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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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League | Championship 1 |
Duration | 18 games each |
Teams | 10 |
Attendance | 71,166 (average 791) |
2009 Season | |
Playoff Winners | ![]() |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Championship 1 | ||||
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Team | 2008 Season | Stadium | Capacity | City/Area |
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9th | Woodlands Memorial Ground | 9,000 | Lytham St Annes, Lancashire |
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11th (National League One) |
Crown Flatt | 5,100 | Dewsbury, West Yorkshire |
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12th | South Leeds Stadium | 4,000 | Leeds, West Yorkshire |
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5th | Cougar Park | 7,800 | Keighley, West Yorkshire |
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11th | New River Stadium | 5,000 | Haringey, London |
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3rd | Boundary Park | 10,368 | Oldham, Greater Manchester |
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7th | Spotland Stadium | 10,249 | Rochdale, Greater Manchester |
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10th | Park Lane | 3,000 | Swinton, Greater Manchester |
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8th | Derwent Park | 10,000 | Workington, Cumbria |
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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 .
Three points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw. Bonus points were awarded (one point per game) to losing teams where the margin of defeat was 13 points or less.
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 9 points for going into administration.
Championship 1 uses a top 6 play-off system.
Home | Score | Away | Match information | |||||
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Date and time | Venue | Referee | Attendance | |||||
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18–21 | ![]() |
13 September, 15:00 GMT | Woodlands Memorial Ground | Craig Halloran | 543 | ||
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31–26 | ![]() |
13 September, 15:00 GMT | Boundary Park | Matthew Thomasson | 745 | ||
Home | Score | Away | Match information | |||||
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Date and time | Venue | Referee | Attendance | |||||
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32–18 | ![]() |
20 September, 15:00 GMT | Cougar Park | Ronnie Laughton | 1,501 | ||
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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 | |||||
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14–44 | ![]() |
27 September, 15:00 GMT | Huntington Stadium | Phil Bentham | 1,164 | ||
Home | Score | Away | Match information | |||||
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Date and time | Venue | Referee | Attendance | |||||
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28–26 | ![]() |
4 October, 15:05 GMT | Halliwell Jones Stadium | Ronnie Laughton | 11,398 | ||
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.
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