Rugby Football League Championship and Super League Success
As of the 2012 season, three of the fourteen clubs participating in the Super League have never won the Rugby Football League Championship or Super League, they are; Castleford Tigers, Catalans Dragons, London Broncos.
As of the 2012 season, twelve clubs not currently participating in the Super League have won the Rugby Football League Championship.
The five, of the twelve, clubs with pre-World War II (WWII) Rugby Football League Championship wins are; Batley (1), Bradford FC (now the Association football club Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C.) (1), Broughton Rangers (now defunct) (1), Hunslet (2), Manningham (now the Association football club Bradford City) (1).
The four, of the twelve, clubs with both Pre- and Post-WWII Rugby Football League Championship wins are; Halifax (4, i.e. 2 pre- & 2 post-WWII), Leigh (2, i.e. 1 pre- & 1 post-WWII), Oldham (4, i.e. 3 pre- & 1 post-WWII), Swinton (6, i.e. 4 pre- & 2 post-WWII).
The three, of the twelve, clubs with Post-WWII Rugby Football League Championship wins are; Dewsbury (1), Featherstone Rovers (1), Workington Town (1).
Of these twelve former Rugby Football League Championship winning clubs, only four have ever participated in the Super League, they are; Halifax, Leigh, Oldham, Workington Town, all of whom have had Post-WWII wins.
Of these twelve former Rugby Football League Championship winning clubs, none have been granted Super League 2012 licences, and are therefore precluded from the Super League for the foreseeable future.
| Club | Wins | Winning Years | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wigan | 19 | 1908/09, 1921/22, 1925/26, 1933/34, 1945/46, 1946/47, 1949/50, 1951/52, 1959/60, 1986/87, 1989/90, 1990/91, 1991/92, 1992/93, 1993/94, 1994/95, 1995/96, 1998, 2010 |
| 2 | St. Helens | 12 | 1931/32, 1952/53, 1958/59, 1965/66, 1969/70, 1970/71, 1974/75, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006 |
| 3 | Leeds | 9 | 1960/61, 1968/69, 1971/72, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 |
| 4 | Huddersfield | 7 | 1911/12, 1912/13, 1914/15, 1928/29, 1929/30, 1948/49, 1961/62 |
| 5 | Swinton | 6 | 1926/27, 1927/28, 1930/31, 1934/35, 1962/63, 1963/64 |
| 6 | Salford | 6 | 1913/14, 1932/33, 1936/37, 1938/39, 1973/74, 1975/76 |
| 7 | Hull | 6 | 1919/20, 1920/21, 1935/36, 1955/56, 1957/58, 1982/83 |
| 8 | Bradford Northern/Bulls | 6 | 1979/80, 1980/81, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005 |
| 9 | Hull KR | 5 | 1922/23, 1924/25, 1978/79, 1983/84, 1984/85 |
| 10 | Oldham | 4 | 1904/05, 1909/10, 1910/11, 1956/57 |
| 11 | Halifax | 4 | 1902/03, 1906/07, 1964/65, 1985/86 |
| 12 | Warrington | 3 | 1947/48, 1953/54, 1954/55 |
| 13 | Widnes | 3 | 1977/78, 1987/88, 1988/89 |
| 14 | Hunslet | 2 | 1907/08, 1937/38 |
| 15 | Wakefield Trinity | 2 | 1966/67, 1967/68 |
| 16 | Leigh | 2 | 1905/06, 1981/82 |
| 17 | Broughton Rangers | 1 | 1901/02 |
| 18 | Manningham | 1 | 1895/96 |
| 19 | Bradford FC | 1 | 1903/04 |
| 20 | Batley | 1 | 1923/24 |
| 21 | Workington Town | 1 | 1950/51 |
| 22 | Dewsbury | 1 | 1972/73 |
| 23 | Featherstone Rovers | 1 | 1976/77 |
Note. In the event of a tie, the team that won x amount of titles first is given preference.
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