Championship Cup

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Template:Short description Template:For Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox rugby league football competition The Championship Cup (known as the Northern Rail Cup for sponsorship reasons), previously known as the National League Cup, was a rugby league football competition for clubs in the United Kingdom's Rugby League Championships. Although the French club Toulouse Olympique competed in the Championship from 2009 through 2011, they never participated in the cup until 2012 after they had left the Championship. The Cup's last season was 2013, after which it was replaced by the 1895 Cup.

History

The Trans-Pennine Cup was a short-lived competition for professional British rugby league clubs outside Super League. It was played for during the period in which all non-Super League professional clubs were grouped into a single competition, the Northern Ford Premiership.

As part of the redevelopment of the Northern Ford Premiership competition; the National League cup was first held in 2002. It was known as the Buddies Cup, after its sponsor, a soft drinks manufacturer. Eighteen teams took part divided into three groups of six (East, West and Central).

The Northern Ford Premiership was replaced by National Leagues One and Two in 2003. The competition was known as the Arriva Trains Cup after sponsor Arriva Trains Northern). The twenty National League teams were divided into four groups (North, East, West and Central) of five teams each, while in 2004 there were five groups (North, East, West, Pennine, Yorkshire) of four teams each.

Northern Rail became the competition's sponsor in 2005 and the name Northern Rail Cup was adopted. Four teams from the then National League Three also entered the competition. There were no cross-group games in the 2005 competition; each team therefore played only six games in the group stages, with the top team from each of the first five groups progressing to the quarter-final directly. The second-placed team in each of these groups, plus the top team from group six (the group of teams from National League 3) played an additional round to determine the remaining three spots in the quarter-finals.

For 2006 there were seven groups. Groups one to six comprised the 22 teams in National Leagues One and Two and the two southern National League Three teams, Hemel Stags and St Albans Centurions. There were four teams in each regional division. The top two teams from groups one to six and the best three third-placed teams qualified for the last sixteen knock out stage along with the winner of group seven. Group seven comprised northern National League Three teams that choose to enter, and included three teams: Bramley Buffaloes, Warrington Wizards and Dewsbury Celtic.

In 2007, it was announced that the competition would adopt a new points system: Win – three points; Draw – two points; Loss by 12 points or fewer – one point.<ref>RFL introduces new points system. BBC Sport. 10 January 2007</ref> However, in the group tables only one point was given for a draw.<ref name=tables>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2009, the Northern Rail Nines tournament was started. Teams not involved in the Northern Rail Cup Final entered a rugby league nines event with the trophy and plate final played as curtain raisers to the Northern Rail Cup Final at Bloomfield Road, Blackpool.

Venues

City Stadium Years
1 Template:Flagicon Featherstone Post Office Road 2002
2 Template:Flagicon Rochdale Spotland Stadium 2003–2004
3 Template:Flagicon Blackpool Bloomfield Road 2005–2012
4 Template:Flagicon Halifax The Shay 2013

Results

Year Winner Score Runner up Attendance
2002 Template:Leagueicon Huddersfield Giants 32–6 Template:Leagueicon Hull Kingston Rovers 4,352
2003 Template:Leagueicon Salford City Reds 36–19 Template:Leagueicon Leigh Centurions 6,486
2004 Template:Leagueicon Leigh Centurions 42–14 Template:Leagueicon Hull Kingston Rovers 4,383
2005 Template:Leagueicon Hull Kingston Rovers 18–16 Template:Leagueicon Castleford Tigers 9,400
2006 Template:Leagueicon Leigh Centurions 22–18 Template:Leagueicon Hull Kingston Rovers 7,547
2007 Template:Leagueicon Widnes Vikings 54–6 Template:Leagueicon Whitehaven 8,326
2008 Template:Leagueicon Salford City Reds 60–0 Template:Leagueicon Doncaster 6,328
2009 Template:Leagueicon Widnes Vikings 34–18 Template:Leagueicon Barrow Raiders 8,720
2010 Template:Leagueicon Batley Bulldogs 25–24 Template:Leagueicon Widnes Vikings 8,138
2011 Template:Leagueicon Leigh Centurions 20–16 Template:Leagueicon Halifax 8,822<ref name=60GkbIP67>Template:Cite web</ref>
2012 Template:Leagueicon Halifax 21–12 Template:Leagueicon Featherstone Rovers 6,691
2013 Template:Leagueicon Leigh Centurions 43–28 Template:Leagueicon Sheffield Eagles 4,179

Winners

Club Winners Runners-up Winning years
Template:Leagueicon Leigh Centurions check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} 2004, 2006, 2011, 2013
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Template:Leagueicon Halifax check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} 2012
Template:Leagueicon Huddersfield Giants check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} 2002
Template:Leagueicon Batley Bulldogs check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }} 2010

Championship Bowl

Year Winner Score Runner Up
2013 File:NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders 42–24 File:Skolscolours.svg London Skolars

Sponsors

Years Sponsor Name
2002 Buddies Buddies Cup
2003–2004 Arriva Trains Northern Arriva Trains Cup
2005–2013 Northern Rail Northern Rail Cup

Records

Below is a list of National League Cup records.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Most tries

Most goals

Most goals in a final

Most points

Highest score

Highest away score

Closest score

Most Final appearances (Club)

  • Leigh Centurions have contested 5 Championship Cup Finals.

Most Competition Wins (Club)

  • Leigh Centurions have won 4 Championship Cup Finals, from 5 final appearances.

Broadcasting rights

Sky Sports broadcast a limited number of Championship Cup matches.<ref>Sky's the limit for the Knights The Press (York) 15 January 2008</ref> In 2012 the rights passed to Premier Sports.<ref>Premier Sports to broadcast Championship matches Sport on the Box 18 October 2011</ref> Setanta Sports Australia broadcast live Northern Rail Cup matches in Australia.

See also

References

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