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{{Infobox rugby football league season
|title= 2010 Championship 1
|league=[[RFL League 1|Championship 1]]
|logo= Co-operative championship1.png
|pixels= 255px
|caption=Championship 1 logo
|duration= 20 games each
|no_of_teams=11
|attendance= 2,896
|TV= [[SKY Sports]]
|season=2010 Season
|league_leaders= {{leagueicon|Hunslet|16}} [[Hunslet R.L.F.C.|Hunslet Hawks]]
|league_leaders_name= League Leaders
|season_champs= [[Image:Yorkcolours.svg|York|16px]] [[York City Knights]]
|season_champ_name= Playoff Winners
|second_place= {{leagueicon|Oldham|16}} [[Oldham R.L.F.C.|Oldham]]
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|prevseason_link= 2009 Championship 1
|prevseason_year=2009
|nextseason_link= 2011 Championship 1
|nextseason_year=2011
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The '''2010 Championship 1''' was a semi-professional [[rugby league|rugby league football]] competition played in the United Kingdom, the third tier of the sport in the country. The winner of this league, [[Hunslet R.L.F.C.|Hunslet Hawks]], were promoted to the [[Co-operative Championship]] along with play-off winners, [[York City Knights]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/9022605.stm |title=Oldham Roughyeds 4–25 York City Knights |work=BBC Sport |date=26 September 2010 |access-date=28 March 2025}}</ref> There was no relegation from this league as it is the lowest tier of professional rugby league in the UK.

All of the teams competed in the [[2010 Challenge Cup]] but South Wales did not compete in the [[2010 National League Cup]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/rugby-league/new-welsh-club-formed-as-crusaders-move-north-1836083.html|title=New Welsh club formed as Crusaders move north|publisher=The Independent|access-date=26 September 2010|location=London|first=Dave|last=Hadfield|date=8 December 2009|archive-date=13 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213192127/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/rugby-league/new-welsh-club-formed-as-crusaders-move-north-1836083.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== 2010 structure==

The competition features mainly the same teams as it did in [[2009 Championship One|2009]]. The exceptions being that the [[Dewsbury Rams]] and the [[Keighley Cougars]] were both promoted to compete in the [[2010 RFL Championship]]. Originally, [[Doncaster R.L.F.C.|Doncaster]] and the [[Leigh Centurions]] were supposed to be relegated. However, [[Newcastle Thunder|Gateshead Thunder]] breached the insolvency laws which meant that it was they, instead of Leigh, who were relegated.<ref>
{{cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/low/rugby_league/8354939.stm
|title=RFL accepts Thunder business plan
|publisher=BBC Sport
|access-date=26 September 2010
|date=11 November 2009}}</ref>

The competition was going to contain 10 teams but one more was added when the [[Super League]] team the [[Crusaders Rugby League|Crusaders]] left their home base at [[Bridgend]] and moved to [[Wrexham]]. This resulted in a new club being formed in [[Neath]], South Wales, called the [[South Wales Ironmen|South Wales Scorpions]] who will play at [[the Gnoll]].

