2012 Championship Cup

The 2012 Championship Cup, (known for commercial reasons as the Northern Rail Cup), was the 11th season of the rugby league football competition for clubs in Great Britain's Co-operative Championship and Championship One.

2012 Championship Cup
Teams20
2012 Season

In the final staged at Bloomfield Road in Blackpool, Halifax defeated Featherstone Rovers 21-12 to claim the trophy.

Format

The twenty teams were split up into two pools. Each team played two home games and two away games against teams in their pool. The top four teams in each pool following the conclusion of the group stage fixtures then progressed into an open draw for the knock-out quarter-final stage. The competition started on February 5.

Toulouse Olympique competed in this competition despite withdrawing from the Co-operative Championship. All the teams from the Championships competed except for the newly reformed North Wales Crusaders.

2012 Competition Results

[1]

Pool 1

Round 1
Home Score Away Match Information
Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance
London Skolars 16 – 32 Toulouse Olympique 9 April, 12:30 BST New River Stadium 0
Keighley Cougars 16 – 22 Batley Bulldogs 12 February, 14:00 GMT Gareth Hewer Cougar Park 1,095
Dewsbury Rams 6 – 36 Halifax 12 February, 15:00 GMT Tim Roby Tetley's Stadium 1,347
Oldham 0 – 68 Featherstone Rovers 15 February, 20:00 GMT Jamie Leahy Whitebank Stadium 672
Rochdale Hornets 0 – 0 South Wales Scorpions 9 May, 20:00 BST Spotland Stadium 0

Round 2
Home Score Away Match Information
Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance
Toulouse Olympique 24 – 24 Keighley Cougars 18 February, 19:00 GMT Stade des Minimes 650
Batley Bulldogs 50 – 16 London Skolars 19 February, 14:30 GMT Warren Turley Mount Pleasant 601
Featherstone Rovers 38 – 6 Dewsbury Rams 19 February, 15:00 GMT Clint Sharrad Post Office Road 1,943
Halifax 38 – 6 Rochdale Hornets 19 February, 15:00 GMT Matt Thomason The Shay 1,881
South Wales Scorpions 36 – 36 Oldham 19 February, 15:00 GMT Peter Brooke The Gnoll 849

Round 3
Home Score Away Match Information
Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance
Batley Bulldogs 34 - 12 Toulouse Olympique 25 February, 14:00 GMT Greg Dolan Mount Pleasant 620
Halifax 32 - 34 Featherstone Rovers 26 February, 15:00 GMT Robert Hicks The Shay 2,530
Oldham 28 - 30 Dewsbury Rams 26 February, 15:00 GMT Whitebank Stadium 573
Rochdale Hornets 16 - 40 Keighley Cougars 26 February, 15:00 GMT George Stokes Spotland Stadium 604
South Wales Scorpions 30 - 38 London Skolars 26 February, 15:00 GMT Tom Crashley The Gnoll 205

Round 4
Home Score Away Match Information
Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance
Toulouse Olympique 44 - 30 South Wales Scorpions 3 March, 19:00 GMT Matthew Thomasson Stade des Minimes 0
Keighley Cougars 26 – 12 Oldham 4 March, 14:00 GMT Ronnie Laughton Cougar Park 0
Dewsbury Rams 32 - 10 Rochdale Hornets 4 March, 15:00 GMT Matthew Kidd Spotland Stadium 0
Featherstone Rovers 22 - 34 Batley Bulldogs 4 March, 15:00 GMT Jamie Leahy Post Office Road 0
London Skolars 12 - 16 Halifax 4 March, 15:00 GMT New River Stadium 0

Pool 1 Qualification Table
2012 Northern Rail Cup: Pool 1
# PLD W D L PF PA PD BP PTS
1 Batley Bulldogs 44001406674012
2 Featherstone Rovers 43011627290110
3 Halifax 43011225864110
4 Keighley Cougars 4211106743219
5 Toulouse Olympique 4211112104808
6 Dewsbury Rams 420274112-3806
7 London Skolars 410382128-4625
8 South Wales Scorpions 301296118-2213
9 Oldham R.L.F.C. 401376160-8413
10 Rochdale Hornets 300332110-7800
  Teams qualifying for the next round

Source: Northern Rail Cup Table – The RFL [2]
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

Pool 2

Round 1
Home Score Away Match Information
Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance
Gateshead Thunder 10 - 48 Doncaster 15 February, 20:00 GMT Gateshead International Stadium 243
Hunslet Hawks 34 - 18 Whitehaven 15 February, 19:30 GMT Dave Merrick South Leeds Stadium 305
Leigh Centurions 48 - 16 Barrow Raiders 12 February, 15:00 GMT George Stokes Leigh Sports Village 1,860
Workington Town 14 - 28 Sheffield Eagles 12 February, 15:00 GMT Chris Leatherbarrow Derwent Park 532
York City Knights 30 - 22 Swinton Lions 23 February, 20:00 GMT Huntington Stadium 504

