2009 Championship 1

2009 Championship 1
League Championship 1
Duration 18 games each
Number of teams 10
Aggregate attendance 71,166 (average 791)
2009 Season
Playoff Winners Keighley Cougars
Champions Dewsbury Rams
Runners-up Keighley Cougars
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2009 Championship 1 is 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 Structure

Championship 1
Team 2008 Season Stadium Capacity City/Area
Blackpool Panthers 9th Woodlands Memorial Ground 9,000 Lytham St Annes, Lancashire
Dewsbury Rams 11th
(NL1)		 Crown Flatt 5,100 Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Hunslet Hawks 12th South Leeds Stadium 4,000 Leeds, West Yorkshire
Keighley Cougars 5th Cougar Park 7,800 Keighley, West Yorkshire
London Skolars 11th New River Stadium 5,000 Haringey, London
Oldham Roughyeds 3rd Boundary Park 10,368 Oldham, Greater Manchester
Rochdale Hornets 7th Spotland Stadium 10,249 Rochdale, Greater Manchester
Swinton Lions 10th Park Lane 3,000 Swinton, Greater Manchester
Workington Town 8th Derwent Park 10,000 Workington, Cumbria
York City Knights 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 Roughyeds 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
1 Dewsbury Rams 18 18 0 0 760 233 537 0 54
2 Keighley Cougars 18 13 0 5 539 415 124 3 42
3 York City Knights 18 12 0 6 589 360 229 4 40
4 Oldham Roughyeds 18 10 1 7 618 449 169 4 35
5 Blackpool Panthers 18 9 1 8 565 456 76 5 33
6 Hunslet Hawks 18 10 0 8 472 411 61 3 33
7 Swinton Lions 18 8 0 10 513 516 −3 3 27
8 Rochdale Hornets 18 6 0 12 500 557 −57 6 15(a)
9 Workington Town 18 2 0 16 281 700 −419 5 11
10 London Skolars 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
Date and time Venue Referee Attendance
Blackpool Panthers 18–21 Hunslet Hawks 13 September, 15:00 GMT Woodlands Memorial Ground 543
Oldham Roughyeds 31–26 Swinton Lions 13 September, 15:00 GMT Boundary Park 745
Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referee Attendance
Keighley Cougars 32–18 York City Knights 20 September, 15:00 GMT Cougar Park 1,501
Oldham Roughyeds 54–30 Hunslet Hawks 20 September, 15:00 GMT Boundary Park Jamie Leahy 801
Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referee Attendance
York City Knights 14–44 Oldham Roughyeds 27 September, 15:00 GMT Huntington Stadium P Bentham 1,164

Grand Final

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referee Attendance
Keighley Cougars 28–26 Oldham Roughyeds 4 October, 15:05 GMT Halliwell Jones Stadium Ronnie Laughton 11,398

2009 Attendances

Team Played Highest Lowest Total Average
1 Dewsbury Rams 92,10391211,3811,265
2 York City Knights 103,10662911,4691,147
3 Keighley Cougars 101,7265349,898989
4 Oldham Roughyeds 111,41974510,710974
5 Rochdale Hornets 91,2494806,139682
6 Hunslet Hawks 910194125,747639
7 Blackpool Panthers 89752804,139517
8 Swinton Lions 97053694,610512
9 Workington Town 66933533070512
10 London Skolars 91,1562154003445
Total9011,39821582,564907

– 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

References

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