and 19 June with Sky Sports broadcasting the Featherstone v Halifax game live on Thursday 16 June.

      Home Score Away Match Information
      Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance
      Featherstone Rovers 30 – 31 Halifax RLFC Thursday 16 June 2011, 19:30 KO Gareth Hewer Big Fellas Stadium 1,987[2]
      Leigh Centurions 44 – 10 Dewsbury Rams Sunday 19 June 2011, 15:00 KO Matt Thompson Leigh Sports Village 2,234[3]

      Final

      The Northern Rail Cup Final took place at Bloomfield Road, Blackpool on Sunday 17 July at 17:00 GMT live on Sky Sports 3. The Match was contested by Halifax RLFC and Leigh Centurions.

      This was Halifax's first appearance in the National League Cup final and was he fourth time Leigh have appeared in the final after making the finals in 2003 and winning the final in 2004 & 2006.

      The game was won by Leigh 20 points to 16 with Leigh scoring in the final minute thanks to Tom Armstrong.[4] The victory fulfils the on-field criteria that clubs must meet to be allowed to apply for a Super League licence for the 2015–17 period. Leigh Centurions have become the first club to have won the competition on 3 occasions.

      Home Score Away Match Information
      Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance
      Halifax RLFC 16 - 20 Leigh Centurions Sunday, 17 July 2011, 17:00 KO Matt Thomason Bloomfield Road, Blackpool 8,522[4]

      References

      1. 1 2 "Northern Rail Cup Table". RFL.
      2. ↑ "RFL Match Report: Featherstone 30 - 31 Halifax". The RFL. 16 June 2011. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011.
      3. ↑ "RFL Match Report: Leigh 44 - 10 Dewsbury". The RFL. 19 June 2011. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011.
      4. 1 2 "RFL Match Report: Halifax 16 - 20 Leigh". The RFL. 17 July 2011. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011.

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