2015 Championship 1
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| 2015 Championship 1 | |
|---|---|
| League | Championship 1 |
| Duration | 22 matches |
| Teams | 14 |
| Highest attendance | 4,066 File:Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars vs File:Coventrycolours.png Coventry Bears (10/05/15) |
| Lowest attendance | 115 File:Skolscolours.svg London Skolars vs File:Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars (31/08/15) |
| 2015 Season | |
| Champions | File:Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham |
| Promotion Playoff Winner | File:Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions |
The 2015 Championship 1, known as the Kingstone Press League 1 for sponsorship reasons, was a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in England, the third tier of the sport in the country.
The 2015 Championship 1 featured fourteen teams, who all played each other once; Each team then played nine other teams again, based on a geographical basis, totalling 22 games. Two teams were promoted from Championship 1, due to the restructure of Super League, Championship and Championship 1. After the 22 regular season games, the top two sides faced each other and the winner was automatically be promoted to the Kingstone Press Championship as champions, while the loser and the teams finishing 3rd, 4th and 5th contested the play-offs and the winner was also promoted. There is no relegation from this league as it is the lowest tier of professional rugby league.[1]
2015 structure
[edit | edit source]The competition featured the eight teams that did not win promotion in 2014: Gloucestershire All Golds, Hemel Stags, London Skolars, Newcastle Thunder, Oldham R.L.F.C., Oxford RLFC, South Wales Scorpions and York City Knights. It also featured five teams relegated from the RFL Championship: Barrow Raiders, Keighley Cougars, North Wales Crusaders, Rochdale Hornets and Swinton Lions. Coventry Bears were also accepted into the division, creating a fourteen-team division.[1]
Season table
[edit | edit source]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham (C, P) | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 840 | 362 | +478 | 38 | Promoted |
| 2 | File:Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 759 | 400 | +359 | 36 | Qualified for play-offs |
| 3 | File:Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions (P) | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 899 | 402 | +497 | 33 | Promoted |
| 4 | File:Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 816 | 382 | +434 | 32 | Qualified for play-offs |
| 5 | File:NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 677 | 391 | +286 | 29 | |
| 6 | File:Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 731 | 459 | +272 | 28 | |
| 7 | File:Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 661 | 423 | +238 | 28 | |
| 8 | File:Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 555 | 552 | +3 | 22 | |
| 9 | File:Gloucestershirecolours.png Gloucestershire All Golds | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 562 | 677 | −115 | 16 | |
| 10 | File:Oxfordcolours.png Oxford RLFC | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 453 | 948 | −495 | 14 | |
| 11 | File:Skolscolours.svg London Skolars | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 388 | 671 | −283 | 10 | |
| 12 | File:Coventrycolours.png Coventry Bears | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 430 | 775 | −345 | 10 | |
| 13 | File:Hemelcolours.png Hemel Stags | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 422 | 903 | −481 | 10 | |
| 14 | File:Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions | 22 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 274 | 1122 | −848 | 2 |
Rules for classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference. Competition points: For win = 2; For draw = 1
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Play-offs
[edit | edit source]- League One Grand Final
| # | Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date and Time (Local) | Venue | Referee | Attendance | ||||||
| League One Grand Final | |||||||||
| F | Oldham | 31 – 20 | Keighley Cougars | 20 September, 15:00 BST | Whitebank Stadium, Oldham | Mike Woodhead | 1,405 | ||
| Source:[2] | |||||||||
- Oldham are League One Champions 2015 and are promoted to the 2016 Championship. Keighley Cougars will enter the play off semi finals for the second promotion place along with teams finishing 3rd, 4th and 5th.
- League One Promotion Play Offs
| # | Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date and Time (Local) | Venue | Referee | Attendance | ||||||
| League One Promotion Play Off Semi-finals | |||||||||
| SF1 | Keighley Cougars | 32 – 6 | North Wales Crusaders | 27 September, 15:00 BST | Cougar Park, Keighley | Stuart Ansell | 1,103 | ||
| SF2 | Swinton Lions | 18 – 17 (AET) | York City Knights | 27 September, 15:00 BST | Park Lane, Swinton | Chris Campbell | 684 | ||
| League One Promotion Play Off Final | |||||||||
| F | Keighley Cougars | 28 – 29 | Swinton Lions | 4 October, 14:00 BST | Select Security Stadium, Widnes | Chris Kendall | 4,179 | ||
| Source:[3][4][5] | |||||||||
- Swinton won the play off final to secure the second and final promotion place to the 2016 Championship.
References
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