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2010 Championship Cup
Teams20
Total attendance49,202 (average: 1,144)
2010 season
Season ChampionsBatley Bulldogs
Runners-upWidnes Vikings

The 2010 Championship Cup (known for commercial reasons as the Northern Rail Cup) was the 9th season of the rugby league football competition for clubs in Great Britain's Co-operative Championship and Championship One.

The final was played at Bloomfield Road in Blackpool with Batley Bulldogs defeating the Widnes Vikings 25–24 to claim the trophy.

Format

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The format and structure of the 2010 Northern Rail Cup competition was the same as in 2009. All the English-based Co-operative Championship and Championship One clubs have been divided equally into two pools for the group stages with five teams from each division in each pool.

Each team played two home games and two away games against teams in their pool with each club playing an equal number of The Co-operative Championship and The Co-operative Championship One clubs.

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 Northern Rail Cup quarter-finals were played on the weekend of 5 and 6 June with the semi-finals taking place on 19 and 20 June.

The winners of the Northern Rail Cup were eligible to apply for a Super League licence in 2011.

Toulouse Olympique and newly formed South Wales Scorpions did not participate in the 2010 Northern Rail Cup.[1]

Fixtures

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Pool 1

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Round 1

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Home Score Away Match information
Date & time Referee Venue Attendance
Image Whitehaven 26 – 34 Image Batley Bulldogs 10 February, 19:30 GMT Recreation Ground (Whitehaven) 888
Image Widnes Vikings 50 – 6 Image Gateshead Thunder 2 February, 15:00 GMT Stobart Stadium Halton 2,200
Image Blackpool Panthers 22 – 24 ImageKeighley Cougars 31 January, 15:00 GMT Woodlands Memorial Ground
Image Doncaster 0 – 60 Image Barrow Raiders 17 February, 19:45 GMT Keepmoat Stadium 285
Image Workington Town 18 – 19 Image Swinton Lions 17 February, 19:30 GMT Derwent Park 286

Round 2

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Home Score Away Match information
Date & time Referee Venue Attendance
Image Barrow Raiders 34 – 8 Image Blackpool Panthers 7 February, 14:00 GMT Craven Park 1,474
Image Batley Bulldogs 30 – 30 Image Widnes Vikings 7 February, 14:00 GMT Mount Pleasant, Batley 1,004
ImageKeighley Cougars 17 – 16 Image Whitehaven 7 February, 14:00 GMT Cougar Park 756
Image Gateshead Thunder 12 – 26 Image Workington Town 7 February, 15:00 GMT Gateshead International Stadium 404
Image Swinton Lions 30 – 20 Image Doncaster 7 February, 15:00 GMT Park Lane (stadium) 380

Round 3

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Home Score Away Match information
Date & time Referee Venue Attendance
Image Batley Bulldogs 46 - 10 Image Swinton Lions 14 February, 14:00 GMT Mount Pleasant, Batley 999
ImageKeighley Cougars 38 - 10 Image Workington Town 14 February, 15:00 GMT Cougar Park 654
Image Whitehaven 54 - 10 Image Doncaster 14 February, 14:00 GMT Recreation Ground (Whitehaven) 808
Image Widnes Vikings 22 - 20 Image Barrow Raiders 14 February, 15:00 GMT Stobart Stadium Halton 3,432
Image Blackpool Panthers 74 - 6 Image Gateshead Thunder 14 February, 15:00 GMT Woodlands Memorial Ground

Round 4

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Home Score Away Match information
Date & time Referee Venue Attendance
Image Barrow Raiders 62 - 18 ImageKeighley Cougars 10 March, 19:45 GMT Craig Halloran Craven Park 1,277
Image Doncaster 20 – 40 Image Blackpool Panthers 24 March, 19:45 GMT Tim Roby Keepmoat Stadium 198
Image Gateshead Thunder 4 - 100 Image Batley Bulldogs 17 March, 19:30 GMT Chris Leatherbarrow Gateshead International Stadium 237
Image Swinton Lions 12 - 36 Image Widnes Vikings 21 February, 15:00 GMT Warren Turley Park Lane (stadium) 816
Image Workington Town 22 - 14 Image Whitehaven 21 February, 15:00 GMT M Thomason Derwent Park 738

