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.
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 at the end of 2014 Championship 1.
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
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 Championship 2014 Championship 1 British rugby league system Super League Rugby League Conference Northern Ford Premiership National League Cup
References
External links Official Website