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2022 Betfred League 1
LeagueLeague 1
Duration26 March 2022 – 4 September 2022
Teams11

The 2022 RFL League 1 is a professional rugby league football competition played in the United Kingdom and is the third tier of the sport for Rugby Football League (RFL) affiliated clubs. The sponsors for the league are the bookmakers, Betfred and the league will continue to be known as the Betfred League 1.

Rule changes

The RFL approved three rules changes for 2022. On 20 January 2022, The RFL confirmed that scrums will return to all competitions, having been suspended as part of the game's COVID-19 response in 2020 and 2021.[1] Scrums are only being reintroduced for errors (knock-on, forward pass or accidental offside) in the first four tackles of a set. Other cases, where previously a scrum would have been awarded, for example - ball into touch on the full, ball kicked or passed into touch, incorrect play the ball; will result in a handover.[2]

The ball steal law will revert to the 2020 rule where the ball can only be stolen in a one-on-one tackle and not during a multi-person tackle where the additional tacklers have peeled off the tackle before the steal. Finally, injured players will be required to leave the pitch for treatment, if possible, following complaints that stoppages for injury spoil the speed and flow of the game.[3]

Teams

2022 was due to see the second professional rugby league team in Canada, Ottawa Aces, join League 1 and increase the number of teams in the division to 11. However, in October 2021 the company behind the Ottawa club announced that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the club would relocate to the United Kingdom.[4] The following month, the club's new home and name were announced with the team to be called Cornwall RLFC and be based in Penryn, Cornwall.[5]

Also in October 2021, Coventry Bears was rebranded as Midlands Hurricanes and would for 2022 be leaving Butts Park Arena in Coventry to play at Birmingham & Solihull R.F.C.'s Portway ground south of Birmingham.[6]

Oldham, who were relegated from the Championship, relocated to the Vestacare Stadium for 2022.[7]

Stadiums and locations

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Locations of the 2021 RFL League 1 teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Cornwall RLFC Penryn, Cornwall The Memorial Ground 4,000
Doncaster Doncaster Keepmoat Stadium 15,231
Hunslet Leeds South Leeds Stadium 4,000
Keighley Cougars Keighley Cougar Park 7,800
London Skolars Haringey, London New River Stadium 2,000
Midlands Hurricanes Birmingham Portway Stadium 2,000
North Wales Crusaders Colwyn Bay Stadiwm Zip World 5,500
Oldham Oldham Vestacare Stadium 1,500
Rochdale Hornets Rochdale Crown Oil Arena 10,249
Swinton Lions Sale, Greater Manchester Heywood Road 3,387
West Wales Raiders Llanelli Stebonheath Park 3,700

Fixtures and results

Main article: 2022 RFL League 1 results

The season will comprise 22 rounds with each of the 11 teams playing each other home and away. The fixture list was released on 13 November 2021.[8] Promotion was confirmed with two clubs to be promoted to the 2023 Championship but play-off details are still to be announced.[9]

The round 5 fixture between West Wales and Doncaster was forfeited by West Wales when the Welsh club failed to arrange the necessary medical cover. Under RFL operational rules the match was awarded to Doncaster as a 48–0 win.[10]

Regular season table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Keighley Cougars 20 20 0 0 989 194 +795 40 Champions & promoted to Championship
2 Swinton Lions 20 16 0 4 834 317 +517 32 Advance to qualifying semi-final
3 North Wales Crusaders 20 15 0 5 708 420 +288 30 Advance to qualifying play-off
4 Doncaster 20 15 0 5 720 434 +286 30
5 Rochdale Hornets 20 13 0 7 772 511 +261 26 Advance to elimination play-off
6 Oldham 20 8 1 11 571 526 +45 17
7 Hunslet 20 8 1 11 513 524 −11 17
8 Midlands Hurricanes 20 6 0 14 546 696 −150 12
9 London Skolars 20 6 0 14 440 827 −387 12
10 Cornwall 20 1 0 19 276 864 −588 2
11 West Wales Raiders 20 1 0 19 140 1196 −1056 2
Source: [1]

References

  1. ^ "Scrums to return in all competitions for 2022". rugby-league.com. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  2. ^ Rule Changes for the 2022 season. Rugby Football League. 10 February 2021.
  3. ^ "RFL board approves law changes for 2022". www.superleague.co.uk. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Ottawa to relocate back to England". BBC Sport. 22 October 2021.
  5. ^ Willacy, Gavin (11 November 2021). "The rugby league club that swapped Canada's capital for a Cornish town". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  6. ^ "League 1 club Coventry Bears rebrand to Midlands Hurricanes". LoveRugbyLeague. 3 November 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  7. ^ Gordon, James (21 December 2021). "Oldham move back to town in stadium switch". LoveRugbyLeague. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Betfred League 1 Fixtures 2022". Rugby Leaguer & League Express. No. 3303. 15 November 2021. p. 16.
  9. ^ Kilbride, Jacob (9 December 2021). "Promotion and relegation confirmed by RFL for 2022 season". York Press. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  10. ^ Darbyshire, Drew (22 April 2022). "West Wales Raiders forfeit League 1 clash with Doncaster". LoveRugbyLeague. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
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