2013 RFL Championship

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2013 RFL Championship
LeagueChampionship
Duration26 Rounds (Followed by 4 round playoffs)
Teams14
Highest attendance3,890 Featherstone Rovers v Sheffield Eagles (28 August 2013)
Lowest attendance375 Hunslet Hawks v Whitehaven (10 March 2013)
Average attendance1,199
Attendance187,103
Broadcast partnersUnited Kingdom Premier Sports
2013 Season
Grand Final winnersFile:Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles
League Leaders Shield Featherstone Rovers
Runners-upFile:Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles
Top point-scorer Liam Finn (308)[1]
Top try-scorerFile:Sheffeagles colours.svg Menzie Yere (30)[1]
Promotion and relegation
Relegated to Championship 1 Hunslet Hawks
Error creating thumbnail: York City Knights

The 2013 Rugby Football League Championship, which will be known as Kingstone Press Championship due to sponsorship by Kingstone Press Cider, is a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in the UK, one tier below the first tier Super League. The 2013 season is the first season to consist of a 14-team division. This was achieved by scrapping relegation for the 2012 season and having four teams promoted from the Championship 1.[2]

Relegation to Championship 1 is restored for the 2013 but as in previous years, there is no automatic promotion from this league to Super League, which uses a licensing system renewed every three years. Qualifying for the Grand Final or winning the Northern Rail Cup is a prerequisite for Championship clubs to be able to apply for a licence in the next round of applications for the 2015–17 seasons.

All of the teams in the 2013 Co-operative Championship will also compete in the 2013 Challenge Cup where they will enter in the third round. All of the teams will also compete in the 2013 National League Cup which starts before the Co-operative Championship with the finals held mid season.

Teams

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This year's competition features the same 10 teams as it did in 2012 plus the top four teams from the 2012 Championship 1 season, which are Barrow Raiders, Doncaster, Whitehaven and Workington Town.

Legend
  Reigning champions
  Defending Northern Rail Cup Champions
  Promoted
Team & Current Season Stadium Capacity Location
File:Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders Craven Park 7,600 Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria
File:Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs loverugbyleague.com Stadium 6,000 Batley, West Yorkshire
File:Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams Tetley's Stadium 3,500 Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
File:Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster Keepmoat Stadium 15,231 Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Featherstone Rovers Bigfellas Stadium 6,750 Featherstone, West Yorkshire
File:Faxcolours.svg Halifax The Shay Stadium 6,561 Halifax, West Yorkshire
Hunslet Hawks South Leeds Stadium 4,000 Leeds, West Yorkshire
File:Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars Cougar Park 7,800 Keighley, West Yorkshire
File:Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions Leigh Sports Village 12,700 Leigh, Greater Manchester
File:Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles Bramall Lane 32,702 Sheffield, South Yorkshire
File:Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions Leigh Sports Village 12,700 Leigh, Greater Manchester
File:Haven colours.svg Whitehaven Recreation Ground 7,500 Whitehaven, Cumbria
File:Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town Derwent Park 10,000 Workington, Cumbria
Error creating thumbnail: York City Knights Huntington Stadium 3,428 York, North Yorkshire

Season standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD BP Pts Qualification
1 Featherstone Rovers 26 22 0 4 940 362 +578 4 70 Qualifying for the play-offs
2 File:Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 26 22 0 4 806 474 +332 1 67
3 File:Faxcolours.svg Halifax 26 19 2 5 817 476 +341 1 62
4 File:Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 26 18 0 8 752 495 +257 4 58
5 File:Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 26 16 1 9 670 394 +276 7 57
6 File:Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 26 12 1 13 593 594 −1 6 44
7 File:Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 26 12 0 14 492 620 −128 6 42
8 File:Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 26 11 0 15 483 681 −198 6 39
9 File:Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 26 11 0 15 485 774 −289 4 37
10 File:Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 26 9 0 17 516 738 −222 7 34
11 File:Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 26 8 0 18 492 719 −227 9 33
12 File:Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 26 8 0 18 482 792 −310 9 33
13 Hunslet Hawks (R) 26 6 0 20 529 704 −175 12 30 Relegation position
14 Error creating thumbnail: York City Knights (R) 26 6 0 20 493 727 −234 8 26
Source: rugbyleaguechampionships.co.uk and BBC Sport
Rules for 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]
(R) Relegated

Season results

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Main article: 2013 RFL Championship season results

The regular league season sees 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 goes through to the play-offs to determine the winners of the Championship.

See also

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References

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