2013 Championship Cup Explained

2013 Championship Cup
Cup:Championship Cup
Pixels:200px
No Of Teams:22
Season:2013 Season
Prevseason Link:2012 Championship Cup
Prevseason Year:2012

The 2013 Championship Cup, (known for commercial reasons as the Northern Rail Cup), was the 12th and last season of the rugby league football competition for clubs in Great Britain's Championship and Championship 1.

Leigh beat Sheffield 43-28 in the final, which was played at Halifax's The Shay.

Format

For 2013, the format of the competition was changed to coincide with the expansion of the Championship from 10 to 14 teams. The competition began on 3 March with a group stage containing eight teams from the 2013 Championship 1 split into two groups. Each team played four games (two home, two away) with three of the games being played against the other teams in the group and the fourth game being played against a team from the other group.[1]

Following the completion of the group stage, the teams finishing first in each group progressed to the knock-out stages where they join the 14 teams from the Championship to make up 16 teams. There were three knock-out rounds (play-off, quarter final, semi final) before the final on 20 July 2013 at The Shay in Halifax.[2] The final took place after the inaugural Northern Rail Bowl final, involving the two highest-ranked teams from the group stages.

2013 Competition Results

Group stage

Round 1

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
width=17%Date and Timewidth=19%Venuewidth=13%Refereewidth=7%Attendance
align=left North Wales Crusaders48  - 12align=left Oldham R.L.F.C.3 March, 14:30 GMTRacecourse GroundClint Sharrad721
align=left Gloucestershire All Golds18  - 36align=left Hemel Stags3 March, 15:00 GMTPrince of Wales Stadium, CheltenhamPeter Brooke256
align=left Rochdale Hornets58  - 16align=left Gateshead Thunder3 March, 15:00 GMTSpotland StadiumJoe Cobb508
align=left South Wales Scorpions12  - 54align=left London Skolars3 March, 15:00 GMTThe GnollTom Crashley329
Source:[3] [4]

Round 2

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
width=17%Date and Timewidth=19%Venuewidth=13%Refereewidth=7%Attendance
align=left Gateshead Thunder4  - 30align=left North Wales Crusaders10 March, 15:00 GMTDave Sharpe228
align=left Gloucestershire All Golds20  - 42align=left South Wales Scorpions10 March, 15:00 GMTPrince of Wales Stadium, CheltenhamClint Sharrad
align=left London Skolars26  - 4align=left Hemel Stags10 March, 15:00 GMTNew River StadiumJamie Bloem
align=left Oldham R.L.F.C.26  - 10align=left Rochdale Hornets10 March, 15:00 GMTWhitebank StadiumTom Crashley518
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Round 3

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
width=17%Date and Timewidth=19%Venuewidth=13%Refereewidth=7%Attendance
align=left North Wales Crusaders30  - 16align=left Rochdale Hornets17 March, 14:30 GMTRacecourse GroundPeter Brooke659
align=left Hemel Stags20  - 22align=left South Wales Scorpions17 March, 15:00 GMTPennine Way stadiumDave Sharpe179
align=left London Skolars20  - 0align=left Gloucestershire All Golds17 March, 15:00 GMTNew River StadiumTom Crashley251
align=left Oldham R.L.F.C.34  - 16align=left Gateshead Thunder17 March, 15:00 GMTWhitebank StadiumJoe Cobb476
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Round 4

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
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align=left Gateshead Thunder16  - 18align=left Gloucestershire All Golds24 March, 15:00 GMTCrow Trees (Blaydon RFC)Jamie Bloem142
align=left South Wales Scorpions12  - 24align=left Oldham R.L.F.C.24 March, 15:00 GMTThe GnollPeter Brooke280
align=left Rochdale Hornets40  - 16 align=left London SkolarsSpotland StadiumJoe Cobb413
align=left Hemel Stags24  - 36align=left North Wales CrusadersPennine Way stadiumTom Crashley129
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Tables

2013 Northern Rail Cup: Pool A
1 North Wales Crusaders4 4 0 0 144 56 +88 0 12
2 Oldham R.L.F.C.4 3 0 1 96 86 +10 0 9
3 Rochdale Hornets4 2 0 2 124 88 +36 0 6
4 Gateshead Thunder4 0 0 4 52 140 -88 1 1
2013 Northern Rail Cup: Pool B
1 London Skolars4 3 0 1 116 56 +60 0 9
2 South Wales Scorpions4 2 0 2 88 118 -30 1 7
3 Hemel Stags4 1 0 3 84 102 -18 2 5
4 Gloucestershire All Golds4 1 0 3 56 114 -58 0 3
 Teams qualifying for the next round

Tables are correct as of 23 April 2013.Source: rugbyleaguechampionships.co.uk and BBC Sport.

Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.
Competition Points: For win = 3; For draw = 2; For loss by 12 points or fewer = 1

Knock-out Stages

Play Off Round

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
width=17%Date and Timewidth=19%Venuewidth=13%Refereewidth=7%Attendance
align=left Dewsbury Rams20  - 18align=left Halifax16 May, 19:30 BSTTetley's StadiumGeorge Stokes800
align=left London Skolars16  - 62align=left Whitehaven19 May, 14:00 BSTNew River StadiumJoe Cobb276
align=left Featherstone Rovers12  - 22align=left Leigh Centurions19 May, 15:00 BSTBigfellas StadiumMatt Thomason1,745
align=left Keighley Cougars18  - 38align=left Batley Bulldogs19 May, 15:00 BSTCougar ParkDave Merrick714
align=left Sheffield Eagles64  - 10align=left Barrow Raiders19 May, 15:00 BSTDon Valley StadiumChris Leatherbarrow408
align=left Swinton Lions26  - 18align=left North Wales Crusaders19 May, 15:00 BSTLeigh Sports VillageJamie Leahy544
align=left Workington Town36  - 16align=left Hunslet Hawks19 May, 15:00 BSTDerwent ParkGareth Hewer569
align=left York City Knights12  - 24align=left Doncaster19 May, 15:00 BSTHuntington StadiumRonnie Laughton451
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Quarter-final

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align=left Swinton Lions14  - 36align=left Doncaster13 June, 19:30 BSTLeigh Sports VillageChris Leatherbarrow
align=left Sheffield Eagles26  - 16align=left Dewsbury Rams14 June, 20:00 BSTDon Valley StadiumMatt Thomason576
align=left Batley Bulldogs30  - 4align=left Workington Town16 June, 14:00 BSTLoverugbyleague.com StadiumGeorge Stokes671
align=left Leigh Centurions34  - 18align=left Whitehaven16 June, 15:00 BSTLeigh Sports VillageJamie Leahy1,320
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Semi-final

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
width=17%Date and Timewidth=19%Venuewidth=13%Refereewidth=7%Attendance
align=left Leigh Centurions23  - 6align=left Batley Bulldogs27 June, 19:30 BSTLeigh Sports VillageJamie Leahy1,807
align=left Doncaster10  - 32align=left Sheffield Eagles28 June, 20:00 BSTDoncaster Athletics StadiumChris Leatherbarrow611
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Finals

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
width=17%Date and Timewidth=19%Venuewidth=13%Refereewidth=7%Attendance
Northern Rail Cup
align=left Leigh Centurions43  - 28align=left Sheffield Eagles20 July, 17:00 BSTThe Shay, HalifaxChris Leatherbarrow4,179
Northern Rail Bowl
align=left North Wales Crusaders42  - 24align=left London Skolars20 July, 14:30 BSTThe Shay, HalifaxJoe Cobb2,000
Source:

Notes

A. Game switched from Thunderdome to Craven Park due to Stan Calvert Cup match between Northumbria University and Newcastle University[5]
B. Game switched from Thunderdome to Blaydon RFC due to poor conditions of pitch at Gateshead[6]
C. Match originally postponed on 24 March due to snow

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Northern Rail Cup 2013. RFL. 3 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304205519/https://secure.therfl.co.uk/~rflmedia/docs/northernrailcup2013.pdf. 4 March 2016. dead. dmy-all.
  2. News: History beckons as 2013 Northern Rail Cup begins. 3 March 2013. RFL. 25 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130601064311/http://therfl.co.uk/news/article/27143/history-beckons-as-2013-northern. 1 June 2013. dead.
  3. Web site: Results - Championship Cup - Rugby League - BBC Sport. BBC Sport. 3 March 2013.
  4. Web site: Results. Rugby League Championship. 3 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305063748/http://www.rugbyleaguechampionships.co.uk/northern_rail_cup/match_day/results. 5 March 2016. dead.
  5. News: Gateshead Thunder to stage match at Hull KR's Craven Park. 8 March 2013. BBC Sport. 12 February 2013.
  6. News: Thunder to play at Blaydon. 24 March 2013. Gateshead Thunder. 12 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130320185540/http://www.thunderrugby.com/article.php?id=10796. 20 March 2013. dead. dmy-all.

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