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Yorkshire Grand Finals

Post Office Road has hosted four Yorkshire Mens League Grand Final days in 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2024

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Season	Division	Champion	Score	Runner-up
2016	Premier	West Bowling	26-18	Doncaster Toll Bar
	One	Bentley		Featherstone Lions
	2018	Premier	Batley Boys	11-10	Bentley
	2019	Premier	Bentley	18-14	East Hull
2024	Premier	Stanley Rangers A	22-12	King Cross Park

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Champions

Key
†	Match was won during extra time

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Ed.	Season	Champions (number of titles)	Score	Runners-up
National Division One (1987–1997)
1	1987–88	Leicester (1)	N/A	Wasps
2	1988–89	Bath (1)		Gloucester
3	1989–90	Wasps (1)		Gloucester
4	1990–91	Bath (2)		Wasps
5	1991–92	Bath (3)		Orrell
6	1992–93	Bath (4)		Wasps
7	1993–94	Bath (5)		Leicester
8	1994–95	Leicester (2)		Bath
9	1995–96	Bath (6)		Leicester
10	1996–97	Wasps (2)		Bath
Premiership (1997–present)
11	1997–98	Newcastle (1)	N/A	Saracens
12	1998–99	Leicester (3)		Northampton
13	1999–00	Leicester (4)		Bath
14	2000–01	Leicester (5)		Wasps
15	2001–02	Leicester (6)		Sale
16	2002–03	Wasps (3)	39-3	Gloucester
17	2003–04	Wasps (4)	10-6	Bath
18	2004–05	Wasps (5)	39-14	Leicester
19	2005–06	Sale (1)	45-20	Leicester
20	2006–07	Leicester (7)	44-16	Gloucester
21	2007–08	Wasps (6)	26-16	Leicester
22	2008–09	Leicester (8)	10-9	London Irish
23	2009–10	Leicester (9)	33-27	Saracens
24	2010–11	Saracens (1)	22-18	Leicester
25	2011–12	Harlequins (1)	30-23	Leicester
26	2012–13	Leicester (10)	37-17	Northampton
27	2013–14	Northampton (1)	24-20 A.E.T	Saracens
28	2014–15	Saracens (2)	28-16	Bath
29	2015–16	Saracens (3)	28-20	Exeter
30	2016–17	Exeter (1)	23-20 A.E.T	Wasps
31	2017–18	Saracens (4)	27-10	Exeter
32	2018–19	Saracens (5)	37-34	Exeter
33	2019–20	Exeter (2)	19-13	Wasps
34	2020–21	Harlequins (2)	40-38	Exeter
35	2021–22	Leicester (11)	15-12	Saracens
36	2022–23	Saracens (5)	35-25	Sale
37	2023–24	Northampton (2)	25-21	Bath
38	2024–25	Bath (7)	23-21	Leicester
39	2025–26

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More information Season, League leaders ...

Season	League leaders	Pts	Runners up	Pts
2002–03	Gloucester	82	Wasps	67
2003–04	Bath	Wasps	Rotherham
2004–05	Leicester	Wasps	Harlequins
2005–06	Sale	Leicester	Leeds
2006–07	Gloucester	Leicester	Northampton
2007–08	Wasps	26 – 16	Leicester	Gloucester	Leeds
2008–09	Leicester	10 – 9	London Irish	Leicester	Bristol
2009–10	Leicester	33 – 27	Saracens	Leicester	Worcester
2010–11	Saracens	22 – 18	Leicester	Leicester	Leeds
2011–12	Harlequins	30 – 23	Leicester	Harlequins	Newcastle
2012–13	Leicester	37 – 17	Northampton	Saracens	London Welsh
2013–14	Northampton	24 – 20†	Saracens	Saracens	Worcester
2014–15	Saracens	28 – 16	Bath	Northampton	London Welsh
2015–16	Saracens	28 – 20	Exeter	Saracens	London Irish
2016–17	Exeter	23 – 20†	Wasps	Wasps	Bristol
2017–18	Saracens	27 – 10	Exeter	Exeter	London Irish
2018–19	Saracens	37 – 34	Exeter	Exeter	Newcastle
2019–20	Exeter	19 – 13	Wasps	Exeter	Saracens
2020–21	Harlequins	40 – 38	Exeter	Bristol	No relegation
2021–22	Leicester	15 – 12	Saracens	Leicester	No relegation
2022–23	Saracens	35 – 25	Sale	Saracens	Worcester, Wasps^[a]
2023–24	Northampton	25 – 21	Bath	Northampton	London Irish^[b]
2024–25	Bath	23 – 21	Leicester	Bath	No relegation

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List of Finals

‡	Winning team won the Double (League title and Challenge Cup)
†	Winning team won the Domestic Treble
§	Winning team won All Four Cups
(replay)	Replay
(G.P.)	Match went to Golden point

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More information Season, Champions (number of titles) ...

Season	Champions (number of titles)	Score	Runners up	Venue	Attendance
1896–97	Batley (1)	10–3	St Helens	Headingley	13,492
1897–98	Batley (2)	7–0	Bradford F.C.	Headingley	27,941
1898–99	Oldham (1)	19–9	Hunslet	Fallowfield	15,763
1899–1900	Swinton (1)	16–8	Salford	Fallowfield	17,864
1900–01	Batley (3)	6–0	Warrington	Headingley	29,563
1901–02	Broughton Rangers (1) ‡	25–0	Salford	Athletic Ground	15,006
1902–03	Halifax (1) ‡	7–0	Salford	Headingley	32,507
1903–04	Halifax (2)	8–3	Warrington	The Willows	17,041
1904–05	Warrington (1)	6–0	Hull Kingston Rovers	Headingley	19,638
1905–06	Bradford F.C. (1)	5–0	Salford	Headingley	15,834
1906–07	Warrington (2)	17–3	Oldham	Wheater's Field	18,500
1907–08	Hunslet (1) §	14–0	Hull F.C.	Fartown	18,000
1908–09	Wakefield Trinity (1)	17–0	Hull F.C.	Headingley	23,587
1909–10	Leeds	7–7	Hull F.C.	Fartown	19,413
1909–10	Leeds (1)	26–12 (replay)	Hull F.C.	Fartown	11,608
1910–11	Broughton Rangers (2)	4–0	Wigan	The Willows	8,000
1911–12	Dewsbury (1)	8–5	Oldham	Headingley	15,271
1912–13	Huddersfield (1) †	9–5	Warrington	Headingley	22,754
1913–14	Hull F.C. (1)	6–0	Wakefield Trinity	Thrum Hall	19,000
1914–15	Huddersfield (2) §	37–3	St Helens	Watersheddings	8,000
1919–20	Huddersfield (3)	21–10	Wigan	Headingley	14,000
1920–21	Leigh (1)	13–0	Halifax	Wheater's Field	25,000
1921–22	Rochdale (1)	10–9	Hull F.C.	Headingley	32,596
1922–23	Leeds (2)	28–3	Hull F.C.	Belle Vue	29,335
1923–24	Wigan (1)	21–4	Oldham	Athletic Ground	41,831
1924–25	Oldham (2)	16–3	Hull Kingston Rovers	Headingley	28,335
1925–26	Swinton (2)	9–3	Oldham	Athletic Ground	27,000
1926–27	Oldham (3)	26–7	Swinton	Central Park	33,448
1927–28	Swinton (3) §	5–3	Warrington	Central Park	33,909
1928–29	Wigan (2)	13–2	Dewsbury	Wembley Stadium (Original)	41,500
1929–30	Widnes (1)	10–3	St Helens		36,544
1930–31	Halifax (3)	22–8	York		40,365
1931–32	Leeds (3)	11–8	Swinton	Central Park	29,000
1932–33	Huddersfield (4)	21–17	Warrington	Wembley Stadium (Original)	41,874
1933–34	Hunslet (2)	11–5	Widnes		41,280
1934–35	Castleford (1)	11–8	Huddersfield		39,000
1935–36	Leeds (4)	18–2	Warrington		51,250
1936–37	Widnes (2)	18–5	Keighley		47,699
1937–38	Salford (1)	7–4	Barrow		51,243
1938–39	Halifax (4)	20–3	Salford		55,453
1940–41	Leeds (5)	19–2	Halifax	Odsal	28,500
1941–42	Leeds (6)	15–10	Halifax	Odsal	15,250
1942–43	Dewsbury (2)	16–9	Leeds	Crown Flatt	10,470
1942–43	Dewsbury (2)	0–6	Leeds	Headingley	16,000
1943–44	Bradford (1)	3–0	Wigan	Central Park	22,000
1943–44	Bradford (1)	8–0	Wigan	Odsal	30,000
1944–45	Huddersfield (5)	7–4	Bradford	Fartown	9,041
1944–45	Huddersfield (5)	6–5	Bradford	Odsal	17,500
1945–46	Wakefield Trinity (2)	13–12	Wigan	Wembley Stadium (Original)	54,730
1946–47	Bradford (2)	8–4	Leeds		77,605
1947–48	Wigan (3)	8–3	Bradford		91,465
1948–49	Bradford (3)	12–0	Halifax		95,050
1949–50	Warrington (3)	19–0	Widnes		94,249
1950–51	Wigan (4)	10–0	Barrow		94,262
1951–52	Workington Town (1)	18–10	Featherstone Rovers		72,093
1952–53	Huddersfield Giants (6)	15–10	St Helens		89,588
1953–54	Warrington	4–4	Halifax		81,841
1953–54	Warrington (4) ‡	8–4 (replay)	Halifax	Odsal	102,569
1954–55	Barrow (1)	21–12	Workington Town	Wembley Stadium (Original)	66,513
1955–56	St Helens (1)	13–2	Halifax		79,341
1956–57	Leeds (7)	9–7	Barrow		76,318
1957–58	Wigan (5)	13–9	Workington Town		66,109
1958–59	Wigan (6)	30–13	Hull F.C.		79,811
1959–60	Wakefield Trinity (3)	38–5	Hull F.C.		79,773
1960–61	St Helens (2)	12–6	Wigan		94,672
1961–62	Wakefield Trinity (4)	12–6	Huddersfield		81,263
1962–63	Wakefield Trinity (5)	25–10	Wigan		84,492
1963–64	Widnes (3)	13–5	Hull Kingston Rovers		84,488
1964–65	Wigan (7)	20–16	Hunslet		89,016
1965–66	St Helens (3) †	21–2	Wigan		98,536
1966–67	Featherstone Rovers (1)	17–12	Barrow		76,290
1967–68	Leeds (8)	11–10	Wakefield Trinity		87,100
1968–69	Castleford (2)	11–6	Salford		97,939
1969–70	Castleford Tigers (3)	7–2	Wigan		95,255
1970–71	Leigh (2)	24–7	Leeds		85,514
1971–72	St Helens (4)	16–13	Leeds		89,495
1972–73	Featherstone Rovers (2)	33–14	Bradford		72,395
1973–74	Warrington (5)	24–9	Featherstone Rovers		77,400
1974–75	Widnes (4)	14–7	Warrington		85,098
1975–76	St Helens (5)	20–5	Widnes		89,982
1976–77	Leeds (9)	16–7	Widnes		80,871
1977–78	Leeds (10)	14–12	St Helens		96,000
1978–79	Widnes (5)	12–3	Wakefield Trinity		94,218
1979–80	Hull Kingston Rovers (1)	10–5	Hull F.C.		95,000
1980–81	Widnes (6)	18–9	Hull Kingston Rovers		92,496
1981–82	Hull F.C.	14–14	Widnes		92,147
1981–82	Hull F.C. (2)	18–9 (replay)	Widnes	Elland Road	41,171
1982–83	Featherstone Rovers (3)	14–12	Hull F.C.	Wembley Stadium (Original)	84,969
1983–84	Widnes (7)	19–6	Wigan		80,116
1984–85	Wigan (8)	28–24	Hull F.C.		97,801
1985–86	Castleford (4)	15–14	Hull Kingston Rovers		82,134
1986–87	Halifax (5)	19–18	St Helens		91,267
1987–88	Wigan (9)	32–12	Halifax		94,273
1988–89	Wigan (10)	27–0	St Helens		78,000
1989–90	Wigan (11) ‡	36–14	Warrington		77,729
1990–91	Wigan (12) ‡	13–8	St Helens		75,532
1991–92	Wigan (13) †	28–12	Castleford		77,386
1992–93	Wigan (14) ‡	20–14	Widnes		77,684
1993–94	Wigan (15) §	26–16	Leeds		78,348
1994–95	Wigan (16) †	30–10	Leeds		78,550
1996	St Helens (6) ‡	40–32	Bradford		75,994
1997	St Helens (7)	32–22	Bradford		78,022
1998	Sheffield (1)	17–8	Wigan		60,669
1999	Leeds (11)	52–16	London		73,242
2000	Bradford (4)	24–18	Leeds	Murrayfield	67,247
2001	St Helens (8)	13–6	Bradford	Twickenham	68,250
2002	Wigan (17)	21–12	St Helens	Murrayfield	62,140
2003	Bradford (5) §	22–20	Leeds	Millennium Stadium	71,212
2004	St Helens (9)	32–16	Wigan		73,734
2005	Hull F.C. (3)	25–24	Leeds		74,213
2006	St Helens (10) §	42–12	Huddersfield	Twickenham	65,187
2007	St Helens (11)	30–8	Catalans	Wembley Stadium	84,241
2008	St Helens (12)	28–16	Hull F.C.		82,821
2009	Warrington (6)	25–16	Huddersfield		76,560
2010	Warrington (7)	30–6	Leeds		85,217
2011	Wigan (18)	28–18	Leeds		78,482
2012	Warrington (8)	35–18	Leeds		79,180
2013	Wigan (18) ‡	16–0	Hull F.C.		78,137
2014	Leeds (12)	23–10	Castleford		77,914
2015	Leeds (13) †	50–0	Hull Kingston Rovers		80,140
2016	Hull F.C. (4)	12–10	Warrington		76,235
2017	Hull F.C. (5)	18–14	Wigan		68,525
2018	Catalans (1)	20–14	Warrington		50,672
2019	Warrington (9)	18–4	St Helens		62,717
2020	Leeds (14)	17–16	Salford		0^[c]
2021	St Helens (13) ‡	26–12	Castleford		40,000^[d]
2022	Wigan (20)	16–14	Huddersfield	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium	51,628
2023	Leigh (3)	17–16 (G.P.)	Hull Kingston Rovers	Wembley Stadium	58,213
2024	Wigan (21) §	18–8	Warrington		64,845^[4]
2025	Hull Kingston Rovers (2)	8–6	Warrington		63,278^[5]

