2026 Betfred Championship

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Top Tryscorer: Morea Morea, Cody Hunter, Edene Gebbie (10)
Top Pointscorer: Jimmy Meadows (124)

No. Of Teams: 20
No. Of Games: 86
No. Of Players: 601
No. Of Tries: 757
No. Of Goals: 590 / 811 (72.75%)
No. Of F.Goals: 8

Total Attendance: 76,169 *
Average Crowd: 1,249 *
Highest Crowd: 4,380 *
Highest Crowd (Reg. Season): 4,380 *
Lowest Crowd: 300 *

Mean Scoreline: 35-14
Median Scoreline: 30-12
Highest Scoreline: 106-18
Lowest Scoreline: 4-11
Highest Team Score: London (106-18)
Average PPG: 50.8

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	6	6	-	-	329	60	269	2	2	-	-	126	10	116	8	8	-	-	455	70	16	+385	56.88	8.75
2.	Midlands	4	2	2	-	86	104	-18	6	5	-	1	176	106	70	10	7	2	1	262	210	15	+52	26.20	21.00
3.	Doncaster	5	5	-	-	231	54	177	3	2	1	-	86	38	48	8	7	1	-	317	92	14	+225	39.63	11.50
4.	Barrow	3	3	-	-	96	12	84	5	4	1	-	131	66	65	8	7	1	-	227	78	14	+149	28.38	9.75
5.	Newcastle	4	2	2	-	130	94	36	5	4	1	-	182	68	114	9	6	3	-	312	162	12	+150	34.67	18.00
6.	Oldham	3	2	1	-	92	28	64	5	4	1	-	156	87	69	8	6	2	-	248	115	12	+133	31.00	14.38
7.	Widnes	3	3	-	-	114	64	50	6	3	3	-	92	122	-30	9	6	3	-	206	186	12	+20	22.89	20.67
8.	Sheffield	3	1	2	-	52	88	-36	5	4	1	-	101	104	-3	8	5	3	-	153	192	10	-39	19.13	24.00
9.	Dewsbury	5	1	4	-	70	94	-24	4	3	1	-	116	83	33	9	4	5	-	186	177	8	+9	20.67	19.67
10.	Rochdale H.	7	3	4	-	139	194	-55	3	1	2	-	22	64	-42	10	4	6	-	161	258	8	-97	16.10	25.80
11.	Keighley	6	3	2	1	212	120	92	3	-	3	-	48	90	-42	9	3	5	1	260	210	7	+50	28.89	23.33
12.	Batley	3	2	1	-	87	42	45	5	1	4	-	92	143	-51	8	3	5	-	179	185	6	-6	22.38	23.13
13.	Halifax	4	2	2	-	94	102	-8	2	1	1	-	40	41	-1	6	3	3	-	134	143	6	-9	22.33	23.83
14.	Hunslet	4	1	3	-	86	105	-19	5	2	3	-	128	141	-13	9	3	6	-	214	246	6	-32	23.78	27.33
15.	North Wales	4	2	2	-	134	128	6	5	1	4	-	94	270	-176	9	3	6	-	228	398	6	-170	25.33	44.22
16.	Salford	4	2	2	-	80	118	-38	5	1	4	-	48	244	-196	9	3	6	-	128	362	6	-234	14.22	40.22
17.	Workington	4	1	3	-	104	94	10	5	1	3	1	60	128	-68	9	2	6	1	164	222	5	-58	18.22	24.67
18.	Whitehaven	6	1	4	1	64	137	-73	3	1	2	-	70	130	-60	9	2	6	1	134	267	5	-133	14.89	29.67
19.	Goole	3	-	3	-	50	96	-46	6	2	4	-	112	191	-79	9	2	7	-	162	287	4	-125	18.00	31.89
	Swinton	5	-	5	-	52	180	-128	3	-	3	-	34	176	-142	8	-	8	-	86	356	0	-270	10.75	44.50
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	4th	8	3	0	319	150	Crarey	Johnston, Cresswell	6	-	Cresswell	57	-	Walker	Speed Comps	1,923
Batley Bulldogs	12th	4	6	0	215	251	Ford	Leak	6	-	Olpherts	32	-	Reynolds	Fox's Biscuits	* 703
Dewsbury Rams	9th	5	6	0	218	233	March	Senior	4	-	O'Connor, McShane, Graham, Delaney	60	-	Hookem	FLAIR	* 1,412
Doncaster RLFC	3rd	8	2	0	341	128	Horne	Aston, Lyne	10	-	Gebbie	84	-	Robinson	Eco-Power	1,561
Featherstone Rovers	n/a	0	1	0	0	0	-	-		-	-		-	-		0
Goole Vikings	19th	4	8	0	248	383	Taylor	Ferres	8	-	Barley	46	-	Miller	Victoria Grounds	* 690
Halifax Panthers	13th	4	4	0	236	161	Eastmond	Crooks	4	-	Tibbs, Crooks	26	-	Lawford	The Shay	* 1,678
Hunslet RLFC	14th	4	7	0	264	298	Trout	Jowitt	5	-	Jowitt, Graham, Faraimo	78	-	Jowitt	South Leeds	773
Keighley Cougars	11th	5	6	1	354	280	Burton, Hardman	Flanagan, Beharrell	9	-	Holroyd	66	-	Beharrell	Cougar	* 1,067
London Broncos	1st	10	1	0	585	106	Demetriou	Campbell-Gillard	10	-	Morea	124	-	Meadows	Cherry Red (12), Athletic Ground (2)	* 3,396
Midlands Hurricanes	2nd	8	3	1	386	228	Dunning	Kirby	8	-	Chrimes	64	-	Medforth	Avery	373
Newcastle Thunder	5th	7	4	0	362	198	Steadman	-	10	-	Hunter	46	-	Smith	Crow Trees	* 0
North Wales Crusaders	15th	4	7	0	344	458	Muir, Inu	Eaves	8	-	Eden	50	-	Patton	Eirias Stadium	* 728
Oldham	6th	8	3	0	352	173	Ford, Kilshaw	Wildie	5	-	Walker	40	-	Dixon	Bower Fold (12), Boundary (1)	1,156
Rochdale Hornets	10th	5	7	0	221	347	Thornton	Whitmore, Sa'u	8	-	Boyd	50	-	Flanagan	Crown Oil Arena	986
Salford RLFC	16th	4	7	0	170	432	Grady, Hewitt	Dwyer	5	-	Dwyer	20	-	Dwyer	CorpAcq	* 2,325
Sheffield Eagles	8th	7	4	0	227	232	Lingard	Farrell	5	-	Walkley, Gill	45	-	Lilley	Steel City (13), Halliwell Jones (1)	1,175
Swinton Lions	21st	1	10	0	136	514	Wood, Murray	Baker	3	-	Higham	20	-	Briers	Morson	955
Whitehaven RLFC	18th	2	7	1	140	285	Murray, Newton	Burns, Holliday	5	-	Bickerdike	48	-	Walker	Ortus REC	* 826
Widnes Vikings	7th	7	4	0	294	211	Coleman	Owens	7	-	Ince	44	-	Abdull	DCBL Stadium	2,920
Workington Town	17th	3	8	1	206	354	Gorley	Scholey	7	-	Dickinson	42	-	Carter	Fibrus	* 1,509

2026 Betfred Championship

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