| 2024 Betfred Championship | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 14 |
| Matches played | 189 |
| Points scored | 8,308 |
| Highest attendance | 8,016 Wakefield Trinity vs Toulouse Olympique (19 October 2024) |
| Lowest attendance | 331 Whitehaven v Toulouse Olympique (13 July 2024) |
| Average attendance | 1,826 |
| Attendance | 345,071 |
| 2024 season | |
| Promoted to Super League | Wakefield Trinity |
| League Leaders' Shield | Wakefield Trinity |
| Relegated to League One | Swinton Lions, Whitehaven, Dewsbury Rams |
| Biggest home win | Featherstone Rovers
(7 July 2024)
(29 September 2024) |
| Biggest away win | Swinton Lions 0–60 Wakefield Trinity (1 September 2024) |
| Top point-scorer(s) | Max Jowitt (384) |
| Top try-scorer(s) | Derrell Olpherts (26) |
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]