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Notes

[a]
Worcester and Wasps were each relegated partway through the 2022–23 season, as a consequence of both clubs experiencing financial insolvency.^[2]
[b]
London Irish was relegated ahead of the start of the 2023–24 season, because of insufficient funds to continue operating.^[3]
[c]
The 2020 final was played behind closed doors due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.
[d]
The 2021 final was played in front of a restricted crowd of 40,000 due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.

List of Champions

‡	Winning team won the Double (League title and Challenge Cup)
†	Winning team won the Domestic Treble
§	Winning team won All Four Cups
#	Final went to extra time

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More information Ed., Season ...

Ed.	Season	Champions (number of titles)	Score	Runners up
Northern Rugby Football Union Championship (1895–1922)
1	1895–96	Manningham (1)	N/A	Halifax
-	1896–1901	County Championships
2	1901–02	Broughton (1) ‡	N/A	Salford
3	1902–03	Halifax (1) ‡		Salford
4	1903–04	Bradford F.C. (1)		Salford
5	1904–05	Oldham (1)		Bradford F.C.
6	1905–06	Leigh (1)		Hunslet
7	1906–07	Halifax (2)	18–3	Oldham
8	1907–08	Hunslet (1) §	12–7	Oldham
9	1908–09	Wigan (1)	7–3	Oldham
10	1909–10	Oldham (2)	13–7	Wigan
11	1910–11	Oldham (3)	20–7	Wigan
12	1911–12	Huddersfield (1)	13–5	Wigan
13	1912–13	Huddersfield (2) †	29–2	Wigan
14	1913–14	Salford (1)	5–3	Huddersfield
15	1914–15	Huddersfield (3) §	35–2	Leeds
-	1915–1918	Official competition suspended due to First World War
-	1918–19	County Championship
16	1919–20	Hull F.C. (1)	3–2	Huddersfield
17	1920–21	Hull F.C. (2)	16–14	Hull Kingston Rovers
18	1921–22	Wigan (2)	13–2	Oldham
Northern Rugby Football League Championship (1922–1980)
19	1922–23	Hull Kingston Rovers (1)	15–5	Huddersfield
20	1923–24	Batley (1)	13–7	Wigan
21	1924–25	Hull Kingston Rovers (2)	9–5	Swinton
22	1925–26	Wigan (3)	22–10	Warrington
23	1926–27	Swinton (1)	13–8	St Helens Recs
24	1927–28	Swinton (2) §	11–0	Featherstone Rovers
25	1928–29	Huddersfield (4)	2–0	Leeds
26	1929–30	Huddersfield (5)	10–0	Leeds
27	1930–31	Swinton (3)	14–7	Leeds
28	1931–32	St. Helens (1)	9–5	Huddersfield
29	1932–33	Salford (2)	15–5	Swinton
30	1933–34	Wigan (4)	15–3	Salford
31	1934–35	Swinton (4)	14–3	Warrington
32	1935–36	Hull F.C. (3)	21–2	Widnes
33	1936–37	Salford (3)	13–11	Warrington
34	1937–38	Hunslet (2)	8–2	Leeds
35	1938–39	Salford (4)	8–6	Castleford
-	1939–1945	Official competition suspended due to Second World War
36	1945–46	Wigan (5)	N/A	Huddersfield
37	1946–47	Wigan (6)	N/A	Dewsbury
38	1947–48	Warrington (1)	15–5	Bradford Northern
39	1948–49	Huddersfield (6)	13–12	Warrington
40	1949–50	Wigan (7)	20–2	Huddersfield
41	1950–51	Workington Town (1)	26–11	Warrington
42	1951–52	Wigan (8)	13–6	Bradford Northern
43	1952–53	St. Helens (2)	24–14	Halifax
44	1953–54	Warrington (2)	8–7	Halifax
45	1954–55	Warrington (3)	7–3	Oldham
46	1955–56	Hull F.C. (4)	10–9	Halifax
47	1956–57	Oldham (4)	15–14	Hull F.C.
48	1957–58	Hull F.C. (5)	20–3	Workington Town
49	1958–59	St. Helens (3)	44–22	Hunslet
50	1959–60	Wigan (9)	27–3	Wakefield Trinity
51	1960–61	Leeds (1)	25–10	Warrington
52	1961–62	Huddersfield (7)	14–5	Wakefield Trinity
53	1962–63	Swinton (5)	N/A	St. Helens
54	1963–64	Swinton (6)	N/A	Wigan
55	1964–65	Halifax (3)	15–7	St. Helens
56	1965–66	St. Helens (4) †	35–12	Halifax
57	1966–67	Wakefield Trinity (1)	21–9	St. Helens
58	1967–68	Wakefield Trinity (2)	17–10	Hull Kingston Rovers
59	1968–69	Leeds (2)	16–14	Castleford
60	1969–70	St. Helens (5)	24–12	Leeds
61	1970–71	St. Helens (6)	16–12	Wigan
62	1971–72	Leeds (3)	9–5	St. Helens
63	1972–73	Dewsbury (1)	22–13	Leeds
64	1973–74	Salford (5)	N/A	St. Helens
65	1974–75	St. Helens (7)		Wigan
66	1975–76	Salford (6)		Featherstone Rovers
67	1976–77	Featherstone Rovers (1)		St. Helens
68	1977–78	Widnes (1)		Bradford Northern
69	1978–79	Hull Kingston Rovers(3)		Warrington
70	1979–80	Bradford Northern (1)		Widnes
Rugby Football League Championship (1980–1996)
71	1980–81	Bradford Northern (2)	N/A	Warrington
72	1981–82	Leigh (2)		Hull F.C.
73	1982–83	Hull F.C. (6)		Hull Kingston Rovers
74	1983–84	Hull Kingston Rovers (4)		Hull F.C.
75	1984–85	Hull Kingston Rovers (5)		St. Helens
76	1985–86	Halifax (4)		Wigan
77	1986–87	Wigan (10)		St. Helens
78	1987–88	Widnes (2)		St. Helens
79	1988–89	Widnes (3)		Wigan
80	1989–90	Wigan (11)		Leeds
81	1990–91	Wigan (12) ‡		Widnes
82	1991–92	Wigan (13) †		St. Helens
83	1992–93	Wigan (14) ‡		St. Helens
84	1993–94	Wigan (15) §		Bradford Northern
85	1994–95	Wigan (16) †		Leeds
86	1995–96	Wigan (17) ‡		Leeds
Super League (1996–present)
87	1996	St. Helens (8) ‡	N/A	Wigan
88	1997	Bradford (3)	N/A	London
89	1998	Wigan (18)	10–4	Leeds
90	1999	St. Helens (9)	8–6	Bradford
91	2000	St. Helens (10)	29–16	Wigan
92	2001	Bradford (4)	37–6	Wigan
93	2002	St. Helens (11)	19–18	Bradford
94	2003	Bradford (5) §	25–12	Wigan
95	2004	Leeds (4)	16–8	Bradford
96	2005	Bradford (6)	15–6	Leeds
97	2006	St. Helens (12) §	26–4	Hull F.C.
98	2007	Leeds (5)	33–6	St. Helens
99	2008	Leeds (6)	24–16	St. Helens
100	2009	Leeds (7)	18–10	St. Helens
101	2010	Wigan (19)	22–10	St. Helens
102	2011	Leeds (8)	32–16	St. Helens
103	2012	Leeds (9)	26–18	Warrington
104	2013	Wigan (20) ‡	30–16	Warrington
105	2014	St. Helens (13)	14–6	Wigan
106	2015	Leeds (10) †	22–20	Wigan
107	2016	Wigan (21)	12–6	Warrington
108	2017	Leeds (11)	24–6	Castleford
109	2018	Wigan (22)	12–4	Warrington
110	2019	St. Helens (14)	23–6	Salford
111	2020	St. Helens (15)	8–4	Wigan
112	2021	St. Helens (16) ‡	12–10	Catalans
113	2022	St. Helens (17)	24–12	Leeds
114	2023	Wigan (23)	10–2	Catalans
115	2024	Wigan (24) §	9–2	Hull Kingston Rovers

