This is a list of the 2013 Championship 1 season results. Championship 1 is the third-tier rugby league competition in the United Kingdom. The 2013 season starts on 29 March (Good Friday) and ends on 29 September with the Grand Final at Leigh Sports Village in Leigh, Greater Manchester, which replaces the previous venue of the Halliwell Jones Stadium in Warrington.[1] It is the first season in the Rugby Football League for three teams, Hemel Stags, Oxford Rugby League and University of Gloucestershire All Golds.

The 2013 season consists of two stages. The regular season was played over 18 round-robin fixtures, in which each of the nine teams involved in the competition played each other once at home and once away. This means that teams will play 16 games and will have two bye-rounds, where they will not play a game. In the Championship 1, a win was worth three points in the table, a draw worth two points apiece, and a loss by less than 12 points during the game earned one bonus point. Defeats by more than 12 points yielded no points.

At the end of the regular season, the team finishing first in the table will be crowned Championship and will be promoted to the Championship. The teams who finish the regular season between second and sixth will enter the play-offs with the winner claiming the second promotion place.[2]

Regular season

Round 1

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referee Attendance
Gloucestershire All Golds 30–40 Oxford Rugby League 29 March, 15:00 GMT Prince of Wales stadium Jamie Bloem 323
London Skolars 8–26 Hemel Stags 29 March, 15:00 GMT New River Stadium Clint Sharrad 419
Oldham R.L.F.C. 18–28 Rochdale Hornets 29 March, 15:00 GMT Whitebank Stadium Tom Crashley 664
South Wales Scorpions 12–34 North Wales Crusaders 1 April, 15:00 BST The Gnoll Warren Turley 675
Bye-round: Gateshead Thunder
Source:[3][4]

Round 2

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referee Attendance
Oxford Rugby League 20–22 South Wales Scorpions 13 April, 14:30 BST Iffley Road Jamie Bloem 352
North Wales Crusaders 44–6 London Skolars 14 April, 14:30 BST Racecourse Ground Clint Sharrad 761
Gloucestershire All Golds 0–36 Oldham R.L.F.C. 14 April, 15:00 BST Prince of Wales Stadium Joe Cobb 105
Hemel Stags 21–20 Gateshead Thunder 14 April, 15:00 BST Pennine Way stadium Dave Sharpe 263
Bye-round: Rochdale Hornets
Source:[3][4]

Round 3

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referee Attendance
North Wales Crusaders 52–8 Gateshead Thunder 28 April, 14:30 BST Racecourse Ground Dave Sharpe 752
Hemel Stags 28–8 Gloucestershire All Golds 28 April, 15:00 BST Pennine Way stadium Jamie Bloem 319
Oldham R.L.F.C. 16–18 Oxford Rugby League 28 April, 15:00 BST Whitebank Stadium Clint Sharrad 602
South Wales Scorpions 30–28 Rochdale Hornets 28 April, 15:00 BST The Gnoll Warren Turley 267
Bye-round: London Skolars
Source:[3][4]

Round 4

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referee Attendance
Gateshead Thunder 30–10 Gloucestershire All Golds 5 May, 15:00 BST Gateshead International Stadium Clint Sharrad 161
London Skolars 39–20 South Wales Scorpions 5 May, 15:00 BST New River Stadium Jamie Bloem 309
Oxford Rugby League 23–22 Hemel Stags 5 May, 15:00 BST Iffley Road Dave Sharpe 337
Rochdale Hornets 18–35 North Wales Crusaders 5 May, 15:00 BST Spotland Stadium Joe Cobb 769
Bye-round: Oldham R.L.F.C.
Source:[3][4]

