This is a 23rd round of fixtures which replicates Super League's Magic Weekend concept for the Championship sides.

This group saw each team play each other once each, totalling seven extra games, with points reset to zero for the qualifiers.

The teams finishing 4th and 5th in the qualifiers played off in an extra fixture, hosted by the fourth-place side, for the final place in the 2017 Super League competition.

The loser of this fixture, along with teams finishing 6th, 7th, and 8th in the qualifiers, were either relegated to or remained in the Championship for the 2017 season.

Following the additional seven rounds a four-team play-off took place pitting 1st vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd, with the winners playing each other in the final to win the new "Championship Shield".