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| Workington celebrates winning the final. Pic RFL. |
The road to the second promotional spot and Championship RL (division 2) was a long road. Barrow was already there as the winner of the league but who would join them? The chart below tracks their progress (or demise) with green the higher finisher in the league.
The sudden death match between the fifth and sixth sides was won by Doncaster. The other two life match had third placed North Wales lose at home to Keighley.
The loss by North Wales brought them into a sudden death encounter with Doncaster with the lower ranked side again prevailing. North Wales seemed to have run out of steam at the critical end of the season. In the other game, second placed Workington came into the finals series and narrowly overcame Keighley. That sent Workington straight into the finals.
Keighley and Doncaster fought for the other finals spot and a chance of promotion. Amazingly Doncaster won its third sudden death match. The club went from fifth into a final game with promotion hopes. Despite Doncaster's odds-defying run to this point, reality called in the final. Workington was too strong and got the second promotion spot with a 36-12 victory.
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