Round 5

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referee Attendance
Gateshead Thunder 16–28 South Wales Scorpions 12 May, 14:00 BST Gateshead International Stadium Jamie Bloem 146
Hemel Stags 12–30 Oldham R.L.F.C. 12 May, 15:00 BST Pennine Way stadium Dave Sharpe 679
Oxford Rugby League 4–12 North Wales Crusaders 12 May, 15:00 BST Iffley Road Ronnie Laughton 374
Rochdale Hornets 32–24 London Skolars 12 May, 15:00 BST Spotland Stadium Dave Merrick 523
Bye-round: Gloucestershire All Golds
Source:[3][4]

Round 6

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referee Attendance
Oldham R.L.F.C. 54–16 Gateshead Thunder 26 May, 13:00 BST Whitebank Stadium Jamie Bloem 489
Gloucestershire All Golds 10–54 Rochdale Hornets 26 May, 15:00 BST Prince of Wales Stadium Dave Sharpe 203
Hemel Stags 52–24 South Wales Scorpions 26 May, 15:00 BST Pennine Way stadium Warren Turley 122
London Skolars 40–34 Oxford Rugby League 26 May, 15:00 BST New River Stadium Peter Brooke 409
Bye-round: North Wales Crusaders
Source:[3][4]

Round 7

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referee Attendance
North Wales Crusaders 66–4 Gloucestershire All Golds 2 June, 14:30 BST Racecourse Ground Warren Turley 851
Oldham R.L.F.C. 30–22 London Skolars 2 June, 15:00 BST Whitebank Stadium Peter Brooke 515
Oxford Rugby League 27–22 Gateshead Thunder 2 June, 15:00 BST Iffley Road Tom Crashley 202
Rochdale Hornets 40–22 Hemel Stags 2 June, 15:00 BST Spotland Stadium Clint Sharrad 809
Bye-round: South Wales Scorpions
Source:[3][4]

Round 8

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referee Attendance
Gateshead Thunder 52–55 London Skolars 9 June, 14:00 BST Filtrona Park, South ShieldsA Jamie Bloem 144
North Wales Crusaders 22–20 Oldham R.L.F.C. 9 June, 14:30 BST Racecourse Ground Clint Sharrad 962
Gloucestershire All Golds 18–46 South Wales Scorpions 9 June, 15:00 BST Prince of Wales Stadium Peter Brooke 153
Oxford Rugby League 28–42 Rochdale Hornets 9 June, 15:00 BST Iffley Road Tom Crashley 349
Bye-round: Hemel Stags
Source:[3][4]

Round 9

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referee Attendance
Gateshead Thunder 4–46 Rochdale Hornets 16 June, 15:00 BST Filtrona Park, South ShieldsA Peter Brooke 193
Hemel Stags 18–10 North Wales Crusaders 16 June, 15:00 BST Pennine Way stadium Joe Cobb 400
London Skolars 38–22 Gloucestershire All Golds 16 June, 15:00 BST New River Stadium Tom Crashley 589
South Wales Scorpions 32–36 Oldham R.L.F.C. 16 June, 15:00 BST The Gnoll Dave Sharpe 324
Bye-round: Oxford Rugby League
Source:[3][4]

Round 10

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referee Attendance
Gloucestershire All Golds 16–58 North Wales Crusaders 23 June, 15:00 BST Prince of Wales Stadium Dave Sharpe 122
London Skolars 32–16 Rochdale Hornets 23 June, 15:00 BST New River Stadium Tom Crashley 343
Oldham R.L.F.C. 26–18 Hemel Stags 23 June, 15:00 BST Whitebank Stadium Dave Merrick 428
South Wales Scorpions 6–28 Oxford Rugby League 23 June, 15:00 BST The Gnoll Jamie Bloem 311
Bye-round: Gateshead Thunder
Source:[3][4]

Round 11

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referee Attendance
North Wales Crusaders 48–0 Rochdale Hornets 30 June, 14:30 BST Racecourse Ground Tom Crashley 1,086
Gateshead Thunder 12–44 Oldham R.L.F.C. 30 June, 15:00 BST Filtrona Park, South ShieldsA Joe Cobb 301
Oxford Rugby League 18–20 Gloucestershire All Golds 30 June, 15:00 BST Iffley Road Dave Sharpe 241
South Wales Scorpions 16–14 Hemel Stags 30 June, 15:00 BST The Gnoll Jamie Bloem 366
Bye-round: London Skolars
Source:[3][4]

