2010 RFL Championship results

Main article: 2010 RFL Championship

This is a list of the 2010 Rugby Football League Championship. The RFL Championship is known as Co-operative Championship due to sponsorship by The Co-operative Group.

The Co-operative Championship is a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in the United Kingdom and France one tier below the first tier Super League. The two worst performing teams during the season, with the exception of Toulouse Olympique, will be relegated to Championship 1.

There is no automatic promotion from this league to Super League, which uses a licensing system renewed every three years. Qualifying for the Grand Final is a prerequisite for Championship clubs to be able to apply for license in the next round of applications for the 2012–14 period.

The 2010 Co-Operative Championship season will consist of two stages. The regular season is played over 22 round-robin fixtures, in which each of the eleven teams involved in the competition will play each other once at home and once away. In the 2010 Co-Operative Championship, a win is worth three points in the table, a draw is worth one two points apiece, and a loss by 12 points or fewer is worth 1 bonus point.

The league leaders at the end of the regular season will receive the league leaders trophy, but the Championship is decided through the second stage of the season via a playoffs system. The top six teams in the table will contest to play in the Grand Final, the winners of which are crowned 2010 Co-Operative Champions.

Regular season

The 2010 season started on 25 February, when Leigh Centurions hosted the Barrow Raiders.

Round 1

Home Score Away Match Information
Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance RFL Match Report
Leigh Centurions (12) 20 - 20 (6) Barrow Raiders 25 February, 19:30 GMT Gareth Hewer Leigh Sports Village 2,203 Report[1]
Toulouse Olympique XIII (10) 26 - 22 (12) Dewsbury Rams 27 February, 20:00 GMT Peter Brook Stade des Minimes 850 Report[2]
Featherstone Rovers (24) 36 - 10 (0) Batley Bulldogs 28 February, 15:00 GMT Big Fellas Stadium 1,353 Report[3]
Halifax (12) 32 - 26 (12) Sheffield Eagles 28 February, 15:00 GMT Jamie Leahy Shay Stadium 2,139 Report[4]
Widnes Vikings (34) 72 - 10 (6) Keighley Cougars 28 February, 15:00 GMT Ron Laughton Stobart Stadium Halton 2,777 Report[5]
Round Stats
Agg Att: 9,322 Avg Att: 1,865 Pts Scored: 274 Avg Pts: 55
Highest Try Scorer(s): Shane Grady (3)

Dean Thompson (3)
Shad Royston (3)

 Highest Goal Scorer(s): Shane Grady (10)

Round 2

Home Score Away Match Information
Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance RFL Match Report
Batley Bulldogs (6) 24 - 34 (30) Halifax 11 March, 19:30 GMT Ronnie Laughton Mount Pleasant 1,837 Report[6]
Whitehaven (10) 34 - 20 (20) Toulouse Olympique 13 March, 18:00 GMT Jamie Leahy Recreation Ground 1,181 Report[7]
Dewsbury Rams (6) 10 - 40 (22) Featherstone Rovers 14 March, 15:00 GMT Gareth Hewer The Tetley's Stadium 1,313 Report[8]
Keighley Cougars (6) 12 - 34 (18) Leigh Centurions 14 March, 15:00 GMT Robert Hicks Cougar Park 1,115 Report[9]
Sheffield Eagles (14) 30 - 44 (18) Widnes Vikings 14 March, 15:00 GMT Warren Turley Don Valley Stadium 1,085 Report[10]
Round Stats
Agg Att: 6,531 Avg Att: 1,306 Pts Scored: 282 Avg Pts: 56
Highest Try Scorer(s): Andy Kain (3) Highest Goal Scorer(s): Shane Grady (8)

