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Rugby league season
2009 Championship 1
Championship 1 logo
LeagueChampionship 1
Duration18 games each
Teams10
Attendance71,166 (average 791)
2009 Season
Playoff Winners Keighley Cougars
Champions Dewsbury Rams
Runners-up Keighley Cougars
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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 Structure

Championship 1
Team 2008 Season Stadium Capacity City/Area
Blackpool Panthers 9th Woodlands Memorial Ground 9,000 Lytham St Annes, Lancashire
Dewsbury Rams 11th
(National League One) 		Crown Flatt 5,100 Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Hunslet Hawks 12th South Leeds Stadium 4,000 Leeds, West Yorkshire
Keighley Cougars 5th Cougar Park 7,800 Keighley, West Yorkshire
London Skolars 11th New River Stadium 5,000 Haringey, London
Oldham 3rd Boundary Park 10,368 Oldham, Greater Manchester
Rochdale Hornets 7th Spotland Stadium 10,249 Rochdale, Greater Manchester
Swinton Lions 10th Park Lane 3,000 Swinton, Greater Manchester
Workington Town 8th Derwent Park 10,000 Workington, Cumbria
York City Knights 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 .


Table

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
1 Dewsbury Rams 18 18 0 0 760 233 537 0 54
2 Keighley Cougars 18 13 0 5 539 415 124 3 42
3 York City Knights 18 12 0 6 589 360 229 4 40
4 Oldham R.L.F.C. 18 10 1 7 618 449 169 4 35
5 Blackpool Panthers 18 9 1 8 565 456 76 5 33
6 Hunslet Hawks 18 10 0 8 472 411 61 3 33
7 Swinton Lions 18 8 0 10 513 516 −3 3 27
8 Rochdale Hornets 18 6 0 12 500 557 −57 6 15(a)
9 Workington Town 18 2 0 16 281 700 −419 5 11
10 London Skolars 18 1 0 17 210 927 −717 2 5

a: Rochdale were docked 9 points for going into administration.

Play-offs

Championship 1 uses a top 6 play-off system.

Elimination semi-finals

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referee Attendance
Blackpool Panthers 18–21 Hunslet Hawks 13 September, 15:00 GMT Woodlands Memorial Ground Craig Halloran 543
Oldham R.L.F.C. 31–26 Swinton Lions 13 September, 15:00 GMT Boundary Park Matthew Thomasson 745

Qualification and elimination matches

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referee Attendance
Keighley Cougars 32–18 York City Knights 20 September, 15:00 GMT Cougar Park Ronnie Laughton 1,501
Oldham R.L.F.C. 54–30 Hunslet Hawks 20 September, 15:00 GMT Boundary Park Jamie Leahy 801

Final qualifiers

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referee Attendance
York City Knights 14–44 Oldham R.L.F.C. 27 September, 15:00 GMT Huntington Stadium Phil Bentham 1,164

Grand Final

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referee Attendance
Keighley Cougars 28–26 Oldham R.L.F.C. 4 October, 15:05 GMT Halliwell Jones Stadium Ronnie Laughton 11,398

2009 Attendances

Team Played Highest Lowest Total Average
1 Dewsbury Rams 9 2,103 912 11,381 1,265
2 York City Knights 10 3,106 629 11,469 1,147
3 Keighley Cougars 10 1,726 534 9,898 989
4 Oldham R.L.F.C. 11 1,419 745 10,710 974
5 Rochdale Hornets 9 1,249 480 6,139 682
6 Hunslet Hawks 9 1019 412 5,747 639
7 Blackpool Panthers 8 975 280 4,139 517
8 Swinton Lions 9 705 369 4,610 512
9 Workington Town 6 693 353 3070 512
10 London Skolars 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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