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Doncaster RLFC have firmly set their sights on reaching the Super League following a landmark season of growth both on and off the field, culminating in one of the biggest IMG grading surges in rugby league history.
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Beaten Championship Grand Finalists Doncaster have released six former Super League stars: with Chief Executive Carl Hall making clear their plans to earn promotion in 2027. At the end of only their third season back in the Championship, having finished fourth in the regular s…
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Former Super League powerhouse Pauli Pauli will continue his playing career after making a Championship move away from Doncaster RLFC. Leaving the second tier’s Grand Final runners-up, Pauli departs after three seasons. In that time, he racked up 60 appearances and 84 points.
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Veteran former NRL and Super League powerhouse Pauli Pauli has joined Dewsbury Rams ahead of 2027 from fellow Championship outfit Doncaster. New South Wales native Pauli began his professional career with 48 NRL appearances, made between Parramatta Eels and Newcastle Knights.
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London Broncos win Betfred Championship Grand Final with a 78-6 win over Doncaster RLFC. Jason Demetriou's side completed the 'treble' after sweeping aside the South Yorkshire club this afternoon. They had already eased to the League Leaders' Shield in August and quickly added…
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Published 8th Oct 2026, 08:00 BST The Championship rarely provides a fair fight. In the recent past, Leigh Leopards and Wakefield Trinity romped to the title with star-studded squads that would not have looked out of place in Super League . This year was London Broncos ' turn …
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London Broncos are Championship Grand Final winners following a 78-6 win over Doncaster RLFC. Jason Demetriou's side completed the 'treble' after sweeping aside the South Yorkshire club this afternoon. They had already eased to the League Leaders' Shield in August and quickly …
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London Broncos completed a second-tier treble by thrashing Doncaster in the Championship Grand Final. They had cruised to the League Leaders' Shield with a record of 23 wins and just one defeat from their 24 games. That record, plus two comfortable play-off wins - including on…
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London Broncos have strolled to a 78-6 victory over Doncaster RLFC in the Championship Grand Final, but uncertainty remains over whether they will be promoted to Super League in 2027.
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Nominees for the 2026 Betfred Championship Player of the Year can be confirmed today ahead of Rugby League Awards night in Manchester on Tuesday 29 September. Josh Drinkwater (Oldham RLFC), Connor Robinson (Doncaster RLFC) and Gairo Voro (London Broncos) form the shortlist fol…
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The final four have been confirmed in this year’s Betfred Championship Play-Offs series, with London Broncos, Newcastle Thunder, Doncaster RLFC and Oldham RLFC all just one win away from a place in the 2026 Championship Grand Final.
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Following the results of the Preliminary Finals this weekend, it can now be confirmed that London Broncos will face Doncaster in the 2026 Betfred Championship Grand Final on Sunday 4 October (KO 3pm). With Broncos finishing as the highest-ranked winner of the Preliminary Final…
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Barrow utility Alex Bishop has received a two-match ban for ‘questioning the integrity of a match official’ following the Raiders’ exit from the Championship play-offs. Sunday afternoon saw Barrow beaten 56-12 on the road at Doncaster at the ‘Sudden Death’ stage of the play-of…
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The Betfred Championship play-off series continued in sensational fashion across the weekend, featuring an 80th-minute drama in Cheshire and a dominant twelve-try statement performance in South Yorkshire.
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The Betfred Championship Play-Offs moved another step closer to the Grand Final this weekend, with London Broncos and Newcastle Thunder earning direct passage to Week 4, while Barrow Raiders, Oldham, Doncaster and Widnes Vikings will battle it out in two sudden-death contests …
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The second week of the Championship play-offs are done and dusted with two teams booking their places in the semi-finals, including league leaders London Broncos who secured a resounding win over Doncaster.
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Two former Super League players have become the latest to confirm their retirements at the end of the Championship season. Doncaster RLFC pair Reece Lyne and Luke Briscoe will call it a day after this year’s play-off campaign concludes, but they are far from finished yet, with…
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Doncaster half-back Connor Robinson wrote his name into the rugby league record books on Sunday afternoon – after setting an all-time record in the sport’s 131-year history. The Dons were impressive in booking their spot in the next round of the Championship play-offs, hammeri…
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London Broncos will play Doncaster in their opening Championship play-off fixture next week, after the Dons and Widnes both progressed through their first matches. A complicated and complex ten-team Championship play-off system began this weekend, with two teams eliminated fro…
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Two Super League stalwarts have confirmed their retirements at the end of the season, with Reece Lyne and Luke Briscoe both announcing they’ll hang up the boots at the end of the season. The pair, who both currently play in the Championship for Doncaster, have confirmed their …
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Castleford Tigers have recalled Fiji international Mikaele Ravalawa from his loan spell at Championship outfit Doncaster. Ravalawa was among Cas’ top signings ahead of 2026, signing a three-year deal as he arrived at The Jungle following a successful NRL career.
