2015 Championship 1
The 2015 Championship 1, known as the Kingstone Press League 1 for sponsorship reasons, was a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in England, the third tier of the sport in the country.
The 2015 Championship 1 featured fourteen teams, who all played each other once; Each team then played nine other teams again, based on a geographical basis, totalling 22 games. Two teams were promoted from Championship 1, due to the restructure of Super League, Championship and Championship 1. After the 22 regular season games, the top two sides faced each other and the winner was automatically be promoted to the Kingstone Press Championship as champions, while the loser and the teams finishing 3rd, 4th and 5th contested the play-offs and the winner was also promoted. There is no relegation from this league as it is the lowest tier of professional rugby league.
2015 structure
The competition featured the eight teams that did not win promotion in 2014: Gloucestershire All Golds, Hemel Stags, London Skolars, Newcastle Thunder, Oldham R.L.F.C., Oxford RLFC, South Wales Scorpions and York City Knights. It also featured five teams relegated from the RFL Championship: Barrow Raiders, Keighley Cougars, North Wales Crusaders, Rochdale Hornets and Swinton Lions. Coventry Bears were also accepted into the division, creating a fourteen-team division.| Team & current season | 2014 Position | Stadium | Capacity | Location |
| Barrow Raiders | 14th | Craven Park | 7,600 | Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria |
| Coventry Bears | N/A | Butts Park Arena | 4,000 | Coventry, West Midlands |
| Gloucestershire All Golds | 6th | Prince of Wales Stadium | 480 | Cheltenham, Gloucestershire |
| Hemel Stags | 5th | Pennine Way | 2,000 | Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire |
| Keighley Cougars | 8th | Cougar Park | 7,800 | Keighley, West Yorkshire |
| London Skolars | 7th | New River Stadium | 5,000 | Haringey, London |
| Newcastle Thunder | 4th | Kingston Park | 10,200 | Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear |
| 16px North Wales Crusaders | 11th | Racecourse Ground | 10,500 | Wrexham, Wales |
| Oldham | 3rd | Whitebank Stadium | 1,500 | Limeside, Oldham, Greater Manchester |
| Oxford RLFC | 8th | Iffley Road | 500 | Oxford, Oxfordshire |
| Rochdale Hornets | 12th | Spotland | 10,249 | Rochdale, Greater Manchester |
| South Wales Scorpions | 9th | Llynfi Road | 6,000 | Maesteg, Bridgend, Wales |
| Swinton Lions | 13th | Park Lane | 3,000 | Whitefield, Greater Manchester |
| York City Knights | 1st | Huntington Stadium | 3,428 | York, North Yorkshire |
Season table
Play-offs
- League One Grand Final
- Oldham are League One Champions 2015 and are promoted to the 2016 Championship. Keighley Cougars will enter the play off semi finals for the second promotion place along with teams finishing 3rd, 4th and 5th.
- League One Promotion Play Offs
- Swinton won the play off final to secure the second and final promotion place to the 2016 Championship.