2010 Championship 1
2010 Championship 1 | |
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York City Knights | |
League Leaders | Hunslet Hawks |
Runners-up | Oldham |
The 2010 Championship 1 was a semi-professional
York City Knights
. There was no relegation from this league as it is the lowest tier of professional rugby league in the UK.
All of the teams competed in the
2010 National League Cup.[1]
2010 structure
The competition features mainly the same teams as it did in
Leigh Centurions were supposed to be relegated. However, Gateshead Thunder breached the insolvency laws which meant that it was they, instead of Leigh, who were relegated.[2]
The competition was going to contain 10 teams but one more was added when the
South Wales Scorpions who will play at the Gnoll
.
Championship 1 | ||||
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Team | 2009 Season | Stadium | Capacity | City/Area |
Blackpool Panthers | 5th | Woodlands Memorial Ground | N/A | Lytham St Annes, Lancashire |
Doncaster | 11th (Championship) |
Keepmoat Stadium
|
15,231 | Doncaster, South Yorkshire |
Gateshead Thunder | 7th (Championship) |
Thunderdome | 11,800 | Gateshead, Tyne and Wear |
Hunslet Hawks | 6th | South Leeds Stadium
|
N/A | Leeds, West Yorkshire |
London Skolars | 10th | New River Stadium | 5,000 | Haringey, London |
Oldham | 4th | Park Lane (Season Start to May) Whitebank Stadium (May onwards) |
N/A 1050 |
Whitefield, Greater Manchester Oldham, Greater Manchester |
Rochdale Hornets | 8th | Spotland Stadium | 10,249 | Rochdale, Greater Manchester |
South Wales Scorpions )
(2010 Season |
N/A | The Gnoll | 6,000 | Neath, West Glamorgan, Wales |
Swinton Lions | 7th | Park Lane | N/A | Swinton, Greater Manchester |
Workington Town | 9th | Derwent Park | 10,000 | Workington, Cumbria |
York City Knights
|
3rd | Huntington Stadium | 3,428 | York, North Yorkshire |
Table
Position | Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Pts for | Pts agst | Pts Diff | B.P. | Points |
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1 | Hunslet Hawks | 20 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 828 | 305 | 523 | 1 | 55 |
2 | Oldham | 20 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 694 | 438 | 256 | 1 | 52 |
3 | York City Knights
|
20 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 617 | 524 | 83 | 3 | 39 |
4 | Blackpool Panthers | 20 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 805 | 370 | 435 | 3 | 38 (a) |
5 | Rochdale Hornets | 20 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 630 | 498 | 132 | 7 | 37 |
6 | South Wales Scorpions
|
20 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 576 | 468 | 108 | 7 | 34 |
7 | Workington Town | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 494 | 498 | −4 | 7 | 33 |
8 | Swinton Lions | 20 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 570 | 581 | −11 | 4 | 33 |
9 | Doncaster | 20 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 518 | 588 | −70 | 4 | 28 |
10 | London Skolars | 20 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 444 | 900 | −456 | 4 | 10 |
11 | Gateshead Thunder | 20 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 236 | 1232 | −996 | 1 | -2 (b) |
(a) Blackpool were docked 10 points for an operational rules breach.
(b): Gateshead were docked 6 points for entering administration.
2010 Playoffs
Elimination play-offs | Qualifying/Elimination semifinal | Elimination final | South Wales Scorpions | 26 | |||||||||||||||||
See also
- Co-operative Championship
- 2010 RFL Championship
- Championship 1
References
- ^ Hadfield, Dave (8 December 2009). "New Welsh club formed as Crusaders move north". London: The Independent. Archived from the original on 13 December 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ^ "RFL accepts Thunder business plan". BBC Sport. 11 November 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2010.