Championship 2026

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Whitehaven RLFC

Order by: First appearance, Number of appearances, Player name (alphabetical), Most used players by position, Most successful lineup

Legend: FB = Fullback; C = Centre; W = Winger; FE = Five-Eighth; HB = Half-back; FR = Front Row; H = Hooker; 2R = Back Row; L = Lock; B = Bench.

Season Player Summary

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Player	1	2 CC	2	3	4	5	6	8	9	10	1 1C
Marc SHACKLEY	FR	B	B	B	FR						FR
Brad BRENNAN	B	B	B	B	B	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR
Jordan BURNS	C	C
Connor HOLLIDAY	2R		2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R
Chris TAYLOR
Lewis BROWN		B		B			B			B	B
David ECCLESTON	W	W	W	W	C	W	W		W	W	W
Ethan BICKERDIKE	C	C	C	C	FB	C	C	C	C	C	C
Ciaran WALKER	FE	HB	HB	FE		FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE
Jordan THOMSON	FR		B	FR		FR	FR		FR
Joe LOWE		FE	FE		FE
Mitchell TODD	W	W	W	C	C	W	W	W	C	C	C
Cole WALKER-TAYLOR	FB	FB	FB	FB		FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	HB
Ellison HOLGATE	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
Jake PEARCE		FR	FR	FR	FR	B		FR	B	FR
Brett BAILEY	B	FR	FR
Jack KELLETT	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
Ellis NIXON		2R	2R	B	B			B	B	B	2R
Jay WEATHERILL				W	W			W	W		FB
Jack NEWBEGIN	HB			HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB
Rio McQUISTAN	2R			2R	2R	B	B
Aaron TURNBULL	B					B
Josh BLINKHORN		B									B
Seth WOODEND						C	C	C		W
Liam WILLIAMSON			B		B		B	B	B		H
Ben PEARCE	B	2R	C			2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R
Xenden CALLANDER					W						W
Jackson SMITH					B	B	B	B		B	B
Oliver POLEC								B	B	B	B

List of Matches

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Competition	Round	Opposition		Score			FB1	W2	C3	C4	W5	FE6	HB7	FR8	HK9	FR10	2R11	2R12	L13	B14	B15	B16	B17
Championship	Round 1	Sheffield	L	4	-	11	Walker-Taylor	Eccleston	Burns	Bickerdike	Todd   1T	Walker	Newbegin	Thomson	Holgate	Shackley	Holliday	McQuistan	Kellett	Brennan	Turnbull	Bailey	B. Pearce	>
Challenge Cup	Round 2	Sheffield	L	6	-	18	Walker-Taylor   1T	Eccleston	Burns	Bickerdike	Todd	Lowe	Walker   1G	J. Pearce	Holgate	Bailey	B. Pearce	Nixon	Kellett	Blinkhorn	Brennan	Shackley	Brown	>
Championship	Round 2	Newcastle	L	6	-	54	Walker-Taylor	Eccleston	B. Pearce	Bickerdike   1T	Todd	Lowe	Walker   1G	J. Pearce	Holgate	Bailey	Nixon	Holliday	Kellett	Shackley	Brennan	Thomson	Williamson	>
Championship	Round 3	Barrow	L	0	-	30	Walker-Taylor	Weatherill	Todd	Bickerdike	Eccleston	Walker	Newbegin	J. Pearce	Holgate	Thomson	Holliday	McQuistan	Kellett	Shackley	Brennan	Nixon	Brown	>
Championship	Round 4	Keighley	L	14	-	56	Bickerdike	Callander	Eccleston   1T	Todd	Weatherill   1T	Lowe	Newbegin	J. Pearce	Holgate	Shackley	Holliday   1G	McQuistan	Kellett   1T	Brennan	Nixon	Smith	Williamson	>
Championship	Round 5	Rochdale H.	W	20	-	0	Walker-Taylor	Eccleston	Woodend   1T	Bickerdike   1T	Todd	Walker   1T 2G	Newbegin	Brennan	Holgate   1T	Thomson	Holliday	B. Pearce	Kellett	J. Pearce	McQuistan	Turnbull	Smith	>
Championship	Round 6	Midlands	D	20	-	20	Walker-Taylor	Eccleston	Woodend   1T	Bickerdike   1T	Todd	Walker   4G	Newbegin	Brennan	Holgate	Thomson	Holliday   1T	B. Pearce	Kellett	Smith	McQuistan	Brown	Williamson	>
Championship	Round 8	North Wales	L	20	-	52	Walker-Taylor	Todd	Woodend	Bickerdike   1T	Weatherill   1T	Walker   2G	Newbegin   2T	J. Pearce	Holgate	Brennan	Holliday	B. Pearce	Kellett	Smith	Polec	Nixon	Williamson	>
Championship	Round 9	Workington	L	14	-	22	Walker-Taylor	Eccleston	Todd	Bickerdike	Weatherill   1T	Walker   1T 3G	Newbegin	Brennan	Holgate	Thomson	Holliday	B. Pearce	Kellett	J. Pearce	Nixon	Polec	Williamson	>
Championship	Round 10	Goole	W	36	-	22	Walker-Taylor	Eccleston   1T	Todd	Bickerdike   1T	Woodend   1T	Walker   1T 6G	Newbegin	Brennan   1T	Holgate	J. Pearce	Holliday	B. Pearce	Kellett	Nixon	Brown	Polec   1T	Smith	>
1895 Cup	Round 1	Goole	L	10	-	40	Weatherill   1T	Eccleston	Todd	Bickerdike	Callander	Walker   1G	Walker-Taylor	Brennan	Williamson	Shackley	Nixon	B. Pearce   1T	Kellett	Blinkhorn	Brown	Polec	Smith	>

Contributions: Tim Costello, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash

Sources: News Reports