2021 RFL Championship season results

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The Rugby Football League (RFL) 2021 Championship comprised 22-rounds in the regular season with a four-round play-off post-season contested by the top six clubs to determine which club would be promoted to the 2022 Super League.

Regular season[]

Round 1[]

Betfred Championship: round one
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 47–14 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 2 April 2021, 17:00 The MBI Shay G. Hewer N/A[a]
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 28–20 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 2 April 2021, 17:15 Bower Fold C. Worsley
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 28–18 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 2 April 2021, 19:30 Millennium Stadium J. Smith
Balmain colours.svg York City Knights 6–21 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 3 April 2021, 16:30 York Community Stadium T. Grant
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 17–8 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven RLFC 3 April 2021, 19:30 Tetley's Stadium A. Moore
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 50–12 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 4 April 2021, 12:45 Keepmoat Stadium J. Vella
Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Thunder 30–30 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 4 April 2021, 17:15 Kingston Park M. Griffiths
Source:[1]
  1. ^ behind closed doors, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom

Round 2[]

Betfred Championship: round two
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 48–10 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 17 April 2021, 12:45 Mount Pleasant J. Vella N/A[a]
ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 24–0[b] Broncoscolours.png London Broncos N/A Stade Ernest-Wallon N/A
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 14–22 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 17 April 2021, 17:30 DCBL Stadium C. Worsley
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 6–36 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 18 April 2021, 12:45 Heywood Road A. Moore
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven RLFC 29–20 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Thunder 18 April 2021, 15:00 Recreation Ground J. Smith
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 27–26 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 18 April 2021, 17:15 Tetley's Stadium T. Grant
Balmain colours.svg York City Knights 14–20 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 18 April 2021, 19:30 York Community Stadium G. Hewer
Source:[2]
  1. ^ behind closed doors, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
  2. ^ The RFL announced in March that under the COVID-19 quarantine regulations in England there was no bar to the match taking place. London declined to travel to France to play so, under the RFL regulations, London forfeited the game with the two competition points being awarded to Toulouse and the result recorded as a 24–0 win for the French side. The match does not count towards London's number of games played towards qualification to the play-offs.

Round 3[]

Betfred Championship: round three
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 38–24 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 24 April 2021, 14:00 The Rock M. Mannifield N/A[a]
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 48–16 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 24 April 2021, 16:00 Mount Pleasant G. Hewer
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 16–64 Balmain colours.svg York City Knights 25 April 2021, 12:45 Heywood Road M. Rossleigh
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 48–14 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven RLFC 25 April 2021, 15:00 Millennium Stadium A. Moore
Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 34–44 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 25 April 2021, 15:00 The Shay J. Smith
Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Thunder 24–16 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 25 April 2021, 15:00 Kingston Park J. Vella
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 35–14 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 25 April 2021, 19:30 Tetley's Stadium S. Mikalauskas
Source:[3]
  1. ^ behind closed doors, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom

Round 4[]

Betfred Championship: round four
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 16–12 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 1 May 2021, 12:45 Bower Fold G. Hewer N/A[a]
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 20–20 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 1 May 2021, 15:00 Keepmoat Stadium B. Thaler
ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique P–P[b] Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 1 May 2021, 15:00 Stade Ernest-Wallon
Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 16–28 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 2 May 2021, 12:45 Kingston Park A. Moore
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 22–30 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 2 May 2021, 15:00 LEL Arena J. Vella
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 46–10 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 2 May 2021, 17:15 Halton Stadium J. Smith
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 20–30 Balmain colours.svg York City Knights 2 May 2021, 19:30 Tetley's Stadium T. Grant
Source:[4]
  1. ^ behind closed doors, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
  2. ^ Under RFL COVID-19 protocols part-time teams are not obliged to travel to Toulouse until French and UK government relax travel and quarantine restrictions

Round 5[]

