2010 RFL Championship

Co-operative Championship 2010
The Co-operative Championship logo
LeagueCo-operative Championship
Duration22 Rounds (Followed by 4 round playoffs)
Teams11
Highest attendance3,686
Widnes vs. Halifax (18 Mar)
Lowest attendance835
Sheffield vs. Dewsbury (19 Mar)
Average attendance1,771 Increase
Attendance53,130 Increase
Broadcast partnersSky Sports
2010 Season
Champions Halifax
League leaders Featherstone Rovers
Runners-up Halifax
Promotion and relegation
Relegated to Championship 1 Whitehaven
Keighley Cougars

The 2010 Rugby Football League Championship is known as Co-operative Championship due to sponsorship by The Co-operative Group.

The 2010 Co-operative Championship is a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in the United Kingdom and France one tier below the first tier Super League. The two worst performing teams during the season, with the exception of Toulouse Olympique, will be relegated to Championship 1.

There is no automatic promotion from this league to Super League, which uses a licensing system renewed every three years. Qualifying for the grand final or winning the Northern Rail Cup is a prerequisite for Championship clubs to be able to apply for license in the next round of applications for the 2012–14 period.

All of the teams in the 2010 Co-operative Championship will also compete in the 2010 Challenge Cup where they will enter in the third round. All of the teams, with the exception of Toulouse Olympique will compete in the 2010 Northern Rail Cup which starts before the Co-operative Championship with the finals held mid season.

Featherstone Rovers finished the league in first place after the regular season but were beaten by Halifax in the grand final 23-22