1988–89 Rugby Football League season

1988–89 Rugby Football League season
Stones Bitter Championship
Number of teams 14
1988–89 Season
Champions Widnes
Premiership winners Widnes
Man of Steel Ellery Hanley
Top try-scorer(s) Martin Offiah (Widnes) 60
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from Second Division Leigh
Barrow
Sheffield Eagles
Relegated to Second Division Oldham
Halifax
Hull Kingston Rovers
Second Division
Champions Leigh
Top point-scorer(s) Mark Aston (Sheffield Eagles) 307
Top try-scorer(s) Derek Bate (Leigh) 34
< 1987–88 Seasons 1989–90 >

The 1988–89 Rugby Football League season was the 94th ever season of professional rugby league football in Britain. Fourteen teams competed from August, 1988 until May, 1989 for the Stones Bitter Championship, Premiership Trophy and Silk Cut Challenge Cup.

Contents

Season summary

Springfield Borough (previously Blackpool Borough) relocated were renamed Chorley Borough.

Wigan beat Salford 22–17 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Leeds beat Castleford 33–12 to win the Yorkshire Cup.

League Tables

Championship Final Standings

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Widnes 26 20 1 5 726 345 +381 41
2 Wigan 26 19 0 7 543 434 +109 38
3 Leeds 26 18 0 8 530 380 +150 36
4 Hull 26 17 0 9 427 355 +72 34
5 Castleford 26 15 2 9 601 480 +121 32
6 Featherstone Rovers 26 13 1 12 482 545 -63 27
7 St Helens 26 12 1 13 513 529 -16 25
8 Bradford Northern 26 11 1 14 545 518 +27 23
9 Wakefield Trinity 26 11 1 14 413 540 -37 23
10 Salford 26 11 0 15 469 526 -57 22
11 Warrington 26 10 0 16 456 455 +1 20
12 Oldham 26 8 1 17 462 632 -170 17
13 Halifax 26 6 1 19 335 535 -200 13
14 Hull Kingston Rovers 26 6 1 19 408 636 -228 13
Champions Relegated

Second Division Final Standings

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Leigh 28 26 0 2 925 338 +587 52
2 Barrow 28 21 1 6 726 326 +400 43
3 Sheffield Eagles 28 19 1 8 669 362 +307 39
4 York 28 17 1 10 585 383 +202 35
5 Swinton 28 16 2 10 621 482 +139 34
6 Doncaster 28 17 0 11 599 464 +135 34
7 Whitehaven 28 15 2 11 522 378 +144 32
8 Keighley 28 16 0 12 551 525 +26 32
9 Rochdale Hornets 28 15 0 13 655 677 -22 30
10 Bramley 28 14 1 13 600 514 +86 29
11 Carlisle 28 14 1 13 512 441 +71 29
12 Batley 28 13 3 12 461 416 +45 29
13 Dewsbury 28 13 0 15 518 626 -108 26
14 Hunslet 28 12 1 15 473 540 -67 25
15 Fulham 28 10 0 18 464 650 -186 20
16 Chorley Borough 28 9 1 18 408 533 -125 19
17 Workington Town 28 9 1 18 365 549 -184 19
18 Huddersfield 28 9 1 18 400 615 -215 19
19 Mansfield Marksman 28 4 1 23 308 769 -461 9
20 Runcorn Highfield 28 2 1 25 224 998 -774 5
Promoted

Challenge Cup

Wigan defeated St Helens 27-0 in the Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium before a crowd of 78,000.[1] Ellery Hanley, Wigan's loose forward, was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for his man-of-the-match performance.[2]

References

  1. ^ Winners 1897 - present at carnegiechallengecup.co.uk
  2. ^ Lance Todd Trophy Winners at therfl.co.uk

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