| avg_attendance = | points = 6927 (regular season) + 190 (play-offs) | season = 2025 season | season_champ_name = Grand Final winners | season_champs = Toulouse Olympique | season_champs_count = | league_leaders_name = League Leaders' Shield | league_leaders = York Knights | league_leaders_count = | wooden_spoon_name = | wooden_spoon = | biggest_home_win = 66–0 (York Knights v Doncaster, 13 April) | biggest_away_win = 6–72 (Sheffield Eagles at Hunslet, 29 June) | top_scorer =Liam Harris () | top try scorer =Ben Jones-Bishop () | prevseason_link = 2024 RFL Championship | prevseason_year = 2024 | nextseason_link = 2026 RFL Championship | nextseason_year = 2026
The 2025 RFL Championship (officially known as the Betfred Championship for sponsorship reasons) is a professional rugby league club competition. The second tier of the British rugby league system comprises 13 clubs – 12 from England and one from France.
The season comprised 26 rounds in the regular season with each team playing 24 fixtures and having two bye weeks. The top six teams took part in the play-offs to determine the champions. The Championship was won by Toulouse Olympique who finished second in the regular season behind League Leaders' Shield winners York Knights. The two met in the Grand Final on 5 October when Toulouse won 10–8.
Team changes Wakefield Trinity won promotion to the Super League at the end of 2024 and were replaced by London Broncos who were relegated from Super League under the IMG grading system. Promoted from League One in 2024 were Oldham and Hunslet who replaced the 2024 relegated teams, Swinton Lions, Whitehaven and Dewsbury Rams.
Structure changes There was no automatic promotion from the Championship to Super League at the end of the season. This is due to the IMG grading scheme where clubs are graded by a number of factors, not all based on on-field performance.
Following a review of the league structure below Super League, the RFL announced that by the start of the 2026 season, the Championship and League 1 would be equalised in size at 12 teams each. In March 2024 the RFL completed the review and announced that the first steps will be taken to equalise the number of teams in the Championship and League One at 12 each by the start of the 2026 season. Following the 2-up, 3-down system in 2024, 2025 would have see the return of the Super 8s format with the top four teams in League One meeting the bottom four teams in the Championship to decide which division those clubs will play in for 2026. However, following the decision to expand Super League from 12 to 14 clubs from 2026, the decision was taken on 27 August 2025 to merge the Championship and League One competitions for 2026. The Super 8s therefore became redundant and were cancelled.
Rule changes Three rule changes are brought in for 2025: Kick chasers will only be offside if they are influencing the play rather than automatically being offside for being within 10 metres. Drop-outs that fail to travel 10 metres or go out on the full, result in a play-the-ball rather than a penalty. Attacking players as well as defending players can be green-carded if play has to be stopped due to an injury. Previously only defending players could be green-carded.
Clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity Barrow Raiders Barrow-in-Furness Craven Park 4,000 Batley Bulldogs Batley Mount Pleasant 7,500 Bradford Bulls Bradford Odsal Stadium 22,000 Doncaster Doncaster Eco-Power Stadium 15,231 Featherstone Rovers Featherstone Post Office Road 8,000 Halifax Panthers Halifax The Shay 10,401 Hunslet Hunslet, Leeds South Leeds Stadium 3,450 London Broncos Wimbledon, London Plough Lane 9,215 Oldham Oldham Boundary Park 13,186 Sheffield Eagles Sheffield Steel City Stadium 1,320 Toulouse Olympique Toulouse Stade Ernest-Wallon 19,500 Widnes Vikings Widnes DCBL Stadium 13,350 York Knights York York Community Stadium 8,500
Regular season Results
Standings
Play-offs
Player statistics
Top 10 try scorers RankPlayer (s)ClubTries1 Ben Jones-Bishop York Knights292 Edene Gebbie Doncaster RLFC253 Olly Ashall-Bott Toulouse Olympique234 Benjamin Laguerre225 Jayden Okunbor Bradford Bulls216 Scott Galeano York Knights197 Liam Tindall London Broncos168 Guy Armitage Bradford Bulls15 Derrell Olpherts Featherstone Rovers10 Waqa Blake Bradford Bulls13 Liam Harris York Knights
Top 10 goal scorers RankPlayer (s)ClubGoals1 Jake Shorrocks Toulouse Olympique1002 Liam Harris York Knights893 Ben Reynolds Featherstone Rovers704 Connor Robinson Doncaster RLFC645 Luke Hooley Bradford Bulls566 Josh Drinkwater Oldham RLFC547 Jordan Lilley Bradford Bulls528 Jack Smith London Broncos499 Brad Walker Barrow Raiders4410 Louis Jouffret Halifax Panthers43
Top 10 points scorers RankPlayer (s)ClubPoints1 Liam Harris York Knights2322 Jake Shorrocks Toulouse Olympique2093 Ben Reynolds Featherstone Rovers1644 Luke Hooley Bradford Bulls140 Connor Robinson Doncaster RLFC Josh Drinkwater Oldham RLFC7 Jordan Lilley Bradford Bulls1288 Jack Smith London Broncos1189 Ben Jones-Bishop York Knights11610 Louis Jouffret Halifax Panthers110As of 5 October 2025: (Playoff final)
Discipline
Red cards RankPlayerClub Cards1 Alex Bishop Barrow Raiders1 Bayley Liu Bradford Bulls Edene Gebbie Doncaster RLFC Suaia Matagi Ben Reynolds Featherstone Rovers Sam Campbell Hunslet RLFC Matthew Fletcher Yellow cards RankPlayerClub Cards1 Keelan Foster Hunslet RLFC32 Ryan King Barrow Raiders2 Curtis Teare Ronan Dixon Halifax Panthers Adam Lawton Widnes Vikings6 Alex Bishop Barrow Raiders1 Ryan Brown Ryan Johnston James Meadows Bradford Bulls Eliot Peposhi Ebon Scurr Suaia Matagi Doncaster RLFC Pauli Pauli Connor Robinson Danny Addy Featherstone Rovers Connor Jones Gadwin Springer King Vuniyayawa William Calcott Halifax Panthers Jacob Fairbank Vila Halafihi Zack McComb Sam Campbell Hunslet RLFC Lachlan Hanneghan Kevin Larroyer Coby Nichol Ethan O'Hanlon Jordan Syme Mackenzie Turner Ben Davies Oldham RLFC Eddie Battye Sheffield Eagles Alex Foster Evan Hodgson Kris Welham Robert Butler Toulouse Olympique Joe Cator Ellis Gillam Baptiste Rodriguez Mike Butt Widnes Vikings Ben Condon Nick Gregson Bailey Antrobus York Knights Sam Cook Jesse Dee Ata Hingano
As of 18 September 2025: (Round 24) References