2009 RFL Championship
The 2009 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 competition was very close with most teams having a chance of making the top 6 going into the final round. In the end Barrow Raiders topped the standings followed by Halifax. The Leigh Centurions were relegated on the final day of competition despite finishing only third to last and Doncaster were also relegated but their fate had been sealed for some time.
In the playoffs, Widnes Vikings and Featherstone Rovers advance from the first week to play each other. Featherstone won this game which gave them the chance to take on Halifax, who lost their game to Barrow, for a spot in the grand final. Halifax won and went on to play Barrow in the final but lost 26-18.
Table
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Teams qualifying for the Play-offs |
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Teams in relegation position |
Source: Co-Operative Championship Table
Note (a): Toulouse were exempt from relegation.
Note: (b): Doncaster lost 9 competition points for entering administration.
Classification: 1st on league points; 2nd on match points difference.
League points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.
Pld = Games played; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; PF = Match points scored; PA = Match points conceded; PD = Points difference; BP = Bonus Points; Pts = League points.
Play-offs
The Co-operative Championship uses a top 6 play-off system.
Grand Final
Attendances
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Team |
Played |
Highest |
Lowest |
Total |
Average |
| 1 |  Widnes Vikings |
12 | 5,236 | 2,375 | 43,752 | 3,646 |
| 2 |  Halifax |
11 | 3,274 | 2,002 | 25,812 | 2,347 |
| 3 |  Barrow Raiders |
11 | 3,050 | 1,693 | 25,326 | 2,302 |
| 4 |  Toulouse Olympique |
10 | 3,206 | 1,200 | 21,788 | 2,179 |
| 5 |  Leigh Centurions |
10 | 2,721 | 1,394 | 19,843 | 1,984 |
| 6 |  Featherstone Rovers |
10 | 2,673 | 1,346 | 18,084 | 1,808 |
| 7 |  Whitehaven |
10 | 2,708 | 1,175 | 16,698 | 1,670 |
| 8 |  Sheffield Eagles |
11 | 1,457 | 809 | 12,546 | 1,141 |
| 9 |  Batley Bulldogs |
10 | 1,430 | 580 | 8,952 | 895 |
| 10 |  Doncaster |
10 | 1,096 | 275 | 6,693 | 669 |
| 11 |  Gateshead Thunder |
10 | 1,033 | 405 | 6,470 | 647 |
| | Total | 115 | 11,398 | 275 | 217,362 | 1,874 |
Rugby League Crowds - 2009 Co-operative Champs
See also
Team season articles
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