At the end of the 2023 season London Skolars announced that the club was reverting to amateur status and was resigning from the professional ranks.
When the fixture list was issued on 3 December 2023 there remained some doubt about Newcastle's participation as that club also announced they were withdrawing from the league at the end of the 2023 season.
[2] Newcastle's application to rejoin the RFL was approved on 22 December when it was also confirmed that the club will continue to play at Kingston Park.
[3] In May 2024 Newcastle announced that the club would be playing all remaining games at Gateshead International Stadium.
[5] In March 2024 the RFL completed the review and announced that the first steps will be taken to equalise the number of teams in the Championship and League One at 12 each by the start of the 2026 season.
[8] The "six again" rule was amended so that set restarts would only be awarded if the ball is in the defending team's half of the field.