2009 Championship 1
2009 Championship 1 was a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in the United Kingdom, the third tier of the sport in the country. The winner of this league will be promoted to the Co-operative Championship. There is no relegation from this league as it is the lowest tier of professional rugby league in the UK.
2009 Championship 1 | |
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Championship 1 logo | |
League | Championship 1 |
Duration | 18 games each |
Teams | 10 |
Attendance | 71,166 (average 791) |
2009 Season | |
Playoff Winners | |
Champions | |
Runners-up | |
2009 Structure
Championship 1 | ||||
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Team | 2008 Season | Stadium | Capacity | City/Area |
9th | Woodlands Memorial Ground | 9,000 | Lytham St Annes, Lancashire | |
11th (National League One) |
Crown Flatt | 5,100 | Dewsbury, West Yorkshire | |
12th | South Leeds Stadium | 4,000 | Leeds, West Yorkshire | |
5th | Cougar Park | 7,800 | Keighley, West Yorkshire | |
11th | New River Stadium | 5,000 | Haringey, London | |
3rd | Boundary Park | 10,368 | Oldham, Greater Manchester | |
7th | Spotland Stadium | 10,249 | Rochdale, Greater Manchester | |
10th | Park Lane | 3,000 | Swinton, Greater Manchester | |
8th | Derwent Park | 10,000 | Workington, Cumbria | |
6th | Huntington Stadium | 3,428 | York, North Yorkshire |
The Dewsbury Rams were easily the best team throughout the regular season. They won all their games and finished on top of the table, 12 points ahead of the second placed Keighley Cougars. The Rochdale Hornets were stripped of six competition points for going into administration and had to be reformed by local fans .
The first round of playoffs saw both the Hunslet Hawks and the Oldham R.L.F.C. advance to play each other in a knockout game the very next week.
Table
Position | Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Pts for | Pts agst | Pts diff | B.P. | Points |
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1 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 760 | 233 | 537 | 0 | 54 | |
2 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 539 | 415 | 124 | 3 | 42 | |
3 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 589 | 360 | 229 | 4 | 40 | |
4 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 618 | 449 | 169 | 4 | 35 | |
5 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 565 | 456 | 76 | 5 | 33 | |
6 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 472 | 411 | 61 | 3 | 33 | |
7 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 513 | 516 | −3 | 3 | 27 | |
8 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 500 | 557 | −57 | 6 | 15(a) | |
9 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 281 | 700 | −419 | 5 | 11 | |
10 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 210 | 927 | −717 | 2 | 5 | |
a: Rochdale were docked 6 points.
Play-offs
Championship 1 uses a top 6 play-off system.
Home | Score | Away | Match information | ||||||
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Date and time | Venue | Referee | Attendance | ||||||
18–21 | 13 September, 15:00 GMT | Woodlands Memorial Ground | 543 | ||||||
31–26 | 13 September, 15:00 GMT | Boundary Park | 745 | ||||||
Home | Score | Away | Match information | ||||||
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Date and time | Venue | Referee | Attendance | ||||||
32–18 | 20 September, 15:00 GMT | Cougar Park | 1,501 | ||||||
54–30 | 20 September, 15:00 GMT | Boundary Park | Jamie Leahy | 801 | |||||
Home | Score | Away | Match information | ||||||
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Date and time | Venue | Referee | Attendance | ||||||
14–44 | 27 September, 15:00 GMT | Huntington Stadium | P Bentham | 1,164 | |||||
Grand Final
Home | Score | Away | Match information | ||||||
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Date and time | Venue | Referee | Attendance | ||||||
28–26 | 4 October, 15:05 GMT | Halliwell Jones Stadium | Ronnie Laughton | 11,398 | |||||
2009 Attendances
Team | Played | Highest | Lowest | Total | Average | |
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1 | 9 | 2,103 | 912 | 11,381 | 1,265 | |
2 | 10 | 3,106 | 629 | 11,469 | 1,147 | |
3 | 10 | 1,726 | 534 | 9,898 | 989 | |
4 | 11 | 1,419 | 745 | 10,710 | 974 | |
5 | 9 | 1,249 | 480 | 6,139 | 682 | |
6 | 9 | 1019 | 412 | 5,747 | 639 | |
7 | 8 | 975 | 280 | 4,139 | 517 | |
8 | 9 | 705 | 369 | 4,610 | 512 | |
9 | 6 | 693 | 353 | 3070 | 512 | |
10 | 9 | 1,156 | 215 | 4003 | 445 | |
Total | 90 | 11,398 | 215 | 82,564 | 907 | |
– Crowd figures could not be found for all games. – The final will be played at a neutral venue and thus will not be included in the averages of any team.
See also
- Co-operative Championship
- 2009 Co-operative Championship
- RFL League 1