Betfred Championship: round five
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 18–30 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 7 May 2021, 19:45 Keepmoat Stadium G. Hewer N/A[a]
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 4–36 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 8 May 2021, 12:45 Bower Fold S. Mikalauskas
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 22–23 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 9 May 2021, 11:45 Heywood Road M. Griffiths
Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 50–30 Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 9 May 2021, 15:00 Trailfinders Sports Ground J. Smith
ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 70–0 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 9 May 2021, 15:00 Heywood Road[b] T. Grant
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 0–36 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 9 May 2021, 17:15 Tetley's Stadium A. Moore
Balmain colours.svg York City Knights 12–16 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 9 May 2021, 19:30 York Community Stadium C. Kendall
Source:[6]
  1. ^ behind closed doors, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
  2. ^ Match being played on neutral ground in England to reduced impact in teams due to COVID-19 quarantine regulations[5]

Round 6[]

Limited attendances by home supporters only were allowed from Monday 17 May 2021.[7]

Betfred Championship: round six
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 6–40 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 15 May 2021, 14:00 Fox's Biscuits Stadium T. Grant N/A[a]
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 0–66 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 16 May 2021, 15:00 LEL Arena J. Smith
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 14–35 Balmain colours.svg York City Knights 16 May 2021, 15:00 Halton Stadium G. Hewer
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 18–20 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 17 May 2021, 19:45 Heywood Road C. Worsley 416
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 68–0 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 17 May 2021, 20:00 LD Nutrition Stadium J. Vella 1,684
Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 46–12 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 6 June 2021, 12:45[b] The MBi Shay R. Hicks 734
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 31–12 Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 6 June 2021, 15:00[c] Odsal Stadium J. Child 3,562
Source:[10][11][12]
  1. ^ behind closed doors, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
  2. ^ Match originally scheduled for 15 May, was postponed on 11 May after two Sheffield players tested positive for COVID-19 and five others identified as close contacts. With seven players ruled out, the RFL COVID-19 protocol allows for postponement of the game.[8]
  3. ^ Originally scheduled for 17 May, the match was postponed by mutual consent to 6 June.[9]

Round 7[]

Betfred Championship: round seven
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance[a]
ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 66–18 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 22 May 2021, 15:00 Heywood Road[b] J. Smith 186
Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 8–33 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 23 May 2021, 15:00 Trailfinders Sports Ground J. Vella 533
Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 0–32 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 23 May 2021, 15:00 Kingston Park G. Hewer 604
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 44–6 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 23 May 2021, 15:00 Halton Stadium J. McMullen 1,043
Balmain colours.svg York City Knights 34–6 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 23 May 2021, 15:00 York Community Stadium N. Bennett 1,000
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 18–50 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 23 May 2021, 15:30 Keepmoat Stadium A. Moore 620
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 10–38 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 15 July 2021, 19:30[c] Tetley's Stadium M. Mannifield 1,021
Source:[16][12]
  1. ^ Limited attendances allowed but by home fans only.[13]
  2. ^ Although this is a home fixture for Toulouse, the match was played at Swinton by mutual consent due to travel restrictions relating to COVID-19.[14]
  3. ^ Postponed by mutual consent from original date of 23 May.[15]

Round 8[]

Betfred Championship: round eight
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance[a]
ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique C–C Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder N/A[b]
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 26–12 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 30 May 2021, 15:00 Fox's Biscuits Stadium G. Hewer 930
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 37–18 Balmain colours.svg York City Knights 30 May 2021, 15:00 Odsal Stadium B. Thaler 4,000
Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 8–16 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 30 May 2021, 15:00 The MBi Shay T. Grant 882
Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 30–10 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 30 May 2021, 15:00 Trailfinders Sports Ground A. Moore 280
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 18–40 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 30 May 2021, 15:00 Bower Fold J. Smith 600
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 25–25 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 30 May 2021, 15:00 Keepmoat Stadium C. Worsley 343
Source:[18]
  1. ^ Limited attendances only due to COVID-19 restrictions
  2. ^ Match originally scheduled for 29 May but postponed due to COVID-19 restrictions on travel to France from the UK. Subsequently re-arranged for 17 July but continuing quarantine rules forced another postponement. With no free dates left in the season calendar the fixture was cancelled and not played.[17]

Round 9[]

