2012 RFL Championship season results

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This is a list of the 2012 RFL Championship season results. The Championship is the second-tier rugby league competition in the United Kingdom. The 2012 season started on 8 March and ends on 30 September with the Grand Final at the Halliwell Jones Stadium in Warrington. 2012 is the last season to consist of a 10-team division, with the league expanding to 12 teams for 2013 with the inclusion of the top 4 teams from the 2012 Championship 1 season, Barrow Raiders, Doncaster, Whitehaven and Workington Town.

The 2012 season consists of two stages. The regular season was played over 18 round-robin fixtures, in which each of the fourteen teams involved in the competition played each other once at home and once away. In the Championship, a win was worth three points in the table, a draw worth two points apiece, and a loss by less than 12 points during the game earned one bonus point. Defeats by more than 12 points yielded no points.

The Championship will be decided through the second stage of the season, the play-offs. The top six teams in the table contest to play in the Grand Final, the winners of which will be crowned champions.

Regular season[]

Round 1[]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 18–24 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 8 March, 19:30 GMT Leigh Sports Village Matt Thomason 1,663
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 12–22 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 10 March, 14:00 GMT Cougar Park Gareth Hewer 1,621
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 30–10 Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 10 March, 15:00 GMT Tetley's Stadium Ronnie Laughton 1,059
Faxcolours.svg Halifax 44–18 Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 10 March, 15:00 GMT The Shay Tim Roby 2,052
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 56–22 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 10 March, 15:00 GMT Don Valley Stadium Jamie Leahy 1,815
Source:[1][2]

Round 2[]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 36–16 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 15 March, 19:30 GMT Bigfellas Stadium Steve Maden 2,382
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 8–10 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 18 March, 14:00 GMT Mount Pleasant Clint Sharrad 848
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 16–34 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 18 March, 14:00 GMT Leigh Sports Village Tim Roby 654
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 22–40 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 18 March, 15:00 GMT South Leeds Stadium Matt Thomason 419
Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 18–24 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 18 March, 15:00 GMT Huntington Stadium Gareth Hewer 967
Source:[1][2]

Round 3[]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 18–50 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 29 March, 19:30 BST Bramall Lane Gareth Hewer 1,412
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 36–6 Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 30 March, 20:00 BST Leigh Sports Village Jamie Leahy 1,700
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 48–6 Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 1 April, 14:00 BST Cougar Park Ronnie Laughton 1,069
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 26–18 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 1 April, 14:00 BST Leigh Sports Village Matt Thomason 707
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 12–24 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 1 April, 15:00 GMT Tetley's Stadium George Stokes 1,597
Source:[1][2]

Round 4[]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 38–4 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 6 April, 12:00 BST Leigh Sports Village Ronnie Laughton 2,135
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 18–16 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 6 April, 19:30 BST Mount Pleasant Clint Sharrad 1,353
Faxcolours.svg Halifax 13–12 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 6 April, 19:30 BST The Shay Jamie Leahy 2,378
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 40–60 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 7 April, 18:00 BST Bigfellas Stadium Tim Roby 2,293
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 20–6 Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 8 April, 15:00 BST South Leeds Stadium Warren Turley 505
Source:[1][2]

Round 5[]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Faxcolours.svg Halifax 18–32 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 19 April, 19:30 BST The Shay George Stokes 2,062
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 23–16 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 22 April, 14:00 BST Cougar Park Matt Thomason 948
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 24–26 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 22 April, 14:00 BST Leigh Sports Village Clint Sharrad 866
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 16–8 Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 22 April, 15:00 BST Tetley's Stadium Gareth Hewer 850
Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 16–30 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 22 April, 15:00 BST Huntington Stadium Jamie Leahy 691
Source:[1][2]

Round 6[]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 32–12 Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 6 May, 12:00 BST Leigh Sports Village George Stokes 410
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 29–22 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 6 May, 15:00 BST Tetley's Stadium Ronnie Laughton 992
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 12–60 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 6 May, 15:00 BST Bigfellas Stadium Tim Roby 2,806
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 0–48 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 6 May, 15:00 BST South Leeds Stadium Dave Merrick 506
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 32–34 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 6 May, 15:00 BST Don Valley Stadium Jamie Leahy 1,237
Source:[1][2]