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Leeds seasons

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Season	League									Play-offs^[a]	Challenge Cup	Other competitions
Season	Div	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts^[b]	Pos	Play-offs^[a]	Challenge Cup	Other competitions
1895-96	NRFU	42	20	3	19	258	247	43	12th
1896-97	YSC	30	10	4	16	115	123	24	12th		R2
1897-98	YSC	30	13	4	13	186	171	30	9th		R1
1996	SL	22	6	0	16	555	745	12	10th		SF
1997	SL	22	13	1	8	544	463	27	5th		SF	Premiership	QF
1997	SL	22	13	1	8	544	463	27	5th		SF	World Club Challenge	Grp
1998	SL	23	19	0	4	662	369	38	2nd	RU	R4
1999	SL	30	22	1	7	910	558	45	3rd	SF	W
2000	SL	28	17	0	11	692	626	34	4th	SF	RU
2001	SL	28	16	1	11	774	721	33	5th	EPO	SF
2002	SL	28	17	0	11	865	700	34	4th	SF	SF
2003	SL	28	19	3	6	751	555	41	2nd	EF	RU
2004	SL	28	24	2	2	1037	443	50	1st	W	R5
2005	SL	28	22	0	6	1150	505	44	2nd	RU	RU	World Club Challenge	W
2006	SL	28	19	0	9	869	543	38	3rd	EPO	SF
2007	SL	27	18	1	8	747	487	37	2nd	W	R5
2008	SL	27	21	0	6	863	413	42	2nd	W	SF	World Club Challenge	W
2009	SL	27	21	0	6	805	453	42	1st	W	R4	World Club Challenge	RU
2010	SL	27	17	1	9	725	561	35	4th	QSF	RU	World Club Challenge	RU
2011	SL	27	15	1	11	757	603	31	5th	W	RU
2012	SL	27	16	0	11	823	662	32	5th	W	RU	World Club Challenge	W
2013	SL	27	18	1	8	712	507	37	3rd	QSF	R5	World Club Challenge	RU
2014	SL	27	15	2	10	685	421	32	6th	QPO	W
2015	SL	30	20	1	9	944	650	41	1st	W	W
2016	SL	23	8	0	15	404	576	16	9th	DNQ	R6	World Club Challenge	RU
2016	SL	23	8	0	15	404	576	16	9th	DNQ	R6	The Qualifiers	1st
2017	SL	30	20	0	10	749	623	40	2nd	W	SF
2018	SL	23	8	2	13	441	527	18	9th	DNQ	SF	World Club Challenge	RU
2018	SL	23	8	2	13	441	527	18	9th	DNQ	SF	The Qualifiers	2nd
2019	SL	29	12	0	17	650	644	24	8th	DNQ	R6
2020	SL	17	10	0	7	369	390	58.82	5th	EPO	W
2021	SL	24	13	0	11	556	440	54.17	5th	SF	R6^[c]
2022	SL	27	14	1	12	577	528	29	5th	RU	R6
2023	SL	27	12	0	15	535	534	24	8th	DNQ	R6
2024	SL	27	14	0	13	530	488	28	8th	DNQ	R6

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RLWC

More information Ed, Year ...

Ed	Year	Host		Winners	Score	Runners-up	Third place		Fourth place	Number of teams
Ed	Year	Host		Final			Third/ fourth place			Number of teams
1	1954	France		Great Britain	16–12	France	Australia	round-robin	New Zealand	4

2	1957	Australia		Australia	round-robin	Great Britain	New Zealand	round-robin	France	4

3	1960	England		Great Britain	round-robin	Australia	New Zealand	round-robin	France	4

4	1968	Australia New Zealand		Australia	20–2	France	Great Britain	round-robin	New Zealand	4

5	1970	England		Australia	12–7	Great Britain	France	round-robin	New Zealand	4
6	1972	France		Great Britain	10–10 (a.e.t.)^[d]	Australia	France	round-robin	New Zealand	4
7	1975	trans continental^[e]		Australia	round-robin^[f]	England	Wales	round-robin	New Zealand	5
8	1977	Australia New Zealand		Australia	13–12	Great Britain	New Zealand	round-robin	France	4
9	1985–1988	home-and-away basis		Australia	25–12	New Zealand	Great Britain	round-robin	Papua New Guinea	5
10	1989–1992	home-and-away basis		Australia	10–6	Great Britain	France	round-robin	New Zealand	5
10	1989–1992	home-and-away basis		Australia	10–6	Great Britain	Losing semi finalists^[g]
11	1995	England Wales		Australia	16–8	England	New Zealand and Wales			10
12	2000	England France Ireland Northern Ireland Scotland Wales		Australia	40–12	New Zealand	England and Wales			16
13	2008	Australia		New Zealand	34–20	Australia	England and Fiji			10
14	2013	England Wales^[h]		Australia	34–2	New Zealand	England and Fiji			14
15	2017	Australia New Zealand Papua New Guinea^[6]		Australia	6–0	England	Fiji and Tonga			14
16	2021^[i]	England	Australia	30–10	Samoa	England and New Zealand		16
17	2026^[j]	TBA	TBD	–	TBD	Future events		10
18	2030	TBA	Future events			Future events		16

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NCL

The National Conference League comprises the five levels of the British rugby league system and is at the top end of the amateur pyramid and sits below the professional League One. It comes under the jurisdiction of the Rugby Football League. The National Conference League has promotion and relegation between the Premier Division and Division Three although there is no promotion or relegation between the Conference League South, Regional Leagues or promotion to League One without an application to the RFL.

The System
The National Conference League consists of five divisions. Teams can be promoted and relegated through the top four divisions (Premier, One, Two and Three) however there is no promotion and relegation between Division Three and the Southern Conference League or the regional leagues. Clubs outside the National Conference League can apply to join Division Three.

Although the NCL sits below League One, teams are not promoted and relegated between the amateur leagues and the professional game, although any club from NCL to the regional leagues can apply to join League One.

In each division clubs play each other twice, once at their home stadium and once at their opponents. Teams receive two points for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss. Teams are ranked by competition points, points difference (points scored less points conceded), points scored.

At the end of the season in the Premier Division, the top six teams enter the playoffs with the winner being crowned NCL champions. The bottom three clubs are relegated to Division One.

For Divisions One Two and Three the top two clubs are promoted from their respective divisions while teams finishing between 3rd and 6th playoff for the final promotion place. With the exception of Division Three, the bottom three clubs are relegated.

For the Southern Conference League clubs play each other once home and away while at the end of the season the top four teams playoff to determine the champions although no club is promoted or relegated.

More information Level, League(s)/Division(s) ...

Level	League(s)/Division(s)
1	Premier Division 12 clubs – 3 relegations
2	Division One 12 clubs – 3 promotions, 3 relegations
3	Division Two 12 clubs – 3 promotions, 3 relegations
4	Division Three 13 clubs – 3 promotions, bottom 2 clubs seek re-election
4	Southern Conference League 8 clubs – 0 promotions, 0 relegation

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History
While in the early days rugby league had an established structure outside of the professional leagues with county-wide competitions and the like, this soon decayed into local district leagues usually only featuring teams from one or two towns with no input from the professional game. This eventually saw the number of amateur rugby league clubs reduce to a mere 150 in the early 1970s.

Against this background British Amateur Rugby League Association were formed in 1973. One of their first acts was to merge the vast majority of the district leagues into three regional leagues: the Yorkshire League, the Pennine League and the North Western Counties League. For geographical reasons the Hull League, the Cumberland League, the Barrow League and the London League were left as they were.

This allowed clubs to play at more appropriate standards as there were more divisions, and this factor along with the improved governance of BARLA saw the standard and numbers of clubs rise quickly. However, while there was a National Cup, the best amateur clubs were still divided between six leagues and thus the desire for an amateur National League arose.

The BARLA National League was formed in 1986. The league received twenty-seven applications including five from the Barrow area alone, and more unusually, one from a London club- South London Warriors.

In the end the league settled on ten members, all from the northern strongholds of the game. These were four clubs from Yorkshire: Dudley Hill, Milford Marlins, Heworth and West Hull; four clubs from Lancashire: Pilkington Recs, Wigan St Patrick's, Woolston Rovers and Leigh Miners' Welfare; and two clubs from Cumbria: Egremont Rangers and Millom. These ten clubs were to be the members for each of the first three seasons.

The National League soon proved popular and for the 1989/90 season extended the top flight to twelve teams to include Lock Lane and Mayfield. However, this modest expansion wasn't enough and the 1989/90 season also saw the addition of a 10-team second division (to expand to 12 teams after one season).

The ten inaugural members of the second division were as follows: Saddleworth Rangers, Leigh East, British Aerospace, Barrow Island, Askam, Knottingley, Redhill, Dewsbury Celtic, Shaw Cross Sharks and East Leeds. This expansion was to prove successful with Leigh East becoming the first non-founder members to win the league in the 1990/91 season.

In 1993 the RFL wanted to contract the professional ranks from 35 to 32 teams. However, their initial plan to place the excluded teams in the Alliance (reserve grade) faced a legal challenge so they needed an alternative competition to place them in. The RFL thus proposed a league to bridge the gap between the professional and amateur leagues to feature the three demoted semi-pro clubs plus Hemel Hempstead (who already played in the Alliance as a semi-pro club) and eight BARLA clubs.

However, BARLA wanted all National League clubs to be in any such league and since the RFL were in a tough legal position they were prepared to compromise with BARLA and thus the three division National Conference League was born. Other concessions made were an increase in the BARLA representation in the Challenge Cup from a mere 2 clubs to 64 and allowing the National Conference League champions to apply to replace the bottom team in the pro leagues.

However, the latter concession soon disappeared as the pro leagues moved to summer and the National Conference League did not want to move, furthermore Woolston Rovers' application to replace Highfield was voted out (the one club elected to the league from the National Conference League being Chorley Borough who were themselves a former semi-pro league club). The National Conference League soon expanded all divisions to 14 teams, though on occasions it has struggled to reach full complement of members, and lost all the remaining semi-pro clubs within three seasons.

Due to the switch of the pro game to summer the National Conference League gradually came to be seen as solely a BARLA league, despite being temporarily expelled from BARLA in 2002 , with only three National Conference League teams joining National League Three which was intended as a league to bridge the gap between the pro and amateur games. However, this was to change in 2008 when the National Conference League decided they did not like the path BARLA was taking and downgraded the league's BARLA membership from full to associate Archived 2011-08-23 at the Wayback Machine. In 2009 the National Conference League introduced a summer competition for clubs wanting to play year round as a test for a more permanent switch to summer which was to come in 2012.

From 2012 the Conference played in summer, as tier 3 of the new pyramid, and the initial season saw two former Rugby League Conference National Division clubs admitted (Dewsbury Celtic and Featherstone Lions) with others expected to join from 2013. For one season only the Rugby League Conference National Division ran as Conference division three with no automatic promotion to division two, but after this, all northern clubs were required to meet full Conference criteria to play in tier 3. The RFL also had ambitions of a Conference South ^{[permanent dead link]} which would leave the former National Conference League as Conference North. From 2013, the limit on member clubs was raised from 42 to 56 and saw an increase to four divisions. ==Sources

https://www.nationalconferenceleague.co.uk%5B%5D - former National Conference League official website
https://www.rugby-league.com/leagues__competitions/national_conference_league - National Conference League official website
The Times newspaper archives (results section 1986 onwards plus several articles from 1986 and 1993 about the formation of the National League and National Conference League respectively)

NCL Prem

Quick facts Sport, Founded ...

National Conference League Premier Division
Current season, competition or edition: 2024 National Conference League season
Sport	Rugby league
Founded	1986; 40 years ago (1986) (as BARLA National League)
No. of teams	12
Country	England
Most recent champions	Hunslet ARLFC (2nd title)
Most titles	West Hull (9 titles)
Level on pyramid	4
Relegation to	National Conference League Division One
Domestic cups	Challenge Cup BARLA National Cup

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The National Conference League Premier Division is the top level of amateur rugby league in Britain and sits in the fourth tier of the British rugby league system.

There is no promotion into the professional pyramid but any club can apply to enter League One, not just NCL Premier Division sides.

