League 1 (rugby league)
| League 1 | |
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Current season or competition:: 2017 League 1
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| Sport | Rugby league |
| Instituted | 2003 |
| Inaugural season | 2003 |
| Number of teams | 16 |
| Countries |
 England (13 teams) Wales (2 teams) Canada (1 team) |
| Champions |
 Rochdale Hornets (1st title) (2016)
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| Most titles |
 York City Knights Dewsbury Rams (2 titles)
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| Website | kingstone press leagues |
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| Related competition |
Promotion to: Championship Domestic Cup(s): Challenge Cup League 1 Cup |
League 1, formerly Championship 1 and currently known as Kingstone Press League 1 for sponsorship reasons, is a professional rugby league competition based in England. The competition also features clubs from Canada and Wales. It is the RFL's third-tier competition, below the Championship, with which it has promotion and relegation.
The league was inaugurated in 2003 when the Northern Ford Premiership was divided into two separate leagues, initially named National League One and National League Two. In 2009, the league names were changed to the Championship and Championship 1 respectively, with the latter adopting its current name of League 1 in 2015.
Third-division rugby league competitions in the United Kingdom have existed periodically since 1991. The current incarnation was created in 2003 when the second-division competition below Super League, the Northern Ford Premiership, was split into National Leagues One and Two. Teams that finished in the top ten league positions of the Northern Ford Premiership at the end of the 2002 season formed National League One, while the remaining eight formed National League Two where they were joined by two additional clubs, London Skolars from the Rugby League Conference and York City Knights, who replaced the defunct York Wasps and also joined National League Two for the inaugural season in 2003.
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