2001 Northern Ford Premiership

Premiership
Northern Ford Premiership
Duration 28 Rounds
Number of teams 19
2001 Season
Grand Final winners Widnes Vikings
League leaders Leigh Centurions
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The 2001 Northern Ford Premiership season was the second tier of British rugby league during the 2001 season. The competition featured nineteen teams, with Widnes Vikings winning the Grand Final.

Championship

The league was won by Widnes Vikings, who beat Oldham in the Grand Final. The League Leaders Leigh Centurions lost in the play-off semi-finals. Widnes were promoted to the Super League.

League table

Team P W D L F A Pts

Leigh Centurions 28 26 0 2 1139 321 52

Widnes Vikings 28 21 1 6 961 377 43

Rochdale Hornets 28 21 0 7 865 433 42

Oldham Roughyeds 28 21 0 7 780 416 42

Featherstone Rovers 28 18 0 10 825 401 36

Dewsbury Rams 28 18 0 10 801 438 36

Hull Kingston Rovers 28 16 2 10 555 450 34

Keighley Cougars 28 16 1 11 810 498 33

Workington Town 28 16 0 12 681 568 32

Whitehaven Warriors 28 15 1 12 608 419 31

Sheffield Eagles 28 14 0 14 637 543 28

Doncaster Dragons 28 14 0 14 622 532 28

Batley Bulldogs 28 13 0 15 452 618 26

Barrow Raiders 28 12 1 15 631 685 25

Swinton Lions 28 10 0 18 538 711 20

Hunslet Hawks 28 6 1 21 380 959 13

Gateshead Thunder 28 2 0 26 346 990 4

Chorley Lynx 28 2 0 26 395 1361 4

York Wasps 28 1 1 26 193 1499 3

Play-offs

Finals Series Week 1:

    Dewsbury Rams 6 Hull Kingston Rovers 19.
    Featherstone Rovers 28 Keighley Cougars 24.
    Leigh Centurions 14 Oldham 15.
    Widnes Vikings 34 Rochdale Hornets 24.

Week 2:

    Leigh Centurions 26 Featherstone Rovers 10.
    Rochdale Hornets 26 Hull Kingston Rovers 14.

Week 3:

    Leigh Centurions 18 Widnes Vikings 26.
    Oldham defeated Rochdale Hornets.

Grand Final:

    Widnes Vikings 24 Oldham 14.

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