This is a list of the 2010 Rugby Football League Championship. The RFL Championship is known as Co-operative Championship due to sponsorship by The Co-operative Group.
The Co-operative Championship is a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in the United Kingdom and France one tier below the first tier Super League. The two worst performing teams during the season, with the exception of Toulouse Olympique, will be relegated to Championship 1.
There is no automatic promotion from this league to Super League, which uses a licensing system renewed every three years. Qualifying for the Grand Final is a prerequisite for Championship clubs to be able to apply for license in the next round of applications for the 2012–14 period.
The 2010 Co-Operative Championship season will consist of two stages. The regular season is played over 22 round-robin fixtures, in which each of the eleven teams involved in the competition will play each other once at home and once away. In the 2010 Co-Operative Championship, a win is worth three points in the table, a draw is worth one two points apiece, and a loss by 12 points or fewer is worth 1 bonus point.
The league leaders at the end of the regular season will receive the league leaders trophy, but the Championship is decided through the second stage of the season via a playoffs system. The top six teams in the table will contest to play in the Grand Final, the winners of which are crowned 2010 Co-Operative Champions.
Regular season
The 2010 season started on 25 February, when Leigh Centurions hosted the Barrow Raiders.
Round 1
Home Score Away Match Information Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance RFL Match Report Leigh Centurions (12) 20 - 20 (6) Barrow Raiders 25 February, 19:30 GMT Gareth Hewer Leigh Sports Village 2,203Report Toulouse Olympique XIII (10) 26 - 22 (12) Dewsbury Rams 27 February, 20:00 GMT Peter Brook Stade des Minimes 850Report Featherstone Rovers (24) 36 - 10 (0) Batley Bulldogs 28 February, 15:00 GMT Big Fellas Stadium 1,353Report Halifax (12) 32 - 26 (12) Sheffield Eagles 28 February, 15:00 GMT Jamie Leahy Shay Stadium 2,139Report Widnes Vikings (34) 72 - 10 (6) Keighley Cougars 28 February, 15:00 GMT Ron Laughton Stobart Stadium Halton 2,777Report Round Stats : 9,322 : 1,865 : 274 : 55 Highest Try Scorer(s): Shane Grady (3) Dean Thompson (3) Shad Royston (3) Highest Goal Scorer(s): Shane Grady (10)
Round 2
Home Score Away Match Information Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance RFL Match Report Batley Bulldogs (6) 24 - 34 (30) Halifax 11 March, 19:30 GMT Ronnie Laughton Mount Pleasant 1,837Report Whitehaven (10) 34 - 20 (20) Toulouse Olympique 13 March, 18:00 GMT Jamie Leahy Recreation Ground 1,181Report Dewsbury Rams (6) 10 - 40 (22) Featherstone Rovers 14 March, 15:00 GMT Gareth Hewer The Tetley's Stadium 1,313Report Keighley Cougars (6) 12 - 34 (18) Leigh Centurions 14 March, 15:00 GMT Robert Hicks Cougar Park 1,115Report Sheffield Eagles (14) 30 - 44 (18) Widnes Vikings 14 March, 15:00 GMT Warren Turley Don Valley Stadium 1,085Report Round Stats : 6,531 : 1,306 : 282 : 56 Highest Try Scorer(s): Andy Kain (3) Highest Goal Scorer(s): Shane Grady (8)
Round 3
Home Score Away Match Information Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance RFL Match Report Widnes Vikings (10) 28 - 30 (16) Halifax 18 March, 19:30 GMT Robert Hicks Stobart Stadium Halton 3,686Report Sheffield Eagles (12) 22 - 10 (10) Dewsbury Rams 19 March, 19:30 GMT Jamie Leahy Don Valley Stadium 835Report Toulouse Olympique (14) 34 - 26 (4) Keighley Cougars 20 March, 19:00 GMT Warren Turley Stade des Minimes 1,823Report Barrow Raiders (0) 6 - 20 (8) Featherstone Rovers 20 March, 18:30 GMT Ian Smith Craven Park 1,998Report Leigh Centurions (12) 44 - 12 (0) Whitehaven 21 March, 15:00 GMT P Brooke Leigh Sports Village 1,891Report Round Stats : 10,233 : 2,046 : 232 : 46 Highest Try Scorer(s): Thomas Coyle (2) Tangi Ropati (2) Cédric Gay (2) Highest Goal Scorer(s): Kyle Briggs (6)
Round 4