Round 12

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referee Attendance
London Skolars 52–24 Gateshead Thunder 7 July, 14:00 BST New River Stadium Jamie Bloem 349
Hemel Stags 38–18 Rochdale Hornets 7 July, 15:00 BST Pennine Way stadium Dave Sharpe 263
Oxford Rugby League 4–22 Oldham R.L.F.C. 7 July, 15:00 BST Iffley Road Tom Crashley 327
South Wales Scorpions 20–32 Gloucestershire All Golds 7 July, 15:00 BST The Gnoll Andy Sweet 370
Bye-round: North Wales Crusaders
Source:[3][4]

Round 13

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referee Attendance
Gateshead Thunder 14–14 Oxford Rugby League 14 July, 15:00 BST Filtrona Park, South ShieldsA Dave Sharpe 121
Oldham R.L.F.C. 52–22 South Wales Scorpions 14 July, 15:00 BST Whitebank Stadium Ronnie Laughton 576
Gloucestershire All Golds 18–28 Hemel Stags 31 July, 19:30 BSTB RegentsholmeC Chris Kendall 367
London Skolars 14–20 North Wales Crusaders 23 August, 18:30 BST New River Stadium Chris Leatherbarrow 1,276
Bye-round: Rochdale Hornets
Source:[3][4]

Round 14

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referee Attendance
South Wales Scorpions 30–36 Gateshead Thunder 28 July, 13:00 BST The Gnoll Chris Kendall 305
Gloucestershire All Golds 28–35 London Skolars 28 July, 15:00 BST Prince of Wales Stadium Jamie Bloem 103
Oldham R.L.F.C. 28–10 North Wales Crusaders 28 July, 15:00 BST Whitebank Stadium Dave Merrick 1,209
Rochdale Hornets 54–12 Oxford Rugby League 28 July, 15:00 BST Spotland Stadium Clint Sharrad 451
Bye-round: Hemel Stags
Source:[3][4]

Round 15

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referee Attendance
Gateshead Thunder 20–24 North Wales Crusaders 4 August, 15:00 BST Gateshead International Stadium Dave Sharpe 193
Hemel Stags 30–16 Oxford Rugby League 4 August, 15:00 BST Pennine Way stadium Andrew Sweet 246
London Skolars 24–44 Oldham R.L.F.C. 4 August, 15:00 BST New River Stadium Peter Brooke 563
Rochdale Hornets 36–10 South Wales Scorpions 4 August, 15:00 BST Spotland Stadium Dave Merrick 452
Bye-round: Gloucestershire All Golds
Source:[3][4]

Round 16

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referee Attendance
North Wales Crusaders 44–12 Hemel Stags 11 August, 14:30 BST Racecourse Ground Peter Brooke 813
Oldham R.L.F.C. 24–24 Gloucestershire All Golds 11 August, 15:00 BST Whitebank Stadium Jamie Bloem 1,025
Rochdale Hornets 29–22 Gateshead Thunder 11 August, 15:00 BST Spotland Stadium Clint Sharrad 405
South Wales Scorpions 28–30 London Skolars 11 August, 15:00 BST The Gnoll Dave Sharpe 205
Bye-round: Oxford Rugby League
Source:[3][4]

Round 17

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referee Attendance
Rochdale Hornets 25–30 Oldham R.L.F.C. 15 August, 19:00 BST Spotland Stadium Matt Thomason 1,107
North Wales Crusaders 54–10 Oxford Rugby League 18 August, 14:30 BST Racecourse Ground Clint Sharrad 809
Gloucestershire All Golds 34–36 Gateshead Thunder 18 August, 15:00 BST RegentsholmeC Scott Mikalauskas 163
Hemel Stags 18–40 London Skolars 18 August, 15:00 BST Pennine Way stadium Andrew Sweet 336
Bye-round: South Wales Scorpions
Source:[3][4]

