Championship Preview: Leigh v Doncaster
Matt Gardner is suspended for Leigh, while Centurions coach Paul Rowley also has a minor doubt over Michael Ostick.
Matt Gardner is suspended for Leigh, while Centurions coach Paul Rowley also has a minor doubt over Michael Ostick.
The RFL has banned the shoulder charge from Super League, the Championships and beyond with immediate effect.
Only nine of the 23 Championship clubs will run under 20s teams this season.
The shoulder charge, already forbidden in the NRL, has been banned for this weekend’s World Club Challenge and the end of season World Cup.
Batley and Sheffield have two players each in the Championship Team of the Week after both posting comfortable victories at the weekend.
Match stats from Whitehaven RLFC v Leigh Centurions
The 2013 Kingstone Press Championships Finals Day will be staged at the Leigh Sports Village on Sunday September 29.
The 2013 Northern Rail Cup final will be held at The Shay in Halifax.
Whitehaven coach Dave Woods has doubts over James Cameron (groin) and Jamie Rooney (shin), but expects both players to face Leigh Centurions in front of the Premier Sports cameras.
Newly-promoted Whitehaven have two players in the Championship team of the week after they made it back-to-back wins against Keighley on Sunday.
Match stats from Leigh Centurions v Hunslet Hawks
Leigh Centurions coach Paul Rowley has fitness concerns over a handful of players, although he is keeping their identity a closely guarded secret.
The Kingstone Press Championship clubs have elected to stick with a ‘traditional’ play-off system when the top eight clubs at the end of the regular season step up the race ...
Kingstone Press Cider will become the official title sponsor of the Championships for the next two seasons.
Batley’s hat-trick hero Miles Greenwood and Hunslet dual-reg star Jimmy Keinhorst are amongst the players in the first Championship team of the week.
Match stats from Featherstone Rovers v Leigh Centurions
The new Championship season gets underway on Thursday night – Andrew Belt takes a look at the newly-expanded league’s 14 teams.
The RFL has appointed former Football Association chief executive Brian Barwick as its new chairman.
The newly-expanded 14-team Championship will run with a top eight play-off system, akin to Super League, while two clubs will be relegated to Championship 1 at the end of the ...
Salford put their off-field troubles behind them with a comfortable win over Swinton, while Leigh made light work of a young Wigan side.
Leigh have revealed an initial 23-man squad following the return of squad numbers to the Championships.
The new Championship season kicks off on January 31st, when Halifax host Sheffield in front of the Premier Sports TV cameras.
Former Leeds and Castleford centre Richie Blackmore has stepped down from his role of General Manager at Leigh Centurions.