2011 RFL Championship

{{Infobox rugby football league season

|title = Co-operative Championship 2011

|league = Co-operative Championship

|logo = 2010 and 2011 RFL Championship Logo.jpg

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|caption = The Co-operative Championship logo

|duration = 22 Rounds (Followed by 4 round playoffs)

|no_of_teams = 10

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|TV = Sky Sports

|season = 2011 Season

|season_champs = Featherstone Rovers

|season_champ_name = Grand Final winners

|league_leaders = Featherstone Rovers

|league_leaders_name = League leaders

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|MVP =

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|top_scorer = Mick Nanyn (296)

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|top try scorer = Jamie Ellis, Mick Nanyn (22)

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|relegate_to = Championship 1

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|prevseason_link = 2010 RFL Championship

|prevseason_year = 2010

|nextseason_link = 2012 RFL Championship

|nextseason_year = 2012

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The 2011 Rugby Football League Championship is known as Co-operative Championship due to sponsorship by The Co-operative Group.

The 2011 Co-operative Championship is a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in the UK and France one tier below the first tier Super League. The two worst performing teams during the season, with the exception of Toulouse Olympique, will be relegated to Championship 1.

There is no automatic promotion from this league to Super League, which uses a licensing system renewed every three years. Qualifying for the Grand Final or winning the Northern Rail Cup is a prerequisite for Championship clubs to be able to apply for a licence in the next round of applications for the 2012–14 period.

All of the teams in the 2011 Co-operative Championship will also compete in the 2011 Challenge Cup where they will enter in the third round. All of the teams will also compete in the 2011 National League Cup which starts before the Co-operative Championship with the finals held mid season.

Teams

This competition features mostly the same teams as it did in 2010. The Hunslet Hawks and York City Knights were promoted from the 2010 Championship 1 while the Keighley Cougars and Whitehaven were relegated.

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! colspan=2|Legend

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|Reigning champions

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|Defending Northern Rail Cup Champions

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|Promoted

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width="15" class="unsortable"\| ! Team & Current Season ! Stadium ! Capacity ! Location
\| Barrow Raiders \| Craven Park \| 7,600 \| Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria
bgcolor="#4682B4"\| \| Batley Bulldogs \| Mount Pleasant \| 6,000 \| Batley, West Yorkshire
\| Dewsbury Rams \| Tetley's Stadium \| 3,500 \| Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
\| Featherstone Rovers \| Bigfellas Stadium \| 6,750 \| Featherstone, West Yorkshire
bgcolor="#FFFF99"\| \| Halifax \| The Shay Stadium \| 6,561 \| Halifax, West Yorkshire
bgcolor="#FFGF97" \| \| Hunslet Hawks \| South Leeds Stadium \| 4,000 \| Leeds, West Yorkshire
\| Leigh Centurions \| Leigh Sports Village \| 12,700 \| Leigh, Greater Manchester
\| Sheffield Eagles \| Bramall Lane \| 32,702 \| Sheffield, South Yorkshire
\| Toulouse Olympique XIII \| Stade des Minimes \| 4,066 \| Toulouse, Midi-Pyrénées, France
\| Widnes Vikings \| Stobart Stadium Halton \| 13,500 \| Widnes, Cheshire
bgcolor="#FFGF97" \| \| York City Knights \| Huntington Stadium \| 3,428 \| York, North Yorkshire