History The NCL Premier Division was founded in 1986 as BARLA National League, with 10 clubs competing with one representative for each town. The found clubs were;

Dudley Hill (Bradford)
Egremont Rangers (Egremont)
Heworth (York)
Leigh Miners Welfare (Leigh)
Milford (Leeds)
Millom (Millom)
Pilkington Recs (St Helens)
West Hull (Hull)
Wigan St Patricks (Wigan)
Woolston Rovers (Warrington)

Relegation was introduced in 1989 when the NCL First Division was added and by 2001 the NCL Grand Final was first contested to decide the league champions rather than first past the post.

More information Club, Founded ...

Club	Founded	Location
Dewsbury Moor	1968	Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Heworth	1922	York, North Yorkshire
Hunslet ARLFC	2022	Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire
Leigh Miners Rangers	1966	Leigh, Greater Manchester
Lock Lane	1938	Castleford, West Yorkshire
Rochdale Mayfield	1958	Castleton, Greater Manchester
Siddal	1908	Halifax, West Yorkshire
Thatto Heath Crusaders	1981	Thatto Heath, St Helens, Merseyside
Waterhead Warriors	1920	Oldham, Greater Manchester
Wath Brow Hornets	1898	Cleator Moor, Cumbria
West Bowling	1950	Bradford, West Yorkshire
West Hull	1961	Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire
York Acorn	1973	Acomb, York, North Yorkshire

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More information Season, Winner ...

Season	Winner	Score	Runners-up	Relegated
1986–87	Heworth	N/A	West Hull	N/A
1987–88	Milford	West Hull
1988–89	West Hull	Wigan St Patricks
1989–90	Bradford Dudley Hill	Egremont Rangers	Milford Lock Lane
1990–91	Leigh East	Leigh Miners Rangers	West Hull
1991–92	Wigan St Patricks	Saddleworth Rangers	Barrow Island Rochdale Mayfield
1992–93	Saddleworth Rangers	Egremont Rangers	N/A
1993–94	Woolston Rovers	Chorley	Blackpool Gladiators Nottingham City
1994–95	Woolston Rovers (2)	Heworth	Askam
1995–96	Woolston Rovers (3)	Wigan St Patricks	Millom
1996–97	West Hull (2)	Woolston Rovers	N/A
1997–98	Egremont Rangers	Woolston Rovers	Rochdale Mayfield Lock Lane
1998–99	West Hull (3)	Skirlaugh	Heworth
1999–00	West Hull (4)	Skirlaugh	Askam
2000–01	West Hull (5)	Woolston Rovers	Bradford Dudley Hill Redhill
2001–02	West Hull (6)	24-20	Oulton Raiders	Walney Central Saddleworth Rangers
2002–03	Siddal	19-14	West Hull	East Leeds
2003–04	Siddal (2)	18-16	Skirlaugh	Lock Lane Ideal Isburg Featherstone Lions
2004–05	Leigh Miners Rangers	30-22	Wath Brow Hornets	West Hull West Bowling Thatto Heath Crusaders
2005–06	Oulton Raiders	20-11	Wigan St Patricks	Eccles & Salford Leigh East Wigan St Judes
2006–07	Skirlaugh	8-6	Leigh Miners Rangers	Oldham St Annes Wath Brow Hornets Shaw Cross Sharks
2007–08	East Hull	26-10	Leigh Miners Rangers	Castleford Panthers West Bowling Eastmoor Dragons
2008–09	Siddal (3)	15-8	East Hull	Thatto Heath Crusaders Rochdale Mayfield Thornhill Trojans
2009–10	Leigh East (2)	37-10	Siddal	Oulton Raiders Ince Rose Bridge Widnes St Maries
2010–11	Thatto Heath Crusaders	30-18	Siddal	Bradford Dudley Hill Wigan St Judes York Acorn
2012	Wath Brow Hornets	22-6	Myton Warriors	Leigh East Oulton Raiders Saddleworth Rangers
2013	West Hull (7)	16-12	Wath Brow Hornets	York Acorn Myton Warriors Ince Rose Bridge
2014	West Hull (8)	20-8	Wath Brow Hornets (3)	Skirlaugh Hunslet Warriors Wigan St Judes
2015	Leigh Miners Rangers (2)	22-20	Siddal	East Leeds Thatto Heath Crusaders Oulton Raiders
2016	Siddal (4)	42-4	Leigh Miners Rangers	Lock Lane Hull Dockers York Acorn
2017	Thatto Heath Crusaders (2)	18-12	Siddal	Pilkington Recs Leigh Miners Rangers
2018	Hunslet Club Parkside	26-18	West Hull	Normanton Knights Wigan St Patricks Myton Warriors
2019	West Hull (9)	18-14 (GP)	Thatto Heath Crusaders	Leigh Miners Rangers Thornhill Trojans Kells
2020	Tournament curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Tournament restructured due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022	Hunslet Club Parkside (2)	18-14	West Hull	Pilkington Recs Thornhill Trojans Egremont Rangers
2023	Hunslet ARLFC	20-6	West Hull	Leigh Miners Rangers Wigan St Patricks Hull Dockers
2024	Hunslet ARLFC (2)	24-12	Siddal	Heworth Kells Egremont Rangers

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More information Club, Wins ...

	Club	Wins	Runners up	Winning years
1	West Hull	9	6	1988–89, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2013, 2014, 2019
2	Siddal	5	5	2002–03, 2003–04, 2008–09, 2016, 2017
3	Woolston Rovers	3	3	1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96
4	Leigh Miners Rangers	2	4	2004–05, 2015
	Leigh East		0	1990–91, 2009–10
	Hunslet Club Parkside			2018, 2022
	Hunslet ARLFC			2023, 2024
5	Skirlaugh	1	3	2006–07
	Wath Brow Hornets		3	2012
	Wigan St Patricks		2	1991–92
	Egremont Rangers		2	1997–98
	Heworth		1	1986–87
	Saddleworth Rangers			1992–93
	Oulton Raiders			2005–06
	East Hull			2007–08
	Thatto Heath Crusaders			2010–11
	Milford		0	1987–88
	Bradford Dudley Hill		0	1989–90

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NCL One

Quick facts Sport, Founded ...

National Conference League Division One
Current season, competition or edition: 2024 National Conference League season
Sport	Rugby league
Founded	1989; 37 years ago (1989)
No. of teams	12
Country	England
Most recent champions	Waterhead Warriors (1st title)
Most titles	Oulton Raiders (3 titles)
Level on pyramid	5
Promotion to	National Conference League Premier Division
Relegation to	National Conference League Division Two
Domestic cups	Challenge Cup BARLA National Cup

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The National Conference League Division One is the second level of the amateur National Conference League in Britain and sits in the fifth tier of the British rugby league system.

More information Club, Founded ...

Club	Founded	Location
Crosfields	1901	Warrington, Cheshire
Egremont Rangers	1900	Egremont, Cumbria
Heworth	1922	York, North Yorkshire
Ince Rose Bridge	2001	Ince-in-Makerfield, Wigan, Greater Manchester
Kells	1931	Whitehaven, Cumbria
Oldham St Annes	1946	Oldham, Greater Manchester
Oulton Raiders	1962	Oulton, Leeds, West Yorkshire
Shaw Cross Sharks	1947	Shaw Cross, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Stanningley	1889	Stanningley, Leeds, West Yorkshire
Wigan St Judes	1980	Wigan, Greater Manchester
Wigan St Patricks	1910	Wigan, Greater Manchester
Woolston Rovers	1959	Warrington, Cheshire

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More information Season, Winners ...

Season	Winners	Runners up	Relegated
1989–90	Saddleworth Rangers	Leigh East	N//A
1990–91	Barrow Island	Askam
1991–92	West Hull	Dewsbury Celtic
1992–93	Rochdale Mayfield	Oulton Raiders
1993–94	Heworth	Mayfield
1994–95	Millom	Lock Lane
1995–96	Beverley	Oldham St Anne’s
1996–97	Askam	Walney Central	Millom
1997–98	Skirlaugh	Thornhill Trojans	Blackbrook Royals
1998–99	Redhill	Bradford Dudley Hill	Milford Eastmoor Dragons
1999–00	Oulton Raiders	Ideal Isburg	Blackbrook Royals
2000–01	Leigh East	Siddal	Heworth Millom
2001–02	West Bowling	East Leeds	Rochdale Mayfield Eastmoor Dragons
2002–03	Thatto Heath Crusaders	Featherstone Lions	Waterhead Warriors
2003–04	Wath Brow Hornets	Wigan St Judes	Saddleworth Rangers Crosfield
2004–05	Shaw Cross Sharks	East Hull	Castleford Panthers Featherstone Lions
2005–06	West Hull (2)	West Bowling	Askam Ideal Isburg
2006–07	Rochdale Mayfield (2)	Castleford Panthers	Lock Lane Milford Ovenden
2007–08	Wigan St Judes	York Acorn	Eccles & Salford Waterhead Warriors East Leeds
2008–09	Wath Brow Hornets (2)	Ince Rose Bridge	Eastmoor Dragons Oldham St Annes Shaw Cross Sharks
2009–10	Thatto Heath Crusaders	Bradford Dudley Hill	West Bowling Heworth
2010–11	Oulton Raiders (2)	Myton Warriors	Normanton Knights
2012	Egremont Rangers	Lock Lane	Stanningley Oldham St Annes Castleford Panthers
2013	East Leeds	Hunslet Warriors	Stanley Rangers Saddleworth Rangers Waterhead Warriors
2014	Oulton Raiders (3)	Rochdale Mayfield	Dewsbury Celtic Millom

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More information Season, Winners ...

Season	Winners	Runners up	Playoff Winner	Score	Playoff Runner up	Relegated
2015	Kells	Pilkington Recs	York Acorn	30-22	Normanton Knights	Salford City Roosters Wigan St Judes Saddleworth Rangers
2016	Thatto Heath Crusaders (2)	Myton Warriors	Skirlaugh	25-18	Featherstone Lions	East Leeds Milliom Elland
2017	Hunslet Club Parkside	Oulton Raiders	Normanton Knights	22-20^[7]	Milford	Hunslet Warriors Hull Dockers Blackbroom
2018	Thornhill Trojans	Lock Lane	Leigh Miners Rangers	23-22 (GP)	Milford	Ince Rose Bridge Shaw Cross Sharks Bradford Dudley Hill
2019	Pilkington Recs	York Acorn	Featherstone Lions	23-10	Stanningley	Saddleworth Rangers Normanton Knights Dewsbury Moor
2020	Tournament curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Tournament restructured due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022	Kells (2)	Wigan St Patricks	No playoff was held			Saddleworth Rangers Myton Warriors Milford
2023	West Bowling (2)	Egremont Rangers	Heworth	46-6	Oulton Raiders	Pilkington Recs Thornhill Trojans
2024	Waterhead Warriors	Leigh Miners Rangers	Dewsbury Moor	16-10	Ince Rose Bridge	Hull Dockers Clock Face Miners Skirlaugh

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More information Club, Wins ...

	Club	Wins	Runners up	Winning years
1	Oulton Raiders	3	2	2005–06, 2010–11, 2014
2	Rochdale Mayfield	2	2	1992–93, 2006–07
	West Hull		0	1991–92, 2005–06
	Thatto Heath Crusaders			2002–03, 2016
	Wath Brow Hornets			2003–04, 2008–09
	Kells			2015, 2022
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	Askam	1	1	1996–97
	Leigh East			2000–01
	West Bowling			2001–02
	Egremont Rangers			2012
	East Leeds			2013
	Thornhill Trojans			2018
	Pilkington Recs			2019
	Saddleworth Rangers		0	1989–90
	Barrow Island			1990–91
	Heworth			1993–94
	Millom			1994–95
	Beverley			1995–96
	Skirlaugh			1997–98
	Redhill			1998–99
	Shaw Cross Sharks			2004–05
	West Hull			2005–06
	Wigan St Judes			2007–08
	Hunslet Club Parkside			2017
	Waterhead Warriors			2024

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NCL Two

Quick facts Sport, Founded ...