Betfred Championship: round nine
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance[a]
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 28–32 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 12 June 2021, 15:00 Bower Fold M. Mannifield 475
Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 30–6 Balmain colours.svg York City Knights 13 June 2021, 11:30 The MBi Shay G. Hewer 828
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 12–56 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 13 June 2021, 15:00 Tetley's Stadium B. Thaler 418
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 44–0 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 13 June 2021, 15:00 Millennium Stadium A. Moore 1,700
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 30–36 Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 13 June 2021, 15:00 Heywood Road J. McMullen 455
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 20–24 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 13 June 2021, 15:00 LEL Arena N. Bennett 632
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 22–54 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 13 June 2021, 15:00 Halton Stadium L. Staveley 1,211
Source:[19][12]
  1. ^ Limited attendances only due to COVID-19 restrictions

Round 10[]

Betfred Championship: round ten
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 24–68 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 20 June 2021, 15:00 Tetley's Stadium M. Mannifield 792
Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 46–12 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 20 June 2021, 15:00 Trailfinders Sports Ground J. Smith 250
Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 40–6 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 20 June 2021, 15:00 Kingston Park A. Moore 1,087
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 4–34 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 20 June 2021, 15:00 Heywood Road N. Bennett 520
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 30–20 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 20 June 2021, 15:00 Halton Stadium B. Thaler 984
Balmain colours.svg York City Knights 20–22 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 20 June 2021, 15:00 LNER Community Stadium T. Grant 1,486
ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique P–P Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls TBC[a] Stade Ernest-Wallon
Source:[21][12]
  1. ^ Match postponed. Originally scheduled for 19 June but postponed on 6 June under RFL rules not requiring part-time clubs to travel to France if COVID-19 restrictions require a long period of quarantine.[20]

Round 11[]

Betfred Championship: round eleven
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 68–12 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 26 June 2021, 15:00 Millennium Stadium N. Bennett 1,750
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 12–22 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 27 June 2021, 15:00 Fox's Biscuits Stadium B. Thaler 1,193
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 12–25 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 27 June 2021, 15:00 Odsal Stadium S. Mikalauskas 3,153
Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 38–24 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 27 June 2021, 15:00 Trailfinders Sports Ground M. Smaill 240
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 4–18 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 27 June 2021, 15:00 Bower Fold M. Rossleigh 600
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 6–54 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 27 June 2021, 15:00 Mobile Rocket Stadium, Wakefield G. Hewer 292
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 37–12 Balmain colours.svg York City Knights 27 June 2021, 15:00 LEL Arena M. Mannifield 601
Source:[22][12]

Round 12[]

Betfred Championship: round twelve
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 63–14 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 3 July 2021, 15:00 Millennium Stadium S. Mikalauskas 1,750
ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique C–C Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham N/A[a]
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 30–16 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 4 July 2021, 15:00 Odsal Stadium A. Moore 2,831
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 18–18 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 4 July 2021, 15:00 Tetley's Stadium M. Rossleigh 549
Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 17–16 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 4 July 2021, 15:00 The MBi Shay M. Mannifield 1,232
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 36–22 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 4 July 2021, 15:00 LEL Arena J. Mcmullen 746
Balmain colours.svg York City Knights 26–28 Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 4 July 2021, 15:00 LNER Community Stadium N. Bennett 1,497
Source:[23][12]
  1. ^ Match was scheduled for 3 July but under COVID-19 quarantine rules in place in the UK and France the game was postponed. With no free dates in the season calendar the fixture was cancelled and was not played.[17]

Round 13[]

Betfred Championship: round thirteen
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 14–4 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 11 July 2021, 13:00 The MBi Shay M. Rossleigh 877
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 12–32 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 11 July 2021, 15:00 Fox's Biscuits Stadium S. Mikalauskas 782
Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 50–20 Balmain colours.svg York City Knights 11 July 2021, 15:00 Trailfinders Sports Ground J. Mcmullen 200
Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 24–12 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 11 July 2021, 15:00 Kingston Park J. Smith 789
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 22–54 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 11 July 2021, 15:00 Bower Fold B. Millican 650
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 22–30 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 11 July 2021, 15:00 Heywood Road T. Crashley 501
Haven colours.svg Widnes Vikings 10–32 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 11 July 2021, 15:00 DCBL Stadium A. Moore 947
Source:[24][12]

Round 14[]

