RESULTS: 2026 Betfred Championship Round 2

A full wrap-up of the results from Round 2 of the UK's second division competition, the Championship. Includes current table and stats leaders thanks to Rugby League Project.

All listed times are UK local time.

RELATED: See the full list of 2026 Betfred Championship Draw and Results.

Barrow Raiders 38 Salford RLFC 4
Venue: Northern Competitions Stadium, Barrow
Date: Sat, 31st January. Kickoff: 6:00 PM. Halftime: Barrow 28-0. Penalties: 5-all. Referee: Adam Williams. Crowd: 2,170.

Barrow Raiders (38)
Tries: Theerapol Ritson 2, Luke Cresswell, Charlie Emslie, Luke Broadbent, Aiden Doolan, Dan Knott
Goals: Brad Walker 5/7

Salford RLFC (4)
Tries: Ollie Garmston

Barrow: Cresswell, Knott, Teare, Broadbent, Ritson; Walker, Archer; Bullock, Wood, Walker, Robson, Costello, King. Int: Doolan, Richards, Emslie, Stack.
Salford: Van Osselaer, Hill, Connolly, Taylor, Hartley; Hughes, Ross; Bowring, Dwyer (C), Haldenby, Appleby, Garmston, Yates. Int: Newboult, Stanton, Bardyel-Wells, Appleby.

Dewsbury Rams 22 Keighley Cougars 20
Venue: FLAIR Stadium, Dewsbury
Date: Sun, 1st February. Kickoff: 2:00 PM. Halftime: Dewsbury 20-18. Penalties: Dewsbury 15-14. Referee: Aaryn Belafonte.

Dewsbury Rams (22)
Tries: Bradley Graham, Tom Delaney, Valu Tane Bentley
Goals: Jacob Hookem 5/5
Sin Bin: Dan Coates, Jacob Parkinson

Keighley Cougars (20)
Tries: Brad Holroyd 2, Dylan Proud
Goals: Matty Beharrell 4/4
Sin Bin: Lachlan Lanskey

Dewsbury: McShane, Jordan, O'Connor, Senior (C), Delaney; Coates, Hookem; Nelmes, McShane, Bateman, Summers, Graham, Collinson. Int: Parkinson, Tomlinson, Bentley, Roberts.
Keighley: Sayner, Holroyd, Proud, Clarke, Foggin-Johnston; Farrell, Beharrell (C); Parker, Flanagan (C), Teanby, Dean, Lanskey, Green. Int: Schofield, Brown, Burton, Skerrett-Evans.

Midlands Hurricanes 26 Doncaster RLFC 24
Venue: Avery Fields, Birmingham
Date: Sun, 1st February. Kickoff: 2:00 PM. Halftime: Midlands 16-4. Penalties: Midlands 3-2. Referee: Kevin Moore. Crowd: 332.

Midlands Hurricanes (26)
Tries: Luis Roberts 2, Matthew Chrimes, Lewis Else, Ryan Johnson
Goals: Lewis Else 3/5

Doncaster RLFC (24)
Tries: Cory Aston 2, Reece Lyne, Muizz Mustapha, Edene Gebbie
Goals: Cory Aston 2/5

Midlands: Horner, Chrimes, Johnson, Oakes, Roberts; Craven, Else; Kirby (C), Moore, Dickinson, Warren, Roberts, Wood. Int: Roden, Morris, Moran, Shaw.
Doncaster: Holmes, Gebbie, Hey, Lyne, Glover; Aston (C), Boas; Knowles, Burns, Springer, Sutcliffe, Johnson, Mustapha. Int: Pauli, Jones, Hepi, Gwaze.

Rochdale Hornets 20 Workington Town 14
Venue: Crown Oil Arena, Rochdale
Date: Sun, 1st February. Kickoff: 3:00 PM. Halftime: Workington 8-4. Penalties: Rochdale 9-5. Referee: Carl Hughes. Crowd: 693.

Rochdale Hornets (20)
Tries: Dan Nixon 2, TJ Boyd 2
Goals: Max Flanagan 2/4

Workington Town (14)
Tries: Rio-Osayomwanbo Corkill, Mason Lewthwaite, Braden Leigh
Goals: Jake Carter 1/3

Rochdale: Flanagan, Boyd, Ashton, Sa'u, Nixon; Dallimore, Hickey; Reid, Whitmore (C), Kelly-Duffy, Wood, Metcalfe, Syme. Int: Hatton, Andrade, Lynch, Waterworth.
Workington: Galea, Doran, Corkill, Leigh, Donaghy; Carter, Wear; Ainley, Phillips, Farrer, Lewthwaite, Rawhiti, Bradley. Int: Gittens-Bedward, Castle, Reid, Williams.

Swinton Lions 24 Goole Vikings 28
Venue: Morson Stadium, Sale
Date: Sun, 1st February. Kickoff: 3:00 PM. Halftime: 12-all. Penalties: Goole 5-2. Referee: Scott Mikalauskas. Crowd: 622.

Swinton Lions (24)
Tries: Kenny Baker 2, Jack Stevens, Aaron Lynch
Goals: Reece Briers 4/4
Sin Bin: Deane Meadows

Goole Vikings (28)
Tries: Connor Barley 2, Jeylan Hodgson, Callum Shaw, Shane Tuohey
Goals: Jack Miller 4/5

Swinton: Parkinson, Fitzgerald, Jones, Lynch, Anderson; Stevens, Briers; Shingler, Ratchford, Reddecliff, Willis, Rodden, Baker (C). Int: Openshaw, Kelly-Duffy, Meadows, Shields.
Goole: Tuohey, Shaw, Howlett, Tomlinson, Barley; Harman, Miller; Arnold, Hodgson, Watts, Ferres (C), Staveley, Aldous. Int: Craig, Aldous, Hodder, Jubb.

