Championship Structure Made Official : Tue Oct 11, 2011 10:35 am  

Shows Barrow relegated and Dewsbury saved from relegation plus Crusaders in Ch 1. Possible new TV deal too, which could be good news. http://www.loverugbyleague.com/news_6469-2012-championship-structure-confirmed.html

Shows Barrow relegated and Dewsbury saved from relegation plus Crusaders in Ch 1. Possible new TV deal too, which could be good news. http://www.loverugbyleague.com/news_6469-2012-championship-structure-confirmed.html

Re: Championship Structure Made Official : Tue Oct 11, 2011 3:26 pm  

Someone told me there is no promotion or relegation in the Championship/Championship1 this coming season , surely this is wrong

Re: Championship Structure Made Official : Tue Oct 11, 2011 6:37 pm  

Johnhud100 wrote:

Someone told me there is no promotion or relegation in the Championship/Championship1 this coming season , surely this is wrong

I think you will find that at the end of the 2012 season IF two new clubs come in to Championship 1 then there will be two promoted from CH1 and no-one relegated from the Championship. Two more clubs are being talked about entering Championship 1 after 2013 and by 2015 and I believe the intention is to have a 14 team Championship by 2015.

Re: Championship Structure Made Official : Tue Oct 11, 2011 8:50 pm  

RFL also looking at the "ply-off" structure so there may be no automatic promotion for champions from league 2 to 1

Re: Championship Structure Made Official : Wed Oct 12, 2011 12:11 pm  

2012 Co-operative Championship One:

Workington Town
Rochdale Hornets
Doncaster
Whitehaven
Oldham
South Wales Scorpions
London Skolars
Gateshead Thunder
Barrow Raiders
Crusaders RL

I think Keighley may have got out just in the nick of time.

Re: Championship Structure Made Official : Wed Oct 12, 2011 2:04 pm  

I have heard it will become a franchise type of situation depending on various catagories such as facilities etc and not only playing performance.

Re: Championship Structure Made Official : Wed Oct 12, 2011 2:06 pm  

rupert bear wrote:

I have heard it will become a franchise type of situation depending on various catagories such as facilities etc and not only playing performance.

That was what they were using to decree whether any of the applicants to join Championship One (Hemel Stags, Coventry Bears et al) were worthy of inclusion.

Welcome to the Yorkshire League by the way folks, always a good do at your place

Re: Championship Structure Made Official : Tue Oct 18, 2011 4:17 pm  

Some interesting new clubs lined up and no relegation next year confirmed, but minimum standards such as a 3000 seat stadia: http://www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=rleague/11/10/18/RUGBYL_Championship.html&BID=480 Lots of travelling and a no cash TV deal (now there's a surprise). It all sounds very interesting and for the sake of the game I hope it works.

Some interesting new clubs lined up and no relegation next year confirmed, but minimum standards such as a 3000 seat stadia: http://www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=rleague/11/10/18/RUGBYL_Championship.html&BID=480 Lots of travelling and a no cash TV deal (now there's a surprise). It all sounds very interesting and for the sake of the game I hope it works.

Re: Championship Structure Made Official : Tue Oct 18, 2011 5:01 pm  

From loverugbyleague twitter feed.

Champ clubs will get cashback off Premier Sports for each subscription they sell

Seems a good idea. Premier Sports also hold the rights to the NRL regular season so plenty of good rugby to watch is you're prepared to pay.

Re: Championship Structure Made Official : Tue Oct 18, 2011 7:51 pm  

No promotion,no relegation,how did RL get so boring?

So whats to play for next season? The bleeding choo choo cup,oh dear

Looks like 2012 is gonna be really edge of your seat stuff,bring it on