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! Team & Current Season

! Stadium

! Capacity

! Location

| Barrow Raiders

| Craven Park

| 7,600

| Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria

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| Batley Bulldogs

| Mount Pleasant

| 6,000

| Batley, West Yorkshire

| Dewsbury Rams

| Tetley's Stadium

| 3,500

| Dewsbury, West Yorkshire

| Featherstone Rovers

| Bigfellas Stadium

| 6,750

| Featherstone, West Yorkshire

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| Halifax

| The Shay Stadium

| 6,561

| Halifax, West Yorkshire

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| Hunslet Hawks

| South Leeds Stadium

| 4,000

| Leeds, West Yorkshire

| Leigh Centurions

| Leigh Sports Village

| 12,700

| Leigh, Greater Manchester

| Sheffield Eagles

| Bramall Lane

| 32,702

| Sheffield, South Yorkshire

| Toulouse Olympique XIII

| Stade des Minimes

| 4,066

| Toulouse, Midi-Pyrénées, France

| Widnes Vikings

| Stobart Stadium Halton

| 13,500

| Widnes, Cheshire

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| York City Knights

| Huntington Stadium

| 3,428

| York, North Yorkshire

Season standings

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width="20" \| {{Tooltip\|#\|Position}} !width="175"\| Team !width="20" \| {{Tooltip\|Pld\|Games played}} !width="20" \| {{Tooltip\|W\|Won}} !width="20" \| {{Tooltip\|D\|Drawn}} !width="20" \| {{Tooltip\|L\|Lost}} !width="25" \| {{Tooltip\|PF\|Points for (total points scored)}} !width="25" \| {{Tooltip\|PA\|Points against (total points conceded)}} !width="25" \| {{Tooltip\|PD\|Points difference (points scored minus points conceded)}} !width="20" \| {{Tooltip\|Bns\|Bonus points}} !width="20" \| {{Tooltip\|Pts\|Competition points}}
align=center style="background:#CCFFCC;" \| 1	style="text-align:left;"\| {{leagueicon\|Featherstone\|16}} Featherstone Rovers \| 20	18	1	1	840	348	+492	0	56
align=center style="background:#CCFFCC;" \| 2	style="text-align:left;"\| {{leagueicon\|Leigh\|16}} Leigh Centurions \| 20	18	1	1	776	368	+408	1	53
align=center style="background:#CCFFCC;" \| 3	style="text-align:left"\| {{leagueicon\|Batley\|16}} Batley Bulldogs \| 20	12	0	8	498	406	+92	0	41
align=center style="background:#CCFFCC;" \| 4	style="text-align:left;"\| {{leagueicon\|Sheffield\|16}} Sheffield Eagles \| 20	12	0	8	577	488	+89	0	39
align=center style="background:#CCFFCC;" \| 5	style="text-align:left;"\| {{leagueicon\|Widnes\|16}} Widnes Vikings \| 20	11	1	8	555	532	+23	0	38
align=center style="background:#CCFFCC;" \| 6	style="text-align:left;"\| {{leagueicon\|Halifax\|16}} Halifax \| 20	10	0	10	569	543	+26	1	36
align=center style="background:#;" \| 7	style="text-align:left;"\| {{leagueicon\|Hunslet\|16}} Hunslet Hawks \| 20	4	1	15	395	630	-235	3	20
align=center style="background:#;" \| 8	style="text-align:left;"\| {{leagueicon\|York City\|16}} York City Knights \| 20	5	1	14	416	788	-372	3	19
align=center style="background:#;" \| 9	style="text-align:left;"\| {{leagueicon\|Dewsbury\|16}} Dewsbury Rams \| 20	4	1	15	413	618	−205	0	18
align=center style="background:#FFCCCC;" \| 10	style="text-align:left;"\| {{leagueicon\|Toulouse\|16}} Toulouse Olympique(R) \| 20	4	0	16	358	663	−305	0	15
align=center style="background:#FFCCCC;" \| 11	style="text-align:left;"\| {{leagueicon\|Barrow\|16}} Barrow Raiders (R) \| 20	9	0	11	527	540	-13	1	0

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|Teams qualifying for the Play-offs

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|Teams in relegation position

{{smalldiv|1=This table is correct as of 25 August 2010 (1:12pm).

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20110322190230/http://www.cooperativechampionship.co.uk/table_nl1.php

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.}}

Season results

=Regular season=

=Play-offs=

Elimination play-offs

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|date = 8 September 2011

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|team1 = Batley Bulldogs

|score = 22–32

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|team2 = Halifax

|points1 = Tries: Preece (2), Daley Williams, Manning
Goals: Handforth 2/3, Mennell 1/3

|points2 = Tries: Haley, Bannister, Worrincy, Penkywicz, Beswick
Goals: Jones 6/6

|stadium = Mount Pleasant

|location = Batley

|attendance = 1,179

|referee = Clint Sharrad

|manofmatch =

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|date = 9 September 2011

|time =

|team1 = Sheffield Eagles

|score = 36–20

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|team2 = Widnes Vikings

|points1 = Tries: Laulu-Togagae (2), McDonald (2), Taulapapa
Goals: Brown 8/9

|points2 = Tries: Flynn (2), Ropati, Craven
Goals: Craven 2/4

|stadium = Bramall Lane

|location = Sheffield

|attendance = 564

|referee = Matthew Thomason

|manofmatch =

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Qualifying semi-final

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|date = 15 September 2011

|time =

|team1 = Featherstone Rovers

|score = 35–20

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|team2 = Leigh Centurions

|points1 = Tries: Cockayne, Finn, Saxton (3), Bostock
Goals: Finn 5/7
Drop goals: Finn

|points2 = Tries: Maden, Mills, Ridyard, Nanyn
Goals: Nanyn 2/4

|stadium = Post Office Road

|location = Featherstone

|attendance = 2,031

|referee = Tim Roby

|manofmatch =

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Elimination semi-final

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|date = 18 September 2011

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|team1 = Sheffield Eagles

|score = 50–12

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|team2 = Halifax

|points1 = Tries: Laulu-Togagae, Hirst, Henderson (2), McDonald (2), Taulapapa, Woodcock
Goals: Brown 9/11

