The Yorkshire League and the Lancashire League formed two sections of the Rugby Football League Championship for much of its history. Initially, the 22 clubs that broke away in 1895 played in one combined league; however, the following season saw the addition of many clubs, and the League was split into two separate county competitions.
28-672: Yorkshire League may refer to The RFL Yorkshire League , one of the rugby league county leagues which ran between 1895 and 1970 as the premier rugby league competitions in the United Kingdom The CMS Yorkshire league , an amateur rugby league competition in the United Kingdom The Yorkshire Football League , which became part of the Northern Counties (East) League in 1982 Yorkshire League,
56-409: A club game at this level of competition was set in 2017 at KCOM Craven Park for the opening fixture of the season between Hull Kingston Rovers and Bradford Bulls with Rovers winning 54–24 in front of a crowd of 8,817. The crowd record for regular season attendance was also broken in 2008 with an average of 2,205 spectators at each game. In 2013, Super League clubs agreed to reduce the number of clubs in
84-527: A former cricket competition played for by clubs in Yorkshire, which is now split between the Yorkshire Premier League North and Yorkshire South Premier League . Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Yorkshire League . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
112-427: A new combined first division. The following season, the remaining clubs formed a second division . From then until 1907, when there was another re-organisation, the county leagues were not played. The new structure initiated for the 1907–08 season saw the clubs playing every other team in their own county home and away, and playing once each against the clubs from the other county. Results from all games counted towards
140-663: A play-off series where they split into 3 divisions of 8 based upon league position: On 14 September 2018, an EGM was called to discuss the future of the sport and a change in structure, as the clubs were in favour of scrapping the Super 8s in favour of a more conventional structure. Two proposals were put forward: one by Super League and one by the Championship and League 1; Super League proposal: The Super League proposed staying with 12 teams who play each other home and away plus Magic Weekend and 6 loop fixtures (29 games). They also proposed
168-469: A return to a top-5 playoff and the 12th placed team being relegated. Championship & League 1 proposal: The alternative proposal was that Super League would expand to 14 clubs playing 29 games ending with a top-5 playoff. The team finishing 14th would be relegated and 13th would play 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the Championship in a relegation playoff. After a vote, the Super League proposal was voted through
196-531: A win, one for a draw and none for a loss. Teams are ranked by competition points, points difference (points scored less points conceded), points scored. The team finishing top after 26 games is awarded the League Leaders Shield while the two bottom teams are relegated to the League One The play-offs have had various formats. Currently once every club has played 26 games, the top six teams qualify for
224-460: Is intended to complement the existing player loan system. Dual registration refers to an arrangement between clubs whereby a player continues to be registered to his current Super League club and is also registered to play for a club in the Championship. The system is aimed at young Super League players who are thought to be not quite ready to make the step up to ‘week in, week out’ Super League first team duties but for whom first team match experience
252-635: The RFL Championship until 1970. Teams also competed in the Lancashire Cup . To keep the number of teams equal in both county leagues, clubs from Yorkshire were often invited to play in the Lancashire League. Halifax joined the Lancashire League in 1930, remaining there until the start of the Second World War. Following the demise of Belle Vue Rangers in 1955, it was initially decided that
280-696: The RFL Championship until 1970. Teams also competed in the Yorkshire Cup . RFL Championship The Rugby Football League Championship , (known as the Betfred Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the second highest division of rugby league in Britain (with one team in the league also being based in France) after the Super League . Introduced in 2003 as National League One , it replaced
308-447: The 2009 season. Championship 1 was later rebranded to League 1 . During this period, a system of licensing was put in place which meant there was no automatic system of promotion and relegation between the Championship and Super League, although promotion and relegation continued between the Championship and League 1. Widnes Vikings were promoted to Super League from the Championship via the licensing system in 2011. The record crowd for
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#1732844802530336-569: The Championship including The Summer Bash , Championship Shield and The Qualifiers in a seven-year deal. A two-year broadcast deal with Premier Sports for 2022 and 2023 was signed at the end of 2021. Premier show a live match every Monday as well as all seven matches from the Summer Bash. The deal also includes the broadcasting rights to play-off matches and the Million Pound Game. Premier Sports became part of Viaplay late in 2022 and
364-497: The Rugby Football League Championship, whilst results within the county counted towards the respective county leagues. The championship often included teams from outside the Yorkshire and Lancashire heartlands; these were allocated to a county league on a practical basis. Briefly, in the 1908–09 season, there were enough clubs from Wales to add a third Welsh League to the structure. The sole winner of this title
392-514: The Yorkshire League champions would compete in the Lancashire League during the following season, but clubs were later elected into the league on a voluntary basis instead. The RFL Yorkshire League was an annual competition from 1895 to 1970 for professional rugby league teams in Yorkshire. During the period 1896–1901 the county leagues were played as there was no national league championship during this period. After they were played alongside