Round 3

Home Score Away Match Information
Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance RFL Match Report
Widnes Vikings (10) 28 - 30 (16) Halifax 18 March, 19:30 GMT Robert Hicks Stobart Stadium Halton 3,686 Report[11]
Sheffield Eagles (12) 22 - 10 (10) Dewsbury Rams 19 March, 19:30 GMT Jamie Leahy Don Valley Stadium 835 Report[12]
Toulouse Olympique (14) 34 - 26 (4) Keighley Cougars 20 March, 19:00 GMT Warren Turley Stade des Minimes 1,823 Report[13]
Barrow Raiders (0) 6 - 20 (8) Featherstone Rovers 20 March, 18:30 GMT Ian Smith Craven Park 1,998 Report[14]
Leigh Centurions (12) 44 - 12 (0) Whitehaven 21 March, 15:00 GMT P Brooke Leigh Sports Village 1,891 Report[15]
Round Stats
Agg Att: 10,233 Avg Att: 2,046 Pts Scored: 232 Avg Pts: 46
Highest Try Scorer(s): Thomas Coyle (2)

Tangi Ropati (2)
Cédric Gay (2)

Highest Goal Scorer(s): Kyle Briggs (6)

Round 4

Home Score Away Match Information
Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance RFL Match Report
Keighley Cougars (12) 12 - 22 (10) Batley Bulldogs 25 March, 19:30 GMT Jamie Leahy Cougar Park 1,336 Report[16]
Toulouse Olympique (16) 16 - 48 (16) Barrow Raiders 27 March, 19:00 GMT Gareth Hewer Stade des Minimes 1,500 Report[17]
Dewsbury Rams (14) 30 - 36 (16) Widnes Vikings 28 March, 15:00 GMT Ronnie Laughton Tetley's Stadium 1,499 Report[18]
Featherstone Rovers (32) 54 - 18 (12) Whitehaven 28 March, 15:00 GMT Warren Turley Big Fellas Stadium 1,551 Report[19]
Halifax (4) 10 - 48 (20) Leigh Centurions 28 March, 15:00 GMT M Thomason Shay Stadium 3,071 Report[20]
Round Stats
Agg Att: 8,957 Avg Att: 1,791 Pts Scored: 294 Avg Pts: 59
Highest Try Scorer(s): Anthony Thackeray (3)

Chris Spurr (3)
Jessie Joe Parker (3)
Kyle Briggs (3)
Liam Campbell (3)

Highest Goal Scorer(s): Kyle Briggs (7)

Round 5

Home Score Away Match Information
Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance RFL Match Report
Whitehaven (8) 8 - 19 (6) Barrow Raiders 1 April, 18:00 GMT Ian Smith Recreation Ground 1,386 Report[21]
Featherstone Rovers (8) 44 - 4 (0) Halifax 2 April, 19:30 GMT Gareth Hewer Big Fellas Stadium 2,353 Report[22]
Keighley Cougars (2) 16 - 16 (10) Sheffield Eagles 2 April, 19:30 GMT M Thomason Cougar Park 927
Batley Bulldogs (10) 22 - 8 (4) Dewsbury Rams 2 April, 19:30 GMT Warren Turley Mount Pleasant 1,484
Toulouse Olympique (0) 6 - 36 (18) Leigh Centurions 2 April, 19:30 GMT Craig Halloran Stade des Minimes 1,225 Report[23]
Round Stats
Agg Att: 7,375 Avg Att: 1,475 Pts Scored: 179 Avg Pts: 36
Highest Try Scorer(s): Martin Ostler (2) Highest Goal Scorer(s): Kyle Briggs (8)

Round 6

Home Score Away Match Information
Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance RFL Match Report
Dewsbury Rams (4) 10 - 42 (14) Keighley Cougars 5 April, 15:00 GMT Craig Halloran Tetley's Stadium 1,854 Report[24]
Halifax (16) 50 - 6 (6) Toulouse Olympique 5 April, 18:00 GMT Peter Brooke Shay Stadium 1,725 Report[25]
Leigh Centurions (14) 26 - 4 (4) Batley Bulldogs 5 April, 19:00 GMT Gareth Hewer Leigh Sports Village 2,246 Report[26]
Widnes Vikings (30) 48 - 18 (8) Whitehaven 5 April, 15:00 GMT Jamie Leahy Stobart Stadium Halton 3,033 Report[27]
Round Stats
Agg Att: 8,858 Avg Att: 2,215 Pts Scored: 204 Avg Pts: 51
Highest Try Scorer(s): Matty Blythe (3)
Shad Royston (3) 		Highest Goal Scorer(s): Jamie Rooney (7)
Lee Patterson (7)

