2013 Championship Cup

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2013 Championship Cup

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The 2013 Championship Cup, (known for commercial reasons as the Northern Rail Cup), was the 12th and last season of the rugby league football competition for clubs in Great Britain's Championship and Championship 1.

Leigh beat Sheffield 43-28 in the final, which was played at Halifax's The Shay.

## Format

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For 2013, the format of the competition was changed to coincide with the expansion of the Championship from 10 to 14 teams. The competition began on 3 March with a group stage containing eight teams from the 2013 Championship 1 split into two groups. Each team played four games (two home, two away) with three of the games being played against the other teams in the group and the fourth game being played against a team from the other group.[1]

Following the completion of the group stage, the teams finishing first in each group progressed to the knock-out stages where they join the 14 teams from the Championship to make up 16 teams. There were three knock-out rounds (play-off, quarter final, semi final) before the final on 20 July 2013 at The Shay in Halifax.[2] The final took place after the inaugural Northern Rail Bowl final, involving the two highest-ranked teams from the group stages.

## 2013 Competition Results

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### Group stage

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#### Round 1

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Home  | Score  | Away  | Match Information

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Date and Time  | Venue  | Referee  | Attendance
North Wales Crusaders | 48 - 12  |  Oldham R.L.F.C. | 3 March, 14:30 GMT | Racecourse Ground | Clint Sharrad  | 721
Gloucestershire All Golds | 18 - 36  |  Hemel Stags | 3 March, 15:00 GMT | Prince of Wales Stadium, Cheltenham | Peter Brooke  | 256
Rochdale Hornets | 58 - 16  |  Gateshead Thunder | 3 March, 15:00 GMT | Spotland Stadium | Joe Cobb  | 508
South Wales Scorpions | 12 - 54  |  London Skolars | 3 March, 15:00 GMT | The Gnoll | Tom Crashley  | 329
Source:[3][4]

#### Round 2

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Home  | Score  | Away  | Match Information

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Date and Time  | Venue  | Referee  | Attendance
Gateshead Thunder | 4 - 30  |  North Wales Crusaders | 10 March, 15:00 GMT | MS3 Craven Park, Hull A | Dave Sharpe  | 228
Gloucestershire All Golds | 20 - 42  |  South Wales Scorpions | 10 March, 15:00 GMT | Prince of Wales Stadium, Cheltenham | Clint Sharrad  |
London Skolars | 26 - 4  |  Hemel Stags | 10 March, 15:00 GMT | New River Stadium | Jamie Bloem  |
Oldham R.L.F.C. | 26 - 10  |  Rochdale Hornets | 10 March, 15:00 GMT | Whitebank Stadium | Tom Crashley  | 518
Source:[3][4]

#### Round 3

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Home  | Score  | Away  | Match Information

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Date and Time  | Venue  | Referee  | Attendance
North Wales Crusaders | 30 - 16  |  Rochdale Hornets | 17 March, 14:30 GMT | Racecourse Ground | Peter Brooke  | 659
Hemel Stags | 20 - 22  |  South Wales Scorpions | 17 March, 15:00 GMT | Pennine Way stadium | Dave Sharpe  | 179
London Skolars | 20 - 0  |  Gloucestershire All Golds | 17 March, 15:00 GMT | New River Stadium | Tom Crashley  | 251
Oldham R.L.F.C. | 34 - 16  |  Gateshead Thunder | 17 March, 15:00 GMT | Whitebank Stadium | Joe Cobb  | 476
Source:[3][4]

#### Round 4

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Home  | Score  | Away  | Match Information

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Date and Time  | Venue  | Referee  | Attendance
Gateshead Thunder | 16 - 18  |  Gloucestershire All Golds | 24 March, 15:00 GMT | Crow Trees (Blaydon RFC)B | Jamie Bloem  | 142
South Wales Scorpions | 12 - 24  |  Oldham R.L.F.C. | 24 March, 15:00 GMT | The Gnoll | Peter Brooke  | 280
Rochdale Hornets | 40 - 16  |  London Skolars | 1 April 15:00 BST C | Spotland Stadium | Joe Cobb  | 413
Hemel Stags | 24 - 36  |  North Wales Crusaders | 23 April 19:00 BST C | Pennine Way stadium | Tom Crashley  | 129
Source:[3][4]

#### Tables

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2013 Northern Rail Cup: Pool A

# |  | PLD | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | BP | PTS
1 |  North Wales Crusaders | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 56 | +88 | 0 | 12
2 |  Oldham R.L.F.C. | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 96 | 86 | +10 | 0 | 9
3 |  Rochdale Hornets | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 124 | 88 | +36 | 0 | 6
4 |  Gateshead Thunder | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 52 | 140 | -88 | 1 | 1
2013 Northern Rail Cup: Pool B

# |  | PLD | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | BP | PTS
1 |  London Skolars | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 116 | 56 | +60 | 0 | 9
2 |  South Wales Scorpions | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 88 | 118 | -30 | 1 | 7
3 |  Hemel Stags | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 84 | 102 | -18 | 2 | 5
4 |  Gloucestershire All Golds | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 114 | -58 | 0 | 3
| Teams qualifying for the next round

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Tables are correct as of 23 April 2013. Source: rugbyleaguechampionships.co.uk and BBC Sport.