Pool 1 qualification table

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2010 Northern Rail Cup: Pool 1
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD BP Pts
1 Image Batley Bulldogs 4 3 1 0 210 70 +140 0 11
2 Image Widnes Vikings 4 3 1 0 138 68 +70 0 11
3 Image Barrow Raiders 4 3 0 1 176 48 +128 1 10
4 Image Keighley Cougars 4 3 0 1 144 110 +34 0 9
5 Image Blackpool Panthers 4 2 0 2 144 84 +60 1 7
6 Image Workington Town 4 2 0 2 76 83 −7 1 7
7 Image Whitehaven 4 1 0 3 110 83 +27 3 6
8 Image Swinton Lions 4 2 0 2 71 120 −49 0 6
9 Image Doncaster 4 0 0 4 50 184 −134 1 1
10 Image Gateshead Thunder 4 0 0 4 28 250 −222 0 0
Source: Northern Rail Cup Table – The RFL [2]
Rules for 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

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Round 1

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Home Score Away Match information
Date & time Referee Venue Attendance
Image Dewsbury Rams 50 - 4 Image London Skolars 31 January, 15:00 GMT Tetley's Stadium 887
Image Leigh Centurions 24 - 12 Image Oldham 31 January, 15:00 GMT Leigh Sports Village 1,627
Image Sheffield Eagles 13 - 6 Image Halifax 17 February, 19:45 GMT Don Valley Stadium 851
Image Hunslet Hawks 0 - 68 Image Featherstone Rovers 4 March, 20:00 GMT South Leeds Stadium
Image Rochdale Hornets 12 - 36 Image York City Knights 17 February, 20:00 GMT Spotland Stadium 362

Round 2

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Home Score Away Match information
Date & time Referee Venue Attendance
Image Featherstone Rovers 18 - 18 Image Sheffield Eagles 7 February, 15:00 GMT Chris Moyles Stadium 1,175
Image Halifax 24 - 0 Image Dewsbury Rams 7 February, 15:00 GMT Shay Stadium 2,141
Image London Skolars 12 - 60 Image Hunslet Hawks 7 February, 14:00 GMT New River Stadium 328
Image Oldham 22 - 14 Image Rochdale Hornets 8 February, 20:00 GMT Boundary Park
Image York City Knights 13 - 12 Image Leigh Centurions 7 February, 15:00 GMT Huntington Stadium 911

Round 3

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Home Score Away Match information
Date & time Referee Venue Attendance
Image Leigh Centurions 36 - 6 Image Featherstone Rovers 14 February, 15:00 GMT Leigh Sports Village 1,729
Image Sheffield Eagles 40 - 10 Image York City Knights 14 February, 15:00 GMT Don Valley Stadium 840
Image Hunslet Hawks 28 - 14 Image Oldham 14 February, 14:00 GMT John Charles Centre for Sport 519
Image London Skolars 0 - 68 Image Halifax 14 February, 15:00 GMT New River Stadium 416
Image Rochdale Hornets 12 - 48 Image Dewsbury Rams 14 February, 15:00 GMT Spotland Stadium 575

Round 4

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Home Score Away Match information
Date & time Referee Venue Attendance
Image Featherstone Rovers 56 - 10 Image Rochdale Hornets 23 February, 20:00 GMT Craig Halloran Chris Moyles Stadium 777
Image Dewsbury Rams 22 - 44 Image Leigh Centurions 3 March, 19:45 GMT Jamie Leahy Tetley's Stadium 888
Image Halifax 36 - 42 Image Hunslet Hawks 21 March, 15:00 GMT Ronnie Laughton Shay Stadium 1,771
Image Oldham 22 - 24 Image Sheffield Eagles 21 February, 15:00 GMT Robert Hicks Boundary Park 340
Image York City Knights 34 - 12 Image London Skolars 10 March, 19:00 GMT Tim Roby Huntington Stadium 439