Round 7

Home Score Away Match Information
Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance RFL Match Report
Halifax (16) 40 - 20 (6) Keighley Cougars 8 April, 19:30 GMT Robert Hicks The Shay 2,522 Report[28]
Widnes Vikings (12) 36 - 42 (30) Toulouse Olympique 10 April, 18:00 GMT M Thomason Stobart Stadium Halton 2,793 Report[29]
Barrow Raiders (32) 56 - 10 (4) Batley Bulldogs 10 April, 18:30 GMT Craig Halloran Craven Park 1,725 Report[30]
Dewsbury Rams (4) 12 - 20 (18) Whitehaven 11 April, 15:00 GMT P Brooke Tetley's Stadium 850 Report[31]
Sheffield Eagles (6) 16 - 40 (16) Featherstone Rovers 11 April, 15:00 GMT Jamie Leahey Bramall Lane 2,871 Report[32]
Round Stats
Agg Att: 10,761 Avg Att: 2,152 Pts Scored: 292 Avg Pts: 58
Highest Try Scorer(s): Jermaine McGilvary (3)
Vincent Duport (3)
Anthony Thackeray (3) 		Highest Goal Scorer(s): Jamie Rooney (8)

Round 15

Home Score Away Match Information
Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance RFL Match Report
Barrow Raiders (28) 50 - 4 (4) Sheffield Eagles 5 April, 15:00 GMT Ronnie Laughton Craven Park 1,854 Report[33]
Round Stats
Agg Att: 1,854 Avg Att: 1,854 Pts Scored: 54 Avg Pts: 54
Highest Try Scorer(s): Highest Goal Scorer(s):

League table

2010 Co-operative Championship
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Bns Pts
1 Featherstone Rovers 20 18 0 2 735 334 +401 2 56
2 Halifax 20 16 0 4 684 509 +175 2 50
3 Leigh Centurions 20 12 1 7 580 403 +177 5 43
4 Barrow Raiders 20 12 1 7 607 449 +158 1 39
5 Widnes Vikings 20 11 0 9 619 488 +131 5 38
6 Sheffield Eagles 20 10 1 9 503 555 −52 1 35
7 Batley Bulldogs 20 7 0 13 479 488 −9 8 29
8 Toulouse Olympique 20 8 0 12 486 649 −163 3 27
9 Dewsbury Rams 20 6 0 14 454 503 −49 8 26
10 Whitehaven (R) 20 4 0 16 281 707 −426 4 16
11 Keighley Cougars (R) 20 4 1 15 362 703 -341 5 10
  Teams qualifying for the Play-offs
  Teams in relegation position

This table is correct as of 25th August 2010 (1:12pm). Source: Co-Operative Championship Table [34]
Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.
Competition points: For win = 3; For draw = 2; For loss by 12 points or fewer = 1.

Note: Keighley started the season on −9 points for going into administration.

Progression Table

  • Cells in gold indicate team finished top of the table at the end of the round.
  • Cells in green indicate team finished in the six play-off places at the end of the round.
  • Cells in red indicate team finished in the relegation zone at the end of the round.
  • Cells that contain a star (*) next to the points indicates that team did not play that week
# Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 Featherstone Rovers 3 6 9 12 15 15* 18
2 Leigh Centurions 2 5 8 11 14 17 17*
3 Halifax 3 6 9 9 9 12 15
4 Barrow Raiders 2 2* 2 5 8 11 14
5 Widnes Vikings 3 6 7 10 10* 13 14
6 Toulouse Olympique 3 3 6 6 6 6 9
7 Batley Bulldogs 0 1 1* 4 7 7 7
8 Whitehaven 0* 3 3 3 4 4 7
9 Sheffield Eagles 1 1 4 4* 6 6 6
9 Dewsbury Rams 1 1 2 3 3 3 4
11 Keighley Cougars -9 -9 -8 -7 -5 -2 -2
Source: [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41]

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