# 2015 Championship 1

The 2015 Championship 1, known as the Kingstone Press League 1 for sponsorship reasons, was a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in England, the third tier of the sport in the country.
The 2015 Championship 1 will feature fourteen teams, who will all play each other once; Each team will then play nine other teams again, based on a geographical basis, totaling 22 games. Two teams will be promoted from Championship 1, due to the restructure of Super League, Championship and Championship 1. After the 22 regular season games, the top two sides will face each other and the winner will be automatically be promoted to the Kingstone Press Championship as champions, while the loser and the teams finishing 3rd, 4th and 5th will contest the play-offs and the winner will also be promoted. There is no relegation from this league as it is the lowest tier of professional rugby league.

## 2015 structure

The competition features the eight teams that did not win promotion in 2014: Gloucestershire All Golds, Hemel Stags, London Skolars, Newcastle Thunder, Oldham R.L.F.C., Oxford RLFC, South Wales Scorpions and York City Knights. It will also feature five teams relegated from the RFL Championship: Barrow Raiders, Keighley Cougars, North Wales Crusaders, Rochdale Hornets and Swinton Lions. Coventry Bears were also accepted into the division, creating a fourteen-team division.
| Team & current season | 2014 Position | Stadium | Capacity | Location |
| Barrow Raiders | 14th (Championship) | Craven Park | 7,600 | Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria |
| Coventry Bears | N/A | Butts Park Arena | 4,000 | Coventry, West Midlands |
| Gloucestershire All Golds | 6th | Prince of Wales Stadium | 480 | Cheltenham, Gloucestershire |
| Hemel Stags | 5th | Pennine Way | 2,000 | Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire |
| Keighley Cougars | 8th (Championship) | Cougar Park | 7,800 | Keighley, West Yorkshire |
| London Skolars | 7th | New River Stadium | 5,000 | Haringey, London |
| Newcastle Thunder | 4th | Kingston Park | 10,200 | Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear |
| North Wales Crusaders | 11th (Championship) | Racecourse Ground | 10,500 (15,500 with The Kop open) | Wrexham, Wales |
| Oldham | 3rd | Whitebank Stadium | 1,500 (temporary capacity) | Limeside, Oldham, Greater Manchester |
| Oxford RLFC | 8th | Iffley Road | 500 | Oxford, Oxfordshire |
| Rochdale Hornets | 12th (Championship) | Spotland | 10,249 | Rochdale, Greater Manchester |
| South Wales Scorpions | 9th | Llynfi Road | 6,000 | Maesteg, Bridgend, Wales |
| Swinton Lions | 13th (Championship) | Park Lane | 3,000 | Whitefield, Greater Manchester |
| York City Knights | 1st | Huntington Stadium | 3,428 | York, North Yorkshire |

## Season table

2015 Championship 1 :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Oldham (C, P) | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 840 | 362 | +478 | 38 | Promoted |
| 2 | Keighley Cougars | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 759 | 400 | +359 | 36 | Qualified for play-offs |
| 3 | Swinton Lions (P) | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 899 | 402 | +497 | 33 | Promoted |
| 4 | York City Knights | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 816 | 382 | +434 | 32 | Qualified for play-offs |
| 5 | North Wales Crusaders | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 677 | 391 | +286 | 29 | Qualified for play-offs |
| 6 | Rochdale Hornets | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 731 | 459 | +272 | 28 | |
| 7 | Barrow Raiders | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 661 | 423 | +238 | 28 | |
| 8 | Newcastle Thunder | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 555 | 552 | +3 | 22 | |
| 9 | Gloucestershire All Golds | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 562 | 677 | −115 | 16 | |
| 10 | Oxford RLFC | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 453 | 948 | −495 | 14 | |
| 11 | London Skolars | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 388 | 671 | −283 | 10 | |
| 12 | Coventry Bears | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 430 | 755 | −325 | 10 | |
| 13 | Hemel Stags | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 422 | 903 | −481 | 10 | |
| 14 | South Wales Scorpions | 22 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 274 | 1122 | −848 | 2 | |

## Play-offs

* League One Grand Final
| # | Home | Score | Away | Match Information | Match Information | Match Information | Match Information |
| # | Home | Score | Away | Date and Time (Local) | Venue | Referee | Attendance |
| League One Grand Final ||||||||
| F | Oldham | 31 – 20 | Keighley Cougars | 20 September, 15:00 BST | Whitebank Stadium, Oldham | Mike Woodhead | 1,405 |
* Oldham are League One Champions 2015 and are promoted to the 2016 Championship. Keighley Cougars will enter the play off semi finals for the second promotion place along with teams finishing 3rd, 4th and 5th.
* League One Promotion Play Offs
| # | Home | Score | Away | Match Information | Match Information | Match Information | Match Information |
| # | Home | Score | Away | Date and Time (Local) | Venue | Referee | Attendance |
| League One Promotion Play Off Semi-finals ||||||||
| SF1 | Keighley Cougars | 32 – 6 | North Wales Crusaders | 27 September, 15:00 BST | Cougar Park, Keighley | Stuart Ansell | 1,103 |
| SF2 | Swinton Lions | 18 – 17 (AET) | York City Knights | 27 September, 15:00 BST | Park Lane, Swinton | Chris Campbell | 684 |
| League One Promotion Play Off Final ||||||||
| F | Keighley Cougars | 28 – 29 | Swinton Lions | 4 October, 14:00 BST | Select Security Stadium, Widnes | Chris Kendall | 4,179 |
* Swinton won the play off final to secure the second and final promotion place to the 2016 Championship.