The Championship season kicks off this week, and with that in mind we have taken a look at how each club’s squad is shaping up.
The merging of the second and third tiers means that 20 teams will compete in the competition in 2026, with teams playing a total of 24 games across the season with fixtures being scheduled by 2025 league position and geography deciding who plays who.
London Broncos look to be the favourites heading into the season, but there will be plenty of teams looking to prove them wrong. Here is the full squad lists for each Championship side, and there are a huge number of former Super league and international stars preparing to play in the second tier.
How every Championship squad looks ahead of 2026
Barrow Raiders:
1. Luke Cresswell, 2. Andrew Bulman, 3. Shane Toal, 4. Curtis Teare, 5. Luke Broadbent, 6. Brad Walker, 7. Ryan Johnston, 8. Tom Walker, 9. Josh Wood, 10. Joe Bullock, 11. Ellis Robson, 12. Matt Costello, 13. Ryan King, 14. Aiden Doolan, 15. Charlie Emslie, 16. Greg Richards, 17. Alex Bishop, 19. Seth Woodend, 20. Dan Knott, 21. Trent Ruddy, 22. Jarrad Stack, 23. Stevie Watson, 25. Tee Ritson
Batley Bulldogs:
1. Robbie Butterworth, 2. Joe Burton, 3. Oliver Greensmith, 4. Wesley Bruines. 5. Kieran Brining, 6. Ben Reynolds, 7. Josh Woods, 8. Adam Gledhill, 9. Alistair Leak, 10. Luke Cooper, 11. Dane Manning, 12. Lucas Walshaw, 13. Robson Stevens, 14 Ben White, 15. Nyle Flynn, 16. Michael Ward, 17. Liam Kirk, 18. Evan Hodgson, 19. Jonah Parsons, 20. Jack Hudson, 21. Luca Atkinson, 22. Jay Scriven, 23. Felix Ellis, 24. Paul Foulstone
Dewsbury Rams:
1. Craig McShane, 2. Tom Delaney, 3. Caelum Jordan, 4. George Senior, 5. Liam Copland, 6. Daniel Coates, 7. Jacob Hookem, 8. Luke Nelmes, 9. Jack McShane, 10. Toby Everett, 11. Joseph Summers, 12. Luke Mearns, 13. Declan Tomlinson, 14. Jacob Parkinson, 15. Jacob Bateman, 16. Louis Collinson, 17. Harvey Roberts, 18. Jack Briggs, 19. Louie Walker, 20. Valu Tane Bentley, 21. David Benson, 22. George Rayner, 23. Brad Graham, 24. Alfie Wall, 25. Samuel Spencer, 26. Paul Sykes, 31. Aaron Lyne
Doncaster RLFC:
1. Tom Holmes, 2. Bureta Faraimo, 3. Brad Hey, 4. Reece Lyne, 5. Luke Briscoe, 6. Cory Aston, 7. Connor Robinson, 8. Brad Knowles, 9. Greg Burns, 10. Suaia Matagi, 11. Sam Smeaton, 12. Alex Sutcliffe, 13. Loui McConnell, 14. Jacob Jones, 15. Jordan Baldwinson, 16. Pauli Pauli, 17. Muizz Mustapha, 19. Connor Jones, 20. Isaac Misky, 21. Tyla Hepi, 22. Luis Johnson, 23. James Glover, 24. Watson Boas, 25. Gadwin Springer, 33. Andre Savelio
Goole Vikings:
1. Josh Guzdek, 2. Tom Halliday, 3. Cooper Howlett, 4. Keenen Tomlinson, 5. Callum Shaw, 6. Mackenzie Harman, 7. Jack Miller, 8. Tyler Craig, 9. Jeylan Hodgson, 10. Jack Arnold, 11. Brett Ferres, 12. Nick Staveley, 13. Harry Aldous, 14. Oli Morgan, 15. Jack Aldous, 16. Harry Medlicott, 17. Jack Coventry, 18. Connor Barley, 19. Ben Hodder, 20. Shane Tuohey, 21. Bailey Dawson, 22. Callum Rutland, 23. Ben Dent, 24. Alex Holdstock, 25. Brad Bullock, 26. Bailey Tait, 27. Leroy Ncube, 28. Manoa Wacokecoke, 29, Adam Rusling, 30. Liam Watts.
