2012 Championship Cup

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The 2012 Championship Cup (known for commercial reasons as the Northern Rail Cup) was the 11th season of the rugby league football competition for clubs in Great Britain's Co-operative Championship and Championship One.

In the final staged at Bloomfield Road in Blackpool, Halifax defeated Featherstone Rovers 21-12 to claim the trophy.

## Format

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The twenty teams were split up into two pools. Each team played two home games and two away games against teams in their pool. The top four teams in each pool following the conclusion of the group stage fixtures then progressed into an open draw for the knock-out quarter-final stage. The competition started on February 5.

Toulouse Olympique competed in this competition despite withdrawing from the Co-operative Championship. All the teams from the Championships competed except for the newly reformed North Wales Crusaders.

## 2012 competition results

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### Pool 1

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#### Round 1

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Home  | Score  | Away  | Match information

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Date & time  | Referee  | Venue  | Attendance
London Skolars | 16 – 32  |  Toulouse Olympique | 9 April, 12:30 BST  |  | New River Stadium | 0
Keighley Cougars | 16 – 22  |  Batley Bulldogs | 12 February, 14:00 GMT  | Gareth Hewer  | Cougar Park | 1,095
Dewsbury Rams | 6 – 36  | Halifax | 12 February, 15:00 GMT  | Tim Roby  | Tetley's Stadium | 1,347
Oldham | 0 – 68  |  Featherstone Rovers | 15 February, 20:00 GMT  | Jamie Leahy  | Whitebank Stadium | 672
Rochdale Hornets | 0 – 0  |  South Wales Scorpions | 9 May, 20:00 BST  |  | Spotland Stadium | 0

#### Round 2

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Home  | Score  | Away  | Match information

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Date & time  | Referee  | Venue  | Attendance
Toulouse Olympique | 24 – 24  |  Keighley Cougars | 18 February, 19:00 GMT  |  | Stade des Minimes | 650
Batley Bulldogs | 50 – 16  |  London Skolars | 19 February, 14:30 GMT  | Warren Turley  | Mount Pleasant | 601
Featherstone Rovers | 38 – 6  |  Dewsbury Rams | 19 February, 15:00 GMT  | Clint Sharrad  | Post Office Road | 1,943
Halifax | 38 – 6  |  Rochdale Hornets | 19 February, 15:00 GMT  | Matt Thomason  | The Shay | 1,881
South Wales Scorpions | 36 – 36  |  Oldham | 19 February, 15:00 GMT  | Peter Brooke  | The Gnoll | 849

#### Round 3

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Home  | Score  | Away  | Match information

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Date & time  | Referee  | Venue  | Attendance
Batley Bulldogs | 34 - 12  |  Toulouse Olympique | 25 February, 14:00 GMT  | Greg Dolan  | Mount Pleasant | 620
Halifax | 32 - 34  |  Featherstone Rovers | 26 February, 15:00 GMT  | Robert Hicks  | The Shay | 2,530
Oldham | 28 - 30  |  Dewsbury Rams | 26 February, 15:00 GMT  |  | Whitebank Stadium | 573
Rochdale Hornets | 16 - 40  |  Keighley Cougars | 26 February, 15:00 GMT  | George Stokes  | Spotland Stadium | 604
South Wales Scorpions | 30 - 38  |  London Skolars | 26 February, 15:00 GMT  | Tom Crashley  | The Gnoll | 205

#### Round 4

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Home  | Score  | Away  | Match information

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Date & time  | Referee  | Venue  | Attendance
Toulouse Olympique | 44 - 30  |  South Wales Scorpions | 3 March, 19:00 GMT  | Matthew Thomasson  | Stade des Minimes | 0
Keighley Cougars | 26 – 12  |  Oldham | 4 March, 14:00 GMT  | Ronnie Laughton  | Cougar Park | 0
Dewsbury Rams | 32 - 10  |  Rochdale Hornets | 4 March, 15:00 GMT  | Matthew Kidd  | Spotland Stadium | 0
Featherstone Rovers | 22 - 34  |  Batley Bulldogs | 4 March, 15:00 GMT  | Jamie Leahy  | Post Office Road | 0
London Skolars | 12 - 16  |  Halifax | 4 March, 15:00 GMT  |  | New River Stadium | 0