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 60%"
|-
! colspan="5" | Championship 1
|-
!width=20%|Team  
!width=10%|[[2009 Championship 1|2009 Season]]
!width=20%|Stadium 
!width=2%|Capacity
!width=20%|City/Area 
|-
| [[Image:Blackpoolcolours.svg|16px]] '''[[Blackpool Panthers]]'''
| 5th
| [[Woodlands Memorial Ground]]
| N/A
| [[Lytham St Annes]], Lancashire
|-
| [[Image:Doncaster colours.svg|16px]] '''[[Doncaster R.L.F.C.|Doncaster]]'''
| 11th <br />(Championship)
| [[Keepmoat Stadium]]
| 15,231
| [[Doncaster]], South Yorkshire
|-
| [[Image:Gthundercolours.svg|16px]] '''[[Newcastle Thunder|Gateshead Thunder]]'''
| 7th <br />(Championship)
| [[Gateshead International Stadium|Thunderdome]]
| 11,800
| [[Gateshead]], Tyne and Wear
|-
| [[Image:Hunsletcolours.svg|16px]] '''[[Hunslet R.L.F.C.|Hunslet Hawks]]'''
| 6th
| [[South Leeds Stadium]]
| N/A
| [[Leeds]], West Yorkshire
|-
| [[Image:Skolscolours.svg|16px]] '''[[London Skolars]]'''
| 10th
| [[White Hart Lane Community Sports Centre|New River Stadium]]
| 5,000
| [[London Borough of Haringey|Haringey]], London
|-
| |[[Image:Oldhamcolours.svg|16px]] '''[[Oldham R.L.F.C.|Oldham]]'''
| 4th
| [[Park Lane (stadium)|Park Lane]] (Season Start to May)<br />  [[Whitebank Stadium]] (May onwards)
| N/A <br /> 1050
| [[Whitefield, Greater Manchester|Whitefield]], Greater Manchester<br /> [[Oldham]], Greater Manchester
|-
| [[Image:Rochdale colours.svg|16px]] '''[[Rochdale Hornets]]'''
| 8th
| [[Spotland Stadium]]
| 10,249
| [[Rochdale]], Greater Manchester
|-
| [[Image:Scorpions.png|16px]] '''[[South Wales Ironmen|South Wales Scorpions]]''' <br />([[2010 South Wales Scorpions season|2010 Season]])
| N/A
| [[The Gnoll]]
| 6,000
| [[Neath]], [[West Glamorgan]], Wales
|-
| [[Image:Swintoncolours.svg|16px]] '''[[Swinton Lions]]'''
| 7th
| [[Park Lane (stadium)|Park Lane]]
| N/A
| [[Swinton, Greater Manchester|Swinton]], Greater Manchester
|-
| [[Image:Workingtoncolours.svg|16px]] '''[[Workington Town]]'''
| 9th
| [[Derwent Park]]
| 10,000
| [[Workington]], Cumbria
|-
| [[Image:Yorkcolours.svg|16px]] '''[[York City Knights]]'''
| 3rd
| [[Huntington Stadium]]
| 3,428
| [[York]], North Yorkshire
|}

== Table ==
{{table alignment}}
{| class="wikitable defaultcenter col2left"
!'''Position'''
!'''Club'''
!'''Played'''
!'''Won'''
!'''Drawn'''
!'''Lost'''
!'''Pts for'''
!'''Pts agst'''
!'''Pts Diff'''
!'''B.P.'''
!'''Points'''
|----
|- align=center style="background:#ccccff;"
|'''1'''
|{{league icon|Hunslet|16}} [[Hunslet R.L.F.C.|Hunslet Hawks]] 
|20
|18
|0
|2
|828
|305
|523
|1
|'''55'''
|----
|- align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"
|'''2'''
|{{league icon|Oldham|16}} [[Oldham R.L.F.C.|Oldham]]
|20
|17
|0
|3
|694
|438
|256
|1
|'''52'''
|----
|- align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"
|'''3'''
|{{league icon|York city|16}} [[York City Knights]]
|20
|12
|0
|8
|617
|524
|83
|3
|'''39'''
|----
|- align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"
|'''4'''
|{{league icon|Blackpool|16}} [[Blackpool Panthers]]
|20
|15
|0
|5
|805
|370
|435
|3
|'''38'''{{efn|group=table|Blackpool were docked 10 points for an operational rules breach}}
|----
|-align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"
|'''5'''
|{{league icon|Rochdale|16}} [[Rochdale Hornets]]
|20
|10
|0
|10
|630
|498
|132
|7
|'''37'''
|----align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"
|'''6'''
|{{league icon|South Wales Scorpions|16}} [[South Wales Ironmen|South Wales Scorpions]]
|20
|9
|0
|11
|576
|468
|108
|7
|'''34'''
|----align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"
|'''7'''
|{{league icon|Workington|16}} [[Workington Town]]
|20
|8
|1
|11
|494
|498
| −4
|7
|'''33'''
|----
|-
|'''8'''
|{{league icon|Swinton|16}} [[Swinton Lions]]
|20
|9
|1
|10
|570
|581
| −11
|4
|'''33'''
|----
|'''9'''
|{{league icon|Doncaster|16}} [[Doncaster R.L.F.C.|Doncaster]]
|20
|8
|0
|12
|518
|588
| −70
|4
|'''28'''
|----
|- 
|'''10'''
|{{league icon|London Skolars|16}} [[London Skolars]]
|20
|2
|0
|18
|444
|900
| −456
|4
|'''10'''
|----
|----
|- align=center style="background:#FFCCCC"
|'''11'''
|{{league icon|Gateshead|16}} [[Newcastle Thunder|Gateshead Thunder]]
|20
|1
|0
|19
|236
|1232
| −996
|1
|'''-2'''{{efn|group=table|Gateshead were docked 6 points for entering administration}}
|----
|----
|- 
|}
{{notelist|group=table}}

