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Million Pound Game
Million Pound Game (stylized as £1M Game) was an annual rugby league game that decides which Championship teams will be promoted to Super League, and which Super League teams would be relegated for the following season. Instituted in 2015 and played until 2018, the game was played as the final of The Qualifiers replacing the playoffs and Championship Grand Final. In 2019, the Championship Grand Final returned but used the "Million Pound Game" name until 2021. The name alludes to the higher level of funding Super League clubs receive. Format 2015–2018: The Qualifiers Starting for the 2015 season, the bottom 4 teams in the Super League played the top four teams in the Championship in a league of eight. The top three teams were awarded a place in Super League whilst teams finishing fourth and fifth play each other for the final Super League place in a game called the Million Pound Game. 2019–2021: Playoffs The 2019 season saw return of the playoffs and the Championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Rugby League Qualifiers
The 2018 Rugby League Qualifiers is the format used in European rugby league, to determine promotion and relegation between the top two divisions, and forms the second phase of Super League XXIII and the 2018 Rugby League Championship. Existing Super League sides; Salford Red Devils, Leeds Rhinos and Hull Kingston Rovers reconfirmed their Super League status but Widnes Vikings were relegated to the Championship after only winning one of their seven games. They will be replaced in Super League by London Broncos, who defeated Toronto Wolfpack 4-2 in the Million Pound Game, ending the Broncos four year exile from Super League. Format The Qualifiers sees the bottom four teams from Super League, join the top 4 teams from the Championship (rugby league), Championship. The points totals are reset to zero, and each team plays seven games each, playing every other team once. The teams finishing 1st, 2nd, and 3rd will gain qualification to the Super League XXIV season. The teams finishing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby Football League
The Rugby Football League (RFL) is the governing body for rugby league in England. Founded in 1895 as the Northern Rugby Football Union following 22 clubs resigning from the Rugby Football Union, it changed its name in 1922 to the Rugby Football League. Based at Sportcity in Manchester, it is responsible for organising professional competitions and, in association with the British Amateur Rugby League Association (BARLA), the community game. It also provides RFL match officials, match officials for every level as well as administering the England national rugby league team, England national team The Rugby Football League has been a member of the International Rugby League (IRL) since 1948 and European Rugby League (ERL) since its foundation in 2003. History Formation On Tuesday 27 August 1895, as a result of an emergency meeting in Manchester, prominent Lancashire rugby clubs Broughton Rangers, Leigh, Oldham, Rochdale Hornets, St Helens, Tyldesley, Warrington, Widnes and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hull Kingston Rovers
Hull Kingston Rovers (often abbreviated to Hull KR) are a professional rugby league club based in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England. The club play home games at Craven Park, Hull, Craven Park and compete in Super League, the top tier of British rugby league system, British rugby league. Hull KR have won the List of British rugby league champions, League Championship five times and Challenge Cup twice. Hull Kingston Rovers are one of two professional rugby league teams in Hull. Hull F.C. play on the west side of the city, and Hull KR on the east side, at Sewell Group Craven Park. The River Hull is the divide between the two. Hull KR's nickname, "The Robins", originates from their traditional playing colours of red and white. After a ten-year stay in the Super League (2007–2016), they were relegated to the Championship (rugby league), Championship in the 2016 season, due to the Million Pound Game. In the 2017 Championship season, Hull KR successfully gained automatic pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Championship Leaders' Shield
The RFL Championship Leaders' Shield is a shield awarded to the team finishing the season top of Championship in the sport of rugby league football. Currently the Shield is awarded to the team finishing top of the Championship at the end of the regular season. The Championship play-offs determine the league Champions and promotion to Super League. History Since the formation of the Championship in 2003, the team finishing top of the league have been awarded the League Leaders' Shield before entering the playoffs to decide the Champions. Between 2015 and 2018 the league leaders were awarded the Championship title before The Qualifiers The Rugby League Super 8s are a feature of the British rugby league system. Between 2015 and 2018 they were played in the top three professional divisions. Following the completion of the regular season home-and-away fixtures in the Super Leagu ... began. From 2019 the league reverted to a playoff series and the shield was awarded before the playo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
League 1 Promotion Final
The League One Play-Off Final is a series of play-off games that determine the one or both of teams who are promoted to the Championship. The play-offs have included different number of teams since 2009. History 2003: Institution A Third Division was reintroduced in 2003 and was branded as National League Two. It was decided a play-off system would be introduced in both National Leagues One and Two to decide who would be promoted from their respective leagues. A six team play-off was implemented in both divisions. 2004–2005: Promotion/relegation play-off In 2004 promotion and relegation between both National Leagues was restructured. Now the team finishing top of the National League Two would be automatically promoted while teams finishing between 2nd and 6th competed in a five team play-off where the team reaching the final would play the team that finished second from bottom in National League One. 2006–2013: One up and five team play-off After just two years the promo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamport Stadium