Halifax Panthers:
1. David Nofoaluma, 2. Ben Tibbs, 3. Tanguy Zenon, 4. Alfie Johnson, 5. Charlie Graham, 6. Jesse Soric, 7. Jack Hansen, 8. Will Calcott, 9. Adam O’Brien, 10. Dan Okoro, 11. Ben Crooks, 12. Owen McCarron, 13. Jacob Fairbank, 14. Tom Inman, 15. Connor Davies, 16. Ronan Dixon, 17. Myles Lawford, 18. Bayley Liu, 19. Zack McComb, 20. Vila Halafihi, 21. Ben Forster, 22. Darius Carter.
Hunslet RLFC:
11. Billy Jowitt, 2. Coby Nichol, 3. Myles Harrop, 4. Matty Dawson-Jones, 5. Mo Agoro, 6. Lee Gaskell, 8. Harvey Hallas, 9. Bailey Aldridge, 10. Keelan Foster, 11. Harrison Gilmore, 12. Darcy Simpson, 13. Eddie Battye, 145. Emmerson Whittel, 16. Elijah Simpson, 17. Kevin Larroyer, 18. Jimmy Watson, 20. Liam Carr, 21. Mackenzie Turner, 22. Jack Ward, 24. Jimmy Morgan, 26. Ethan O’Hanlon
Keighley Cougars:Â
1. Connor Sayner, 2. Brad Holroyd, 3. Junior Nuu, 4. Max Clarke, 5. Dylan Proud. 6. Izaac Farrell, 7. Matty Beharrell, 8. Dan Parker, 9. Oli Burton, 10. Jack Teanby, 11. Lucas Green, 12. Lachlan Lanskey, 13. Aaron Brown, 14. George Flanagan Sr, 16. Leo Aliyu, 17. Jordan Schofield, 18. Oliver Whitford, 19. David Foggin-Johnston, 20. Leo Skerrett-Evans, 21. Alfie Dean, 22. Waldimar Matahwa, 23. Brandon Pickersgill, 24. Ben Dean, 25. Will McCardle, 26. Nathan Rushworth.
London Broncos:Â
1. Morea Morea, 2. Elliot Wallis, 3. Robert Mathias, 4. Alex Max, 5. Liam Tindall, 6. Connor O’Beirne, 7. Dean Hawkins, 8. Reagan Campbell-Gillard, 9. Sam Davis, 10. Emarly Bitungane, 11. Luke Smith, 12. Jack Croft, 13. Siliva Havili, 14. Finley Glare, 15. Sadiq Adebiyi, 16. Epel Kapinias, 17. Marcus Stock, 18. James Meadows, 19. Ben Hursey-Hord, 20. Brandon Webster-Mansfield, 21. Will Lovell, 22. Alex Walker, 23. Gairo Voro, 24. Lewis Bienek, 25. Jeremiah Simbiken, 26. Neil Tchamambe, 27. Ted Davidson, 28. Bobby Hartley, 29. Jake Ramsden
Midlands Hurricanes:
1. Todd Horner, 2. Matty Chrimes, 3. Ryan Johnson, 4. Ross Oakes, 5. Luis Roberts, 6. Danny Craven, 7. Lewis Else, 8. Jon-Luke Kirby, 9. Aiden Roden, 10. Tyler Dickinson, 11. Tom Wilkinson, 12. Oliver Roberts, 13. Mikey Wood, 14. Brandon Moore, 15. Elliot Morris, 16. Zeus Silk, 17. Kieran Moran, 18. Owen Restall, 19. Sully Medforth, 20. Toby Warren, 21. Zach Jebson, 22. Cian Tyrer, 23. Callum McLelland, 24. Sam Bowring, 25. Danny Barcoe, 26. Ethan Newboult, 27. Louis Beattie.
Newcastle Thunder:
TBC
North Wales Crusaders:
1. Lloyd Roby, 2. Ollie Brookes, 3. Jayden Hatton, 4. Jake Spedding, 5. Luke Forber, 6. Dec Patton, 7. Jordy Gibson, 8. Ant Walker, 9. Josh Eaves, 10. Chris Barratt, 11. Liam Cooper, 12. Cole Oakley, 13. Pat Moran, 14. Joe Baldwin, 15. Charlie Glover, 17. Ashton Robinson, 18. Junior Westwood, 19. Shaun Costello, 20. Will Tilleke, 21. Owain Abel, 22. Jake Nottingham, 23. Greg Eden, 24. Kian Fishwick, 25. Brad England.
