2018 Rugby League Qualifiers results
The 2018 Rugby League Qualifiers followed the regular season fixtures of the 2018 Super League and 2018 Championship seasons. The top four teams in the Championship qualified along with the bottom four teams in the Super League. Each team's points totals were reset to zero and each team played against each other once. The top three teams qualified automatically for the Super League in 2019, the fourth and fifth-placed teams contested the "Million Pound Game" at the venue of the fourth-placed team, with the winner also earning a place in the Super League for 2019, while the losing team and the bottom three teams entered the Championship in 2019.[1]
Qualifiers
Round 1
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Attendance | Report | |||
| 20–21 | 9 August 2018, 19:45 | Select Security Stadium | Liam Moore | 3,432 | [2] | ||
| 10–28 | 10 August 2018, 20:00 | KCOM Craven Park | Robert Hicks | 7,081 | [3] | ||
| 48–22 | 11 August 2018, 15:15 | Headingley Stadium | Gareth Hewer | 10,166 | [4] | ||
| 0–14 | 12 August 2018, 15:00 | The MBI Shay | Chris Kendall | 1,768 | [5] | ||
| Source:[6] | |||||||
Round 2
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Attendance | Report | |||
| 32–6 | 18 August 2018, 15:15 | AJ Bell Stadium | Ben Thaler | 2,317 | [7] | ||
| 28–6 | 18 August 2018, 19:00 | Stade Ernest-Argeles | Scott Mikalauskas | 1,899 | |||
| 22–28 | 18 August 2018, 19:30 | Lamport Stadium | James Child | 7,540 | [8] | ||
| 32–48 | 19 August 2018, 15:00 | Trailfinders Sports Ground | Chris Kendall | 1,793 | [9] | ||
| Source:[6] | |||||||
Round 3
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Attendance | Report | |||
| 36–38 | 1 September 2018, 15:15 | Headingley | Ben Thaler | 11,570 | [10] | ||
| 42–22 | 1 September 2018, 17:00 | Stade Ernest-Argeles | Robert Hicks | 2,911 | [11] | ||
| 34–22 | 1 September 2018, 17:30 | Lamport Stadium | Scott Mikalauskas | 7,557 | [12] | ||
| 4–62 | 2 September 2018, 15:00 | The MBI Shay | Tom Grant | 2,555 | [13] | ||
| Source:[6] | |||||||
Round 4
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Attendance | Report | |||
| 28–16 | 8 September 2018, 15:15 | AJ Bell Stadium | Robert Hicks | 2,509 | [14] | ||
| 38–24 | 9 September 2018, 15:00 | KCOM Craven Park | Marcus Griffiths | 7,952 | |||
| 34–8 | 9 September 2018, 15:00 | Trailfinders Sports Ground | Tom Grant | 696 | |||
| 6–16 | 9 September 2018, 15:00 | Select Security Stadium | Chris Kendall | 4,050 | [15] | ||
| Source:[6] | |||||||
Round 5
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Attendance | Report | |||
| 18–16 | 14 September 2018, 19:45 | Headingley | James Child | 11,202 | [16] | ||
| 30–18 | 15 September 2018, 15:00 | KCOM Craven Park | Greg Dolan | 7,210 | [17] | ||
| 13–12 | 15 September 2018, 17:30 | Lamport Stadium | Gareth Hewer | 7,923 | [17][18] | ||
| 26–12 | 16 September 2018, 15:00 | Select Security Stadium | Tom Grant | 3,372 | [17][19] | ||
| Source:[6] | |||||||
Round 6
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Attendance | Report | |||
| 11–8 | 22 September 2018, 15:00 | Trailfinders Sports Ground | Scott Mikalauskas | 807 | [20] | ||
| 34–23 | 22 September 2018, 17:00 | Stade Ernest-Argeles | Ben Thaler | 4,127 | [21] | ||
| 20–12 | 22 September 2018, 17:30 | Lamport Stadium | Robert Hicks | 8,210 | [22] | ||
| 6-34 | 23 September 2018, 15:00 | The MBI Shay | Liam Moore | 4,507 | [23] | ||
| Source:[6] | |||||||
Round 7
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Attendance | Report | |||
| 44–10 | 27 September 2018, 19:45 | AJ Bell Stadium | Ben Thaler | 2,115 | [24] | ||
| 16–17 | 28 September 2018, 19:45 | Headingley | Robert Hicks | 11,565 | [25] | ||
| 23-16 | 29 September 2018, 19:05 | Trailfinders Sports Ground | Gareth Hewer | 869 | [26] | ||
| 30-0 | 30 September 2018, 15:00 | KCOM Craven Park | Chris Kendall | 8,232 | [27] | ||
| Source:[6] | |||||||
Million Pound Game
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