The fourteen team UK division two will be thirteen next year as the numbers of teams between this division and the one below it (League One) are brought closer together. So what happened this year?
Most of the top six from last year were back again, the exceptions were Widnes replacing Sheffield and demoted Wakefield replacing promoted London. Doncaster and Dewsbury came up from League One with the former doing well in a higher division but the latter going straight back down.
Wakefield Trinity dropped from the Super League, a division it had been in since 1999. The new owner (from the end of 2023) is focused on revitalising the club and it is already looking promising for an immediate promotion back to SL. Trin' emphatically won the league with only the playoffs standing between them and a Super League return.
Toulouse Olympique were hot favourites for promotion in 2023 but a shock result put the London Broncos through and now they will probably have to get past Trinity this year in the decider. Of course, other top six clubs may have a say in that yet.
The Swinton Lions hosted Hunslet (from League One) to see if one or two sides from League One are promoted and whether two or three sides are relegated to League One. Swinton took a 10-0 lead but in an exciting match, Hunslet came back to win the match 22-20. That sends two League One clubs up and three drop from the Championship.
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