The 2023 Betfred Championship season gets underway on Saturday 4th February as Barrow Raiders host Toulouse Olympique in the opening game of the season.
Here is a list detailing each Championship club’s 2023 recruitment ahead of the upcoming campaign.
Barrow Raiders
- Incomings: Greg Burke (Salford Red Devils), Jack Wells (Salford Red Devils), Connor Saunders (Ulverston), Rio-Osayomwanbo Corkill (St Helens), Luke Broadbent (Warrington Wolves), Ben Evans (Bradford Bulls), Greg Worthington (Halifax Panthers), Andrew Bulman (Whitehaven), Ellis Archer (St Helens)
- Outgoings: Tee Ritson (St Helens), Dec Hulme (Unattached), Hakim Miloudi (Albi), Adam Walne (Retired), Carl Forster (North Wales-Crusaders), Jordan Walne (Retired), Bradd Crellin (Retired), Connor Terrill (Villeneuve), Gary Wheeler (Unattached), Danny Morrow (Retired), Jamie Dallimore (Unattached)
Batley Bulldogs
- Incomings: Elliot Kear (Bradford Bulls), Samy Kibula (Bradford Bulls), Keegan Hirst (Unattached), Aiden McGowan (Huddersfield Giants), Josh Woods (Newcastle Thunder)
- Outgoings: Luke Hooley (Leeds Rhinos), Perry Whiteley (Dewsbury Rams), Louis Collinson (Dewsbury Rams), Tom Gilmore (Widnes Vikings)
Bradford Bulls
- Incomings: Chester Butler (Huddersfield Giants), Ben Blackmore (Dewsbury Rams), Tom Holmes (Sheffield Eagles), Brad Foster (London Broncos), Jack Walker (Leeds Rhinos), Dalton Desmond-Walker (Keighley Cougars), Bodene Thompson (Leeds Rhinos), Max Clarke (Hull FC), George Roby (Huddersfield Giants - Loan), Fenton Rodgers (Huddersfield Giants - Loan), Michael Lawrence (Huddersfield Giants), Keven Appo (PNG Hunters), Joe Arundel (Halifax Panthers), Josh Johnson (Widnes Vikings)
- Outgoings: Ben Evans (Barrow Raiders), Daniel Fleming (Featherstone Rovers), Steve Crossley (Hunslet), Aaron Murphy (Sheffield Eagles), Thomas Doyle (Keighley Cougars), Joe Burton (Hunslet), Anthony Walker (Widnes Vikings), Matty Dawson-Jones (Sheffield Eagles), Elliot Kear (Batley Bulldogs), Sam Hallas (Hunslet), Rhys Evans (Retired), Elliot Hall (Doncaster), Samy Kibula (Batley Bulldogs), Ryan Millar (Released), Dalton Desmond-Walker (Unattached), Dan McGrath (Hunslet), Coby Nichol (Cornwall)
Featherstone Rovers
- Incomings: Chris Hankinson (Toulouse Olympique), Mathieu Cozza (Catalans Dragons), Thomas Lacans (Newcastle Thunder), Elijah Taylor (Salford Red Devils), Riley Dean (Warrington Wolves), Caleb Aekins (Leigh Leopards), McKenzie Yei (Queensland Capras), Kyle Evans (Wakefield Trinity), Brad Day (Newcastle Thunder).
- Outgoings: Ben Hellewell (Salford Red Devils), Adam Cuthbertson (Retired), Jesse Sene-Lefao (Sheffield Eagles), Callum Field (Widnes Vikings), Jacob Doyle (Dewsbury Rams), Morgan Smith (Wakefield Trinity), Brett Ferres (Doncaster), Loui McConnell (Doncaster)
Halifax Panthers
- Incomings: Will Maher (Hull KR), Eribe Doro (Widnes Vikings), Ryan King (Whitehaven), Ben Forster (Rochdale Hornets), Tom Inman (York Knights), Jake Maizen (Sunshine Coast Falcons), Nick Rawsthorne (Unattached)
- Outgoings: Joe Arundel (Bradford Bulls), Cory Aston (Sheffield Eagles), Titus Gwaze (Sheffield Eagles), Elliot Morris (Dewsbury Rams), Matt Garside (Unattached), Joe Martin (Retired), Brad Knowles (Halifax Panthers)
Keighley Cougars
- Incomings: Luke Gale (Hull FC), Mark Ioane (Leigh Leopards), Sadiq Adebiyi (Wakefield Trinity), Robbie Storey (Doncaster), Ben Crooks (Hull KR), Ellis Robson (Newcastle Thunder), Brad Walker (Wakefield Trinity), Lloyd Roby (Widnes Vikings), Thomas Doyle (Bradford Bulls)
- Outgoings: Scott Murrell (Retired), Eddy Pettybourne (Unattached), Junior S’au (Old Glory DC RU), James Feather (Retired), Quentin Laulu-Togaga’e (Sheffield Eagles), Matthew Bailey (Midlands Hurricanes), Chris Cullimore (Midlands Hurricanes), Spencer Darley (Unattached), Dalton Desmond-Walker (Bradford Bulls), Anthony Dyne (Swinton Lions), Kian Fisher (Unattached), Aidan Scully (Bradford & Bingley RFC)
London Broncos
- Incomings: Sam Davis (York Knights), Jarred Bassett (London Skolars), Marcus Stock (York Knights), Jensen Monk (London Broncos Academy), Henry Raiwalui (Wentworthville Magpies), Ethan Natoli (Newtown Jets), Emmanuel Waine (PNG Hunters)
- Outgoings: Jude Ferreira (Hull FC), Brock Pelligra (Toulouse Olympique), Brad Foster (Bradford Bulls), Calum Gahan (Toulouse Olympique), Rob Tuliatu (Newcastle Thunder), Ronny Palumbo (Unattached)
Newcastle Thunder
- Incomings: Rhys Clark (Workington Town), Nikau Williams (Whitehaven), Rob Tuliatu (London Broncos), Ethan Lawther (Unattached), Marcus Walker (Hull FC), Curtis Davies (Workington Town), Alex Young (Workington Town), Daniel Okoro (Hull KR), Connor Moore (Hull KR), Alex Clegg (Workington Town), Jake Lightowler (Workington Town), Mac Walsh (Unattached), Jack Potter (Hull KR - 1 month loan)
- Outgoings: Oliver Roberts (Sheffield Eagles), Ukuma Ta'ai (York City Knights), Jesse Dee (York City Knights), Josh Eaves (Swinton Lions), Ellis Robson (Keighley Cougars), Brad Day (Featherstone Rovers), Josh Woods (Batley Bulldogs), Jake Shorrocks (Toulouse Olympique), Dan Coates (Midlands Hurricanes), Pat Moran (SO Avignon), Craig Mullen (Retired), Isaac Nokes (Ipswich Jets), Nathan Wilde (Leigh Leopards)
Sheffield Eagles
- Incomings: Oliver Roberts (Newcastle Thunder), Titus Gwaze (Halifax Panthers), Cory Aston (Halifax Panthers), Jesse Sene-Lefao (Featherstone Rovers), Aaron Murphy (Bradford Bulls), Matty Dawson-Jones (Bradford Bulls), Quentin Laulu-Togaga’e (Keighley Cougars), Lewis Peachey (Castleford Tigers), Joe Hird (Leeds Rhinos), Mekhi Bridgeman-Reaney (Leeds Rhinos), Jack Hansen (Swinton Lions)
- Outgoings: Kadeem Williams, Tom Holmes (Bradford Bulls), Matt James (Doncaster)
Swinton Lions
- Incomings: Josh Eaves (Newcastle Thunder), Myles Harrop (Salford Red Devils), Joseph Romeo, Jake Spedding (Widnes Vikings), Gavin Bennison (Rochdale Hornets), Anthony Dyne (Keighley Cougars), Jonny Openshaw (Salford Red Devils), Morgan Burgess (Warrington Wolves), Jordan Gibson (North Wales Crusaders), Andrew Badrock (Leigh Miners Rangers), Scott Parnaby (Rochdale Hornets), Kenny Baker (Widnes Vikings), Gavin Rodden (North Wales Crusaders), Liam Cooper (Whitehaven)
- Outgoings: Jack Hansen (Sheffield Eagles), Deane Meadows (Oldham), Paddy Jones, Matty Wilkinson (Oldham), Max Roberts (Widnes Vikings), Lewis Hatton (Widnes Vikings), Jack Spencer, Lewis Charnock (Retired)
Toulouse Olympique
- Incomings: Sitaleki Akauola (Salford Red Devils), Reubenn Rennie (Newtown Jets), Josh Ralph (Mounties), Jake Shorrocks (Newcastle Thunder), Calum Gahan (London Broncos)
- Outgoings: Tony Gigot (Albi, Matty Russell (Warrington Wolves), Justin Sangare (Leeds Rhinos), Mitch Garbett (St Gaudens), Andrew Dixon (Salford Red Devils), Joseph Paulo (Pia), Maxime Puech (Albi), Chris Hankinson (Featherstone Rovers), Corey Norman, Romain Navarrete (Catalans Dragons), James Cunningham (York Knights)
Whitehaven
- Incomings: Lachlan Lanskey (Brisbane Tigers), Lasarusa Tabu (Carcassonne), Jamie Doran (Workington Town), Marcus O’Brien (Workington Town), Josh Rouke (Salford Red Devils), Sam Freeman (Rochdale Hornets), Lucas Castle (St George Illawarra Dragons Reserve), Daniel Spencer-Tonks (Salford Red Devils)
- Outgoings: Tom Wilkinson (Unattached), Will Evans (Widnes Vikings), Geronimo Doyle (Unattached), Liam Cooper (Swinton Lions), Andrew Dawson (Unattached)
Widnes Vikings
- Incomings: Kyle Amor (St Helens), Jordan Johnstone (Hull FC), Kieran Dixon (Leigh Leopards), Tom Gilmore (Batley Bulldogs), Max Roberts (Swinton Lions), Callum Field (Featherstone Rovers), Lewis Hatton (Swinton Lions), Ryan Millar (Bradford Bulls), Will Evans (Whitehaven)
- Outgoings: Matty Smith (Retired), Ste Tyrer (Retired), Levy Nzoungou (Unattached), Lloyd Roby (Keighley Cougars), Kenny Baker (Swinton Lions), Jake Spedding (Swinton Lions), Lewis Hulme (Unattached), Dec Gregory, Josh Johnson (Bradford Bulls)
York Knights
- Incomings: Josh Daley (Mounties), Ukuma Ta’ai (Newcastle Thunder), Jesse Dee (Newcastle Thunder), Ronan Michael (Huddersfield Giants), Conor Fitzsimmons (Workington Town), Ben Barnard (Heworth), Jon Luke Kirby (Huddersfield Giants)
- Outgoings: Toby Warren (Leeds Rhinos), Jacob Ogden (Unattached), Perry Whiteley (Dewsbury Rams), Ronan Dixon (Dewsbury Rams), Tom Inman (Halifax Panthers), Marcus Stock (London Broncos), Jamie Ellis (Unattached), James Cunningham (Toulouse Olympique)
