2026 Betfred Championship

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

No. Of Teams: 20
No. Of Games: 74
No. Of Players: 583
No. Of Tries: 640
No. Of Goals: 496 / 689 (71.99%)
No. Of F.Goals: 7

Total Attendance: 66,487 *
Average Crowd: 1,254 *
Highest Crowd: 4,380 *
Highest Crowd (Reg. Season): 4,380 *
Lowest Crowd: 324 *

Mean Scoreline: 35-13
Median Scoreline: 30-12
Highest Scoreline: 106-18
Lowest Scoreline: 4-11
Highest Team Score: London (106-18)
Average PPG: 49.43

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	3	2	1	-	86	38	48	8	7	1	-	317	92	14	+225	39.63	11.50
3.	Newcastle	4	2	2	-	130	94	36	4	4	-	-	150	34	116	8	6	2	-	280	128	12	+152	35.00	16.00
4.	Barrow	3	3	-	-	96	12	84	4	3	1	-	85	54	31	7	6	1	-	181	66	12	+115	25.86	9.43
5.	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
6.	Oldham	3	2	1	-	92	28	64	4	3	1	-	128	75	53	7	5	2	-	220	103	10	+117	31.43	14.71
7.	Widnes	3	3	-	-	114	64	50	5	2	3	-	72	112	-40	8	5	3	-	186	176	10	+10	23.25	22.00
8.	Sheffield	3	1	2	-	52	88	-36	4	4	-	-	97	56	41	7	5	2	-	149	144	10	+5	21.29	20.57
9.	Dewsbury	4	1	3	-	60	74	-14	4	3	1	-	116	83	33	8	4	4	-	176	157	8	+19	22.00	19.63
10.	Rochdale H.	6	3	3	-	127	148	-21	3	1	2	-	22	64	-42	9	4	5	-	149	212	8	-63	16.56	23.56
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.	Batley	3	2	1	-	87	42	45	4	1	3	-	64	114	-50	7	3	4	-	151	156	6	-5	21.57	22.29
13.	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
14.	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
15.	Workington	3	1	2	-	84	70	14	5	1	3	1	60	128	-68	8	2	5	1	144	198	5	-54	18.00	24.75
16.	Goole	2	-	2	-	28	60	-32	6	2	4	-	112	191	-79	8	2	6	-	140	251	4	-111	17.50	31.38
17.	Whitehaven	6	1	4	1	64	137	-73	2	-	2	-	34	108	-74	8	1	6	1	98	245	3	-147	12.25	30.63
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	4th	7	3	0	273	138	Crarey	Johnston, Cresswell	6	-	Cresswell	43	-	Walker	Speed Comps	1,923
Batley Bulldogs	12th	4	5	0	187	222	Ford	Leak	6	-	Olpherts	24	-	Reynolds, Olpherts	Fox's Biscuits	* 703
Dewsbury Rams	9th	5	5	0	208	213	March	Senior	4	-	O'Connor, McShane, Delaney	58	-	Hookem	FLAIR	* 1,412
Doncaster RLFC	2nd	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	16th	4	7	0	226	347	Taylor	Ferres	6	-	Barley	40	-	Miller	Victoria Grounds	690
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	14th	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	5th	6	3	1	306	190	Dunning	Kirby	6	-	Chrimes	40	-	Medforth	Avery	373
Newcastle Thunder	3rd	7	3	0	330	164	Steadman	-	10	-	Hunter	46	-	Smith	Crow Trees	* 0
North Wales Crusaders	13th	4	5	0	316	336	Muir, Inu	Eaves	8	-	Eden	44	-	Patton	Eirias Stadium	* 871
Oldham	6th	7	3	0	324	161	Ford, Kilshaw	Wildie	4	-	Walker, Ashurst	40	-	Dixon	Bower Fold (12), Boundary (1)	1,156
Rochdale Hornets	10th	5	6	0	209	301	Thornton	Whitmore, Sa'u	8	-	Boyd	46	-	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	8th	7	3	0	223	184	Lingard	Farrell	5	-	Gill	45	-	Lilley	Steel City (13), Halliwell Jones (1)	1,175
Swinton Lions	21st	1	9	0	126	494	Wood, Murray	Baker	3	-	Higham	18	-	Briers	Morson	651
Whitehaven RLFC	17th	1	7	1	104	263	Murray, Newton	Burns, Holliday	4	-	Bickerdike	32	-	Walker	Ortus REC	* 826
Widnes Vikings	7th	6	4	0	274	201	Coleman	Owens	6	-	Fleming	40	-	Abdull	DCBL Stadium	2,920
Workington Town	15th	3	7	1	186	330	Gorley	Scholey	6	-	Dickinson	42	-	Carter	Fibrus	* 1,993

2026 Betfred Championship

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