Round 2
Home Score Away Match Information
Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance
Barrow Raiders 31 - 24 Workington Town 19 February, 14:00 GMT Jamie Leahy Craven Park 1,366
Swinton Lions 18 - 24 Hunslet Hawks 19 February, 14:00 GMT Thierry Alibert Leigh Sports Village 475
Doncaster 18 - 29 York City Knights 19 February, 15:00 GMT Ronnie Laughton Keepmoat Stadium 418
Sheffield Eagles 23 - 22 Leigh Centurions 19 February, 15:00 GMT Robert Hicks Don Valley Stadium 1,045
Whitehaven 44 - 18 Gateshead Thunder 19 February, 15:00 GMT Gary Dolan Recreation Ground 649

Round 3
Home Score Away Match Information
Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance
Barrow Raiders 32 - 16 Swinton Lions 26 February, 14:00 GMT Dave Merrick Craven Park 1,083
Doncaster 12 - 56 Sheffield Eagles 26 February, 15:00 GMT Warren Turley Keepmoat Stadium 731
Leigh Centurions 30 - 12 Hunslet Hawks 26 February, 15:00 GMT Chris Leatherbarrow Leigh Sports Village 1,374
Workington Town 44 - 16 Whitehaven 26 February, 15:00 GMT Matthew Kidd Derwent Park 1,147
York City Knights 26 - 22 Gateshead Thunder 26 February, 15:00 GMT D Sharpe Huntington Stadium 635

Round 4
Home Score Away Match Information
Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance
Sheffield Eagles 36 - 4 York City Knights 2 March, 19:30 GMT Robert Hicks Don Valley Stadium 0
Swinton Lions 30 - 12 Workington Town 4 March, 14:00 GMT Clint Sharrad Leigh Sports Village 0
Gateshead Thunder 0 - 42 Leigh Centurions 4 March, 15:00 GMT Tom Crashley Gateshead International Stadium 0
Hunslet Hawks 20 - 10 Doncaster 4 March, 15:00 GMT Peter Brooke South Leeds Stadium 0
Whitehaven 10 - 18 Barrow Raiders 4 March, 15:00 GMT Recreation Ground 0

Pool 2 Qualification Table
2012 Northern Rail Cup: Pool 2
# PLD W D L PF PA PD BP PTS
1 Sheffield Eagles 44001435291012
2 Leigh Centurions 43011425191110
3 Hunslet Hawks 430190761409
4 Barrow Raiders 43019798-109
5 York City Knights 43018998-909
6 Swinton Lions 41038698-1225
7 Doncaster 410388115-2725
8 Workington Town 410394105-1114
9 Whitehaven 410388112-2414
10 Gateshead Thunder 400450160-11000
  Teams qualifying for the next round

Source: Northern Rail Cup Table – The RFL [2]
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

Finals

Finals Tournament Bracket
Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
         
H Leigh Centurions 32
A Batley Bulldogs 12
H Featherstone Rovers 54
A Leigh Centurions 16
H Keighley Cougars 12
A Featherstone Rovers 60
N Featherstone Rovers
N Halifax RLFC
H Sheffield Eagles 40
A Hunslet Hawks 8
H Sheffield Eagles 22
A Halifax RLFC 24
H Halifax RLFC 54
A Barrow Raiders 24

Quarter Finals
Home Score Away Match Information
Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance
Keighley Cougars 12–60 Featherstone Rovers 19:30 BST, 14 June 2012 Jamie Leahy Cougar Park 828
Sheffield Eagles 40–8 Hunslet Hawks 14:00 BST, 15 June 2012 Ronnie Laughton Don Valley Stadium 286
Leigh Centurions 32–12 Batley Bulldogs 14:00 BST, 16 June 2012 Clint Sharrad Leigh Sports Village 2,002
Halifax 54–24 Barrow Raiders 15:00 BST, 16 June 2012 The Shay 1,448
Source:[3][4]

Semi Finals
Home Score Away Match Information
Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance
Featherstone Rovers 54–16 Leigh Centurions 19:30 BST, 5 July 2012 Jamie Leahy Bigfellas Stadium 1,721
Sheffield Eagles 22-24 Halifax 19:30 BST, 6 July 2012 Ronnie Laughton Don Valley Stadium
Source:[3][4]

Final
Home Score Away Match Information
Date & Time Referee Venue Attendance
Featherstone Rovers 12–21 Halifax 15:00 BST, 29 July 2012 Jamie Leahy Bloomfield Road, Blackpool 6,691
Source:[3][4]
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References
  1. "Match statistics". Love Rugby League. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  2. "Northern Rail Cup Table". RFL. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  3. "Northern Rail Cup". Rugby Football League. Archived from the original on 3 July 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  4. "Northern Rail Cup Fixtures & Results 2012". Northern Rail. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
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