2026 Betfred Championship

Stats

Note: * denotes incomplete data.

Top Tryscorer: Edene Gebbie (10)
Top Pointscorer: Jimmy Meadows (112)

No. Of Teams: 20
No. Of Games: 68
No. Of Players: 578
No. Of Tries: 596
No. Of Goals: 464 / 639 (72.61%)
No. Of F.Goals: 6

Total Attendance: 59,632 *
Average Crowd: 1,242 *
Highest Crowd: 4,380 *
Highest Crowd (Reg. Season): 4,380 *
Lowest Crowd: 324 *

Mean Scoreline: 36-13
Median Scoreline: 30-12
Highest Scoreline: 106-18
Lowest Scoreline: 4-11
Highest Team Score: London (106-18)
Average PPG: 50.27

On 3 December 2025, Salford Red Devils were liquidated in the High Court and expelled from the RFL.The RFL has set a deadline of 17 December 2025 for formal bids to form a phoenix club for the 2026 Championship.

The RFL announced on the 9th of January that Featherstone had not been RFL membership, and consequently entry into the 2026 competition. This was owing to the club going into administration, and the only takeover submission falling short of the required criteria. Because it was inside a week before the commencement of the season, the fixture list could not be adjusted, meaning a switch to using the win percentage system to determine ladder positions and compensations for clubs which had budgeted for home fixtures against Featherstone during the season.

Ladder

		Home							Away							Overall
Team		P	W	L	D	F	A	PD	P	W	L	D	F	A	PD	P	W	L	D	F	A	Pts	PD	FPG	APG
1.	London	5	5	-	-	281	56	225	2	2	-	-	126	10	116	7	7	-	-	407	66	14	+341	58.14	9.43
2.	Doncaster	5	5	-	-	231	54	177	2	1	1	-	40	38	2	7	6	1	-	271	92	12	+179	38.71	13.14
3.	Midlands	4	2	2	-	86	104	-18	4	3	-	1	96	68	28	8	5	2	1	182	172	11	+10	22.75	21.50
4.	Newcastle	4	2	2	-	130	94	36	3	3	-	-	118	20	98	7	5	2	-	248	114	10	+134	35.43	16.29
5.	Barrow	2	2	-	-	78	4	74	4	3	1	-	85	54	31	6	5	1	-	163	58	10	+105	27.17	9.67
6.	Sheffield	2	1	1	-	52	42	10	4	4	-	-	97	56	41	6	5	1	-	149	98	10	+51	24.83	16.33
7.	Widnes	3	3	-	-	114	64	50	4	2	2	-	64	94	-30	7	5	2	-	178	158	10	+20	25.43	22.57
8.	Oldham	2	1	1	-	56	18	38	4	3	1	-	128	75	53	6	4	2	-	184	93	8	+91	30.67	15.50
9.	Dewsbury	4	1	3	-	60	74	-14	3	3	-	-	96	62	34	7	4	3	-	156	136	8	+20	22.29	19.43
10.	Rochdale H.	6	3	3	-	127	148	-21	2	1	1	-	12	28	-16	8	4	4	-	139	176	8	-37	17.38	22.00
11.	Halifax	3	2	1	-	82	74	8	2	1	1	-	40	41	-1	5	3	2	-	122	115	6	+7	24.40	23.00
12.	North Wales	3	2	1	-	116	72	44	4	1	3	-	84	204	-120	7	3	4	-	200	276	6	-76	28.57	39.43
13.	Keighley	4	2	1	1	116	68	48	3	-	3	-	48	90	-42	7	2	4	1	164	158	5	+6	23.43	22.57
14.	Batley	2	1	1	-	66	22	44	4	1	3	-	64	114	-50	6	2	4	-	130	136	4	-6	21.67	22.67
15.	Goole	1	-	1	-	14	28	-14	6	2	4	-	112	191	-79	7	2	5	-	126	219	4	-93	18.00	31.29
16.	Workington	3	1	2	-	84	70	14	4	-	3	1	38	114	-76	7	1	5	1	122	184	3	-62	17.43	26.29
17.	Whitehaven	5	1	3	1	50	115	-65	2	-	2	-	34	108	-74	7	1	5	1	84	223	3	-139	12.00	31.86
18.	Hunslet	3	-	3	-	52	73	-21	4	1	3	-	86	111	-25	7	1	6	-	138	184	2	-46	19.71	26.29
19.	Salford	3	1	2	-	51	90	-39	4	-	4	-	28	234	-206	7	1	6	-	79	324	2	-245	11.29	46.29
	Swinton	4	-	4	-	42	160	-118	3	-	3	-	34	176	-142	7	-	7	-	76	336	0	-260	10.86	48.00
Featherstone Rovers left the competition on the 9th January, 2026. Club denied RFL membership after going into administration