National Conference League Division Two
Current season, competition or edition: 2024 National Conference League season
Sport	Rugby league
Founded	1993; 33 years ago (1993)
No. of teams	12
Country	England
Most recent champions	Wigan St Judes (2nd title)
Most titles	Eastmoor Dragons Wigan St Judes Millom (2 titles)
Level on pyramid	6
Promotion to	National Conference League Division One
Relegation to	National Conference League Division Three
Domestic cups	Challenge Cup BARLA National Cup

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More information Club, Established ...

Club	Established	Location
Barrow Island	1935	Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria
Clock Face Miners	1921	St Helens, Merseyside
Dewsbury Celtic	1879	Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Drighlington	1973	Drighlington, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Ellenborough Rangers		Maryport, Cumbria
East Leeds	1979	Richmond Hill, Leeds, West Yorkshire
Hensingham	1900	Hensingham, Whitehaven, Cumbria
Hull Dockers	1880	Hull, East Yorkshire
Normanton Knights	1878	Normanton, West Yorkshire
Pilkington Recs	1949	St Helens, Merseyside
Skirlaugh	1980	Skirlaugh, Hull, East Yorkshire
Thornhill Trojans	1988	Dewsbury, West Yorkshire

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More information Season, Winners ...

Season	Winners	Runners up	Relegated
1993–94	Oldham St Annes	Moldgreen	N/A
1994–95	Eastmoor Dragons	Blackbrook
1995–96	Wigan St Judes	Barrow Island
1996–97	Redhill	Skirlaugh
1997–98	Featherstone Lions	Siddal
1998–99	Ideal Isberg	Eccles
1999–00	Eastmoor Dragons (2)	West Bowling
2000–01	Thatto Heath Crusaders	Hull Dockers
2001–02	Crosfield	Hunslet Warriors
2002–03	Wath Brow Hornets	Milford
2003–04	East Hull	Rochdale Mayfield
2004–05	Ince Rose Bridge	Eastmoor Dragons
2005–06	Castleford Panthers	Wigan St Maries
2006–07	Waterhead Warriors	Bradford Dudley Hill
2007–08	Millom	Normanton Knights
2008–09	Myton Warriors	Milford
2009–10	Eccles	Oldham St Annes
2010–11	Hunslet Warriors	Egremont Rangers
2012	East Leeds	Waterhead Warriors	Crosfield Featherstone Lions Heworth

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More information Season, Winners ...

Season	Winners	Runners up	Playoff Winner	Score	Playoff Runners up	Relegated
2013	Normanton Knights	Shaw Cross Sharks	No playoff held			Eastmoor Dragons
2014	Kells		Pilkington Recs	28-10	Bradford Dudley Hill	Waterhead Warriors Stanningley
2015	Millom (2)	Featherstone Lions	Underbank Rangers	28-24	Leigh East	Oldham St Annes Castleford Panthers
2016	Hunslet Club Parkside	Askam	Blackbrooke	24-23	Askam	Dewsbury Celtic Stanningley Stanley Rangers
2017	Oulton Raiders	Thornhill Trojans	Bradford Dudley Hill	34-22	Wigan St Judes	Millom Salford City Roosters
2018	Stanningley	Dewsbury Moor	Saddleworth Rangers	33-16	Wigan St Judes	Drighlington Hunslet Warriors Leigh East
2019	West Bowling	Ince Rose Bridge	Hull Dockers	44-16	Crosfields	East Leeds Shaw Cross Sharks Askam
2020	Tournament curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Tournament restructured due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022	Heworth	Crosfields	Clock Face Miners	20-18	Woolston Rovers	Beverley
2023	Waterhead Warriors	Dewsbury Moor	Woolston Rovers	14-12	Shaw Cross Sharks	Myton Warriors East Leeds Milford
2024	Wigan St Judes	Shaw Cross Sharks	Oldham St Annes	22-12	Dewsbury Celtic	Millom Saddleworth Rangers Myton Warriors

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More information Club, Wins ...

Club	Wins	Runners up	Winning years
Eastmoor Dragons	2	1	1994–95, 1999–00
Millom		0	2007–08, 2015
Wigan St Judes		0	1995–96, 2024
Oldham St Annes	1	1	1993–94
Featherstone Lions			1997–98
Crosfield			2001–02
Ince Rose Bridge			2004–05
Waterhead Warriors			2006–07
Eccles & Salford			2009–10
Hunslet Warriors			2010–11
Normanton Knights			2013
Redhill		0	1996–97
Ideal Isburgs			1998–99
Thatto Heath Crusaders			2000–01
Wath Brow Hornets			2002–03
East Hull			2003–04
Castleford Panthers			2005–06
Myton Warriors			2008–09
East Leeds			2012
Kells			2014
Hunslet Club Parkside			2016
Oulton Raiders			2017
Stanningley			2018
West Bowling			2019
Heworth			2022

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NCL Three

Quick facts Sport, Founded ...

National Conference League Division Three
Current season, competition or edition: 2024 National Conference League season
Sport	Rugby league
Founded	2012; 14 years ago (2012)
No. of teams	10
Country	England
Most recent champions	East Leeds (2nd title)
Most titles	East Leeds (2 titles)
Level on pyramid	7
Promotion to	National Conference League Division Two
Relegation to	Regional leagues
Domestic cups	Challenge Cup BARLA National Cup

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The National Conference League Division Three is the fourth level of the National Conference League and sits in the seventh tier of the British rugby league system. It is the entry league for the NCL and sits above the Conference League South although there is no promotion and relegation between the two or the regional leagues. Any club wanting to compete in the NCL has to send an application to the league.

In 2011, NCL clubs voted to switch from playing in winter to summer ^[8] which resulted in a reorganisation of the amateur pyramid. The current summer competition, the Rugby League Conference, was to be scrapped with its National Division effectively become part of the NCL while most of its regional divisions would continue as they were.

NCL Division Three was the NCLs most geographically diverse division with six out of the ten clubs competing being located outside the north of England. There was no promotion in the leagues first season, only a top six playoff was played to determine the winners. Of the ten clubs who competed in the first season only two, Coventry Bears and Underbank Rangers, returned the following season.

More information Club, Founded ...

Club	Founded	Location
Bentley	1963	Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Beverley	1883	Beverley, Hull, East Yorkshire
Distington		Distington, Cumbria
Eastmoor Dragons	1873	Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Featherstone Lions	1994	Featherstone, West Yorkshire
Leigh East	1977	Leigh, Greater Manchester
Millom	1873	Millom, Cumbria
Milford		Kirkstall, Leeds, West Yorkshire
Myton Warriors	1997	Hull, East Yorkshire
Saddleworth Rangers	1930	Saddleworth, Greater Manchester
Seaton Rangers	1890	Seaton, Workington, Cumbria

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More information Season, Winners ...

Season	Winners	Runners up	Playoff Winner	Score	Playoff Runner up	Bottom team
2012	Hemel Stags	Underbank Rangers	Hemel Stags	17-10	Underbank Rangers	South Wales Hornets
2013	Kells	Pilkington Recs	No playoff held			Peterlee Pumas
2014	Featherstone Lions	Blackbrooke	Underbank Rangers	20-6	Crosfield	Peterlee Pumas
2015	Hunslet Club Parkside	Thornhill Trojans	Stanningley	20-17	Drighlington	Eastmoor Dragons
2016	Crossfields	Drighlington	Drighlington	32-18	Woolston Rovers	Gateshead Storm
2017	West Bowling	Stanningley	Dewsbury Moor	16-10	Woolston Rovers	Waterhead Warriors
2018	Beverley	Barrow Island	Clock Face Miners	16-12	Millom	Stanley Rangers
2019	Woolston Rovers	Hunslet Warriors	Dewsbury Celtic	30-16	Heworth	Salford City Roosters
2020	Tournament curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Tournament restructured due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022	East Leeds	Waterhead Warriors	Shaw Cross Sharks	30-18	Oldham St Annes	Eastmoor Dragons
2023	Oldham St Annes	Ellenborough	Millom	20-6	Leigh East	Seaton Rangers
2024	East Leeds (2)	Hensingham	Drighlington	17-10	Distington	Featherstone Lions

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More information Club, Wins ...

Club	Wins	Runners up	Winning years
East Leeds	2	0	2022, 2024
Hemel Stags	1	0	2012
Kells	1		2013
Featherstone Lions	1		2014
Hunslet Club Parkside	1		2015
Crosfield	1		2016
West Bowling	1		2017
Beverley	1		2018
Woolston Rovers	1		2019

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League table

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Leigh Centurions (P)	18	14	0	4	686	407	+279	28	Semi-final
2	Whitehaven	18	14	0	4	552	312	+240	28	Semi-final
3	Hull Kingston Rovers	18	10	0	8	466	428	+38	20	Elimination Semi-final
4	Oldham	18	10	0	8	482	503	−21	20
5	Featherstone Rovers	18	9	1	8	500	491	+9	19
6	Doncaster Dragons	18	9	1	8	468	502	−34	19
7	Batley Bulldogs	18	8	0	10	503	534	−31	16
8	Rochdale Hornets	18	7	1	10	472	587	−115	15
9	Halifax	18	7	0	11	426	482	−56	14	Qualification for Relegation Playoff
10	Keighley Cougars (R)	18	1	0	17	366	708	−342	2	Relegated to National League Two

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Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Div 2

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Barrow Raiders	18	14	1	3	521	346	+175	29	Semi-final
2	York City Knights	18	13	0	5	630	308	+322	26	Semi-final
3	Sheffield Eagles	18	12	0	6	569	340	+229	24	Elimination Semi-final
4	Swinton Lions	18	12	0	6	547	460	+87	24
5	Workington Town	18	10	0	8	597	479	+118	20
6	Hunslet Hawks	18	10	0	8	475	394	+81	20
7	Chorley Lynx	18	7	2	9	460	522	−62	16
8	London Skolars	18	3	1	14	361	583	−222	7
9	Dewsbury Rams	18	3	1	14	284	595	−311	7
10	Gateshead Thunder	18	1	0	17	298	715	−417	2

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Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;

Third Division

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Leeds	34	26	1	7	334	98	+236	53	Joined the NRFU Second Division
2	Manningham	34	14	5	15	141	170	−29	33
3	Keighley	34	27	2	5	270	92	+178	56
4	Wakefield Trinity	34	18	2	14	263	196	+67	38
5	Holbeck	34	20	5	9	213	83	+130	45
6	Dewsbury	34	8	5	21	123	245	−122	21
7	York	34	11	4	19	111	190	−79	26
8	Normanton	34	12	4	18	160	228	−68	28
9	Bramley	34	16	4	14	179	151	+28	36
10	Castleford	34	9	4	21	105	268	−163	22
11	Heckmondwike	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Resigned from league
12	GOO	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	SBR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	LIV	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Source: ^[9]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;

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More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Featherstone Rovers (C, P)	28	24	1	3	966	352	+614	49	Promoted to First Division Qualified for Divisional Premiership second round
2	Oldham (P)	28	20	1	7	753	503	+250	41
3	Huddersfield	28	15	0	13	565	548	+17	30	Qualified for Divisional Premiership second round
4	Rochdale Hornets	28	14	0	14	622	607	+15	28	Qualified for Divisional Premiership second round
5	London Crusaders	28	12	2	14	534	562	−28	26
6	Swinton	28	10	0	18	409	636	−227	20
7	Carlisle	28	6	3	19	454	721	−267	15
8	Bramley	28	7	1	20	328	732	−404	15

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Source: ^[9]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

League leaders

Quick facts Country, History ...