Whitehaven RLFC 6 Newcastle Thunder 54
Venue: The Ortus REC, Whitehaven
Date: Sun, 1st February. Kickoff: 3:00 PM. Halftime: Newcastle 32-6. Penalties: Newcastle 8-2. Referee: Denton Arnold. Crowd: 809.

Whitehaven RLFC (6)
Tries: Ethan Bickerdike
Goals: Ciaran Walker 1/1

Newcastle Thunder (54)
Tries: Aidan McGowan 2, Harvey Reynolds 2, Ukuma Ta'ai, Brad Ward, Taylor Pemberton, Cody Hunter, Ryan Jackson, Noah Whittingham
Goals: Jack Smith 7/10

Whitehaven: Walker-Taylor, Eccleston, Pearce, Bickerdike, Todd; Lowe, Walker; Pearce, Holgate, Bailey, Nixon, Holliday, Kellett. Int: Shackley, Brennan, Thomson, Williamson.
Newcastle: Lipp, Djeukessi, Smith, McGowan, Ward; Hunter, Roberts; Jackson, Pemberton, Santi, Foster, Whittingham, Reynolds. Int: Rostang, Ta'ai, Tennison, Walton.

Widnes Vikings 28 North Wales Crusaders 14
Venue: DCBL Stadium, Widnes
Date: Sun, 1st February. Kickoff: 3:00 PM. Halftime: Widnes 12-10. Penalties: Widnes 12-10. Referee: Ryan Cox. Crowd: 4,018.

Widnes Vikings (28)
Tries: Jumah Sambou 2, Adam Lawton, Matty Fozard, Nathan Connell
Goals: Jordan Abdull 4/5

North Wales Crusaders (14)
Tries: Greg Eden, Jordy Gibson, Luke Forber
Goals: Dec Patton 1/3
Sin Bin: Jordy Gibson

Widnes: Connell, Sambou, Owens (C), Edge, Ince; Lyons, Abdull; Murray, Johnstone, Chapelhow, Wilde, Langtree, Gregson. Int: Fozard, McWhirter, Lawton, Bibby.
North Wales: Roby, Brookes, Hatton, Spedding, Forber; Patton, Gibson; Barratt, Eaves (C), Ioane, England, Foster, Addy. Int: Walker, Moran, Baldwin, Eden.

Halifax Panthers 28 Batley Bulldogs 10
Venue: The Shay Stadium, Halifax
Date: Sun, 1st February. Kickoff: 3:00 PM. Halftime: Halifax 16-4. Penalties: Batley 7-4. Referee: Tara Jones. Crowd: 1,740.

Halifax Panthers (28)
Tries: Ben Crooks, Charlie Graham, Ben Tibbs, Tanguy Zenon, Jesse Soric
Goals: Myles Lawford 4/5

Batley Bulldogs (10)
Tries: Luke Cooper, Joe Burton
Goals: Ben Reynolds 1/2

Halifax: Zenon, Carter, Graham, Johnson, Tibbs; Soric, Lawford; Calcott, O'Brien, McCarron, Crooks (C), Day, Inman. Int: Halafihi, Fairbank, Forster, Cowen.
Batley: Reynolds, Burton, Ellis, Hudson, Oakes; White, Woods; Kirk, Leak, Stevens, Flynn, Walshaw, Atkinson. Int: Butterworth, Cooper, Parsons, Matvejev.

London Broncos 25 Oldham RLFC 8
Venue: The Cherry Red Records Stadium, Wimbledon
Date: Sun, 1st February. Kickoff: 3:00 PM. Halftime: London 10-2. Penalties: London 9-5. Referee: Matthew Lynn.

London Broncos (25)
Tries: Reagan Campbell-Gillard, Liam Tindall, Robert Mathias, Finley Glare, Alex Max
Goals: Gairo Voro 1/3, Jack Croft 1/1
Field Goals: Dean Hawkins

Oldham (8)
Tries: Cole Geyer
Goals: Kieran Dixon 2/2

London: Morea, Tindall, Max, Mathias, Wallis; Hawkins, Voro; Campbell-Gillard (C), Meadows, Kapinias, Smith, Croft, Adebiyi. Int: Glare, Bienek, O'Beirne, Bitungane.
Oldham: Dixon, Nisbet, O'Keefe, Davies, Bibby; Dean, Drinkwater; Ormondroyd, Milner, Farnworth, Lannon, Ashurst, Purcell. Int: Geyer, Chapelhow, Makin, Moore.

Table after Round 2

RELATED: Click here to view the current Betfred Championship table.

Stats leaders - courtesy of Rugby League Project

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Scorigami Checker

Using Rugby League Project's Scorigami Checker, we look at each week's scoreline to see how many times each of the scorelines occured, and if the round produced a 'Scorigami' - a unique score in the history of the UK second division.

There were no Scorigami occurences this week:

• 38-4 had occurred 10 times previously to Barrow def Salford
• 22-20 had occurred 39 times previously to Dewsbury def Keighley
• 26-24 had occurred 36 times previously to Midlands def Doncaster
• 28-10 had occurred 39 times previously to Halifax def Batley
• 25-8 had occurred 6 times previously to London def Oldham
• 20-14 had occured 35 times previously to Rochdale def Workington
• 28-24 had occured 30 times previously to Goole def Swinton
• 54-6 had occured 12 times previously to Newcastle def Whitehaven
• 28-14 had occured 31 times previously to Widnes def North Wales