#### Pool 1 qualification table

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2012 Northern Rail Cup: Pool 1

# |  | PLD | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | BP | PTS
1 |  Batley Bulldogs | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 66 | 74 | 0 | 12
2 |  Featherstone Rovers | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 162 | 72 | 90 | 1 | 10
3 |  Halifax | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 122 | 58 | 64 | 1 | 10
4 |  Keighley Cougars | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 106 | 74 | 32 | 1 | 9
5 |  Toulouse Olympique | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 112 | 104 | 8 | 0 | 8
6 |  Dewsbury Rams | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 74 | 112 | -38 | 0 | 6
7 |  London Skolars | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 82 | 128 | -46 | 2 | 5
8 |  South Wales Scorpions | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 96 | 118 | -22 | 1 | 3
9 |  Oldham R.L.F.C. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 76 | 160 | -84 | 1 | 3
10 |  Rochdale Hornets | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 110 | -78 | 0 | 0
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Source: Northern Rail Cup Table – The RFL [2]
Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.
Competition Points: For win = 3; For draw = 2; For loss by 12 points or fewer = 1

### Pool 2

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#### Round 1

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Home  | Score  | Away  | Match information

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Date & time  | Referee  | Venue  | Attendance
Gateshead Thunder | 10 - 48  |  Doncaster | 15 February, 20:00 GMT  |  | Gateshead International Stadium | 243
Hunslet Hawks | 34 - 18  |  Whitehaven | 15 February, 19:30 GMT  | Dave Merrick  | South Leeds Stadium | 305
Leigh Centurions | 48 - 16  |  Barrow Raiders | 12 February, 15:00 GMT  | George Stokes  | Leigh Sports Village | 1,860
Workington Town | 14 - 28  |  Sheffield Eagles | 12 February, 15:00 GMT  | Chris Leatherbarrow  | Derwent Park | 532
York City Knights | 30 - 22  |  Swinton Lions | 23 February, 20:00 GMT  |  | Huntington Stadium | 504

#### Round 2

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Home  | Score  | Away  | Match information

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Date & time  | Referee  | Venue  | Attendance
Barrow Raiders | 31 - 24  |  Workington Town | 19 February, 14:00 GMT  | Jamie Leahy  | Craven Park | 1,366
Swinton Lions | 18 - 24  |  Hunslet Hawks | 19 February, 14:00 GMT  | Thierry Alibert  | Leigh Sports Village | 475
Doncaster | 18 - 29  |  York City Knights | 19 February, 15:00 GMT  | Ronnie Laughton  | Keepmoat Stadium | 418
Sheffield Eagles | 23 - 22  |  Leigh Centurions | 19 February, 15:00 GMT  | Robert Hicks  | Don Valley Stadium | 1,045
Whitehaven | 44 - 18  |  Gateshead Thunder | 19 February, 15:00 GMT  | Gary Dolan  | Recreation Ground | 649

#### Round 3

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Home  | Score  | Away  | Match information

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Date & time  | Referee  | Venue  | Attendance
Barrow Raiders | 32 - 16  |  Swinton Lions | 26 February, 14:00 GMT  | Dave Merrick  | Craven Park | 1,083
Doncaster | 12 - 56  |  Sheffield Eagles | 26 February, 15:00 GMT  | Warren Turley  | Keepmoat Stadium | 731
Leigh Centurions | 30 - 12  |  Hunslet Hawks | 26 February, 15:00 GMT  | Chris Leatherbarrow  | Leigh Sports Village | 1,374
Workington Town | 44 - 16  |  Whitehaven | 26 February, 15:00 GMT  | Matthew Kidd  | Derwent Park | 1,147
York City Knights | 26 - 22  |  Gateshead Thunder | 26 February, 15:00 GMT  | D Sharpe  | Huntington Stadium | 635

#### Round 4

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Home  | Score  | Away  | Match information

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Date & time  | Referee  | Venue  | Attendance
Sheffield Eagles | 36 - 4  |  York City Knights | 2 March, 19:30 GMT  | Robert Hicks  | Don Valley Stadium | 0
Swinton Lions | 30 - 12  |  Workington Town | 4 March, 14:00 GMT  | Clint Sharrad  | Leigh Sports Village | 0
Gateshead Thunder | 0 - 42  |  Leigh Centurions | 4 March, 15:00 GMT  | Tom Crashley  | Gateshead International Stadium | 0
Hunslet Hawks | 20 - 10  |  Doncaster | 4 March, 15:00 GMT  | Peter Brooke  | South Leeds Stadium | 0
Whitehaven | 10 - 18  |  Barrow Raiders | 4 March, 15:00 GMT  |  | Recreation Ground | 0