Betfred Championship: round fourteen
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 28–40 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 25 July 2021, 12:30 Mobile Rocket Stadium[a] B. Milligan 775
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 42–12 Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 25 July 2021, 15:00 Fox's Biscuits Stadium M. Griffiths 932
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 30–36 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 25 July 2021, 15:00 Odsal Stadium M. Mannifield 3,708
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 28–24 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 25 July 2021, 15:00 LEL Arena A. Moore 920
Balmain colours.svg York City Knights 46–10 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 25 July 2021, 15:00 LNER Community Stadium S. Mikalauskas 1,344
Broncoscolours.png London Broncos C–C Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings N/A[b]
ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique C–C Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams N/A[c]
Source:[28][12]
  1. ^ Sheffield's home ground unavailable due to pitch maintenance work[25]
  2. ^ After London Broncos reported more than seven players requiring to isolate, the match was postponed then cancelled as the clubs agreed there was no possible date available for re-arranging the fixture.[26]
  3. ^ Match cancelled due to quarantine rules surrounding travel to France.[27]

Round 15[]

Betfred Championship: round fifteen
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 18–22 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 1 August 2021, 15:00 Tetley's Stadium M. Smaill 616
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 6–23 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 1 August 2021, 15:00 Millennium Stadium J. Smith 4,021
Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 24–21 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 1 August 2021, 15:00 The MBi Shay A. Moore 2,696
Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 14–20 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 1 August 2021, 15:00 Kingston Park B. Milligan 1,647
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 20–30 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 1 August 2021, 15:00 Bower Fold C. Smith 948
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 16–34 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 1 August 2021, 15:00 DCBL Stadium N. Bennett 1,258
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles P–P Balmain colours.svg York City Knights Not rearranged[a] Keepmoat Stadium
Source:[30][12]
  1. ^ Match postponed under COVID-19 protocols after Sheffield reported over seven players testing positive or required to self-isolate after close contact.[29]

Round 16[]

Betfred Championship: round sixteen
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 13–28 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 8 August 2021, 15:00 Fox's Biscuits Stadium A. Moore 1,259
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls P–P Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles Not rearranged[a] Odsal Stadium
Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 14–12 Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 8 August 2021, 15:00 The MBi Shay J. Smith 1,541
Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 6–66 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 8 August 2021, 15:00 Trailfinders Sports Ground S. Mikalauskas 500
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 22–22 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 8 August 2021, 15:00 Heywood Park G. Hewer 1,527
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 20–18 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 8 August 2021, 15:00 LEL Arena J. Mcmullen 730
Balmain colours.svg York City Knights 34–20 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 8 August 2021, 15:00 LNER Community Stadium N. Bennett 1,386
Source:[32][12]
  1. ^ Match postponed under RFL COVID-19 protocols after Sheffield reported more than seven players testing positive or isolating under close contact.[31]

Round 17[]

Betfred Championship: round seventeen
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 12–36 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 14 August 2021, 17:00 Kingston Park N. Bennett 1,168
ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique C–C Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers N/A[a]
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 44–14 Balmain colours.svg York City Knights 14 August 2021, 18:00 Millennium Stadium M. Rossleigh 2,183
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 23–2 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 15 August 2021, 15:00 Tetley's Stadium T. Grant 726
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 25–18 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 15 August 2021, 15:00 Keepmoat Stadium A. Moore 379
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 6–38 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 15 August 2021, 15:00 Heywood Road S. Mikalauskas 842
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 32–18 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 15 August 2021, 15:00 LEL Arena J. Smith 792
Source:[34]
  1. ^ Match postponed and not rescheduled as RFL operational rules do not require part-time clubs to travel to France while COVID-19 restrictions mandate long periods of quarantine on return. With no dates available in the season calendar for rescheduling the fixture is cancelled and will not be played.[33]

Round 18[]

Betfred Championship: round eighteen
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 56–12 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 22 August 2021, 15:00 Fox's Biscuits Stadium B. Milligan 859
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 30–26 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 22 August 2021, 15:00 Odsal Stadium M. Rossleigh 2,819
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 64–6 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 22 August 2021, 15:00 Millennium Stadium S. Mikaluskas 2,115
Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder P–P Broncoscolours.png London Broncos Not rearranged[a] Kingston Park
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 6–34 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 22 August 2021, 15:00 Bower Fold J. Smith 743
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 25–6 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 22 August 2021, 15:00 Halton Stadium T. Grant 1,252
Balmain colours.svg York City Knights 30–12 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 22 August 2021, 15:00 LNER Community Stadium A. Moore 1,460
Source:[36][12]
  1. ^ Match postponed under RFL COVID-19 protocols at request of Newcastle.[35]

