Rugby Football League Championship Second Division

Within British rugby league there have been periods when the Championship has been divided into two divisions, with promotion and relegation between the two. For more on the varying structure of rugby league, see Rugby Football League Championship.

During certain periods, from the 1991–92 Rugby Football League season, a third division has also existed.

After 1996, 11 clubs resigned from the championship to form Super League; the remaining clubs initially continued to play in what was now known as the First Division. Despite this title, this competition formed the second tier of rugby league in Britain, and the results are collated here.

Between 1999 and 2002 the competition was known as the Northern Ford Premiership, as a result of sponsorship from Northern Ford Dealers.

In 2003 rugby league beneath Super League were completely re-organised into the National Leagues, now known as the Championships.

Second Division Championship winners

For completeness, this table includes champions from National League One (2003–2008) and the Co-operative Championship (2009-present)

Season	Winners	Also promoted (to First Division/Super League)
1902–03	Keighley	Leeds
1903–04	Wakefield Trinity	St Helens
1904–05	Dewsbury	Barrow
1905–06 to 1961–62	No second division
1962–63	Hunslet	Keighley
1963–64	Oldham	Leigh
1964–65 to 1972–73	No second division
1973–74	Bradford Northern	York, Keighley, Salford
1974–75	Huddersfield	Hull Kingston Rovers, Oldham, Swinton
1975–76	Barrow	Rochdale Hornets, Workington Town, Leigh Centurions
1976–77	Hull	Dewsbury, Bramley, New Hunslet
1977–78	Leigh	Barrow, Rochdale Hornets, Huddersfield
1978–79	Hull	New Hunslet, York, Blackpool Borough
1979–80	Featherstone Rovers	Halifax, Oldham, Barrow
1980–81	York	Wigan, Fulham, Whitehaven
1981–82	Oldham	Carlisle, Workington Town, Halifax
1982–83	Fulham	Wakefield Trinity, Salford , Whitehaven
1983–84	Barrow	Workington Town, Hunslet, Halifax
1984–85	Swinton	Salford, York, Dewsbury
1985–86	Leigh	Barrow, Wakefield Trinity
1986–87	Hunslet	Swinton
1987–88	Oldham	Featherstone Rovers, Wakefield Trinity
1988–89	Leigh	Barrow, Sheffield Eagles
1989–90	Hull Kingston Rovers	Rochdale Hornets, Oldham
1990–91	Salford	Halifax, Swinton
1991–92	Sheffield Eagles	Leigh Centurions
1992–93	Featherstone Rovers	Oldham
1993–94	Workington Town	Doncaster
1994–95	Keighley Cougars1	none
1995–96	Salford Reds1	none
1996	Salford Reds	none
1997	Hull Sharks	Huddersfield Giants
1998	Wakefield Trinity 2	none
1999	Hunslet Hawks 1, 2	none
2000	Dewsbury Rams 1, 2	none
2001	Widnes Vikings 2	none
2002	Huddersfield Giants 2	none
2003	Salford City Reds 2	none
2004	Leigh Centurions 2	none
2005	Castleford Tigers 2	none
2006	Hull Kingston Rovers 2	none
2007	Castleford Tigers 2	none
2008	Salford City Reds 2, 3	Crusaders 3
2009	Barrow Raiders 2, 3	none
2010	Halifax 2, 3	none
2011	Featherstone Rovers 1, 2	Widnes Vikings 3

Footnotes

1. Denotes that champions were not promoted.
2. Denotes a play-off system was used to determine the championship.
3. No direct promotion. Teams elected to Super League on the basis of successful license applications.

See also

• Rugby Football League Championship
• Rugby Football League Championship Third Division
• Rugby League National Leagues