Pool 2 qualification table

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2010 Northern Rail Cup: Pool 2
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD BP Pts
1 Image Sheffield Eagles (Q) 4 3 1 0 95 56 +39 0 11
2 Image Leigh Centurions (Q) 4 3 0 1 116 53 +63 1 10
3 Image York City Knights (Q) 4 3 0 1 93 76 +17 0 9
4 Image Hunslet Hawks (Q) 4 3 0 1 130 130 0 0 9
5 Image Featherstone Rovers 4 2 1 1 148 64 +84 0 8
6 Image Halifax 4 2 0 2 134 55 +79 2 8
7 Image Dewsbury Rams 4 2 0 2 120 84 +36 0 6
8 Image Oldham 4 1 0 3 70 90 −20 2 5
9 Image Rochdale Hornets 4 0 0 4 48 162 −114 1 1
10 Image London Skolars 4 0 0 4 28 212 −184 0 0
Source: Northern Rail Cup Table – The RFL [2]
Rules for 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.
(Q) Teams qualifying for the next round

Finals

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Sky Sports televised one Northern Rail Cup quarter-final tie live on Thursday 3 June and one of the semi-finals on Thursday 17 June as well as providing full coverage of the Northern Rail Cup final at Bloomfield Road, Blackpool, on Sunday 18 July.

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
1 Image Keighley Cougars 32
2 Image York City Knights 6
Image Keighley Cougars 18
Image Widnes Vikings 48
3 Image Widnes Vikings 26
4 Image Barrow Raiders 12
Image Batley Bulldogs 25
Image Widnes Vikings 24
5 Image Batley Bulldogs 26
6 Image Sheffield Eagles 16
Image Leigh Centurions 4
Image Batley Bulldogs 25
7 Image Hunslet Hawks 6
8 Image Leigh Centurions 42

Quarter-finals

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The Northern Rail Cup quarter-final draw took place on Wednesday 24 March and was broadcast live on Sky Sports’ weekly Boots N' All programme.

Barrow, Batley, Hunslet, Keighley, Leigh, Sheffield, Widnes & York all qualified for the quarter-final stage of the competition. The eight teams were entered into the open draw for the quarter-final knock-out stages which was played on the weekend of 5 and 6 June. Only Hunslet and York come from Co-operative Championship 1.

One quarter-final tie was brought forward to Thursday 3 June to be screened live on Sky Sports.

The teams lined up as per the table below:[3]

Home Score Away Match information
Date & time Referee Venue Attendance
Image Widnes Vikings 26 – 12 Image Barrow Raiders 19:30, 3 June 2010 Stobart Stadium Halton 1,718
Image Keighley Cougars 32 – 6 Image York City Knights 15:00 6 June 2010 Cougar Park 712
Image Batley Bulldogs 26 – 16 Image Sheffield Eagles 15:00 6 June 2010 Mount Pleasant 708
Image Hunslet Hawks 6 – 42 Image Leigh Centurions 15:00 6 June 2010 South Leeds Stadium 770

Semi-finals

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The semi-finals will take place on the weekend of 19 and 20 June with Sky Sports broadcasting one tie live on the Thursday night.

Home Score Away Match information
Date & time Referee Venue Attendance
Image Leigh Centurions 4 – 25 Image Batley Bulldogs 19:30, 17 June 2010 Leigh Sports Village 2,058
Image Keighley Cougars 18 – 48 Image Widnes Vikings 15:00 20 June 2010 Cougar Park 1,686

Final

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The Northern Rail Cup final took place at Bloomfield Road, Blackpool on Sunday 18 July at 4pm live on Sky Sports. The Match was contested by Batley Bulldogs and defending champions Widnes Vikings, who were looking for their 3rd cup victory in just 4 years. Batley won the match, beating Widnes 25-24 thanks to two late tries from Alex Brown. This was Batley's first appearance in a cup final since 1998 and first in a major final since 1952.[4] The victory leaves Batley eligible to apply for the 2012–14 Super League licences to gain promotion to the Super League, although coach Karl Harrison stated that they have no Super League ambitions.[5]

Home Score Away Match information
Date & time Referee Venue Attendance
Image Batley Bulldogs 25-24 Image Widnes Vikings 16:00 18 July 2010 Robert Hicks Bloomfield Road, Blackpool 8,138

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ [permanent dead link]
  2. 1 2 "Northern Rail Cup Table". RFL. Archived from the original on 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  3. ↑ http://www.therfl.co.uk/home/news_item_top.php?id=17091[permanent dead link]
  4. ↑ http://www.therfl.co.uk/home/news_item_top.php?id=18428[permanent dead link]
  5. ↑ "Batley win the Northern Rail Cup". 18 July 2010.
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