Team Stats (includes Cup/Tour matches)

Team Name	Position	W	L	D	Pts For	Pts Ag.	Coach(es)	Captain(s)	Top Tryscorer(s)			Top Pointscorer(s)			Home Venue(s)	Home Crowd Avg
Barrow Raiders	5th	6	3	0	255	130	Crarey	Johnston, Cresswell	5	-	Cresswell	39	-	Walker	Craven	1,854
Batley Bulldogs	14th	3	5	0	166	202	Ford	Leak	4	-	Olpherts	22	-	Reynolds	Fox's Biscuits	* 703
Dewsbury Rams	9th	5	4	0	188	192	March	Senior	4	-	O'Connor, McShane	50	-	Hookem	FLAIR	* 1,412
Doncaster RLFC	2nd	7	2	0	295	128	Horne	Aston, Lyne	10	-	Gebbie	74	-	Robinson	Eco-Power	1,561
Featherstone Rovers	n/a	0	1	0	0	0	-	-		-	-		-	-		0
Goole Vikings	15th	4	6	0	212	315	Taylor	Ferres	5	-	Barley	38	-	Miller	Victoria Grounds	672
Halifax Panthers	11th	4	3	0	224	133	Eastmond	Crooks	3	-	Tibbs, Sambou, Lindsey, Crooks	26	-	Lawford	The Shay	* 1,567
Hunslet RLFC	18th	2	7	0	188	236	Trout	Jowitt	5	-	Faraimo	46	-	Jowitt	South Leeds	800
Keighley Cougars	13th	4	5	1	258	228	Burton, Hardman	Flanagan, Beharrell	4	-	Holroyd	52	-	Beharrell	Cougar	* 1,067
London Broncos	1st	9	1	0	537	102	Demetriou	Campbell-Gillard	8	-	Tindall, Morea	112	-	Meadows	Cherry Red (12), Athletic Ground (2)	* 3,396
Midlands Hurricanes	3rd	6	3	1	306	190	Dunning	Kirby	6	-	Chrimes	40	-	Medforth	Avery	373
Newcastle Thunder	4th	6	3	0	298	150	Steadman	-	8	-	Hunter	40	-	Smith	Crow Trees	* 0
North Wales Crusaders	12th	4	5	0	316	336	Muir, Inu	Eaves	8	-	Eden	44	-	Patton	Eirias Stadium	* 871
Oldham	8th	6	3	0	288	151	Ford, Kilshaw	Wildie	4	-	Ashurst	40	-	Dixon	Boundary (9), Bower Fold (4)	1,082
Rochdale Hornets	10th	5	5	0	199	265	Thornton	Whitmore, Sa'u	7	-	Boyd	44	-	Flanagan	Crown Oil Arena	1,074
Salford RLFC	19th	2	7	0	121	394	Grady, Hewitt	Dwyer	4	-	Garmston	16	-	Garmston	CorpAcq	* 2,551
Sheffield Eagles	6th	7	2	0	223	138	Lingard	Farrell	5	-	Gill	45	-	Lilley	Steel City (13), Halliwell Jones (1)	1,171
Swinton Lions	21st	1	9	0	126	494	Wood	Baker	3	-	Higham	18	-	Briers	Morson	651
Whitehaven RLFC	17th	1	6	1	90	241	Murray, Newton	Burns, Holliday	4	-	Bickerdike	22	-	Walker	Ortus REC	* 671
Widnes Vikings	7th	6	3	0	266	183	Coleman	Owens	6	-	Fleming	40	-	Abdull	DCBL Stadium	2,920
Workington Town	16th	2	7	1	164	316	Gorley	Scholey	6	-	Dickinson	32	-	Carter	Fibrus	* 1,993

2026 Betfred Championship

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Team Stats (includes Cup/Tour matches)

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