1989–90 Rugby Football League season

1989–90 Rugby Football League season
Stones Bitter Championship
Number of teams 14
1989–90 Season
Champions Wigan
Premiership winners Widnes
Man of Steel Shaun Edwards
Top try-scorer(s) Martin Offiah (Widnes) 45
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from Second Division Hull Kingston Rovers
Rochdale Hornets
Oldham
Relegated to Second Division Leigh
Salford City Reds
Barrow
Second Division
Champions Hull Kingston Rovers
Top point-scorer(s) Mike Fletcher (Hull KR) 450
Top try-scorer(s) Greg Austin (Hull KR) 38
< 1988–89 Seasons 1990–91 >

The 1989–90 Rugby Football League season was the 95th ever season of professional rugby league football in Britain. Fourteen teams competed from August, 1989 until May, 1990 for the Stones Bitter Championship, Premiership Trophy and Silk Cut Challenge Cup.

Contents

Season summary

Warrington beat Oldham 24–16 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Bradford Northern beat Featherstone Rovers 20–14 to win the Yorkshire Cup.

League Tables

Championship Final Standings

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Wigan 26 20 0 6 699 349 +350 40
2 Leeds 26 18 0 8 704 383 +321 36
3 Widnes 26 16 2 8 659 423 +236 34
4 Bradford Northern 26 17 0 9 614 416 +198 34
5 St Helens 26 17 0 9 714 544 +170 34
6 Hull 26 16 1 9 577 400 +177 34
7 Castleford 26 16 0 10 703 448 +255 32
8 Warrington 26 13 1 12 424 451 -27 27
9 Wakefield Trinity 26 12 1 13 502 528 -26 25
10 Featherstone Rovers 26 10 0 16 479 652 -173 20
11 Sheffield Eagles 26 9 1 16 517 588 -71 19
12 Leigh 26 9 1 16 442 642 -200 19
13 Salford 26 4 1 21 421 699 -278 9
14 Barrow 26 1 0 25 201 1133 -932 2
Champions Relegated

Second Division Final Standings[1]

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Hull Kingston Rovers 28 25 0 3 1102 190 912 50
2 Rochdale Hornets 28 24 0 4 977 422 555 48
3 Oldham 28 24 0 4 879 325 554 48
4 Ryedale York 28 20 1 7 653 338 315 41
5 Halifax 28 20 0 8 741 360 381 40
6 Swinton 28 20 0 8 673 405 268 40
7 Dewsbury 28 19 1 8 503 411 92 39
8 Fulham 28 16 2 10 496 488 8 34
9 Doncaster 28 15 2 11 533 399 134 32
10 Trafford Borough 28 15 0 13 551 551 0 30
11 Huddersfield 28 14 0 14 469 441 28 28
12 Batley 28 13 0 15 466 478 -12 26
13 Bramley 28 11 0 17 413 623 -210 22
14 Hunslet 28 10 0 18 431 585 -154 20
15 Chorley 28 10 0 18 399 618 -219 20
16 Whitehaven 28 10 0 18 396 710 -314 20
17 Carlisle 28 9 0 19 511 625 -114 18
18 Workington Town 28 6 0 22 311 708 -397 12
19 Keighley 28 6 0 22 436 837 -401 12
20 Nottingham Cougars 28 4 0 24 323 1032 -709 8
21 Runcorn Highfield 28 0 0 28 218 935 -717 0
Promoted

Challenge Cup

Wigan defeated Warrington 36-14 in the Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium before a crowd of 77,729.[2] Andy Gregory, Wigan's scrum half, was awarded his second Lance Todd Trophy for being the man-of-the-match.[3]

References

  1. ^ Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. 1995. p. 299. ISBN 0747278172. 
  2. ^ Winners 1897 - present at carnegiechallengecup.co.uk
  3. ^ Lance Todd Trophy Winners at therfl.co.uk

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