Round 19[]

Betfred Championship: round nineteen
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 22–43 Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 29 August 2021, 15:00 Tetley's Stadium G. Hewer 540
Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 48–12 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 29 August 2021, 15:00 The MBi Shay N. Bennett 1,663
Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 42–12 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 29 August 2021, 15:00 Trailfinders Sports Ground C. Worsley 350
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 10–48 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 29 August 2021, 15:00 Bower Fold M. Smaill 1,158
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 64–6 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 29 August 2021, 15:00 LEL Arena B. Milligan 951
Balmain colours.svg York City Knights 18–36 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 29 August 2021, 15:00 LNER Community Stadium J. Smith 4,000
ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique C–C Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs N/A[a]
Source:[37][12]
  1. ^ Match postponed and not rescheduled as RFL operational rules do not require part-time clubs to travel to France while COVID-19 restrictions mandate long periods of quarantine on return. With no dates available in the season calendar for rescheduling the fixture is cancelled and will not be played.[33]

Round 20[]

Betfred Championship: round nineteen
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 16–29 Balmain colours.svg York City Knights 3 September 2021, 19:45 Kingston Park A. Moore 922
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 14–22 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 5 September 2021, 15:00 Fox's Biscuits Stadium M. Mannifield 922
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 6–60 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 5 September 2021, 15:00 Tetley's Stadium, Dewsbury G. Hewer 2,445
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 54–22 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 5 September 2021, 15:00 Millennium Stadium C. Worsley 3,063
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 32–34 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 5 September 2021, 15:00 Heywood Road C. Smith 542
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 62–4 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 5 September 2021, 15:00 Halton Stadium M. Rossleigh 1,088
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 20–24 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 5 September 2021, 16:30 Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster J. Vella 491
Source:[38][12]

Round 21[]

Betfred Championship: round twenty one
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 24–31 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 12 September 2021, 15:00 Fox's Biscuits Stadium B. Thaler 1,532
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 24–38 Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 12 September 2021, 15:00 Bower Fold J. Smith 723
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 10–9 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 12 September 2021, 15:00 Halton Stadium M. Griffiths 1,725
Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 24–48 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 12 September 2021, 15:00 Trailfinders Sports Ground N. Bennett 555
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 19–6 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 12 September 2021, 15:00 LEL Arena A. Moore 1,258
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 28–34 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 12 September 2021, 16:30 Keepmoat Stadium G. Hewer 430
ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique C–C Balmain colours.svg York City Knights N/A
Source:[39][12]

Round 22[]

Betfred Championship: round twenty two
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 12–82 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 18 September 2021, 15:00 Kingston Park C. Worlsey 428
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 22–36 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 19 September 2021, 15:00 Odsal Stadium A. Moore 5,340
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 21–14 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 19 September 2021, 15:00 Tetley's Stadium M. Rossleigh 827
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 78–10 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 19 September 2021, 15:00 Millennium Stadium B. Millican 1,750
Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 10–12 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 19 September 2021, 15:00 The MBi Shay J. Smith 2,216
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 16–26 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 19 September 2021, 15:00 Sheffield Olympic Legacy Stadium G. Hewer 1,358
Balmain colours.svg York City Knights 32–22 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 19 September 2021, 15:00 LNER Community Stadium S. Mikalauskas 2,782
Source:[40]

Play-offs[]

Similar to the Super League, the top 2 teams who finished first and second respectively on the regular season table (Toulouse Olympique and Featherstone Rovers respectively, had byes to the semi-finals. The four teams who finish third to sixth contested in the two eliminator play-offs, with the winner of those two games moving on to the semi-finals (Halifax Panthers and Batley Bulldogs respectively).[41][42]

Team bracket[]

Eliminators Semi-finals Million Pound Game
1 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 51
4 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 23 4 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 12
5 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 10 1 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 34
2 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 12
2 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 42
3 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 24 3 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 10
6 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 20

Week 1: Eliminators[]

