2026 Betfred Championship

Stats

Note: * denotes incomplete data.

Top Tryscorer: Morea Morea (13)
Top Pointscorer: Jimmy Meadows (124)

No. Of Teams: 20
No. Of Games: 259
No. Of Players: 609
No. Of Tries: 883
No. Of Goals: 687 / 942 (72.93%)
No. Of F.Goals: 9

Total Attendance: 85,004 *
Average Crowd: 1,232 *
Average Crowd (Reg. Season): *
Highest Crowd: 4,380 *
Highest Crowd (Reg. Season): *
Lowest Crowd: 300 *

Mean Scoreline: 37-14
Median Scoreline: 32-12
Highest Scoreline: 106-18
Lowest Scoreline: 4-11
Highest Team Score: London (106-18)
Average PPG: 52.29

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	4	4	-	-	226	36	190	10	10	-	-	555	96	20	+459	55.50	9.60
2.	Newcastle	6	4	2	-	219	124	95	5	4	1	-	182	68	114	11	8	3	-	401	192	16	+209	36.45	17.45
3.	Barrow	4	4	-	-	122	32	90	6	4	2	-	153	103	50	10	8	2	-	275	135	16	+140	27.50	13.50
4.	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
5.	Doncaster	6	5	1	-	247	84	163	3	2	1	-	86	38	48	9	7	2	-	333	122	14	+211	37.00	13.56
6.	Oldham	4	3	1	-	166	32	134	5	4	1	-	156	87	69	9	7	2	-	322	119	14	+203	35.78	13.22
7.	Widnes	4	4	-	-	168	64	104	6	3	3	-	92	122	-30	10	7	3	-	260	186	14	+74	26.00	18.60
8.	Sheffield	4	2	2	-	90	114	-24	5	4	1	-	101	104	-3	9	6	3	-	191	218	12	-27	21.22	24.22
9.	Dewsbury	5	1	4	-	70	94	-24	5	4	1	-	170	101	69	10	5	5	-	240	195	10	+45	24.00	19.50
10.	Keighley	6	3	2	1	212	120	92	4	-	3	1	70	112	-42	10	3	5	2	282	232	8	+50	28.20	23.20
11.	Hunslet	4	1	3	-	86	105	-19	6	3	3	-	158	151	7	10	4	6	-	244	256	8	-12	24.40	25.60
12.	Batley	4	3	1	-	133	52	81	6	1	5	-	100	195	-95	10	4	6	-	233	247	8	-14	23.30	24.70
13.	Rochdale H.	8	3	5	-	157	248	-91	3	1	2	-	22	64	-42	11	4	7	-	179	312	8	-133	16.27	28.36
14.	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
15.	Salford	4	2	2	-	80	118	-38	6	1	5	-	74	282	-208	10	3	7	-	154	400	6	-246	15.40	40.00
16.	Workington	4	1	3	-	104	94	10	6	1	4	1	64	202	-138	10	2	7	1	168	296	5	-128	16.80	29.60
17.	Whitehaven	7	1	5	1	74	167	-93	3	1	2	-	70	130	-60	10	2	7	1	144	297	5	-153	14.40	29.70
18.	Goole	4	-	4	-	60	166	-106	7	2	5	-	122	237	-115	11	2	9	-	182	403	4	-221	16.55	36.64
19.	Swinton	6	-	5	1	74	202	-128	3	-	3	-	34	176	-142	9	-	8	1	108	378	1	-270	12.00	42.00
	Halifax	4	2	2	-	94	102	-8	4	1	3	-	60	121	-61	8	3	5	-	154	223	* -6	-69	19.25	27.88
Featherstone Rovers left the competition on the 9th January, 2026. Club denied RFL membership after going into administration Halifax deducted 12 competition points for going into liquidation

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	3rd	9	4	0	367	207	Crarey	Johnston, Cresswell	6	-	Teare, Ritson, Cresswell	69	-	Walker	Speed Comps	1,882
Batley Bulldogs	12th	5	8	0	289	347	Ford	Leak	6	-	Olpherts	40	-	Reynolds	Fox's Biscuits	* 703
Dewsbury Rams	9th	6	7	0	282	301	March	Senior	6	-	Delaney	78	-	Hookem	FLAIR	* 1,412
Doncaster RLFC	5th	9	3	0	421	158	Horne	Aston, Lyne	12	-	Gebbie	92	-	Robinson	Eco-Power	1,468
Featherstone Rovers	n/a	0	1	0	0	0	-	-		-	-		-	-		0
Goole Vikings	18th	5	10	0	308	509	Taylor	Ferres	11	-	Barley	48	-	Miller	Victoria Grounds	* 690
Halifax Panthers	21st	4	6	0	256	241	Eastmond	Crooks	4	-	Tibbs, Lindsey, Crooks	26	-	Lawford	The Shay	* 1,678
Hunslet RLFC	11th	5	8	0	318	380	Trout	Jowitt	5	-	Jowitt, Graham, Faraimo, Dalton-Harrop	86	-	Jowitt	South Leeds	773
Keighley Cougars	10th	5	7	2	382	364	Burton, Hardman	Flanagan, Beharrell	9	-	Holroyd	66	-	Beharrell	Cougar	* 1,067
London Broncos	1st	13	1	0	747	138	Demetriou	Campbell-Gillard	13	-	Morea	124	-	Meadows	Cherry Red (12), Athletic Ground (2)	* 3,396
Midlands Hurricanes	4th	9	3	1	386	228	Dunning	Kirby	8	-	Chrimes	64	-	Medforth	Avery	373
Newcastle Thunder	2nd	10	4	0	485	248	Steadman	-	10	-	Ward, Hunter	62	-	Roberts	Crow Trees	* 0
North Wales Crusaders	14th	4	8	0	344	458	Muir, Inu	Eaves	8	-	Eden	50	-	Patton	Eirias Stadium	* 728
Oldham	6th	10	3	0	498	201	Ford, Kilshaw	Wildie	5	-	Walker, Dixon, Ashurst	56	-	Dean	Bower Fold (12), Park Lane (1)	1,025
Rochdale Hornets	13th	6	8	0	271	419	Thornton	Whitmore, Sa'u	8	-	Boyd	60	-	Flanagan	Crown Oil Arena	850
Salford RLFC	15th	4	9	0	196	534	Grady, Hewitt	Dwyer	6	-	Dwyer	24	-	Dwyer	CorpAcq	* 2,325
Sheffield Eagles	8th	8	5	0	283	290	Lingard	Farrell	6	-	Walkley	45	-	Lilley	MEPS Intl (8), Steel City (5)	776
Swinton Lions	19th	1	10	1	158	536	Wood, Murray	Baker	3	-	Ratchford, Higham	26	-	Briers	Morson	933
Whitehaven RLFC	17th	2	9	1	160	355	Murray, Newton	Burns, Holliday	5	-	Bickerdike	54	-	Walker	Ortus REC	* 790
Widnes Vikings	7th	9	4	0	398	221	Coleman	Owens	10	-	Ince	44	-	Abdull	DCBL Stadium	2,759
Workington Town	16th	3	9	1	210	428	Gorley	Scholey	7	-	Dickinson	42	-	Carter	Fibrus	* 1,509

2026 Betfred Championship

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Ladder

Team Stats (includes Cup/Tour matches)

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