2014 Championship 1


The 2014 Championship 1, known as the Kingstone Press Championship 1 for sponsorship reasons, was a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in England, the third tier of the sport in the country.
One team was promoted from Championship 1, due to the restructure of Super League and the Championship, The top five sides contested the play-offs and the winner was promoted. There is no relegation from this league as it is the lowest tier of professional rugby league.
The only cup competition the teams competed in was the 2014 Challenge Cup after the Northern Rail Cup was scrapped for 2014.

2014 structure

The competition featured the seven teams that did not win promotion at the end of 2012 Championship 1: Gateshead Thunder, Gloucestershire All Golds, Hemel Stags, London Skolars, Oldham, Oxford Rugby League and South Wales Scorpions. The two new teams to the division for 2014 were Hunslet Hawks and York City Knights, who were relegated from the RFL Championship.
Team & current season2013 PositionStadiumCapacityLocation
Gateshead Thunder7thThunderdome11,800Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
Gloucestershire All Golds9thPrince of Wales Stadium480Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Hemel Stags5thPennine Way2,000Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Hunslet Hawks13th South Leeds Stadium4,000Hunslet, West Yorkshire
London Skolars4thNew River Stadium
Queen Elizabeth II Stadium
5,000
2,500
Haringey, London
Enfield, London
Oldham2ndWhitebank Stadium1,500 Limeside, Oldham, Greater Manchester
Oxford RLFC6thIffley Road500Oxford, Oxfordshire
South Wales Scorpions8thLlynfi Road6,000Maesteg, Bridgend, Wales
York City Knights14th Huntington Stadium3,428York, North Yorkshire

Season table

Season results

The regular league season was played over 24 rounds. Each of the nine teams played each other twice, played four additional matches, and had four byes. At the end of the season, five teams contested a playoff for a place in the new Championship structure. Five clubs were relegated to the Championship 1 from the Championship.