First eliminator
25 September 2021
17:30 BST (UTC+01)
Halifax Panthers Faxcolours.svg 24 – 20 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven
Try: rugby ball 6'
Garside rugby ball 10' rugby ball 38'
Woodburn-Hall rugby ball 34'
Goal: Woodburn-Hall 11'
Harris 35', 39'
Robinson 63'
 Report (RFL)
Report (Sky Sports) 		Try: Cooper rugby ball 22'
rugby ball 44' rugby ball 78'
rugby ball 53'
Goal: Jouffret 23', 79'
The MBi Shay, Halifax
Attendance: 1,289
Referee: Chris Kendall
Second eliminator
25 September 2021
15:15 BST (UTC+01)
Batley Bulldogs Batley colours.svg 23 – 10 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls
Try: Kaye rugby ball 16'
Gilmore rugby ball 35'
rugby ball 72'
Goal: Gilmore 6', 17', 34', 36', 73'
Drop: Gilmore 77'
 Report (RFL)
Report (Sky Sports) 		Try: Brown rugby ball 54'
Lilley rugby ball 64'
Goal: Brough 65'
Fox's Biscuits Stadium, Batley
Attendance: 2,005
Referee: James Child

Week 2: Semi-finals[]

First semi-final
2 October 2021
15:15 CEST (UTC+02)
Toulouse Olympique ToulouseRLcolours.png 51 – 12 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs
Try: Casty rugby ball 10'
Gigot rugby ball 14'
Bretherton rugby ball 21'
Vaivai rugby ball 42' rugby ball 78'
Kheirallah rugby ball 44'
rugby ball 51'
Jussaume rugby ball 57'
Garbutt rugby ball 66'
Goal: Kheirallah 11', 15', 45', 52', 58', 67', 79'
Drop: Gigot 77'
 Report (RFL)
Report (Sky Sports) 		Try: Manning rugby ball 17'
Johnson rugby ball 27'
Goal: Gilmore 18', 28'
Stade Ernest-Wallon, Toulouse
Attendance: 6,871[43]
Referee: Liam Moore
Second semi-final
2 October 2021
17:30 BST (UTC+01)
Featherstone Rovers Fevcolours.svg 42 – 10 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers
Try: rugby ball 5'
Holmes Yellow card 9'
Kopczak rugby ball 20'
Ferres rugby ball 51'
Hardcastle rugby ball 54'
rugby ball 57', rugby ball 70'
Welham rugby ball 63'
Cooper Yellow card 74'
Goal: Hall 6', 14', 21', 55', 58', 64', 71'
 Report (RFL)
Report (Sky Sports) 		Try: rugby ball 10'
Harris rugby ball 67'
Yellow card 76'
Goal: Robinson 68'
Millennium Stadium, Featherstone
Attendance: 2,084
Referee: Robert Hicks

Week 3: Million Pound Game[]

Further information: Million Pound Game
Million Pound Game
10 October 2021
18:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Toulouse Olympique ToulouseRLcolours.png 34 – 12 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers
Try: Jussaume (2), Schaumkal, Hansen, Ford
Goal: Kheirallah (7)
 Report (Sky Sports) Try: Ferres, Davies
Goal: Hall (2)
Stade Ernest Wallon, Toulouse
Attendance: 9,235
Referee: Robert Hicks
Player of the Match: Mathieu Jussaume (Toulouse)
Toulouse Olympique Position Featherstone Rovers
#1 Mark Khierallah Fullback #36 Alex Walker
#2 Jy Hitchcox Wing #1 Craig Hall
#4 Mathieu Jussaume Centre #4 Josh Hardcastle
#3 Junior Vaivai Centre #3 Kris Welham
#21 Latrell Schaumkel Wing #5
#6 Johnathon Ford Stand-off #7 Dane Chisholm
#31 Tony Gigot Scrum-half #9 Fa'amanu Brown
#10 Harrison Hansen Prop #8 Craig Kopczak
#9 Lloyd White Hooker #14
#8 Remi Casty Prop #13 James Lockwood
#12 Dom Peyroux Second-row #11 Brett Ferres
#16 Joe Bretherton Second-row #20
#13 Anthony Marion Loose forward #19 Callum Field
#14 Éloi Pélissier interchange #15 John Davies
#17 Joseph Paulo interchange #16 Jack Bussey
#18 Mitch Garbutt interchange #21 Dean Parata
#23 interchange #24 Dale Ferguson

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