2025 RFL League One

2025 Betfred League One
League	League One
Duration	March – October 2024
Teams	11
2025

The 2025 RFL League One is a professional rugby league football competition played in the United Kingdom and the third tier of the sport for Rugby Football League (RFL) affiliated clubs. The sponsors for the league were the bookmakers, Betfred and the league continued to be known as the Betfred League One.

Eleven teams competed in the league playing 20 matches each over 23 rounds in the regular season.

Team changes

The league had increased in size from 2024 with 11 teams competing, up from nine in 2024. At the end of the 2024 season Dewsbury Rams, Swinton Lions and Whitehaven were relegated from the Championship replacing Oldham and Hunslet who won promotion. Goole Vikings were admitted to the league, the first new team since Cornwall in 2022.

Structure changes

Until 2023 promotion and relegation was on a 2-up, 2-down basis between the Championship and League One but was subject to a review of the league structure.

In March 2024 the RFL completed the review and announced that the first steps will be taken to equalise the number of teams in the Championship and League One at 12 each by the start of the 2026 season. Following the 2-up, 3-down system in 2024, 2025 will see the return of the Super 8s format with the top four teams in League One meeting the bottom four teams in the Championship to decide which division those clubs will play in for 2026. Details are still to be finalised but it is anticipated that the top three in the Super 8s will play in the Championship in 2026 with the remaining five in League One.

Clubs

Stadiums and locations

Cornwall

Dewsbury

Goole

Keighley

Newcastle

Midlands

North Wales

Rochdale

Workington

Swinton

Whitehaven

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Locations of the 2025 RFL League One teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Cornwall	Penryn	The Memorial Ground	4,000
Dewsbury Rams	Dewsbury	Crown Flatt	5,100
Goole Vikings	Goole	Victoria Pleasure Gardens	3,000
Keighley Cougars	Keighley	Cougar Park	7,800
Midlands Hurricanes	Birmingham	Alexander Stadium	2,000
Newcastle Thunder	Newcastle upon Tyne	Gateshead International Stadium	11,800
North Wales Crusaders	Colwyn Bay	Eirias Stadium	5,500
Rochdale Hornets	Rochdale	Spotland Stadium	10,249
Swinton Lions	Sale	Heywood Road	3,387
Whitehaven	Whitehaven	Recreation Ground	7,500
Workington Town	Workington	Derwent Park	10,000

Results

Main article: 2025 RFL League One results

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cornwall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to Super 8s
2	Dewsbury Rams	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Goole Vikings	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Keighley Cougars	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Midlands Hurricanes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Newcastle Thunder	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	North Wales Crusaders	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Rochdale Hornets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Swinton Lions	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Whitehaven	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Workington Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: [1]