Championship Preview: Batley v Halifax
Miles Greenwood looks set to return to the Batley Bulldogs’ squad after missing last week’s 20-10 win at Barrow Raiders due to a hamstring problem.
Championship Team of the Week: Round 4
Last season’s Grand Finalists Sheffield and Featherstone have two players each in this week’s Championship Team of the Week.
Result: York City Knights 14-18 Halifax RLFC
Match stats from York City Knights v Halifax RLFC
Championship Preview: York v Halifax
York City Knights coach Gary Thornton is battling against a mounting injury list just three weeks into the new Kingstone Press Championship season.
RFL bans shoulder charge with immediate effect
The RFL has banned the shoulder charge from Super League, the Championships and beyond with immediate effect.
Only 9 Championships teams to run with Under 20s
Only nine of the 23 Championship clubs will run under 20s teams this season.
Shoulder charge banned by RLIF
The shoulder charge, already forbidden in the NRL, has been banned for this weekend’s World Club Challenge and the end of season World Cup.
Championship Team of the Week: Round 3
Batley and Sheffield have two players each in the Championship Team of the Week after both posting comfortable victories at the weekend.
Result: Halifax RLFC 30-20 Keighley Cougars
Match stats from Halifax RLFC v Keighley Cougars
Championship Preview: Halifax v Keighley
Sam Barlow and Iain Morrison remain sidelined for Halifax as coach Karl Harrison plots to keep his team’s 100 per cent record in 2013.
Championship Grand Final set for Leigh
The 2013 Kingstone Press Championships Finals Day will be staged at the Leigh Sports Village on Sunday September 29.
Northern Rail Cup Final to be held at Halifax
The 2013 Northern Rail Cup final will be held at The Shay in Halifax.
Championship Team of the Week: Round 2
Newly-promoted Whitehaven have two players in the Championship team of the week after they made it back-to-back wins against Keighley on Sunday.
Result: Workington Town 8-20 Halifax RLFC
Match stats from Workington Town v Halifax RLFC
Halifax slam dual-registration system
Halifax have hit out at the dual-registration system and called the decision to scrap the Super League reserve grade as “short sighted and foolish”.
Championship Preview: Workington v Halifax
Workington Town coach Gary Charlton is still without Marc Shackley, who now looks set for another three weeks on the sidelines as he struggles to overcome a knee problem.
Championship snub Club Call
The Kingstone Press Championship clubs have elected to stick with a ‘traditional’ play-off system when the top eight clubs at the end of the regular season step up the race ...
Kingstone Press Cider are new Championships sponsor
Kingstone Press Cider will become the official title sponsor of the Championships for the next two seasons.
Championship Team of the Week: Round 1
Batley’s hat-trick hero Miles Greenwood and Hunslet dual-reg star Jimmy Keinhorst are amongst the players in the first Championship team of the week.
Result: Halifax RLFC 18-10 Sheffield Eagles
Match stats from Halifax RLFC v Sheffield Eagles
Preview: Halifax v Sheffield
Halifax coach Karl Harrison insists his squad is ready for Thursday’s Championship kick off against champions Sheffield Eagles.
Championship season preview
The new Championship season gets underway on Thursday night – Andrew Belt takes a look at the newly-expanded league’s 14 teams.
RFL appoints former FA chief Brian Barwick as new chairman
The RFL has appointed former Football Association chief executive Brian Barwick as its new chairman.