#### Pool 2 qualification table

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2012 Northern Rail Cup: Pool 2

# |  | PLD | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | BP | PTS
1 |  Sheffield Eagles | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 52 | 91 | 0 | 12
2 |  Leigh Centurions | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 142 | 51 | 91 | 1 | 10
3 |  Hunslet Hawks | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 76 | 14 | 0 | 9
4 |  Barrow Raiders | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 98 | -1 | 0 | 9
5 |  York City Knights | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 98 | -9 | 0 | 9
6 |  Swinton Lions | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 86 | 98 | -12 | 2 | 5
7 |  Doncaster | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 88 | 115 | -27 | 2 | 5
8 |  Workington Town | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 94 | 105 | -11 | 1 | 4
9 |  Whitehaven | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 88 | 112 | -24 | 1 | 4
10 |  Gateshead Thunder | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 50 | 160 | -110 | 0 | 0
| Teams qualifying for the next round

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Source: Northern Rail Cup Table – The RFL [2]
Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.
Competition Points: For win = 3; For draw = 2; For loss by 12 points or fewer = 1

### Finals

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#### Finals Tournament bracket

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| Quarter-finals | | | Semi-finals | | | Final |

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| H |  Leigh Centurions | 32 | | |
| A |  Batley Bulldogs | 12 |
| | H |  Featherstone Rovers | 54 |
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| | | A |  Leigh Centurions | 16 |
| H |  Keighley Cougars | 12 |

| A |  Featherstone Rovers | 60 |
| | N |  Featherstone Rovers |  |
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| | | N |  Halifax RLFC |  |
| H |  Sheffield Eagles | 40 | |

| A |  Hunslet Hawks | 8 |
| | H |  Sheffield Eagles | 22 |
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| | | A |  Halifax RLFC | 24 |
| H |  Halifax RLFC | 54 |

| A |  Barrow Raiders | 24 |

#### Quarter-finals

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Home  | Score  | Away  | Match information

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Date & time  | Referee  | Venue  | Attendance
Keighley Cougars | 12–60  |  Featherstone Rovers | 19:30 BST, 14 June 2012  | Jamie Leahy  | Cougar Park | 828
Sheffield Eagles | 40–8  |  Hunslet Hawks | 14:00 BST, 15 June 2012  | Ronnie Laughton  | Don Valley Stadium | 286
Leigh Centurions | 32–12  |  Batley Bulldogs | 14:00 BST, 16 June 2012  | Clint Sharrad  | Leigh Sports Village | 2,002
Halifax | 54–24  |  Barrow Raiders | 15:00 BST, 16 June 2012  |  | The Shay | 1,448
Source:[3][4]

#### Semi-finals

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Home  | Score  | Away  | Match information

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Date & time  | Referee  | Venue  | Attendance
Featherstone Rovers | 54–16  |  Leigh Centurions | 19:30 BST, 5 July 2012  | Jamie Leahy  | Bigfellas Stadium | 1,721
Sheffield Eagles | 22-24  |  Halifax | 19:30 BST, 6 July 2012  | Ronnie Laughton  | Don Valley Stadium |
Source:[3][4]

#### Final

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Date & time  | Referee  | Venue  | Attendance
Featherstone Rovers | 12–21  |  Halifax | 15:00 BST, 29 July 2012  | Jamie Leahy  | Bloomfield Road, Blackpool | 6,691
Source:[3][4]

## References

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1. ^ "Match statistics". Love Rugby League. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
2. ^ a b "Northern Rail Cup Table". RFL. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
3. ^ a b c "Northern Rail Cup". Rugby Football League. Archived from the original on 3 July 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
4. ^ a b c "Northern Rail Cup Fixtures & Results 2012". Northern Rail. Archived from the original on 23 June 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.

## External links

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20080831022046/http://www.therfl.co.uk/index.php
* http://www.northernrail.org/northernrailcup

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