|points2 = Tries: Goddard, Penkywicz
Goals: Jones 2/2

|stadium = Bramall Lane

|location = Sheffield

|attendance = 1,233

|referee = Matthew Thomason

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Elimination final

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|date = 22 September 2011

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|team1 = Leigh Centurions

|score = 10–20

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|team2 = Sheffield Eagles

|points1 = Tries: Donlan, Nanyn
Goals: Nanyn 1/2

|points2 = Tries: S. Scott, Finigan, Laulu-Togagae
Goals: Brown 4/4

|stadium = Leigh Sports Village

|location = Leigh

|attendance = 1,818

|referee = Ben Thaler

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Grand Final

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| date = 2 October 2011

| time =

| team1 = Featherstone Rovers

| score = 40–4

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| team2 = Sheffield Eagles

| points1 = Tries: Spears, Finn (2), Hardman, Cockayne, Hepworth, Saxton
Goals: Finn 6/7

| points2 = Tries: McDonald
Goals: Brown 0/1

| stadium = Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington

| attendance= 7,263

| referee = Matthew Thomason

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{{6TeamBracket-McIntyre

| RD1 = Elimination play-offs

| RD2 = Qualifying/Elimination semifinal

| RD3 = Elimination final

| score-width = 30

| RD4 = Grand Final

| RD1-text1 = 8 September 2011

| RD1-team1 = {{leagueicon|Batley|12}} Batley Bulldogs

| RD1-score1 = 22

| RD1-team2 = {{leagueicon|Halifax|12}} Halifax

| RD1-score2 = 32

| RD1-text2 = 9 September 2011

| RD1-team3 = {{leagueicon|Sheffield|12}} Sheffield Eagles

| RD1-score3 = 36

| RD1-team4 = {{leagueicon|Widnes|12}} Widnes Vikings

| RD1-score4 = 20

| RD2-text1 = 15 September 2011

| RD2-team1 = {{leagueicon|Featherstone|12}} Featherstone Rovers

| RD2-score1 = 35

| RD2-team2 = {{leagueicon|Leigh|12}} Leigh Centurions

| RD2-score2 = 20

| RD2-text2 = 18 September 2011

| RD2-team3 = {{leagueicon|Halifax|12}} Halifax

| RD2-score3 = 12

| RD2-team4 = {{leagueicon|Sheffield|12}} Sheffield Eagles

| RD2-score4 = 50

| RD3-text1 = 22 September 2011

| RD3-team1 = {{leagueicon|Leigh|12}} Leigh Centurions

| RD3-score1 = 10

| RD3-team2 = {{leagueicon|Sheffield|12}} Sheffield Eagles

| RD3-score2 = 20

| RD4-text1 = 2 October 2011

| RD4-team1 = {{leagueicon|Featherstone|12}} Featherstone Rovers

| RD4-score1 = 40

| RD4-team2 = '{{leagueicon|Sheffield|12}} Sheffield Eagles

| RD4-score2 = 4

}}

Statistics

The following are the top points scorers in the Championship during the 2011 season. Statistics also include tries and goals scored in the play-offs.{{cite book|title=Gillette Rugby League Yearbook 2011-12|publisher=League Publications Limited|isbn=978-1-901347-24-1|author=Tim Butcher|author2=Daniel Spencer|date=November 2011 }}

Most tries

Player ! Team ! Tries
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Jamie Ellis	Leigh Centurions	22
Mick Nanyn	Leigh Centurions	22
Andy Ballard	Barrow Raiders	20
Bryn Powell	Featherstone Rovers	20
Tom Saxton	Featherstone Rovers	18
Paul White	Halifax	17
Martyn Ridyard	Leigh Centurions	17
Quentin Laulu-Togagae	Sheffield Eagles	17
Menzie Yere	Sheffield Eagles	16
Jon Hepworth	Featherstone Rovers	15

Most goals

Player ! Team ! Goals
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Liam Finn	Featherstone Rovers	115
Mick Nanyn	Leigh Centurions	104
Simon Brown	Sheffield Eagles	95
Steve Tyrer	Widnes Vikings	69
Danny Jones	Halifax	65
Jamie Rooney	Barrow Raiders	63
Paul Handforth	Batley Bulldogs	59
Darren Nicholls	Toulouse Olympique	40
Dominic Brambani	Dewsbury Rams	39
Pat Walker	Dewsbury Rams	29

Most points

Player ! Team ! Tries ! Goals ! DGs ! Points
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Mick Nanyn	Leigh Centurions	22	104	0	296
Liam Finn	Featherstone Rovers	14	115	1	287
Simon Brown	Sheffield Eagles	2	95	1	199
Steve Tyrer	Widnes Vikings	12	69	0	186
Danny Jones	Halifax	6	65	0	154
Jamie Rooney	Barrow Raiders	6	63	1	151
Paul Handforth	Batley Bulldogs	4	59	0	134
Darren Nicholls	Toulouse Olympique	13	40	0	132
Dominic Brambani	Dewsbury Rams	6	39	1	103
Jamie Ellis	Leigh Centurions	22	7	0	102

References

Category:2011 in English rugby league

Category:2011 in French rugby league

2011

2011 RFL Championship

Teams

Season standings

Season results

=Regular season=

=Play-offs=

Statistics

See also

References