Rugby League Championship Third Division

During certain periods Britain’s Rugby League Championship has been divided into three divisions, with promotion and relegation between each level.

After 1996, 11 clubs resigned from the championship to form Super League; the remaining clubs initially continued to play in what was now known as the first division, and the clubs that previously played in Division Three now played in a competition titled the "Second Division". Despite this title, this competition formed the third tier of rugby league in Britain, and the results are collated here.

In 2003 rugby league beneath Super League were completely re-organised into the Rugby League National Leagues.

Third Division Championship winners

"For completeness, this table includes champions from National League Two (2003-onwards)"

Season	Winners	Also promoted "(to Second Division/National League One)"
1991-92	Huddersfield	Bramley
1992-93	Keighley Cougars	Workington Town
"1993-1995"	"No Third Division"
1995-96	Hull Kingston Rovers1	"none"
1996	Hull Kingston Rovers	Swinton
1997	Hunslet Hawks	Rochdale Hornets, Leigh Centurions
"1998-2002"	"No Third Division"
2003	Keighley Cougars 2	"none"
2004	Barrow Raiders	"none"
2005	York City Knights	"none"
2006	Dewsbury Rams	Sheffield Eagles
2007	Celtic Crusaders	Featherstone Rovers

Footnotes

# Denotes that champions were not promoted.
# Denotes a play-off system was used to determine the championship.

ee also

* Rugby League Championship
* Rugby League Championship Second Division
* Rugby League National Leagues