The third division of Rugby League in the UK has concluded with the finals completed and now that the dust has settled, let's see what happened.
The league winner (Oldham) was automatically promoted to the Championship (division two). The teams from second to sixth battled it out for a playoff match with the third to last Championship side. One less team is going up than coming down to even up numbers between the two.
First round: In this protracted series, the second placed side Keighley Cougars got a bye while third to sixth got down to business. In the eliminator match, Midlands Hurricanes narrowly saw off Workington Town 24-22 while the have another life game (as I call it) was won by the Rochdale Hornets 30-18.Second round: In the eliminator match Hunslet were victors 18-14 over Midlands while the have another life game went to Keighley 26-22 at the expense of Rochdale.
Semi final: Hunslet and Rochdale went head to head to see who would make the final, with Huslet somewhat comfortable winners 46-26.
Final: At last the final League One match. Keighley may have had two byes (or rest weeks) leading up to the game but that didn't prove decisive as they went down 6-20 to Hunslet. The highlights can be seen by clicking here.
Hunslet took on the Swinton Lions (from the Championship) 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. That's a sizable percentage movement considering the number of teams in each league.
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