British rugby league League Leaders'
History
Country	England France
First award	1906–07
Most wins	St. Helens (15 titles)
Most recent	2023 Wigan Warriors (14th title)

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The British rugby league League Leaders are the team finishing top of the league at the end of the regular season when a playoff system is used to crown the league champions.

History

For the first six seasons of the Championship, first past the post was used to crown the Champions. However, as the competition grew and added more teams not every club was able to fulfil all their fixtures, this creating an uneven fixture list. Due to some teams playing more games than others it was decided ahead of the 1906–07 season that the Championship would be decided by a playoff.

The club finishing top of the table at the end of the regular season would become known as the League Leaders and the winners of the Playoffs would be crowned the Champions.

Between 1906 and 1973 there were only four seasons when the playoff system was not used (excluding unofficial completions during the First and Second World Wars)

It wasn’t until 1964 that the league leaders were awarded with an official trophy, the RFL Championship League Leaders Trophy. This was awarded for 9 seasons until the playoffs were abolished in 1973. For the following 25 seasons the team finishing top were crowned Champions.

In 1998 the RFL decided to reintroduce a playoff system despite the first two seasons of Super League being decided by first past the post. No official trophy was awarded until 2003 when the league leaders were given the League Leaders Shield.

More information Season, League Leaders ...

Season
Season	League Leaders	Runners up
1895–96	Manningham	Halifax
1896–1901: County Championships
1901–02	Broughton Rangers	Salford
1902–03	Halifax	Salford
1903–04	Bradford F.C.	Salford
1904–05	Oldham	Bradford F.C.
1905–06	Leigh	Hunslet
1906–07	Halifax	Oldham
1907–08	Oldham	Hunslet
1908–09	Wigan	Halifax
1909–10	Oldham (2)	Salford
1910–11	Wigan (2)	Oldham
1911–12	Huddersfield	Wigan
1912–13	Huddersfield (2)	Wigan
1913–14	Huddersfield (3)	Salford
1914–15	Huddersfield (4)	Wigan
1915–1918: Official competition suspended due to First World War
1918–19 County Championship
1919–20	Huddersfield (5)	Hull F.C.
1920–21	Hull Kingston Rovers	Hull F.C.
1921–22	Oldham (3)	Wigan
1922–23	Hull F.C.	Huddersfield
1923–24	Wigan (3)	Batley
1924–25	Swinton	Hull Kingston Rovers
1925–26	Wigan (4)	Warrington
1926–27	St Helens Recs	Swinton
1927–28	Swinton (2)	Leeds
1928–29	Huddersfield (6)	Hull Kingston Rovers
1929–30	St Helens	Huddersfield
1930–31	Swinton (3)	Leeds
1931–32	Huddersfield (7)	St Helens
1932–33	Salford	Swinton
1933–34	Salford (2)	Wigan
1934–35	Swinton (4)	Warrington
1935–36	Hull F.C. (2)	Liverpool Stanley
1936–37	Salford (3)	Warrington
1937–38	Hunslet	Leeds
1938–39	Salford (4)	Castleford
1939–1945 Official competition suspended due to Second World War
1945–46	Wigan	Huddersfield
1946–47	Wigan	Dewsbury
1947–48	Wigan (5)	Warrington
1948–49	Warrington	Wigan
1949–50	Wigan (6)	Huddersfield
1950–51	Warrington (2)	Wigan
1951–52	Bradford	Wigan
1952–53	St. Helens (2)	Halifax
1953–54	Halifax (2)	Warrington
1954–55	Warrington (3)	Oldham
1955–56	Warrington (4)	Halifax
1956–57	Oldham (4)	Hull F.C.
1957–58	Oldham (5)	St. Helens
1958–59	St. Helens (3)	Wigan
1959–60	St. Helens (4)	Wakefield Trinity
1960–61	Leeds	Warrington
1961–62	Wigan (7)	Wakefield Trinity
1962–63	Swinton	St. Helens
1963–64	Swinton	Wigan
1964–65	St. Helens (5)	Wigan
1965–66	St. Helens (6)	Swinton
1966–67	Leeds (2)	Hull Kingston Rovers
1967–68	Leeds (3)	Wakefield Trinity
1968–69	Leeds (4)	St. Helens
1969–70	Leeds (5)	Castleford
1970–71	Wigan (8)	St. Helens
1971–72	Leeds (6)	Bradford
1972–73	Warrington (5)	Featherstone Rovers
1973–74	Salford	St. Helens
1974–75	St. Helens	Wigan
1975–76	Salford	Featherstone Rovers
1976–77	Featherstone Rovers	St. Helens
1977–78	Widnes	Bradford Northern
1978–79	Hull Kingston Rovers	Warrington
1979–80	Bradford Northern	Widnes
1980–81	Bradford Northern	Warrington
1981–82	Leigh	Hull F.C.
1982–83	Hull F.C.	Hull Kingston Rovers
1983–84	Hull Kingston Rovers	Hull F.C.
1984–85	Hull Kingston Rovers	St. Helens
1985–86	Halifax	Wigan
1986–87	Wigan	St. Helens
1987–88	Widnes	St. Helens
1988–89	Widnes	Wigan
1989–90	Wigan	Leeds
1990–91	Wigan	Widnes
1991–92	Wigan	St. Helens
1992–93	Wigan	St. Helens
1993–94	Wigan	Bradford Northern
1994–95	Wigan	Leeds
1995–96	Wigan	Leeds
1996	St. Helens	Wigan
1997	Bradford	London
1998	Wigan (9)	Leeds
1999	Bradford (2)	St. Helens
2000	Wigan (10)	St. Helens
2001	Bradford (3)	Wigan
2002	St. Helens (7)	Bradford
2003	Bradford (4)	Leeds
2004	Leeds (7)	Bradford
2005	St. Helens (8)	Leeds
2006	St. Helens (9)	Hull F.C.
2007	St. Helens (10)	Leeds
2008	St. Helens (11)	Leeds
2009	Leeds (8)	St. Helens
2010	Wigan (11)	St. Helens
2011	Warrington (6)	Wigan
2012	Wigan (12)	Warrington
2013	Huddersfield (8)	Warrington
2014	St. Helens (12)	Wigan
2015	Leeds (9)	Wigan
2016	Warrington (7)	Wigan
2017	Castleford	Leeds
2018	St. Helens (13)	Wigan
2019	St. Helens (14)	Wigan
2020	Wigan (13)	St Helens
2021	Catalans	St Helens
2022	St Helens (15)	Wigan
2023	Wigan (14)	Catalans

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More information Club, Wins ...

Club	Wins	Runners up	Winning Years
St. Helens	15	10	1929-30, 1952-53, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1964-65, 1965-66, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2022
Wigan Warriors	14	18	1908-08, 1910-11, 1923-24, 1925-26, 1947-48, 1949-50, 1961-62, 1970-71, 1998, 2000, 2010, 2012, 2020, 2023
Leeds Rhinos	9	9	1960-61, 1966-67, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1969-70, 1971-72, 2004, 2009, 2015
Huddersfield Giants	8	3	1911-12, 1912-13, 1913-14, 1914-15, 1919-20, 1928-29, 1931-32, 2013
Warrington Wolves	7	8	1948-49, 1950-51, 1954-55, 1955-56, 1972-73, 2011, 2016
Oldham	5	3	1907-08, 1909-10, 1921-22, 1956-57, 1957-58
Salford Red Devils	4	8	1932-33, 1933-34, 1936-37, 1938-39
Swinton Lions		3	1924-25, 1927-28, 1930-31, 1934-35
Bradford Bulls		3	1951-52, 1999, 2001, 2003
Hull F.C.	2	4	1922-23, 1935-36
Halifax Panthers	1	3	1906-07
Hull Kingston Rovers		2	1920-21
Castleford Tigers		2	2017
Hunslet F.C.		1	1937-38
Catalans Dragons		1	2021
St Helens Recs		0	1926-27
Wakefield Trinity	0	3
Batley Bulldogs		1
Liverpool Stanley
Featherstone Rovers

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Current clubs

More information Club, First season in top division ...

Club	First season in top division	First season in Super League	Seasons in top division	Seasons in Super League	Titles (Most recent top division title)
Castleford Tigers^a	1926-27	1996	91	27	0 (N/A)
Catalans Dragons	2007	2007	18	18	0 (N/A)
Huddersfield Giants^c	1895-96	1998	90	27	7 (1961-62)
Hull FC^c	1895-96	1998	107	27	6 (1982-83)
Hull Kingston Rovers	1902-03	2007	89	17	5 (1984-85)
Leeds Rhinos^abc	1895-96	1996	113	29	11 (2017)
Leigh Leopards^c	1895-96	2005	71	5	2 (1981-82)
London Broncos^a	1981-82	1996	24	21	0 (N/A)
Salford Red Devils	1901-02	1997	82	26	6 (1975-76)
St Helens^abc	1895-96	1996	113	29	17 (2022)
Warrington Wolves^abcd	1895-96	1996	115	29	3 (1954-55)
Wigan Warriors^abc	1895-96	1996	113	29	23 (2023)

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Notes

^a: Founding member of the Super League

^b: Appeared in every Super League season since 1996

^c: One of the original 22 RFL teams

^d: appeared in every top flight season since 1895-96

	Current Champions

RFL Champ history

1895–1905: Foundations

Following the 22 rebel clubs’ decision to split from the Rugby Football Union, the newly formed Northern Rugby Football Union formed its own league which kicked off in 1895 with Manningham winning the first Championship.

As a result of a successful first season, eight more clubs resigned from the RFU and joined the Northern Union. After concerns over travel and the uncertainty of being able to organise a 30 team league it was decided from 1896 that the competition would be split into two separate County Championships in Yorkshire and Lancashire.

The County Championships were played until 1901 when 12 clubs resigned from their respective leagues to form a new league called the Northern Rugby Football League. The new league was initially met with protest from the Yorkshire Senior Competition, however after negotiations with the NRFL it was agreed a Second Division would be established for clubs to join with promotion and relegation between the two divisions.

By 1905 the Second Division had been abolished with clubs merging to create a single division. Due to not every club completing their fixtures, positions were decided by win percentage rather than points.

1906-1920: Introduction of Championship Final

Due to the 1905-06 season being decided by win percentages due to the uneven fixture list, it was decided the Championship would be decided by a playoff. The new Championship Final was inaugurated in the 1906-07 season with the top four clubs entered the playoffs. The first final was held at Fartown between League Leaders Halifax and Oldham with Halifax running out 18-3 winners.

By the 1910s Huddersfield began to dominate the Championship, finishing League Leaders four years in a row and winning three titles.

Despite the First World War starting in 1914, the RFL did not suspend the league until the following year. A Wartime Emergency League was organised in 1915-16 with clubs mostly playing other clubs in close proximity to reduce travel. Due to this the league was not considered an official competition and clubs winning the league are not considered official titles.

Following the end of the war in 1918 no national competition took place in 1918-19 and clubs took part in their County Championships. The Championship officially restarted the next year in 1919-20.

Inter War years: 1920-1945

Following the First World War the Championship continued as it had before with the title being decided by the Championship Final. Between 1920 and 1940, nice different clubs won the Championship.

The 1939-40 season was suspended due to the outbreak of the Second World War. Sport was eventually allowed to restart and the RFL organised another Wartime Emergency League where clubs were organised into County Championships with the winners of the Yorkshire and Lancashire leagues playing a two legged final in which Bradford Bulls beat Swinton. Like previous Wartime Emergency Leagues these titles did not count as official Championships. The same structure was repeated again until 1941-42 where clubs played in a single league with a playoff at the end of the season.

1945-1960: Post War years

Following the end of the Second World War the Championship restarted normally as it had done before with 27 teams taking part.

