The 2012 Championship 1 was a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in England and Wales, the third tier of the sport in the country. For one season only, the top four teams (Barrow Raiders, Doncaster, Whitehaven and Workington Town) were promoted to the 2013 Rugby Football League Championship, while the champions of the division were decided by a six-team play-off, which was won by Doncaster, who beat Barrow 16–13 at the Halliwell Jones Stadium.
There was no relegation from this league as it is the lowest tier of professional rugby league. All of the teams competed in the 2012 Challenge Cup and the 2012 National League Cup.
2012 structure
The competition featured mainly the same teams as it did in 2011. The exceptions being that the Swinton Lions and the Keighley Cougars were both promoted to compete in the 2012 RFL Championship. The Barrow Raiders were relegated from the 2010 RFL Championship, while the North Wales Crusaders enter the division following the collapse of the Crusaders, who lost a Super League licence for the 2012 season.
+Championship 1 Team & Current Season 2011 Position Stadium Capacity Location Barrow Raiders 11th (Championship) Craven Park 7,600 Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria Doncaster 5th Keepmoat Stadium 15,231 Doncaster, South Yorkshire Gateshead Thunder 10th Thunderdome 11,800 Gateshead, Tyne and Wear London Skolars 9th New River Stadium 5,000 Haringey, London North Wales Crusaders N/A Racecourse Ground 10,500 (15,500 with The Kop open) Wrexham, Wales Oldham 7th Whitebank Stadium 1500 (temporary capacity) Limeside, Oldham, Greater Manchester Rochdale Hornets 4th Spotland Stadium 10,249 Rochdale, Greater Manchester South Wales Scorpions 8th The Gnoll 6,000 Neath, West Glamorgan, Wales Whitehaven 6th Recreation Ground 7,500 Whitehaven, Cumbria Workington Town 2nd Derwent Park 10,000 Workington, Cumbria
Season table
Season results
The regular league season sees the 10 teams play each other twice (one home, one away) over 18 matches. The top six teams at the end of the regular season goes through to the play-offs to determine the winners of Championship 1.
See also Co-operative Championship 2012 RFL Championship RFL League 1 2012 National League Cup
References
External links Official Championship website RFL Championship coverage Scores from Sky Sports RugbyLeague.org Championship 1 Fans Forums