Allan A. Lamport Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium on King Street West in the Liberty Village neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the practice facility for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. It is also a part-time home for the Canada national rugby league team. The playing surface of the 9,600 seating capacity stadium is also dually marked for soccer and field hockey. The stadium was named for long-time Toronto politician Allan Lamport, who was associated with sporting activities in the city. History Lamport Stadium began construction during the winter of 1974 on the site of the Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Women. Construction was completed on July 1, 1975. The stadium was originally set to open in April 1976 but was officially opened on September 19, 1976. As part of a deal with the city to convert BMO Field to natural grass, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment spent adding a winter bubble to Lamport Stadium in the winter of 2009–2010. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto Wolfpack
Toronto Wolfpack RLFC is a Canadian professional rugby league club based in Toronto, Ontario. The club is the first and only professional rugby league club in North America, and as of 2023 competes in the self sponsored Canada Cup, an invitational league for North American teams organised by Toronto Wolfpack. The club originally competed in the British rugby league system but withdrew in the 2020 Super League season due to "overwhelming financial challenges" caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The club is the first and only North American team to play in the Rugby Football League system, making it the first transatlantic rugby league team. History 2014–2016: Origins and foundation The Rugby Football League first received an application from a Canadian consortium based in Toronto, led by the chairman of the national governing body Canada Rugby League Eric Perez in 2014 to compete in the United Kingdom's third tier of professional rugby league. Perez was denied permission to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Broncos
The London Broncos are a professional rugby league club based in Wimbledon, London, Wimbledon, England. They play their home games at Plough Lane and currently compete in the RFL Championship, Championship, the second tier of British rugby league system, British rugby league. Whilst the club has never won a major trophy, they have finished second in the List of British rugby league champions, League Championship once and have been Challenge Cup runners-up once. They have also won the Championship Grand Final, to gain promotion to the Super League, on two occasions. Originally formed as Fulham Rugby League Club in 1980, they have also previously been known as London Crusaders and Harlequins Rugby League. London's home colours are black, red and white. History Origins Professional rugby league was briefly represented in London during the 1930s by London Highfield (1933), Acton and Willesden R.L.F.C., Acton and Willesden (1935–36) and Streatham and Mitcham R.L.F.C., Streath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leigh Sports Village
Leigh Sports Village is a multi-use sports, retail and housing development in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. The centrepiece of the development is a 12,000-capacity stadium which is home to professional rugby league team Leigh Leopards, the Manchester United W.F.C., Manchester United Women's senior team, and Manchester United F.C. Under-21s and Academy, Manchester United's men's Under-21 and Academy teams. The complex also plays host to amateur rugby league club Leigh East A.R.L.F.C., Leigh East and amateur athletics club Leigh Harriers, who both occupy dedicated facilities on the site. Other facilities on site include the Leigh campus of Wigan and Leigh College, Leigh Sports Centre, which includes a gym, multi-use sports hall and swimming pool, a Holiday Inn Express hotel, a Morrisons supermarket and the Whistling Wren pub. During 2022, it hosted matches in the UEFA Women's Euro 2022. Background Leigh Sports Village is a development southwest of Leigh town centre, on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leigh Centurions
The Leigh Leopards are a professional rugby league club based in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. Leigh play homes games at Leigh Sports Village and compete in Super League, the top tier of British rugby league system, British rugby league. Leigh Leopards have won the List of British rugby league champions, League Championship twice and Challenge Cup three times. The clubs traditional home colours are red and white. They have a local rivalry with Wigan Warriors. History 1878–1915: Early history Leigh RFC was founded in 1878 by a surveyor named Fred Ulph. Leigh's first practice match was on 5 October 1878 at Buck's Farm in Pennington, Greater Manchester, Pennington and their first game was against Eccles two weeks later. In 1879, the club moved to a field behind the Three Crowns in Bedford, Greater Manchester, Bedford and played there for 10 years. Leigh came to the attention of the wider district in 1885 when they had a 23 match unbeaten run with 21 wins and 2 draws. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalans Dragons
The Catalans Dragons (French language, French: ''Dragons Catalans'', Catalan language, Catalan: ''Dracs Catalans'') are a professional rugby league club from Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales department, France. Despite being based in France the club competes in Super League, the top tier of the British rugby league system, British rugby league. Formed after the merger of XIII Catalan and AS Saint-Estève, they have won one French Rugby League Championship, French Championship and two Lord Derby Cups. In Britain they have never won the List of British rugby league champions, League Championship but have won the Challenge Cup once. Catalans play home games at Stade Gilbert Brutus. Their traditional home colours are white red and gold. History 2000–2005: Formation in Elite 1 The club was founded in 2000 after the merger of two teams in the area of Perpignan, XIII Catalan and AS Saint-Estève. The merged team took the name Union Treiziste Catalane, often abbreviated to UTC. XI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Super 8s
The 2017 Super 8s were the third season of the Rugby Football League domestic competition in which the format of splitting teams after a certain number of games have been played. The format was employed across all three divisions and was used to decide championships, promotion and relegation. For the clubs in Super League XXII the split came after 23 games. The top eight clubs played each other once more before the top four team entered the playoffs for a place in the Super League Grand Final. In this group, points amassed during the regular season were carried forward to the Super 8 stage. The four teams finishing bottom of the Super League after 23 rounds went into a group of eight with the four teams who finished top of the Championship. Again the teams played each other once with the top three finishers after this stage plus the club who finished fifth (Catalans Dragons) playing in Super League XXIII while the other four will play in the 2018 Championship. This group o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