The league continued to grow and be competitive. By the 1950s the league grew to 31 teams with only Wigan and Warrington being able to win back to back titles.

1962-1973: Failed Second Division

By 1961 the 30 club Championship was deemed too big and was split into two divisions for the first time since 1905. The bottom 14 Championship teams in 1961-62 went on to create the new Second Division the following season.

The introduction of an even league meant the Championship Final was abolished and the League Leaders were crowned Champions. Swinton were the first clubs to be crowned Championship by finishing top of the league since the 1900s with Hunslet and Keighley promoted from the Second Division. Swinton retained their title the following season, however there was no promotion or relegation with the RFL deciding to merge the two divisions back into a single Championship.

The Championship Final was resurrected in 1964-65 with an expanded playoff format. Leeds began to dominate the division in the late 60s and early 70s, finishing League Leaders four years in a row between 1966-1970 the first club to do so since Huddersfield in the 1910s. They were unable to win as many Championships however, winning two of the four they made it to with their 1973 final being a shock defeat to Dewsbury.

1962-1973: Failed Second Division

By 1961 the 30 club Championship was deemed too big and was split into two divisions for the first time since 1905. The bottom 14 Championship teams in 1961-62 went on to create the new Second Division the following season.

The introduction of an even league meant the Championship Final was abolished and the League Leaders were crowned Champions. Swinton were the first clubs to be crowned Championship by finishing top of the league since the 1900s with Hunslet and Keighley promoted from the Second Division. Swinton retained their title the following season, however there was no promotion or relegation with the RFL deciding to merge the two divisions back into a single Championship.

The Championship Final was resurrected in 1964-65 with an expanded playoff format. Leeds began to dominate the division in the late 60s and early 70s, finishing League Leaders four years in a row between 1966-1970 the first club to do so since Huddersfield in the 1910s. They were unable to win as many Championships however, winning two of the four they made it to with their 1973 final being a shock defeat to Dewsbury.

1973-1988: Reintroduction of Second Division

By 1973 the RFL had once again decided a 30 team league was too large and reintroduced the Second Division. The bottom 14 clubs of the 1972-73 season split to form the new Second Division. As was done the last time the were two divisions the Championship Final was done away with.

This period in the leagues history was the longest it had gone without a playoff to decide the Champions. Featherstone Rovers and Widnes became the last new teams the win the title.

The structure largely stayed the same with 16 clubs, four of who were relegated each year until 1985-86 when only three were relegated due to the expansion of the Second Division. Four clubs were again relegated in 1986-87 with only two promoted from the second tier due to the First Division being reduced to 14 clubs.

1990-1996: Wigan dominance and Super League

list of British rl 2nd tier champions

Quick facts English League (2nd tier) ...

English League (2nd tier)
Rugby Football League Second Division (1902–1996) Division One (1996–1998) Premiership (1999–2002) National League One (2003–2007) Championship (2008–present)
Country
England France
Founded
1902
Number of teams
12
Current champions
London Broncos (2023)
Most successful club
Leigh Leopards (8 titles)

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History

Following the first rugby league season in 1895, the national competition was dissolved with clubs opting to play county league competitions due to the cost of travel. In 1901, 14 clubs came together to reform a national championship. The following season, 22 clubs from the Yorkshire and Lancashire Championships opted to join the national Championship with clubs being organised into two divisions for the first time.

The first incarnation of a Second Division only lasted for three seasons with clubs being reorganised into one National Championship again in 1905. The Championship would not be split again until 1962 when a 14 team division was created. This however only lasted for two seasons.

Come 1974 the Second Division was reformed for a third time with 14 clubs where the top four teams were promoted to the First Division. In 1990 only three teams were promoted with the bottom 13 clubs being relegated to form a new Third Division. This had a major impact on the 1991-92 season with the second tier only being made up of eight clubs playing 28 games with two teams promoted and two relegated. There was no relegation in 1992-93 with the Third Division being abolished and the remaining clubs rejoining the Second Division.

The 1994-95 became to be one of the most controversial seasons in the sports history. With the Rugby Football League and bSkyb agreeing to form a Super League competition in 1996, a league restructure began. The bottom 9 clubs were relegated to reform the Third Division. Despite finishing seventh, London Broncos were chosen over league champions Keighley Cougars to be promoted to the First Division and effectively be included in the first season of Super League. The following 1995-96 season was shortened due to the sports switch from winter to summer and no clubs were promoted or relegated.

In 1996 the Second Division was rebranded as Division One, featuring eleven teams with the bottom two relegated and the winners being promoted to Super League. The following 1997 season the top two were promoted and in 1998 promotion and the league title was decided by a playoff for the first time, in which Wakefield Trinity beat Featherstone Rovers.

The second tier was rebranded again in 1999 as the Premiership but was more commonly known as the Northern Ford Premiership due to sponsorship. The Third Division was for a third time abolished and the Premiership featured 18 teams again with a playoff and Grand Final. Hunslet and Dewsbury Rams made the Grand Final in 1999 but neither could be promoted due to their stadiums not meeting Super League minimum standards. This was again the case in 2000 when Dewsbury Rams won the final although runners up Leigh Leopards were also denied promotion. The following two years Widnes Vikings and Huddersfield Giants were both promoted.

For the 2003 season the league was split again with the creation of a 10 team second and third tier, now known as National League One and National League Two. Again the winners and promotion were decided by a playoff and Grand Final. By 2009 promotion was scrapped in favour of licensing and the league was rebranded as the Championship. The league retained the Grand Final but the winning team was not promoted

RFL Second Division (1902-1996)

More information Year, Champions ...

Year	Champions^[10]	Pts	Runners up	Pts
1902-03	Keighley	56	Leeds	53
1903-04	Wakefield Trinity	55	St. Helens	49
1904-05	Dewsbury	46	Barrow	44
1905-1962: No Second Division
1962-63	Hunslet F.C.	44	Keighley	42
1963-64	Oldham	43	Leigh	34
1964-1973: No Second Division
1973-74	Bradford	48	York	42
1974-75	Huddersfield	42	Hull Kingston Rovers	41
1975-76	Barrow	43	Rochdale Hornets	41
1976-77	Hull F.C.	45	Dewsbury	40
1977-78	Leigh	42	Barrow	42
1978-79	Hull F.C. (2)	52	Hunslet F.C.	43
1979-80	Featherstone	44	Halifax	41
1980-81	York	46	Wigan	43
1981-82	Oldham (2)	60	Carlisle	56
1982-83	London	55	Wakefield Trinity	52
1983-84	Barrow (2)	64	Workington	50
1984-85	Swinton	49	Salford	43
1985-86	Leigh (2)	66	Barrow	54
1986-87	Hunslet	50	Swinton	47
1987-88	Oldham (3)	47	Featherstone	44
1988-89	Leigh (3)	52	Barrow	43
1989-90	Hull Kingston Rovers	50	Rochdale Hornets	48
1990-91	Salford	53	Halifax	48
1991-92	Sheffield	43	Leigh	42
1992-93	Featherstone (2)	49	Oldham	41
1993-94	Workington	46	Doncaster	45
1994-95	Keighley (2)	48	Batley	46
1995-96	Salford (2)	35	Keighley	28

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Division One (1996-1998)

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Year	Champions^[11]	Pts	Runners up	Pts
1996	Salford (3)	36	Keighley	30
1997	Hull F.C. (3)	37	Huddersfield	32
Year	Champions^[12]	Score	Runners up
1998	Wakefield Trinity (2)	24-22	Featherstone

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Premiership (1999-2002)

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Year	Champions^[13]	Score	Runners up
1999	Hunslet (2)	12-11	Dewsbury
2000	Dewsbury (2)	13-12	Leigh
2001	Widnes	24-14	Oldham
2002	Huddersfield (2)	38-16	Leigh

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National League One/ Championship (2003-present)

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Year	Champions	Score	Runners up
2003	Salford (4)	31–14	Leigh
2004	Leigh (4)	32–16	Whitehaven
2005	Castleford	36–8	Whitehaven
2006	Hull Kingston Rovers (2)	29–16	Widnes
2007	Castleford (2)	42–10	Widnes
2008	Salford (5)	36–18	Crusaders
2009	Barrow (3)	26–18	Halifax
2010	Halifax	23–22	Featherstone
2011	Featherstone (3)	40–4	Sheffield
2012	Sheffield (2)	20–16	Featherstone
2013	Sheffield (3)	19–12	Batley
2014	Leigh (5)	36–12	Featherstone
2015	Leigh (6)	N/A	Bradford
2016	Leigh (7)		London
2017	Hull Kingston Rovers (3)		London
2018	Toronto		London
2019	Toronto (2)	24–6	Featherstone
2020	Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Leigh elevated to Super League
2021	Toulouse	34–12	Featherstone
2022	Leigh (8)	44–12	Batley
2023	London (2)	18-14	Toulouse

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Winners

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	Club	Wins	Runners up	Winning Years
1	Leigh Leopards	8	5	1977-78, 1985-86, 1988-89, 2004, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2022
2	Salford Red Devils	5	1	1990-91, 1995-96, 1996, 2003, 2008
3	Featherstone Rovers	3	7	1979-80, 1992-93, 2011
	Barrow Raiders		3	1975-76, 1983-84, 2009
	Oldham		2	1963-64, 1981-82, 1987-88
	Hull Kingston Rovers		1	1989-90, 2006, 2017
	Sheffield Eagles		1	1991-92, 2012, 2013
	Hull F.C.		0	1976-77, 1978-79, 1997
4	Keighley Cougars	2	3	1902-03, 1994-95
	London Broncos		3	1981-82, 2023
	Dewsbury Rams		2	1904-05, 2000
	Wakefield Trinity		1	1903-04, 1998
	Huddersfield Giants		1	1974-75, 2002
	Hunslet		0	1986-87, 1999
	Castleford Tigers			2005, 2007
	Toronto Wolfpack			2018, 2019
5	Halifax Panthers	1	4	2010
	Hunslet F.C.		1	1962-63
	York			1980-81
	Swinton Lions			1984-85
	Workington Town			1993-94
	Bradford Bulls			1973-74
	Toulouse Olympique			2021
6	Batley Bulldogs	0	3	N/A
	Rochdale Hornets		2
	Whitehaven		2
	St Helens		1
	Wigan Warriors
	Carlisle
	Doncaster
	Crusaders

