The 2010 Championship 1 was a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in the United Kingdom, the third tier of the sport in the country. The winner of this league, Hunslet Hawks, were promoted to the Co-operative Championship along with play-off winners, York City Knights. There was no relegation from this league as it is the lowest tier of professional rugby league in the UK.
All of the teams competed in the 2010 Challenge Cup but South Wales did not compete in the 2010 National League Cup.
2010 structure
The competition features mainly the same teams as it did in 2009. The exceptions being that the Dewsbury Rams and the Keighley Cougars were both promoted to compete in the 2010 RFL Championship. Originally, Doncaster and the Leigh Centurions were supposed to be relegated. However, Gateshead Thunder breached the insolvency laws which meant that it was they, instead of Leigh, who were relegated.
The competition was going to contain 10 teams but one more was added when the Super League team the Crusaders left their home base at Bridgend and moved to Wrexham. This resulted in a new club being formed in Neath, South Wales, called the South Wales Scorpions who will play at the Gnoll.
Championship 1Team 2009 SeasonStadium CapacityCity/Area Blackpool Panthers 5th Woodlands Memorial Ground N/A Lytham St Annes, Lancashire Doncaster 11th (Championship) Keepmoat Stadium 15,231 Doncaster, South Yorkshire Gateshead Thunder 7th (Championship) Thunderdome 11,800 Gateshead, Tyne and Wear Hunslet Hawks 6th South Leeds Stadium N/A Leeds, West Yorkshire London Skolars 10th New River Stadium 5,000 Haringey, London Oldham 4th Park Lane (Season Start to May) Whitebank Stadium (May onwards) N/A 1050 Whitefield, Greater Manchester Oldham, Greater Manchester Rochdale Hornets 8th Spotland Stadium 10,249 Rochdale, Greater Manchester South Wales Scorpions N/A The Gnoll 6,000 Neath, West Glamorgan, Wales Swinton Lions 7th Park Lane N/A Swinton, Greater Manchester Workington Town 9th Derwent Park 10,000 Workington, Cumbria York City Knights 3rd Huntington Stadium 3,428 York, North Yorkshire
Table
PositionClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPts forPts agstPts DiffB.P.Points1 Hunslet Hawks 2018028283055231552 Oldham2017036944382561523 York City Knights201208617524833394 Blackpool Panthers2015058053704353385 Rochdale Hornets20100106304981327376 South Wales Scorpions2090115764681087347 Workington Town208111494498 −47338 Swinton Lions209110570581 −114339 Doncaster208012518588 −7042810 London Skolars202018444900 −45641011 Gateshead Thunder2010192361232 −9961-2
Source: 2010 Playoffs
Source: See also Co-operative Championship 2010 RFL Championship Championship 1
References
External links Official Championship website RFL Championship coverage Scores from Sky Sports RugbyLeague.org Championship 1 Fans Forums