Newcastle Thunder will play in the Championship next season after being awarded a place in the competition.
The Tyneside club have been granted the 14th place in the division ahead of Barrow, Doncaster, Rochdale and Workington, who had also applied to take the spot that will be left vacant by an unannounced club heading to Super League.
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