Round 7[]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 18–25 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 10 May, 19:30 BST Huntington Stadium Gareth Hewer 462
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 24–31 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 13 May, 14:00 BST Mount Pleasant Matt Thomason 1,317
Faxcolours.svg Halifax 50–22 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 13 May, 15:00 BST The Shay Jamie Leahy 2,377
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 12–38 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 13 May, 15:00 BST South Leeds Stadium Ronnie Laughton 426
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 40–14 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 23 August, 19:45 BSTA Leigh Sports Village Gareth Hewer 1,597
Source:[1][2]

Round 8[]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 36–4 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 17 May, 19:30 BST Cougar Stadium Jamie Leahy 716
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 42–10 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 18 May, 19:30 BST Bramall Lane Dave Merrick 1,154
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 34–14 Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 19 May, 18:00 BST Bigfellas Stadium Ronnie Laughton 1,610
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 23–16 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 20 May, 14:00 BST Mount Pleasant George Stokes 1,553
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 30–10 Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 20 May, 15:00 BST Leigh Sports Village Dave Merrick 1,716
Source:[1][2]

Round 9[]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 26–16 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 24 May, 19:30 BST Bramall Lane Ronnie Laughton 1,117
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 18–24 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 25 May, 20:00 BST Leigh Sports Village Jamie Leahy 822
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 18–34 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 27 May, 15:00 BST Tetley's Stadium Gareth Hewer 922
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 10–54 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 27 May, 15:00 BST South Leeds Stadium Matthew Kidd 724
Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 18–42 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 27 May, 15:00 BST Huntington Stadium Dave Merrick 918
Source:[1][2]

Round 10[]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 40–12 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 7 June, 19:30 BST Leigh Sports Village George Stokes 1,645
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 56–10 Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 10 June, 14:00 BST Mount Pleasant Jamie Leahy 705
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 16–30 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 10 June, 14:00 BST Cougar Park Clint Sharrad 1,723
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 60–18 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 10 June, 15:00 BST Bigfellas Stadium Ronnie Laughton 2,241
Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 26–22 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 10 June, 15:00 BST Huntington Stadium Gareth Hewer 641
Source:[1][2]

Round 11[]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 24–34 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 21 June, 19:30 BST Tetley's Stadium Clint Sherrard 1,092
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 16–22 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 22 June, 19:30 BST Leigh Sports Village Gareth Hewer 1,837
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 44–10 Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 22 June, 19:30 BST Don Valley Stadium Jamie Leahy 784
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 36–22 Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 24 June, 14:00 BST Leigh Sports Village Chris Leatherbarrow 567
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 30–34 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 24 June, 17:00 BST Cougar Park Ronnie Laughton 878
Source:[1][2]

Round 12[]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Faxcolours.svg Halifax 4–24 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 28 June, 19:30 BST The Shay Matthew Thomasson 2,792
Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 24–32 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 29 June, 20:00 BST Huntington Stadium Chris Leatherbarrow 906
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 42–20 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 1 July, 14:00 BST Mount Pleasant George Stokes 1,003
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 24–32 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 1 July, 14:00 BST Leigh Sports Village Gareth Hewer 506
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 12–22 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 1 July, 15:00 BST South Leeds Stadium Jamie Leahy 505
Source:[1][2]

Round 13[]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 24–32 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 12 July, 19:30 BST Mount Pleasant George Stokes 874
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 50–6 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 13 July, 19:30 BST Leigh Sports Village Matthew Thomasson 1,536
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 46–24 Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 15 July, 14:00 BST Cougar Park Ronnie Laughton 972
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 68–0 Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 15 July, 15:00 BST Bigfellas Stadium Clint Sharrad 2,021
Faxcolours.svg Halifax 50–28 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 15 July, 15:00 BST The Shay Gary Dewar 2,089
Source:[1][2]

Round 14[]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 16–6 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 20 July, 19:30 BST Don Valley Stadium Matt Thomason 854
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 32–24 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 22 July, 15:00 BST Tetley's Stadium Warren Turley 835
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 31–28 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 22 July, 15:00 BST Bigfellas Stadium Ronnie Laughton 2,304
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 22–52 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 22 July, 15:00 BST South Leeds Stadium Dave Merrick 664
Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 20–66 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 22 July, 15:00 BST Huntington Stadium George Stokes 806
Source:[1][2]

