2011 RFL Championship

Co-operative Championship 2011
League Co-operative Championship
Duration 22 Rounds (Followed by 4 round playoffs)
Number of teams 10
Broadcast partners Sky Sports
2011 Season
Grand Final winners Featherstone Rovers
League leaders Featherstone Rovers
Top point-scorer(s) Mick Nanyn (296)
Top try-scorer(s) Jamie Ellis, Mick Nanyn (22)
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The 2011 Rugby Football League Championship is known as Co-operative Championship due to sponsorship by The Co-operative Group.

The 2011 Co-operative Championship is a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in the UK 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 or winning the Northern Rail Cup is a prerequisite for Championship clubs to be able to apply for a licence in the next round of applications for the 2012–14 period.

All of the teams in the 2011 Co-operative Championship will also compete in the 2011 Challenge Cup where they will enter in the third round. All of the teams will also compete in the 2011 National League Cup which starts before the Co-operative Championship with the finals held mid season.

Teams

This competition features mostly the same teams as it did in 2010. The Hunslet Hawks and York City Knights were promoted from the 2010 Championship 1 while the Keighley Cougars and Whitehaven were relegated.

Legend
  Reigning champions
  Defending Northern Rail Cup Champions
  Promoted
Team & Current Season Stadium Capacity Location
Barrow Raiders Craven Park 7,600 Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria
Batley Bulldogs Mount Pleasant 6,000 Batley, West Yorkshire
Dewsbury Rams Tetley's Stadium 3,500 Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Featherstone Rovers Bigfellas Stadium 6,750 Featherstone, West Yorkshire
Halifax The Shay Stadium 6,561 Halifax, West Yorkshire
Hunslet Hawks South Leeds Stadium N/A Leeds, West Yorkshire
Leigh Centurions Leigh Sports Village 12,700 Leigh, Greater Manchester
Sheffield Eagles Bramall Lane 32,702 Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Toulouse Olympique XIII Stade des Minimes 4,066 Toulouse, Midi-Pyrénées, France
Widnes Vikings Stobart Stadium Halton 13,500 Widnes, Cheshire
York City Knights Huntington Stadium 3,428 York, North Yorkshire

Season Standings

    		 Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Bns Pts
    1 Featherstone Rovers 20 18 1 1 840 348 +492 0 56
    2 Leigh Centurions 20 18 1 1 776 368 +408 1 53
    3 Batley Bulldogs 20 12 0 8 498 406 +92 0 41
    4 Sheffield Eagles 20 12 0 8 577 488 +89 0 39
    5 Widnes Vikings 20 11 1 8 555 532 +23 0 38
    6 Halifax RLFC 20 10 0 10 569 543 +26 1 36
    7 Hunslet Hawks 20 4 1 15 395 630 -235 3 20
    8 York City Knights 20 5 1 14 416 788 -372 3 19
    9 Dewsbury Rams 20 4 1 15 413 618 −205 0 18
    10 Toulouse Olympique(R) 20 4 0 16 358 663 −305 0 15
    11 Barrow Raiders (R) 20 9 0 11 527 540 -13 1 0
      Teams qualifying for the Play-offs
      Teams in relegation position

    This table is correct as of 25 August 2010 (1:12pm). Source: http://www.cooperativechampionship.co.uk/table_nl1.php

    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.

    Season Results

    Regular season

    For the season results, see here.

    Play-offs

    Elimination play-offs

    Qualifying semi-final

    Elimination semi-final

    Elimination final

    Grand Final

    2 October 2011
    Featherstone Rovers 40 – 4 Sheffield Eagles
    Tries: Spears, Finn (2), Hardman, Cockayne, Hepworth, Saxton
    Goals: Finn 6/7    		 Tries: McDonald
    Goals: Brown 0/1
    Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington
    Attendance: 7,263
    Referee/s: Matthew Thomason
      Elimination play-offs   Qualifying / Elimination semi-finals   Elimination final   Grand Final
                                     
      QSF: 15 September 2011  
    1   Featherstone Rovers 35  
    2   Leigh Centurions 20         GF: 2 October 2011
            Featherstone Rovers 40
      EPO1: 8 September 2011     EF: 22 September 2011      ' Sheffield Eagles 4
      3   Batley Bulldogs 22         Leigh Centurions 10  
      6   Halifax RLFC 32   ESF: 18 September 2011       Sheffield Eagles 20
          Halifax RLFC 12  
    EPO2: 9 September 2011       Sheffield Eagles 50
      4   Sheffield Eagles 36  
      5   Widnes Vikings 20
       
    Key:         Losing team progressing     Winning team progressing

    Statistics

    The following are the top points scorers in the Championship during the 2011 season. Statistics also include tries and goals scored in the play-offs.[1]

    Most points

    Player Team Tries Goals DGs Points
    Mick Nanyn Leigh Centurions 22 104 0 296
    Liam Finn Featherstone Rovers 14 115 1 287
    Simon Brown Sheffield Eagles 2 95 1 199
    Steve Tyrer Widnes Vikings 12 69 0 186
    Danny Jones Halifax RLFC 6 65 0 154
    Jamie Rooney Barrow Raiders 6 63 1 151
    Paul Handforth Batley Bulldogs 4 59 0 134
    Darren Nicholls Toulouse Olympique 13 40 0 132
    Dominic Brambani Dewsbury Rams 6 39 1 103
    Jamie Ellis Leigh Centurions 22 7 0 102

    See also

    References

    1. ↑ Tim Butcher; Daniel Spencer. Gillette Rugby League Yearbook 2011-12. League Publications Limited. ISBN 978-1-901347-24-1.
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