Home Score Away Match Information Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance RFL Match Report Keighley Cougars (12) 12 - 22 (10) Batley Bulldogs 25 March, 19:30 GMT Jamie Leahy Cougar Park 1,336Report Toulouse Olympique (16) 16 - 48 (16) Barrow Raiders 27 March, 19:00 GMT Gareth Hewer Stade des Minimes 1,500 Dewsbury Rams (14) 30 - 36 (16) Widnes Vikings 28 March, 15:00 GMT Ronnie Laughton Tetley's Stadium 1,499 Featherstone Rovers (32) 54 - 18 (12) Whitehaven 28 March, 15:00 GMT Warren Turley Big Fellas Stadium 1,551 Halifax (4) 10 - 48 (20) Leigh Centurions 28 March, 15:00 GMT M Thomason Shay Stadium 3,071 Round Stats : 8,957 : 1,791 : 294 : 59 Highest Try Scorer(s): Anthony Thackeray (3) Chris Spurr (3) Jessie Joe Parker (3) Kyle Briggs (3) Liam Campbell (3) Highest Goal Scorer(s): Kyle Briggs (7)
Round 5
Home Score Away Match Information Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance RFL Match Report Whitehaven (8) 8 - 19 (6) Barrow Raiders 1 April, 18:00 GMT Ian Smith Recreation Ground 1,386 Featherstone Rovers (8) 44 - 4 (0) Halifax 2 April, 19:30 GMT Gareth Hewer Big Fellas Stadium 2,353 Keighley Cougars (2) 16 - 16 (10) Sheffield Eagles 2 April, 19:30 GMT M Thomason Cougar Park 927 Batley Bulldogs (10) 22 - 8 (4) Dewsbury Rams 2 April, 19:30 GMT Warren Turley Mount Pleasant 1,484 Toulouse Olympique (0) 6 - 36 (18) Leigh Centurions 2 April, 19:30 GMT Craig Halloran Stade des Minimes 1,225 Round Stats : 7,375 : 1,475 : 179 : 36 Highest Try Scorer(s): Martin Ostler (2) Highest Goal Scorer(s): Kyle Briggs (8)
Round 6
Home Score Away Match Information Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance RFL Match Report Dewsbury Rams (4) 10 - 42 (14) Keighley Cougars 5 April, 15:00 GMT Craig Halloran Tetley's Stadium 1,854 Halifax (16) 50 - 6 (6) Toulouse Olympique 5 April, 18:00 GMT Peter Brooke Shay Stadium 1,725 Leigh Centurions (14) 26 - 4 (4) Batley Bulldogs 5 April, 19:00 GMT Gareth Hewer Leigh Sports Village 2,246 Widnes Vikings (30) 48 - 18 (8) Whitehaven 5 April, 15:00 GMT Jamie Leahy Stobart Stadium Halton 3,033 Round Stats : 8,858 : 2,215 : 204 : 51 Highest Try Scorer(s): Matty Blythe (3) Shad Royston (3) Highest Goal Scorer(s): Jamie Rooney (7) Lee Patterson (7)
Round 7
Home Score Away Match Information Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance RFL Match Report Halifax (16) 40 - 20 (6) Keighley Cougars 8 April, 19:30 GMT Robert Hicks The Shay 2,522 Widnes Vikings (12) 36 - 42 (30) Toulouse Olympique 10 April, 18:00 GMT M Thomason Stobart Stadium Halton 2,793 Barrow Raiders (32) 56 - 10 (4) Batley Bulldogs 10 April, 18:30 GMT Craig Halloran Craven Park 1,725 Dewsbury Rams (4) 12 - 20 (18) Whitehaven 11 April, 15:00 GMT P Brooke Tetley's Stadium 850 Sheffield Eagles (6) 16 - 40 (16) Featherstone Rovers 11 April, 15:00 GMT Jamie Leahey Bramall Lane 2,871 Round Stats : 10,761 : 2,152 : 292 : 58 Highest Try Scorer(s): Jermaine McGilvary (3) Vincent Duport (3) Anthony Thackeray (3) Highest Goal Scorer(s): Jamie Rooney (8)
Round 15
Home Score Away Match Information Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance RFL Match Report Barrow Raiders (28) 50 - 4 (4) Sheffield Eagles 5 April, 15:00 GMT Ronnie Laughton Craven Park 1,854 Round Stats : 1,854 : 1,854 : 54 : 54 Highest Try Scorer(s): Highest Goal Scorer(s):
Progression table
Cells in gold indicate team finished top of the table at the end of the round. Cells in green indicate team finished in the six play-off places at the end of the round. Cells in red indicate team finished in the relegation zone at the end of the round. Cells that contain a star (*) next to the points indicates that team did not play that week
Team 1 Featherstone Rovers 3 6 9 12 15 15* 18 2 Leigh Centurions 2 5 8 11 14 17 17* 3 Halifax 3 6 9 9 9 12 15 4 Barrow Raiders 2 2* 2 5 8 11 14 5 Widnes Vikings 3 6 7 10 10* 13 14 6 Toulouse Olympique 3 3 6 6 6 6 9 7 Batley Bulldogs 0 1 1* 4 7 7 7 8 Whitehaven 0* 3 3 3 4 4 7 9 Sheffield Eagles 1 1 4 4* 6 6 6 9 Dewsbury Rams 1 1 2 3 3 3 4 11 Keighley Cougars -9 -9 -8 -7 -5 -2 -2 Source:
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