2021 RFL League 1
The 2020 RFL League 1 is a professional rugby league football competition played in England and Wales and is the third tier of the sport for Rugby Football League (RFL) affiliated clubs. The sponsors for the league are the bookmakers, Betfred and the league will continue to be known as the Betfred League 1.
2021 League 1 | |
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League | League 1 |
Duration | 18 rounds + play-offs |
Teams | 10 |
2021 Season | |
The 2020 season was declared null and void due to the COVID-19 pandemic as was the 2020 Championship season, there was therefore no teams relegated to League 1 for 2021. Due to restructuring in the Championship and Super League, Newcastle Thunder were promoted to the Championship and with the planned entry of Ottawa Aces to the league deferred until 2022,[1][2] the number of teams to compete in League 1 for 2021 was reduced to 10.[3]
The league will consist of 18 rounds with each of the 10 teams playing each other home and away. Promotion and play-off details together with the fixture list were originally due to be announced early in 2021 but this announcement was delayed after a meeting on 13 January 2021 at which the start of the season was delayed to at least Spring.[3][4] On 22 January it was announced that the proposed start date for the competition is the weekend of 8–9 May.[5] Anticipating that the continuing COVID-19 situation may affect the season, the RFL decided that league position will be based from the outset on win percentage (number of wins divided by number of games played) rather than by competition points as is normal in the league.[3]
Teams
Colours | Club | City | Stadium | Capacity |
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Barrow Raiders | Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria | Craven Park, Barrow-in-Furness | 7,600 | |
Coventry Bears | Coventry, West Midlands | Butts Park Arena | 4,000 | |
Doncaster | Doncaster, South Yorkshire | Keepmoat Stadium | 15,231 | |
Hunslet | Leeds, West Yorkshire | South Leeds Stadium | 4,000 | |
Keighley Cougars | Keighley, West Yorkshire | Cougar Park | 7,800 | |
London Skolars | Haringey, London | New River Stadium | 2,000 | |
North Wales Crusaders | Wrexham, Wales | Queensway Stadium | 2,000 | |
Rochdale Hornets | Rochdale, Greater Manchester | Spotland Stadium | 10,249 | |
West Wales Raiders | Llanelli, Wales | Stebonheath Park | 3,700 | |
Workington Town | Workington, Cumbria | Zebra Claims Stadium | 10,000 |
Results
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PP | WPCT |
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1 | Barrow Raiders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
2 | Coventry Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
3 | Doncaster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
4 | Hunslet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
5 | Keighley Cougars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
6 | London Skolars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
7 | North Wales Crusaders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
8 | Rochdale Hornets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
9 | West Wales Raiders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
10 | Workington Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
References
- "Thunder awarded Championship place". BBC Sport. 10 December 2020.
- "Ottawa Aces: Canadian club defer League One entry until 2022". BBC Sport. 5 November 2020.
- "Betfred Championship scheduled for February return". www.rugby-league.com. RFL. 23 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- Shaw, Matthew (14 January 2021). "Championship and League 1 delay confirmed". Total Rugby League. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- "Championship and League 1 clubs target March 21 return date". Love Rugby League. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.