1995–96 Rugby Football League season

1995–96 Rugby Football League season
Stones Bitter Centenary Championship
Number of teams 11
1995–96 Season
Champions Wigan
New franchise
Awarded to Paris Saint-Germain
First Division
Champions Salford City Reds
Second Division
Champions Hull Kingston Rovers
< 1994–95 Seasons 1996 >

The 1995–96 Rugby Football League season was the 101st ever season of rugby league football. Eleven English teams competed from August, 1995 until January, 1996 for the Stones Bitter Centenary Championship. The season was kept brief to accommodate the first season of the new Super League competition which would see top-level rugby league in the UK changed to a summer sport. It was also punctuated by the 1995 World Cup which took place in Britain throughout October. The Challenge Cup rounds started immediately after the Centenary Championship and the final was played in summer, during Super League I.

Contents

Season summary

Championship

The top ten teams from the previous season plus the London Broncos competed for the Stones Bitter Centenary League Championship. For the seventh consecutive season, Wigan were crowned League Champions after finishing the season on top of the ladder.

Final Standings

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Wigan 20 18 0 2 810 316 +494 36
2 Leeds 20 14 0 6 552 405 +147 28
3 Halifax 20 12 1 7 456 463 -7 25
4 St Helens 20 12 0 8 732 508 +224 24
5 Sheffield Eagles 20 10 0 10 482 528 -46 20
6 Castleford Tigers 20 9 1 10 448 566 -118 19
7 Bradford Bulls 20 8 0 12 418 476 -58 16
8 Oldham Bears 20 8 0 12 382 535 -153 16
9 Warrington Wolves 20 7 0 13 443 514 -71 14
10 London Broncos 20 7 0 13 466 585 -119 14
11 Workington Town 20 4 0 16 317 610 -293 8
Champions

Sources

Rugby Football League era
(1895–1996)
1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00
1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10
1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20
1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30
1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40
1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50
1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96
Super League era
(1996–present)