2004 Rugby League National Leagues

2004 National League
League	National Leagues
National League One
Champions	Leigh Centurions
League leaders	Leigh Centurions
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from National League One	Leigh Centurions
Relegated to National League Two	Keighley Cougars
National League Two
League leaders	Barrow Raiders
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from National League Two	Barrow Raiders
National League Three
Champions	Coventry Bears
League leaders	Coventry Bears
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The 2004 National Leagues ( known as the LHF Healthplan National Leagues due to sponsorship)^[1] are the second, third and fourth divisions of rugby league in the UK.

National League One[]

National League One was won by Leigh Centurions, and won promotion to the Super League after defeating runners-up Whitehaven in the play-off final. Keighley Cougars were relegated to National League Two.

Table[]

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	Pts for	Pts agst	Pts	Qualification
1	Leigh Centurions	18	14	0	4	686	407	28	Play-off Semi Final
2	Whitehaven	18	14	0	4	552	312	28
3	Hull Kingston Rovers	18	10	0	8	466	428	20	Elimination Finals
4	Oldham	18	10	0	8	482	503	20
5	Featherstone Rovers	18	9	1	8	500	491	19
6	Doncaster Dragons	18	9	1	8	468	502	19
7	Batley Bulldogs	18	8	0	10	503	534	16
8	Rochdale Hornets	18	7	1	10	472	587	15
9	Halifax	18	7	0	11	426	492	14	Relegation Play-off
10	Keighley Cougars	18	1	0	17	366	708	2	Relegated to National League 2

Play-offs[]

Elimination play-offs

Qualifying / Elimination semi-finals

Elimination final

Grand Final

Leigh Sports Village

Leigh

30

Whitehaven

16

Leigh

32

Craven Park

Recreation Ground

Whitehaven

16

Hull KR

63

Whitehaven

30

Doncaster

22

Craven Park

Featherstone

2

Hull KR

18

Whitebank

Featherstone

19

Oldham

28

Featherstone

33

Key:         Losing team progressing     Winning team progressing

National League Two[]

National League Two was won by Barrow Raiders, and were automatically promoted to National League One. York City Knights reached the play-off final, but lost to Halifax, who retained their National League One status.

Table[]

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	Pts for	Pts agst	Pts	Qualification
1	Barrow Raiders	18	14	1	3	521	346	29	Promoted to National League 1
2	York City Knights	18	13	0	5	630	308	26	Play-off Semi Final
3	Sheffield Eagles	18	12	0	6	569	340	24	Elimination Finals
4	Swinton Lions	18	12	0	6	547	460	24
5	Workington Town	18	10	0	8	597	479	20
6	Hunslet Hawks	18	10	0	8	475	394	20
7	Chorley Lynx	18	7	2	9	460	522	16
8	London Skolars	18	6	0	12	361	583	12
9	Dewsbury Rams	18	3	1	14	284	595	7
10	Gateshead Thunder	18	1	0	17	298	715	2

National League Three[]

National League Three expanded to a 14-team league, but there was still no automatic promotion and relegation with National League Two. The league was won by Coventry Bears, who also went on to win the play-offs.

Table[]

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	Pts for	Pts agst	Pts	Qualification
1	Coventry Bears	20	17	0	3	831	385	34	Play-offs
2	Bradford Dudley Hill	20	16	0	4	942	317	32
3	Woolston Rovers (Warrington)	20	15	1	4	764	232	31
4	Sheffield Hillsborough Hawks	20	13	1	6	631	334	27
5	Bramley Buffaloes	20	13	1	6	592	368	27
6	Hemel Stags	20	13	0	7	721	424	26
7	St Albans Centurions	20	13	0	7	724	406	26
8	Birmingham Bulldogs	20	10	0	10	620	624	20
9	Underbank Rangers	20	9	1	10	671	519	19
10	South London Storm	20	8	2	10	496	510	18
11		20	5	0	15	467	625	10
12	Carlisle Centurions	20	3	0	17	290	498	6
13	Gateshead Storm	20	2	0	18	290	1041	4
14		20	1	0	19	186	1492	2

Play-offs[]

Week 1[]

Bradford Dudley Hill 13–30 St Albans Centurions

Coventry Bears 32–26 Birmingham Bulldogs

Sheffield Hillsborough Hawks 38–6 Bramley Buffaloes

Woolston Rovers (Warrington) 36–32 Hemel Stags

Week 2[]

Sheffield Hillsborough Hawks 26–40 Bradford Dudley Hill

St Albans Centurions 18–26 Bramley Buffaloes

Week 3[]

Coventry Bears 32–18 Bramley Buffaloes

Woolston Rovers (Warrington) 32–18 Bradford Dudley Hill

Grand Final[]

Coventry Bears 48–24 Woolston Rovers (Warrington)

References[]

External links[]

• Rugby Football League

See also[]

• Rugby League Championships