=== 2010 Playoffs ===
{{6TeamBracket-McIntyre
| RD1 = Elimination play-offs
| RD2 = Qualifying/Elimination semifinal
| RD3 = Elimination final
 | team-width = 200
 | score-width = 30
 | RD4 = [[2010 Super League Grand Final|Grand Final]]
 
 | RD1-text1 = 5 September 2010
 | RD1-team1 = {{leagueicon|Blackpool|12}} [[Blackpool Panthers]]
 | RD1-score1 = 36
 | RD1-team2 = {{leagueicon|Workington|12}} [[Workington Town]]
 | RD1-score2 = 26
  
 | RD1-text2 = 5 September 2010
 | RD1-team3 = {{leagueicon|Rochdale|12}} [[Rochdale Hornets]]
 | RD1-score3 = 60
 | RD1-team4 = {{leagueicon|south wales scorpions|12}} [[South Wales Ironmen|South Wales Scorpions]]
 | RD1-score4 = 26
  
 | RD2-text1 = 12 September 2010
 | RD2-team1 = {{leagueicon|Oldham|12}} [[Oldham R.L.F.C.|Oldham]]
 | RD2-score1 = 41
 | RD2-team2 = [[Image:Yorkcolours.svg|12px]] [[York City Knights]]
 | RD2-score2 = 32
  
 | RD2-text2 = 12 September 2010
 | RD2-team3 = {{leagueicon|Blackpool|12}} [[Blackpool Panthers]] 
 | RD2-score3 = 34
 | RD2-team4 = {{leagueicon|Rochdale|12}} [[Rochdale Hornets]]
 | RD2-score4 = 26
  
 | RD3-text1 = 19 September 2010
 | RD3-team1 =  [[Image:Yorkcolours.svg|12px]] [[York City Knights]]
 | RD3-score1 = 38
 | RD3-team2 = {{leagueicon|Blackpool|12}} [[Blackpool Panthers]]
 | RD3-score2 = 18
  
 | RD4-text1 = 26 September 2010, [[Halliwell Jones Stadium]]
 | RD4-team1 = {{leagueicon|Oldham|12}} [[Oldham R.L.F.C.|Oldham]]
 | RD4-score1 = 4
 | RD4-team2 = [[Image:Yorkcolours.svg|12px]] [[York City Knights]]
 | RD4-score2 = 25
}}

==See also==
* [[Co-operative Championship]]
* [[2010 RFL Championship]]
* [[RFL League 1|Championship 1]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120203053133/http://www.cooperativechampionship.co.uk/ Official Championship website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140824184924/http://www.therfl.co.uk/championship/ RFL Championship coverage]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090907080441/http://home.skysports.com/livescores/rugbyleague/ Scores from Sky Sports]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20211019203219/http://www.rugbyleague.org/index.php?showforum=98/ RugbyLeague.org Championship 1 Fans Forums]

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