2010 Championship 1


The 2010 Championship 1 was a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in the United Kingdom, the third tier of the sport in the country. The winner of this league, Hunslet Hawks, were promoted to the Co-operative Championship along with play-off winners, 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 Challenge Cup but South Wales did not compete in the 2010 National League Cup.

2010 structure

The competition features mainly the same teams as it did in 2009. The exceptions being that the Dewsbury Rams and the Keighley Cougars were both promoted to compete in the 2010 RFL Championship. Originally, Doncaster and the 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.
The competition was going to contain 10 teams but one more was added when the Super League team the Crusaders left their home base at Bridgend and moved to Wrexham. This resulted in a new club being formed in Neath, South Wales, called the South Wales Scorpions who will play at the Gnoll.

Table

PositionClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPts forPts agstPts DiffB.P.Points
1 Hunslet Hawks201802828305523155
2 Oldham201703694438256152
3 York City Knights20120861752483339
4 Blackpool Panthers201505805370435338
5 Rochdale Hornets2010010630498132737
6 South Wales Scorpions209011576468108734
7 Workington Town208111494498−4733
8 Swinton Lions209110570581−11433
9 Doncaster208012518588−70428
10 London Skolars202018444900−456410
11 Gateshead Thunder2010192361232−9961-2

Blackpool were docked 10 points for an operational rules breach.
: Gateshead were docked 6 points for entering administration.

2010 Playoffs