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Castleford Tigers have welcomed back winger Mikaele Ravalawa ahead of the club’s trip to Hull FC on Friday night. The Fijian international has spent the past fortnight on loan at Championship side Doncaster, where he scored two tries on debut. Interestingly though, and quite i…
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Castleford Tigers winger Mikaele Ravalawa has joined Championship club Doncaster on loan until the end of the year, fuelling talk of an early exit after a disappointing first season in Super League.
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Championship side Doncaster sign Hull Kingston Rovers forward Tom Whitehead for the rest of the season.
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Willie Peters dedicated Hull KR's Challenge Cup semi-final victory to the club's supporters after they took over Doncaster.
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Hull KR booked their return to the Challenge Cup Final as they cruised past Warrington Wolves in a dominant performance. The Robins won 32-12 at Doncaster’s Eco-Power Stadium as they booked their spot against Wigan Warriors with what was a very strong showing against Sam Burge…
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St Helens defeated Leeds Rhinos to set up a repeat of the 2025 Challenge Cup Final, where they will take on Wigan Warriors. Saints took on Leeds Rhinos at Doncaster’s Eco-Power Stadium today in the curtain-raiser for the men’s semi-final between Hull KR and Warrington Wolves, …
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London Broncos survived a scare to keep their unbeaten start to the Championship season ongoing as they came from behind to beat Doncaster. Jason Demetriou’s side are yet to taste defeat in the Championship this year but with just over five minutes remaining, they were looking…
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Leeds Rhinos will lose another of their stars at the end of the season, with Mikolaj Oledzki departing the club to sign with Perth Bears. Oledzki, who made his debut for the club in a hefty Challenge Cup win over Doncaster back in 2017, has been such an integral member of the …
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Hull FC forward Matty Laidlaw will look to find game time in the Championship, after joining the competition on a month’s loan. Laidlaw, who has 23 Super League appearances to his name, debuted for the Black and Whites in 2022, and has also spent time on loan at Newcastle Thun…
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Castleford Tigers star Blake Taaffe has released an update after rupturing his ACL in his opening Super League game. Taaffe, 26, only joined Castleford ahead of the new season, signing a three year deal to become an integral part of Ryan Carr’s rebuild. After featuring in the …
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Two overseas players, including a former Hull FC and Castleford Tigers back, have made a loan switch ahead of this weekend’s games. Outside back Bureta Faraimo and hooker Isaac Misky have found game time hard to come by at parent club Doncaster, with Misky’s bench appearance i…
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Former Hull FC winger Mitieli Vulikijapani has found a new club following his release by the Black and Whites at the end of the 2024 Super League season. The Fijian has penned a one-year deal with Doncaster and will join up with Richard Horne’s side with immediate effect. Vuli…
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Doncaster RLFC saw their Challenge Cup journey end on Saturday with defeat to Castleford Tigers but questions have been raised about the Six Again rule and it’s impact in the 14-0 loss. After so many blowout scores on Friday night, there looked to be the possibility of an upse…
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Castleford Tigers head coach Ryan Carr watched his side win in what was his first competitive fixture in charge though it wasn’t easy with Championship side Doncaster presenting a tough test. After the lop-sided scorelines of Friday night, there was perhaps surprise when Castl…
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Two more Super League clubs progressed in the Challenge Cup on Saturday evening but one of them will be sweating disciplinary after a red card for one of their star man. After Castleford Tigers and Leeds Rhinos came through tough battles in the afternoon, defeating Doncaster 1…
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Castleford Tigers head coach Ryan Carr felt Saturday's hard-fought Challenge Cup tie against Doncaster was the perfect preparation for Super League.
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At the start of the season, there is always a debate over what matters most: performance or result.
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Castleford Tigers find themselves in familiar territory this weekend.
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