2014 RFL Championship

Kinstone Press Championship 2014
League Championship
Duration 26 Rounds (Followed by 4 round playoffs)
Number of teams 14
Broadcast partners Premier Sports
2014 Season
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The 2014 Rugby Football League Championship, known as the Kingstone Press Championship due to sponsorship reasons, was a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in the UK, one tier below the first tier Super League. The 2014 season was the second and final season to consist of a 14-team division following the expansion of the league in 2013.[1]

Relegation to Championship 1 was in place for the 2014 season, along with the play-offs with the format for the play-offs remaining the same with no promotion to the Super League. With two Super League teams relegated in 2014 and the Championship reduced to 12 teams in 2015, as part of the reform of the leagues, five teams were relegated at the end of the regular season with one team promoted from Championship 1.[2]

Teams

The competition featured 12 of the 14 teams from 2013 plus the Champions and Play-off winner of the 2013 Championship 1 season, which were North Wales Crusaders and Rochdale Hornets. Hunslet Hawks and York City Knights, who finished in the bottom two in 2013 were relegated into Championship 1.

Legend
  Reigning champions
  Defending Northern Rail Cup Champions
  Promoted
Team & Current Season Stadium Capacity Location
Barrow Raiders Craven Park 7,600 Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria
Batley Bulldogs loverugbyleague.com Stadium 6,000 Batley, West Yorkshire
Dewsbury Rams Tetley's Stadium 5,100 Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Doncaster Keepmoat Stadium 15,231 Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Featherstone Rovers Bigfellas Stadium 6,750 Featherstone, West Yorkshire
Halifax The Shay Stadium 6,561 Halifax, West Yorkshire
Keighley Cougars Cougar Park 7,800 Keighley, West Yorkshire
Leigh Centurions Leigh Sports Village 12,700 Leigh, Greater Manchester
North Wales Crusaders Racecourse Ground 10,500 (15,500 with The Kop open) Wrexham, Wales
Rochdale Hornets Spotland 10,249 Rochdale, Greater Manchester
Sheffield Eagles Owlerton Stadium 4,000 Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Swinton Lions Leigh Sports Village 12,700 Leigh, Greater Manchester
Whitehaven Recreation Ground 7,500 Whitehaven, Cumbria
Workington Town Derwent Park 10,000 Workington, Cumbria

Season Standings

2014 RFL Championship
    		 Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Bns Pts
    1 Leigh Centurions 26 25 0 1 1024 396 +628 1 76
    2 Featherstone Rovers 26 18 1 7 871 532 +339 5 61
    3 Halifax RLFC 26 16 2 8 714 504 +210 6 58
    4 Doncaster RLFC 26 17 1 8 643 599 +44 4 57
    5 Sheffield Eagles 26 16 0 10 790 605 +185 6 54
    6 Dewsbury Rams 26 15 0 11 669 585 +84 6 51
    7 Workington Town 26 12 1 13 467 524 -57 10 48
    8 Batley Bulldogs 26 12 1 13 582 573 +9 7 45
    9 Whitehaven RLFC 26 13 0 13 592 666 -74 6 45
    10 Keighley Cougars 26 12 0 14 587 601 -14 8 44
    11 North Wales Crusaders 26 7 0 19 468 709 -241 10 31
    12 Rochdale Hornets 26 7 0 19 509 919 -410 4 25
    13 Swinton Lions 26 5 0 21 570 865 -295 9 24
    14 Barrow Raiders 26 4 0 22 462 870 -408 7 19
      Teams qualifying for the Play-offs
      Teams in relegation position

    This table is correct as of 01/10/2014. Source: http://www.rugbyleaguechampionships.co.uk/match_day/league_table

    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.[3]

    Season Results

    The regular league season saw the 14 teams play each other twice (one home, one away) over 26 matches. The top eight teams at the end of the regular season went through to the play-offs to determine the winners of the Championship.

    See also

    References

    1. ↑ "Relegation is scrapped from Championship this campaign". Keighley News. 16 February 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
    2. ↑ "Kingstone Press Championships clubs prepare for kick off". Rugby League Championships. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
    3. ↑ "Points System". Rugby League Championships. Retrieved 27 January 2013.

    External links

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