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

### Knock-out Stages

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#### Finals Tournament Bracket

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| 1st Knock-out Round | | | Quarter Final | | | Semi Final | | | Final |

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|  Keighley Cougars | 18 | | | |
|  Batley Bulldogs | 38 |
| |  Batley Bulldogs | 30 |
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| | |  Workington Town | 4 |
|  Workington Town | 36 |

|  Hunslet Hawks | 16 |
| |  Batley Bulldogs | 6 |
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| | |  Leigh Centurions | 23 |
|  Featherstone Rovers | 12 | |

|  Leigh Centurions | 22 |
| |  Leigh Centurions | 34 |
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| | |  Whitehaven | 18 |
|  London Skolars | 16 |

|  Whitehaven | 62 |
| |  Leigh Centurions | 43 |
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| | |  Sheffield Eagles | 28 |
|  Swinton Lions | 26 | | |

|  North Wales Crusaders | 18 |
| |  Swinton Lions | 14 |
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| | |  Doncaster | 36 |
|  York City Knights | 12 |

|  Doncaster | 24 |
| |  Doncaster | 10 |
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| | |  Sheffield Eagles | 32 |
|  Sheffield Eagles | 64 | |

|  Barrow Raiders | 10 |
| |  Sheffield Eagles | 26 |
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| | |  Dewsbury Rams | 16 |
|  Dewsbury Rams | 20 |

|  Halifax | 18 |

#### Play Off Round

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Home  | Score  | Away  | Match Information

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Date and Time  | Venue  | Referee  | Attendance
Dewsbury Rams | 20 - 18  |  Halifax | 16 May, 19:30 BST | Tetley's Stadium | George Stokes  | 800
London Skolars | 16 - 62  |  Whitehaven | 19 May, 14:00 BST | New River Stadium | Joe Cobb  | 276
Featherstone Rovers | 12 - 22  |  Leigh Centurions | 19 May, 15:00 BST | Bigfellas Stadium | Matt Thomason  | 1,745
Keighley Cougars | 18 - 38  |  Batley Bulldogs | 19 May, 15:00 BST | Cougar Park | Dave Merrick  | 714
Sheffield Eagles | 64 - 10  |  Barrow Raiders | 19 May, 15:00 BST | Don Valley Stadium | Chris Leatherbarrow  | 408
Swinton Lions | 26 - 18  |  North Wales Crusaders | 19 May, 15:00 BST | Leigh Sports Village | Jamie Leahy  | 544
Workington Town | 36 - 16  |  Hunslet Hawks | 19 May, 15:00 BST | Derwent Park | Gareth Hewer  | 569
York City Knights | 12 - 24  |  Doncaster | 19 May, 15:00 BST | Huntington Stadium | Ronnie Laughton  | 451
Source:[3][4]

#### Quarter-final

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Home  | Score  | Away  | Match Information

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Date and Time  | Venue  | Referee  | Attendance
Swinton Lions | 14 - 36  |  Doncaster | 13 June, 19:30 BST | Leigh Sports Village | Chris Leatherbarrow  |
Sheffield Eagles | 26 - 16  |  Dewsbury Rams | 14 June, 20:00 BST | Don Valley Stadium | Matt Thomason  | 576
Batley Bulldogs | 30 - 4  |  Workington Town | 16 June, 14:00 BST | Loverugbyleague.com Stadium | George Stokes  | 671
Leigh Centurions | 34 - 18  |  Whitehaven | 16 June, 15:00 BST | Leigh Sports Village | Jamie Leahy  | 1,320
Source:[3][4]

#### Semi-final

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Home  | Score  | Away  | Match Information

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Date and Time  | Venue  | Referee  | Attendance
Leigh Centurions | 23 - 6  |  Batley Bulldogs | 27 June, 19:30 BST | Leigh Sports Village | Jamie Leahy  | 1,807
Doncaster | 10 - 32  |  Sheffield Eagles | 28 June, 20:00 BST | Doncaster Athletics Stadium | Chris Leatherbarrow  | 611
Source:[3][4]

#### Finals

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Home  | Score  | Away  | Match Information

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Date and Time  | Venue  | Referee  | Attendance
Northern Rail Cup
Leigh Centurions | 43 - 28  |  Sheffield Eagles | 20 July, 17:00 BST | The Shay, Halifax | Chris Leatherbarrow  | 4,179
Northern Rail Bowl
North Wales Crusaders | 42 - 24  |  London Skolars | 20 July, 14:30 BST | The Shay, Halifax | Joe Cobb  | 2,000
Source:[3][4]

## Notes

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A.^ Game switched from Thunderdome to Craven Park due to Stan Calvert Cup match between Northumbria University and Newcastle University[5]
B.^ Game switched from Thunderdome to Blaydon RFC due to poor conditions of pitch at Gateshead[6]
C.^ Match originally postponed on 24 March due to snow

## References

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1. ^ "Northern Rail Cup 2013" (PDF). RFL. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
2. ^ "History beckons as 2013 Northern Rail Cup begins". RFL. 25 February 2013. Archived from the original on 1 June 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Results - Championship Cup - Rugby League - BBC Sport". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
4. ^ a b c d e f g h "Results". Rugby League Championship. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
5. ^ "Gateshead Thunder to stage match at Hull KR's Craven Park". BBC Sport. 12 February 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
6. ^ "Thunder to play at Blaydon". Gateshead Thunder. 12 March 2013. Archived from the original on 20 March 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2013.

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