CHAMPIONSHIP club Barrow Raiders are set to be awarded another 0.5 points in their IMG grading following a mix-up over council borders.
The Raiders, who finished 11th in the Championship in the 2023 season, were initially given 0.5 points from a possible 1.5 for having a catchment area below 130,000 divided by the number of teams in the area.
However, this was calculated using the 2021 population census for Barrow’s local authority area, with the RFL not realising the changes to Westmorland and Furness council which made the population around 220,000.
With that in mind, the Raiders will now be awarded an extra 0.5 points, taking their score from 9.18 to 9.68, lifting the Cumbrian side above Newcastle Thunder to 18th in the IMG grading table.
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