Round 15[]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 62–6 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 2 August, 19:30 BST Mount Pleasant Dave Merrick 720
Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 12–40 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 3 August, 20:00 BST Huntington Stadium Gareth Hewer 1,015
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 34–6 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 5 August, 14:00 BST Cougar Park Jamie Leahy 814
Faxcolours.svg Halifax 30–26 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 5 August, 15:00 BST The Shay Chris Leatherbarrow 1,912
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 6–36 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 5 August, 15:00 BST South Leeds Stadium Matt Thomason 408
Source:[1][2]

Round 16[]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 0–26 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 9 August, 19:30 BST Cougar Park Jamie Leahy 831
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 30–20 Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 10 August, 19:30 BST Don Valley Stadium M Thomas 777
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 12–26 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 12 August, 15:00 BST Tetley's Stadium Ronnie Laughton 1,703
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 86–12 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 12 August, 15:00 BST Bigfellas Stadium Warren Turley 2,068
Faxcolours.svg Halifax 44–12 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 12 August, 15:00 BST The Shay Clint Sharrad 1,989
Source:[1][2]

Round 17[]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 28–28 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone 16 August, 19:30 BST Don Valley Stadium Gareth Hewer 1,449
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 32–28 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 17 August, 19:30 BST Leigh Sports Village Tim Roby 2,122
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 50–0 Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 19 August, 14:00 BST Mount Pleasant Matt Thomason 741
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 18–18 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 19 August, 14:00 BST Leigh Sports Village Ronnie Laughton 515
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 22–34 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 19 August, 15:00 BST South Leeds Stadium Jamie Leahy 463
Source:[1][2]

Round 18[]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 12–48 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 2 September, 14:00 BST Leigh Sports Village Jamie Leahy 1,026
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 20–30 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 2 September, 15:00 BST Tetley's Stadium Warren Turley 1,156
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 46–4 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 2 September, 15:00 BST Bigfellas Stadium Dave Merrick 2,816
Faxcolours.svg Halifax 26–20 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 2 September, 15:00 BST The Shay Matt Thomason 2,344
Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 26–28 Batley colours.svg Hunslet Hawks 2 September, 15:00 BST Huntington Stadium Gareth Hewer 913
Source:[1][2]

Play-offs[]

The 2010 Co-Operative Championship Play-Off structure.
The 2012 Co-Operative Championship Play-Off structure

The play-offs commence following the conclusion of the regular season and include the top six sides from the league and uses a top 6 play-off system, culminating in the grand final at the Halliwell Jones Stadium in Warrington, home of Super League side Warrington Wolves.

Preliminary Semi Finals[]

# Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
P1 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 28–24 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 6 September 2012, 19:30 BST The Shay Jamie Leahy 1,203
P2 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 42–12 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 9 September 2012, 15:00 BST Don Valley Stadium George Stokes 722
Source:[1][2]

Qualifying and Minor Semi Final[]

# Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
QS Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 32–14 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 13 September 2012, 19:30 BST Bigfellas Stadium George Stokes 1,828
MS Faxcolours.svg Halifax 12–54 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 16 September 2012, 13:30 BST The Shay Tim Roby 1,514
Source:[1][2]

Major Semi Final[]

# Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
SF Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 22–32 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 20 September 2012, 19:30 BST Leigh Sports Village Tim Roby 1,725
Source:[1][2]

Grand Final[]

# Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
GF Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 16–20 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 30 September 2012, 16:30 BST Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington Tim Roby 6,409
Source:[1][2]

Play-off ladder[]

  Elimination play-offs   Qualifying / Elimination semi-finals   Elimination final   Grand Final
                                 
  13 September 2012  
    Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 32  
    Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 14         30 September 2012, Halliwell Jones Stadium
       Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 16
  9 September 2012     20 September 2012      Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 20
      Faxcolours.svg Halifax 28        Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 22  
      Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 24   16 September 2012      Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 32
     Faxcolours.svg Halifax 12  
9 September 2012      Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 54
      Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 42  
      Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 12
   
Key:         Losing team progressing     Winning team progressing


Notes[]

A.^ Match re-arranged for August due to Leigh's Challenge Cup Quarter Final tie

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Rugby League - Co-operative Championship results". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 17 August 2007. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Championship results". Co-operative Championship. Archived from the original on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 10 March 2012.

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