Oldham RLFC:
1. Jack Walker, 2. Kieran Dixon, 3. Ben O’Keefe, 4. Ben Davies, 5. Jake Bibby, 6. Morgan Smith, 7. Riley Dean, 8. Jack Ormondroyd, 9. Matty Wildie, 10. Owen Farnworth, 11. Matty Ashurst, 12. Ryan Lannon, 13. Adam Milner, 14. Cole Geyer, 15. Ted Chapelhow, 16. Ewan Moore, 17. Emmanuel Waine, 18. Jaron Purcell, 19. Harvey Makin, 20. Matty Russell, 21. Tom Nesbit, 22. Iain Thornley, 23. Josh Drinkwater, 24. Marcus Greener, 25. Sam Littler
Rochdale Hornets:
1. Max Flanagan, 2. Dan Nixon, 3. Tom Ashton, 4. Junior Sa’u, 5. Ben Will, 6. Jamie Dallimore, 7. Jordan Paga, 8. Jaden Dayes, 9. Ross Whitmore, 10. Lewis Hatton, 11. Matty Unsworth, 12. Ethan Wood, 13. Jordan Syme, 14. Morgan Punchard, 15. In loving memory of Freddie Lowe, 16. Jordan Andrade, 17. Dylan Kelly-Duffy, 18. Danny Lynch, 19. Luke Waterworth, 20. Joe Hickey, 21. TJ Boyd, 22. Jack Holmes, 23. Jamie Pye, 24. Ben Metcalfe.
Salford RLFC:
TBC
Sheffield Eagles:
1. Matty Marsh, 2. Joe Brown, 3. Josh Hodson, 4. Kieran Gill, 5. Billy Walkley, 6. Kai Morgan, 7. Jordan Lilley, 8. Conor Fitzsimmons, 9. Corey Johnson, 10. Martyn Reilly, 11. Connor Bower, 12. Joel Farrell, 13. Jack Bussey, 14. Reiss Butterworth, 15. George Griffin, 16. Blake Broadbent, 17. Harry Bowes, 18. Lennie Ellis, 19. Will Oakes, 20. Lewis Peachey, Ryan Millar, 22. Masi Matongo, 23. Alex Foster, 24. Marcus Green, 25. Jayden Billy
Swinton Lions:Â
1. Louie Roberts, 2. Connor Parkinson, 3. Ellis Anderson, 4. Aaron Lynch, 5. Harry Higham, 6. Reece Briers, 7. Jack Stevens, 9. George Roby, 10. Ben Killan, 11. Gavin Rodden, 12. Aaron Willis, 13. Kenny Baker, 14. Jonny Openshaw, 15., Jamie Reddecliff, 16. Finley Beardsworth, 17. Trent Kelly-Duffy, 18. Bobby Shingler, 20. Adam Jones, 21. Tom Ratchford, 22. Jordan Brown, 23. Deane Meadows, 24. Ethan Fitzgerald, 25. Kye Jacobson, 26. Charlie McCurrie, 27. Lucas Coan, 28. Jimmy Shields
Whitehaven:
1. Jordan Burns, 2. Mitchell Todd, 3. Chris Taylor, 4. Ethan Bickerdike, 5. Jay Weatherill, 6. Ciaran Walker, 7. Jack Newbegin, 8. Jake Pearce, 9. Ellison Holgate, 10. Jordan Thompson, 11. Connor Holliday, 12. Rio McQuistan, 13. Jack Kellett, 14. Josh Blinkhorn, 15. Ellis Nixon, 16. Brad Brennan, 17. Aaron Turnbull, 18. Cole Walker-Taylor, 19. Dave Eccleston, 20. Marc Shackley, 21. Joe Lowe, 22. Brett Bailey, 23. Ben Pearce, 24. Lewis Brown, 31. Xenden Callander, 35. Jackson Smith
Widnes Vikings:
1. Matt Fleming, 2. Mike Butt, 3. Jack Owens, 4. Joe Edge, 5. Ryan Ince, 6. Joe Lyons, 7. Tom Gilmore, 8. Dan Murray, 9. Jordan Johnstone, 10. Liam Bent, 11. Sam Wilde, 12. Max Roberts, 13. Nick Gregson, 14. Matty Fozard, 15. Lewis Hall, 16. Danny Langtree, 18. Morgan McWhirter, 19. Adam Lawton, 20. Jack Bibby, 21. Jay Chapelhow, 22. Jordan Abdull, 23. Nathan Connell, 24. Frank Sergent, 25. Kieran Taylor, 26. Toby Hughes.
Workington Town:
TBC
