2015 RFL Championship
| Kingstone Press Championship 2015 | |
|---|---|
| League | Leigh Centurions |
| Championship Shield |  Featherstone Rovers |
| Promotion and relegation | |
| Relegated to League 1 |  Hunslet Hawks  Doncaster |
The 2015 Rugby Football League Championship, known as the Kingstone Press Championship for sponsorship reasons, was a professional rugby league football competition played in the UK, one tier below the Super League.
The 2015 Championship featured twelve teams, who played each other twice in the regular season, once at home and once away, totaling 22 games. The 2015 season also saw for the first time the
Summer Bash Weekend, which was played at Bloomfield Road, Blackpool and created an additional round of fixtures. After 23 rounds in both the Championship and the Super League, the two divisions of twelve were split into the Rugby League Super 8s
.
Leigh Centurions were the league leaders after 23 rounds and were thus deemed Champions for the 2015 season, while Hunslet Hawks and Doncaster
were relegated following the culmination of the Super 8s.
Teams
The competition featured 12 teams, as opposed to the 14 seen in the previous year. The teams consisted of nine of the 14 teams from
2014 Super League, Bradford Bulls and London Broncos. Keighley Cougars, North Wales Crusaders, Rochdale Hornets, Swinton Lions, and Barrow Raiders who finished in the bottom five in 2015 were relegated into League One
for 2015.
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| Reigning champions | |
| Promoted | |
| Relegated | |
| Team & Current Season | Stadium | Capacity | 2015 Average Crowd | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Batley Bulldogs
|
loverugbyleague.com Stadium | 6,000 | 1,605 | Batley, West Yorkshire | |
 Bradford Bulls
|
Odsal Stadium | 27,000 | 4,360 | Bradford, West Yorkshire | |
 Dewsbury Rams
|
Tetley's Stadium | 5,100 | 1,689 | Dewsbury, West Yorkshire | |
| Doncaster
|
Keepmoat Stadium
|
15,231 | 1,595 | Doncaster, South Yorkshire | |
| Featherstone Rovers
|
Bigfellas Stadium | 6,750 | 2,277 | Featherstone, West Yorkshire | |
Halifax
|
The Shay Stadium | 6,561 | 2,151 | Halifax, West Yorkshire | |
| Hunslet Hawks
|
South Leeds Stadium | 4,000 | 1,437 | Leeds, West Yorkshire | |
Leigh Centurions
|
Leigh Sports Village | 12,700 | 3,177 | Leigh, Greater Manchester | |
 London Broncos
|
The Hive Stadium | 5,176 | 1,381 | Canons Park, London | |
 Sheffield Eagles
|
Owlerton Stadium | 4,000 | 1,640 | Sheffield, South Yorkshire | |
 Whitehaven
|
Recreation Ground | 7,500 | 1,527 | Whitehaven, Cumbria | |
 Workington Town
|
Derwent Park | 10,000 | 1,448 | Workington, Cumbria |
Leigh
