2021 RFL League 1

2021 League 1
League	League 1
Duration	18 rounds + play-offs
Teams	10
2021 Season

The 2020 RFL League 1 is a professional rugby league football competition played in England and Wales 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.

The 2020 season was declared null and void due to the COVID-19 pandemic as was the 2020 Championship season, there was therefore no teams relegated to League 1 for 2021. Due to restructuring in the Championship and Super League, Newcastle Thunder were promoted to the Championship and with the planned entry of Ottawa Aces to the league deferred until 2022, the number of teams to compete in League 1 for 2021 was reduced to 10.

The league will consist of 18 rounds with each of the 10 teams playing each other home and away. Promotion and play-off details together with the fixture list were originally due to be announced early in 2021 but this announcement was delayed after a meeting on 13 January 2021 at which the start of the season was delayed to at least Spring. On 22 January it was announced that the proposed start date for the competition is the weekend of 8–9 May. Anticipating that the continuing COVID-19 situation may affect the season, the RFL decided that league position will be based from the outset on win percentage (number of wins divided by number of games played) rather than by competition points as is normal in the league.

Teams

Barrow

Coventry

Doncaster

Hunslet

Keighley

London

North Wales

Rochdale

West Wales

Workington

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Locations of the 2021 RFL League 1 teams

Colours	Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
	Barrow Raiders	Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria	Craven Park, Barrow-in-Furness	7,600
	Coventry Bears	Coventry, West Midlands	Butts Park Arena	4,000
	Doncaster	Doncaster, South Yorkshire	Keepmoat Stadium	15,231
	Hunslet	Leeds, West Yorkshire	South Leeds Stadium	4,000
	Keighley Cougars	Keighley, West Yorkshire	Cougar Park	7,800
	London Skolars	Haringey, London	New River Stadium	2,000
	North Wales Crusaders	Wrexham, Wales	Queensway Stadium	2,000
	Rochdale Hornets	Rochdale, Greater Manchester	Spotland Stadium	10,249
	West Wales Raiders	Llanelli, Wales	Stebonheath Park	3,700
	Workington Town	Workington, Cumbria	Zebra Claims Stadium	10,000

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PP	Pts	PCT	Qualification
1	Barrow Raiders	17	13	1	3	596	275	216.7	27	79.41	Champions & promoted to Championship
2	Workington Town	15	10	1	4	471	310	151.9	21	70.00	Advance to qualifying semi-final
3	North Wales Crusaders	17	11	0	6	539	410	131.5	22	64.71	Advance to qualifying play-off
4	Keighley Cougars	18	11	1	6	612	385	159.0	23	63.89
5	Doncaster	17	9	3	5	472	392	120.4	21	61.76	Advance to elimination play-off
6	Hunslet	18	9	3	6	564	435	129.7	21	58.33
7	Rochdale Hornets	17	8	1	8	505	488	103.5	17	50.00
8	Coventry Bears	17	6	0	11	405	532	76.1	12	35.29
9	London Skolars	18	3	1	14	372	605	61.5	7	19.44
10	West Wales Raiders	18	0	1	17	238	942	25.3	1	2.78

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) win percentage; 2) points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded).