Bradford Bulls will begin their quest to return to the Super League against 2014 Championship runners up Featherstone Rovers in one of six games kicking off the Kingstone Press Championship on 7 February 2016.
The Bulls who narrowly missed out on promotion to the Super League with defeat in the Million Pound Game will take on Featherstone at the Provident Stadium whilst Leigh Centurions will begin their attempt to win a third successive League Leaders Shield with a visit to Batley Bulldogs.
The 2016 season sees Rugby League continue with the exciting new structure that involves the 12 Super League clubs and 12 Championship clubs splitting into the Super 8s after 23 rounds to determine all the biggest issues of the year: promotion, relegation and Grand Final glory.
Halifax RLFC, who ended the 2015 season strongly to finish 6th in the Qualifiers, will begin with a home fixture against Whitehaven RLFC whilst Workington Town will begin with a home tie at Zebra Claims Stadium against Sheffield Eagles. Newly promoted Oldham RLFC and Swinton Lions also both begin with home ties, with the Lions taking on Dewsbury Rams and Oldham hosting London Broncos.
Each team will play 23 games in the regular season, home and away against the other 11 clubs and following the success of the 2015 Summer Bash, all clubs will return to Bloomfield Road in Blackpool over the Bank Holiday weekend of May 28-29 to play an additional game. This year the Summer Bash will see the top two clubs in the 2015 Kingstone Press Championship, Leigh Centurions and Bradford Bulls, take each other on.
Sky Sports will screen selected matches from the Kingstone Press Championship in 2015, and all six matches from the Summer Bash at Blackpool will be available to watch across Sky Sports platforms.
Full details of the 2016 Kingstone Press Championship Fixtures can be found at www.rugbyleaguechampionships.co.uk/