2014 RFL Championship

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Kinstone Press Championship 2014
LeagueChampionship
Duration26 Rounds (Followed by 4 round playoffs)
Teams14
Broadcast partnersPremier Sports
2014 Season

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.[1]

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.[2]

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
Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders Craven Park 7,600 Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs loverugbyleague.com Stadium 6,000 Batley, West Yorkshire
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams Tetley's Stadium 5,100 Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster Keepmoat Stadium 15,231 Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers Bigfellas Stadium 6,750 Featherstone, West Yorkshire
Faxcolours.svg Halifax The Shay Stadium 6,561 Halifax, West Yorkshire
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars Cougar Park 7,800 Keighley, West Yorkshire
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions Leigh Sports Village 12,700 Leigh, Greater Manchester
NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders Racecourse Ground 10,500 (15,500 with The Kop open) Wrexham, Wales
Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets Spotland 10,249 Rochdale, Greater Manchester
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles Owlerton Stadium 4,000 Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions Leigh Sports Village 12,700 Leigh, Greater Manchester
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven Recreation Ground 7,500 Whitehaven, Cumbria
Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town Derwent Park 10,000 Workington, Cumbria

Season Standings[]

2014 RFL Championship
# Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Bns Pts
1 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 26 25 0 1 1024 396 +628 1 76
2 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 26 18 1 7 871 532 +339 5 61
3 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 26 16 2 8 714 504 +210 6 58
4 Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 26 17 1 8 643 599 +44 4 57
5 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 26 16 0 10 790 605 +185 6 54
6 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 26 15 0 11 669 585 +84 6 51
7 Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 26 12 1 13 467 524 -57 10 48
8 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 26 12 1 13 582 573 +9 7 45
9 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 26 13 0 13 592 666 -74 6 45
10 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 26 12 0 14 587 601 -14 8 44
11 NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders 26 7 0 19 468 709 -241 10 31
12 Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 26 7 0 19 509 919 -410 4 25
13 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 26 5 0 21 570 865 -295 9 24
14 Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 26 4 0 22 462 870 -408 7 19
  Teams qualifying for the Play-offs
  Teams in relegation position

This table is correct as of 01/10/2014. Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20150717201708/http://www.rugbyleaguechampionships.co.uk/match_day/league_table

Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.
Competition points: For win = 3; For draw = 2; For loss by 12 points or fewer = 1.[3]

Season Results[]

Main article: 2014 RFL Championship 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[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Relegation is scrapped from Championship this campaign". Keighley News. 16 February 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Kingstone Press Championships clubs prepare for kick off". Rugby League Championships. 10 February 2014. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Points System". Rugby League Championships. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.

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