420-483: The bottom eight joined National League Two. They were joined by London Skolars from the Rugby League Conference , who entered National League Two, and York City Knights , who replaced the defunct York Wasps (who had folded mid-season in 2002) and also joined National League Two in 2003, creating two ten-team leagues which operated a system of promotion and relegation between themselves while also maintaining
448-404: The case for all but the four seasons of the Super 8s era where the league leaders were declared Champions and promotion was determined by The Qualifiers . The Championship has been sponsored four times since its inception in 2003. Betfred are the current title sponsor. The title sponsor has been able to determine the league's sponsorship name. There have been seven different title sponsors since
476-425: The competition to 12 and return to an amended system of promotion and relegation with a 12-club Championship competition. These changes came into effect for the 2015 season . Under the amended structure, the 12 Super League and 12 Championship clubs play a regular season of 23 rounds, including a Magic Weekend for both divisions. Following the conclusion of their regular league seasons, the 24 clubs then compete in
504-621: The existing Second Division . It was rebranded as the Championship in 2009. The league consists of 14 teams, with the winner decided by a playoff and relegation to League One . The current champions are Wakefield Trinity , winners of the 2024 season after beating Toulouse Olympique in the Championship Grand Final . Second division rugby league competitions have been played at various times since 1902, and have been in place annually since 1973. When Super League began in 1996,
532-487: The first teams to propose the return of the reserve league where players could move from the under 19s and play with professional players before playing in the 1st team. A reserve league was set up in 2016 with a mixture of Super League, Championship and League 1 teams. Clubs in both the Super League and the Championships benefit from the new dual registration system which was introduced for the 2013 season. The new system
560-440: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yorkshire_League&oldid=1152687726 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages RFL Yorkshire League This situation endured until 1901–02, when the top teams in each league resigned and formed
588-448: The league's formation: The official rugby ball supplier is Steeden . Sky Sports and Premier Sports shared the TV rights to the Championship between 2008 and 2012. After Sky only showed the Championship and Championship 1 Grand Finals while games were broadcast on Premier Sports until 2013. There was no TV coverage on the Championship in 2014. In 2015 Sky Sports won the rights to show
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#1732844802530616-553: The playoffs. Round one sees 3rd v 6th and 4th v 5th. The winners then progress to the semi finals where the teams finishing 1st and 2nd enter. The two winners of the semi-finals meet in the Grand Final . The champions of the Championship are determined by a playoff series at the end of the regular season. The team at the top of the league table at the end of regular season is awarded the League Leaders’ Shield . This has been
644-539: The promotion and relegation between National League One and Super League. At the same time, National League Three was created with teams from the Rugby League Conference and from the British Amateur Rugby League Association amateur leagues. It was intended that there would be promotion and relegation between National League Two and National League Three when League Three became more established, however this never eventuated. In 2009 Super League
672-579: The second division continued to operate a system of promotion and relegation with the new competition. In 1999, the second-tier competition below the Super League was renamed the Northern Ford Premiership (NFP) when Northern Ford Dealers acquired the naming rights. In 2003, the NFP was re-organised into National Leagues One and Two. Teams that finished in the top ten league positions of the 2002 Northern Ford Premiership joined National League One and
700-484: Was Merthyr Tydfil. The Yorkshire and Lancashire Leagues were abandoned in 1970. The RFL Lancashire League was an annual competition from 1895 to 1970 for professional rugby league teams in Lancashire. Other teams from Cheshire and Cumbria also competed in the league. During the period 1896–1901 the county leagues were played as there was no national league championship during this period. After they were played alongside
728-486: Was expanded to 14 teams, with two additional teams being promoted from National League One. In turn, two additional teams were promoted from National League Two to National League One at the end of the 2008 season , reducing the number of teams in National League Two to 10. National Leagues One and Two were then rebranded as the Championship and Championship 1 respectively, with the change being implemented in time for
756-419: Was implemented for the 2019 season. The Championship clubs then voted for a top 5 playoff being used to decide which team will be promoted to Super League. There are 14 clubs in the Championship. During the course of the season (usually from February to September) each club plays the other twice, once at their home stadium and once at their opponents. Altogether clubs play 26 games. Teams receive two points for
784-529: Was marketed as Viaplay Sports for the 2023 season. Regional radio stations have coverage of the Championship clubs but mostly only cover Super League clubs in the same area and give updates of Championship scores and results. In 2014 and 2015 Super League clubs were unhappy with the Dual registration system and wanted to form an Under 23 reserve leagues between the Under 19s and 1st team. Wigan, Warrington and St Helens were
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