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List of Finals

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Season	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Attendance
1896–97	Batley	10 – 3	St Helens	Headingley, Leeds	13,492
1897–98	Batley (2)	7 – 0	Bradford FC	Headingley, Leeds	27,941
1898–99	Oldham	19 – 9	Hunslet	Fallowfield, Manchester	15,763
1899–1900	Swinton	16 – 8	Salford	Fallowfield, Manchester	17,864
1900–01	Batley (3)	6 – 0	Warrington	Headingley, Leeds	29,563
1901–02	Broughton Rangers	25 – 0	Salford	Athletic Ground, Rochdale	15,006
1902–03	Halifax	7 – 0	Salford	Headingley, Leeds	32,507
1903–04	Halifax (2)	8 – 3	Warrington	The Willows, Salford	17,041
1904–05	Warrington	6 – 0	Hull Kingston Rovers	Headingley, Leeds	19,638
1905–06	Bradford FC	5 – 0	Salford	Headingley, Leeds	15,834
1906–07	Warrington (2)	17 – 3	Oldham	Wheater's Field, Salford	18,500
1907–08	Hunslet	14 – 0	Hull FC	Fartown, Huddersfield	18,000
1908–09	Wakefield Trinity	17 – 0	Hull FC	Headingley, Leeds	23,587
1909–10	Leeds	7 – 7	Hull FC	Fartown, Huddersfield	19,413
1909–10	Leeds	26 – 12	Hull FC	Fartown, Huddersfield	11,608
1910–11	Broughton Rangers (2)	4 – 0	Wigan	The Willows, Salford	8,000
1911–12	Dewsbury	8 – 5	Oldham	Headingley, Leeds	15,271
1912–13	Huddersfield	9 – 5	Warrington	Headingley, Leeds	22,754
1913–14	Hull FC	6 – 0	Wakefield Trinity	Thrum Hall, Halifax	19,000
1914–15	Huddersfield (2)	37 – 3	St Helens	Watersheddings, Oldham	8,000
1919–20	Huddersfield (3)	21 – 10	Wigan	Headingley Leeds	14,000
1920–21	Leigh	13 – 0	Halifax	Wheater's Field, Salford	25,000
1921–22	Rochdale Hornets	10 – 9	Hull FC	Headingley, Leeds	32,596
1922–23	Leeds (2)	28 – 3	Hull FC	Belle Vue, Wakefield	29,335
1923–24	Wigan	21 – 4	Oldham	Athletic Ground, Rochdale	41,831
1924–25	Oldham (2)	16 – 3	Hull Kingston Rovers	Headingley, Leeds	28,335
1925–26	Swinton (2)	9 – 3	Oldham	Athletic Ground, Rochdale	27,000
1926–27	Oldham (3)	26 – 7	Swinton	Central Park, Wigan	33,448
1927–28	Swinton (3)	5 – 3	Warrington	Central Park, Wigan	33,909
1928–29	Wigan (2)	13 – 2	Dewsbury	Wembley Stadium, London	41,500
1929–30	Widnes	10 – 3	St Helens		36,544
1930–31	Halifax (3)	22 – 8	York		40,365
1931–32	Leeds (3)	11 – 8	Swinton	Central Park, Wigan	29,000
1932–33	Huddersfield (4)	21 – 17	Warrington	Wembley Stadium, London	41,874
1933–34	Hunslet (2)	11 – 5	Widnes		41,280
1934–35	Castleford	11 – 8	Huddersfield		39,000
1935–36	Leeds (4)	18 – 2	Warrington		51,250
1936–37	Widnes (2)	18 – 5	Keighley		47,699	8 May 1937
1937–38	Salford	7 – 4	Barrow		51,243
1938–39	Halifax (4)	20 – 3	Salford		55,453
1940–41	Leeds (5)	19 – 2	Halifax	Odsal, Bradford	28,500
1941–42	Leeds (6)	15 – 10	Halifax	Odsal, Bradford	15,250
1942–43	Dewsbury	16 – 9	Leeds	Crown Flatt, Dewsbury	10,470
1942–43	Dewsbury	0 – 6	Leeds	Headingley, Leeds	16,000
1943–44	Bradford Northern	3 – 0	Wigan	Central Park, Wigan	22,000
1943–44	Bradford Northern	8 – 0	Wigan	Odsal, Bradford	30,000
1944–45	Huddersfield (5)	7 – 4	Bradford Northern	Fartown, Huddersfield	9,041
1944–45	Huddersfield (5)	6 – 5	Bradford Northern	Odsal, Bradford	17,500
1945–46	Wakefield Trinity (2)	13 – 12	Wigan	Wembley Stadium, London	54,730
1946–47	Bradford Northern (2)	8 – 4	Leeds		77,605
1947–48	Wigan (3)	8 – 3	Bradford Northern		91,465
1948–49	Bradford Northern (3)	12 – 0	Halifax		95,050
1949–50	Warrington (3)	19 – 0	Widnes		94,249
1950–51	Wigan (4)	10 – 0	Barrow		94,262
1951–52	Workington Town	18 – 10	Featherstone Rovers		72,093
1952–53	Huddersfield (6)	15 – 10	St Helens		89,588
1953–54	Warrington	4 – 4	Halifax		81,841
1953–54	Warrington (4)	8 – 4	Halifax	Odsal, Bradford	102,569
1954–55	Barrow	21 – 12	Workington Town	Wembley Stadium, London	66,513
1955–56	St Helens	13 – 2	Halifax		79,341
1956–57	Leeds (7)	9 – 7	Barrow		76,318
1957–58	Wigan (5)	13 – 9	Workington Town		66,109
1958–59	Wigan (6)	30 – 13	Hull FC		79,811
1959–60	Wakefield Trinity (3)	38 – 5	Hull FC		79,773
1960–61	St Helens (2)	12 – 6	Wigan		94,672
1961–62	Wakefield Trinity (4)	12 – 6	Huddersfield		81,263
1962–63	Wakefield Trinity (5)	25 – 10	Wigan		84,492
1963–64	Widnes (3)	13 – 5	Hull Kingston Rovers		84,488
1964–65	Wigan (7)	20 – 16	Hunslet		89,016
1965–66	St Helens (3)	21 – 2	Wigan		98,536
1966–67	Featherstone Rovers	17 – 12	Barrow		76,290
1967–68	Leeds (8)	11 – 10	Wakefield Trinity		87,100
1968–69	Castleford (2)	11 – 6	Salford		97,939
1969–70	Castleford (3)	7 – 2	Wigan		95,255
1970–71	Leigh (2)	24 – 7	Leeds		85,514
1971–72	St Helens (4)	16 – 13	Leeds		89,495
1972–73	Featherstone Rovers (2)	33 – 14	Bradford Northern		72,395
1973–74	Warrington (5)	24 – 9	Featherstone Rovers		77,400
1974–75	Widnes (4)	14 – 7	Warrington		85,098
1975–76	St Helens (5)	20 – 5	Widnes		89,982
1976–77	Leeds (9)	16 – 7	Widnes		80,871
1977–78	Leeds (10)	14 – 12	St Helens		96,000
1978–79	Widnes (5)	12 – 3	Wakefield Trinity		94,218
1979–80	Hull Kingston Rovers	10 – 5	Hull FC		95,000
1980–81	Widnes (6)	18 – 9	Hull Kingston Rovers		92,496
1981–82	Hull FC	14 – 14	Widnes		92,147
1981–82	Hull FC (2)	18 – 9	Widnes	Elland Road, Leeds	41,171
1982–83	Featherstone Rovers (3)	14 – 12	Hull FC	Wembley Stadium, London	84,969
1983–84	Widnes (7)	19 – 6	Wigan		80,116
1984–85	Wigan (8)	28 – 24	Hull FC		97,801
1985–86	Castleford (4)	15 – 14	Hull Kingston Rovers		82,134
1986–87	Halifax (5)	19 – 18	St Helens		91,267
1987–88	Wigan (9)	32 – 12	Halifax		94,273
1988–89	Wigan (10)	27 – 0	St Helens		78,000
1989–90	Wigan (11)	36 – 14	Warrington		77,729
1990–91	Wigan (12)	13 – 8	St Helens		75,532
1991–92	Wigan (13)	28 – 12	Castleford		77,386
1992–93	Wigan (14)	20 – 14	Widnes		77,684
1993–94	Wigan (15)	26 – 16	Leeds		78,348
1994–95	Wigan (16)	30 – 10	Leeds		78,550
1996	St Helens (6)	40 – 32	Bradford Bulls		75,994
1997	St Helens (7)	32 – 22	Bradford Bulls		78,022
1998	Sheffield Eagles	17 – 8	Wigan Warriors		60,669
1999	Leeds Rhinos (11)	52 – 16	London Broncos		73,242
2000	Bradford Bulls (4)	24 – 18	Leeds Rhinos	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh	67,247
2001	St Helens (8)	13 – 6	Bradford Bulls	Twickenham Stadium, London	68,250
2002	Wigan Warriors (17)	21 – 12	St Helens	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh	62,140
2003	Bradford Bulls (5)	22 – 20	Leeds Rhinos	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	71,212
2004	St Helens (9)	32 – 16	Wigan Warriors		73,734
2005	Hull FC (3)	25 – 24	Leeds Rhinos		74,213
2006	St Helens (10)	42 – 12	Huddersfield Giants	Twickenham Stadium, London	65,187
2007	St Helens (11)	30 – 8	Catalans Dragons	Wembley Stadium, London	84,241
2008	St Helens (12)	28 – 16	Hull FC		82,821
2009	Warrington Wolves (6)	25 – 16	Huddersfield Giants		76,560
2010	Warrington Wolves (7)	30 – 6	Leeds Rhinos		85,217
2011	Wigan Warriors (18)	28 – 18	Leeds Rhinos		78,482
2012	Warrington Wolves (8)	35 – 18	Leeds Rhinos		79,180
2013	Wigan Warriors (19)	16 – 0	Hull FC		78,137
2014	Leeds Rhinos (12)	23 – 10	Castleford Tigers		77,914
2015	Leeds Rhinos (13)	50 – 0	Hull Kingston Rovers		80,140
2016	Hull FC (4)	12 – 10	Warrington Wolves		76,235
2017	Hull FC (5)	18 – 14	Wigan Warriors		68,525
2018	Catalans Dragons	20 – 14	Warrington Wolves		50,672
2019	Warrington Wolves (9)	18 – 4	St Helens		62,717
2020	Leeds Rhinos (14)	17 – 16	Salford Red Devils		N/A
2021	St Helens (13)	26 – 12	Castleford Tigers		40,000 (Restricted attendance)
2022	Wigan Warriors (20)	16 – 14	Huddersfield Giants	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London	51,628

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All Time Super League table

( Seasons correct to 22)

Correct up to end of 2021 season
Does not include games in The Qualifiers

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Pos.	Club	Seasons	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	St. Helens	27	711	507	15	189	1,027
2	Wigan	27	716	477	24	215	972
3	Leeds	27	699	433	18	248	884
4	Warrington	27	705	372	14	319	758
5	Hull F.C.	25	669	324	22	323	669
7	Castleford	25	659	306	20	333	632
6	Bradford	19	509	308	17	184	617
8	Huddersfield	24	635	277	15	343	569
9	Wakefield	24	630	234	7	399	471
11	Salford	24	615	212	8	395	424
12	Catalans	17	440	211	11	218	433
10	London	20	538	195	20	323	410
13	Hull KR	15	367	155	10	202	320
14	Widnes	11	292	97	8	187	202
15	Halifax	8	209	76	4	129	154
16	Sheffield	4	97	37	3	57	77
17	Gateshead §	1	30	19	1	10	39
18	Crusaders* §	3	81	21	0	60	38
19	Oldham	2	44	13	2	29	28
21	Leigh	3	73	10	1	62	21
20	Paris §	2	44	9	1	34	19
22	Toulouse	1	27	5	0	22	10
23	Workington	1	22	2	1	19	5
24	Toronto	1	Withdrew after 7 rounds

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Club	Season	Career
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals
Notts County	2016-2017	League Two	38	14
	2017-2018	League One	28	11
	2018-2019	Championship	26	11
	Total		92	35
Southampton	2018-2019	Premier League	4	2
	2019-2020	Premier League	0	0
	2020-2021	Premier League	38	12
	2021-2022	Premier League	46	14
	2022-2023	Premier League	20	1
	Total		108	29
Leeds United (loan)	2019-2020	Championship	38	7
Leicester City	2022-2023	Premier League	16	3
	2023-2024	Premier League	1	0
	Total		17	3
West Ham United	2023-2024	Premier League	34	12
	2024-2025	Premier League	45	13
	2025-2026	Premier League	41	11
	2026-2027	Premier League	37	11
	Total		157	47
Liverpool	2027-2028	Premier League	43	23
Dortmund	2028-2029	Bundesliga	22	7
	2029-2030	Bundesliga	0	0
	Total		22	7
Blackburn Rovers (loan)	2029	Championship	11	4
Charlton Athletic (loan)	2029-2030	League One	25	7
Everton	2030-	Premier League	0	0
Aston Villa (loan)	2031	Premier League

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