Rugby Football League Championship Third Division Explained

RFL Championship Third Division
Sport:Rugby league
Founded:1991-1993 (as Third Division)
1995-1998 (as Division Two)
Folded:1998
Replaced:League 1
Headquarters:Leeds, United Kingdom
Championtag:Champions
Most Champs: Hull Kingston Rovers
Count:2
Related Comps:Challenge Cup
Promotion To:Second Division

The Rugby Football League Championship Third Division was founded in 1991 and was the third tier of professional rugby league in the UK until 1998.

History

The RFL Championship Third Division was founded in 1991 to make the top two divisions more competitive. The competition ran for two seasons until it was scrapped in 1993. The third division was resurrected in 1995 and ran for another three seasons although there was no promotion in 1995–96. In 1999 the Second and Third Divisions were merged to create the Northern Ford Premiership, the third division was recreated again in 2003.

In 2003 rugby league beneath Super League were completely re-organised into the Rugby League National Leagues. The Third Division was renamed National League Two.

Results

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Huddersfield
Bramley
Nottingham City
Keighley Keighley
Workington Town
Chorley Borough
Blackpool Gladiators
Nottingham City
1993-1995: No Third Division
1995-96No PromotionHighfield
1996 Hull Kingston Rovers Hull Kingston Rovers
Swinton
Highfield
Hunslet Hunslet
Rochdale
Leigh
Prescot Panthers
ChorleyNo Promotion Doncaster
1999-2002: No Third Division

Winners

ClubWinsWinning years
1 Hunslet11997
2 Keighley Cougars11992-93
3 Hull Kingston Rovers21995–96, 1996
6 Huddersfield Giants11991-92
5 Chorley § 11998

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Third Tier Champions. 13 July 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090504152538/http://www.rugbyleaguehonours.co.uk/third.html. 4 May 2009. dmy-all.