2024 RFL Championship

2024 Betfred Championship
Teams14
Matches played189
Points scored8,308
Highest attendance8,016
Wakefield Trinity vs Toulouse Olympique
(19 October 2024)
Lowest attendance331
Whitehaven v Toulouse Olympique
(13 July 2024)
Average attendance1,826
Attendance345,071
2024 season
Promoted to Super LeagueWakefield Trinity
League Leaders' ShieldWakefield Trinity
Relegated to League OneSwinton Lions, Whitehaven, Dewsbury Rams
Biggest home winFeatherstone Rovers
  • 66–0
Whitehaven
(7 July 2024)


Wakefield Trinity
  • 72–6
Doncaster
(29 September 2024)
Biggest away winSwinton Lions 0–60 Wakefield Trinity
(1 September 2024)
Top point-scorer(s)Max Jowitt (384)
Top try-scorer(s)Derrell Olpherts (26)
2025 →

The 2024 RFL Championship, (officially known as the Betfred Championship for sponsorship reasons), was a professional rugby league club competition. The second tier of the British rugby league system comprises 14 clubs – 13 from England and one from France.

The season comprised 26 rounds in the regular season with the top six teams taking part in the play-offs to determine the champions.

The title was won by Wakefield Trinity who beat Toulouse Olympique in the grand final.[1] Wakefield also won the league leader's shield winning 25 of their 26 matches during the regular season.[1]

Wakefield's Max Jowitt became the first player in the British game to score 500 points in a season. Going into the grand final on 494 points, Jowitt kicked the three goals he needed to reach the 500 mark.[1]

Despite Wakefield winning the Championship, there is no automatic promotion to Super League, due to Super League status being dependent on a club's performance under the IMG grading system. However, on 22 October 2024, it was announced that Wakefield had improved their rating to a Grade A, which will now see them playing in Super League for the 2025 season.[2]

  1. ^ a b c "Championship Grand Final: Wakefield Trinity 36-0 Toulouse". BBC Sport. 19 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Wakefield Trinity and Castleford Tigers learn IMG gradings fate, as scores revealed to clubs". loverugbyleague. 22 October 2024.