1979–80 Northern Rugby Football League season

1979–80 Rugby Football League season
LeagueNorthern Rugby Football League
TeamsFirst Division: 16
Second Division: 14
First Division
ChampionsBradford Northern (1st title)
PremiershipWidnes
Man of Steel Award George Fairbairn
Top point-scorer Steve Quinn (375)
Top try-scorers
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from Second Division
Relegated to Second Division
Second Division
WinnersFeatherstone Rovers
Runners-upHalifax

The 1979–80 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 85th season of rugby league football. Sixteen English clubs competed for the Northern Rugby Football League's First Division, with Bradford Northern claiming the title by for the first time.

Season summary

First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PP Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bradford Northern (C) 30 23 0 7 448 272 164.7 46 Qualification for Premiership first round
2 Widnes 30 22 1 7 546 293 186.3 45
3 Hull 30 18 3 9 454 326 139.3 39
4 Salford 30 19 1 10 495 374 132.4 39
5 Leeds 30 19 0 11 590 390 151.3 38
6 Leigh 30 16 1 13 451 354 127.4 33
7 Hull Kingston Rovers 30 16 1 13 539 445 121.1 33
8 St. Helens 30 15 2 13 505 410 123.2 32
9 Warrington 30 15 2 13 362 357 101.4 32
10 Wakefield Trinity 30 14 2 14 435 466 93.3 30
11 Castleford 30 13 2 15 466 475 98.1 28
12 Workington Town 30 12 2 16 348 483 72.0 26
13 Wigan (R) 30 9 3 18 366 523 70.0 21 Relegated to Second Dibision
14 Hunslet (R) 30 7 1 22 346 528 65.5 15
15 York (R) 30 6 1 23 375 647 58.0 13
16 Blackpool Borough (R) 30 5 0 25 230 613 37.5 10
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded)
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Second Division

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PP Pts Promotion
1 Featherstone Rovers (C, P) 26 21 2 3 724 280 258.6 44 Promoted to First Division
2 Halifax (P) 26 19 3 4 463 213 217.4 41
3 Oldham (P) 26 19 3 4 513 276 185.9 41
4 Barrow (P) 26 18 1 7 582 280 207.9 37
5 Whitehaven 26 15 1 10 397 276 143.8 31
6 Dewsbury 26 13 2 11 408 343 119.0 28
7 Rochdale Hornets 26 9 5 12 315 373 84.5 23
8 Swinton 26 11 1 14 331 436 75.9 23
9 Batley 26 10 2 14 232 370 62.7 22
10 Bramley 26 10 1 15 330 451 73.2 21
11 Keighley 26 10 0 16 342 396 86.4 20
12 Huddersfield 26 10 0 16 363 423 85.8 20
13 Huyton 26 5 0 21 209 555 37.7 10
14 Doncaster 26 1 1 24 196 733 26.7 3
Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded)
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Premiership

Main article: 1979–80 Rugby League Premiership
17 May 1980
Widnes (2) 19-5 Bradford Northern (1)
T-Wright, Aspey, Bentley, Elwell, Gorley
G-Burke; DG-Eckersley, Elwell 		T-Redfearn
DG-Mumby
Station Road, Swinton
Attendance: 10,215

Statistics

The following are the top points scorers in the 1979–80 season.[4]

References

  1. ^ "1979-80 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-27. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  2. ^ "First Division 1979/80". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  3. ^ "Second Division 1979/80". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  4. ^ Fletcher, Raymond; Howes, David (27 March 1997). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1997. London: Headline. pp. 163–7. ISBN 978-0-7472-7764-4.

Sources

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.