2010 Championship 1

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.

2010 Championship 1
Championship 1 logo
LeagueChampionship 1
Duration20 games each
Teams11
Attendance2,896
Broadcast partnersSKY Sports
2010 Season
Playoff Winners York City Knights
League Leaders Hunslet Hawks
Runners-up Oldham

All of the teams competed in the 2010 Challenge Cup but South Wales did not compete in the 2010 National League Cup.[1]

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.[2]

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 1
Team 2009 Season Stadium Capacity City/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
(2010 Season)		 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
Position Club Played Won Drawn Lost Pts for Pts agst Pts Diff B.P. Points
1 Hunslet Hawks 20 18 0 2 828 305 523 1 55
2 Oldham 20 17 0 3 694 438 256 1 52
3 York City Knights 20 12 0 8 617 524 83 3 39
4 Blackpool Panthers 20 15 0 5 805 370 435 3 38 (a)
5 Rochdale Hornets 20 10 0 10 630 498 132 7 37
6 South Wales Scorpions 20 9 0 11 576 468 108 7 34
7 Workington Town 20 8 1 11 494 498 −4 7 33
8 Swinton Lions 20 9 1 10 570 581 −11 4 33
9 Doncaster 20 8 0 12 518 588 −70 4 28
10 London Skolars 20 2 0 18 444 900 −456 4 10
11 Gateshead Thunder 20 1 0 19 236 1232 −996 1 -2 (b)

(a) Blackpool were docked 10 points for an operational rules breach.

(b): Gateshead were docked 6 points for entering administration.

2010 Playoffs
  Elimination play-offs   Qualifying / Elimination semi-finals   Elimination final   Grand Final
                                 
  12 September 2010  
1   Oldham 41  
2   York City Knights 32         26 September 2010, Halliwell Jones Stadium
        Oldham 4
  5 September 2010     19 September 2010       York City Knights 25
  3   Blackpool Panthers 36         York City Knights 38  
  6   Workington Town 26   12 September 2010       Blackpool Panthers 18
      Blackpool Panthers 34  
5 September 2010       Rochdale Hornets 26
  4   Rochdale Hornets 60  
  5   South Wales Scorpions 26
   
Key:         Losing team progressing     Winning team progressing

See also

References
  1. Hadfield, Dave (8 December 2009). "New Welsh club formed as Crusaders move north". London: The Independent. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  2. "RFL accepts Thunder business plan". BBC Sport. 11 November 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
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