Round 18

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referee Attendance
North Wales Crusaders 35–22 South Wales Scorpions 1 September, 14:30 BST Racecourse Ground Peter Brooke 1,562
Gateshead Thunder 24–22 Hemel Stags 1 September, 15:00 BST Gateshead International Stadium Adam Gill 226
Oxford Rugby League 30–30 London Skolars 1 September, 15:00 BST Iffley Road Ronnie Laughton 318
Rochdale Hornets 72–12 Gloucestershire All Golds 1 September, 15:00 BST Spotland Stadium Mike Woodhead 522
Bye-round: Oldham R.L.F.C.
Source:[3][4]

Play-offs

The play-offs will commence following the conclusion of the regular season and include the teams who finished second to fifth in the league and uses a 5 team play-off system,[2] culminating in the grand final at Leigh Sports Village in Leigh, home of Championship sides Leigh Centurions and Swinton Lions.

Week 1

# Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referee Attendance
Qualifying Play-off
A Rochdale Hornets 26–24 London Skolars 8 September 2013, 15:00 BST Spotland Stadium Gareth Hewer
Elimination Play-off
B Hemel Stags 30–26 Oxford Rugby League 8 September 2013, 15:00 BST Pennine Way stadium Joe Cobb
Source:[3][4]

Week 2

# Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referee Attendance
Qualifying Semi-final
C Oldham R.L.F.C. 22–23 Rochdale Hornets 15 September 2013, 15:00 BST Whitebank Stadium Gareth Hewer 619
Elimination Semi-final
D London Skolars 44–28 Hemel Stags 15 September 2013, 15:00 BST New River Stadium Joe Cobb 367
Source:[3][4]

Week 3

# Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referee Attendance
Final eliminator
E Oldham R.L.F.C. 64–8 London Skolars 22 September 2013, 15:00 BST Whitebank Stadium George Stokes 467
Source:[3][4]

Week 4

# Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referee Attendance
Grand Final
GF Rochdale Hornets 32–18 Oldham R.L.F.C. 29 September 2013, 14:00 BST Leigh Sports Village, Leigh Chris Leatherbarrow 6,800
Source:[3][4]

Play-off ladder

Qualifying play-off
8 September 2013		Qualifying semi-final
15 September 2013		Preliminary final2013 Grand Final
29 Sep 2013, Leigh
Oldham R.L.F.C.22 Rochdale Hornets32
Rochdale Hornets23 Oldham R.L.F.C.18
Rochdale Hornets26 Oldham R.L.F.C.64
London Skolars24Elimination semi-final
15 September 2013		 London Skolars8
London Skolars44
Hemel Stags30 Hemel Stags28
Oxford Rugby League26

Notes

A.^ Match moved from Gateshead International Stadium to Filtrona Park, South Shields[5]
B.^ Match re-arranged 14 July due to Gloucestershire All Golds having ineligible doctor on original date of game[6]
C.^ Match moved from Prince of Wales Stadium, Cheltenham to Regentsholme, Lydney[7][8]

References

  1. ^ "New venue for Kingstone Press Championships Finals Day". Rugby Football League. 14 February 2013. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Competition Structure". RFL. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Results – Championship One – Rugby League – BBC Sport". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Results". Rugby League Championships. Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  5. ^ "Thunder back at Filtrona". Gateshead Thunder. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  6. ^ "The doctor can't see the All Golds at the moment". This Is Gloucestershire. 16 July 2013. Archived from the original on 19 July 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  7. ^ "History made at Lydney but All Golds go down". Gloucestershire All Golds. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  8. ^ "Thunder in the air at Lydney". Gloucestershire All Golds. Retrieved 12 August 2013.

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