2010 Championship 1

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2010 Championship 1
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

.

Championship 1
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
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-offsQualifying/Elimination semifinalElimination final
South Wales Scorpions
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See also

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "RFL accepts Thunder business plan". BBC Sport. 11 November 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2010.

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