1988–89 Rugby Football League season

1988–89 Rugby Football League season
LeagueStones Bitter Championship
Teams14
1988–89 Season
ChampionsWidnes (3rd title)
Premiership winnersWidnes
Man of Steel Award Ellery Hanley
Top try-scorer Martin Offiah (60)
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from Second Division
Relegated to Second Division
Second Division
ChampionsLeigh
Top point-scorer Mark Aston (307)
Top try-scorer Derek Bate (34)

The 1988–89 Rugby Football League season was the 94th 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.

Season summary

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

Huddersfield Barracudas reverted to their original name Huddersfield.

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

League tables

First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PP Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Widnes (C) 26 20 1 5 726 345 210.4 41 Qualification for Premiership first round
2 Wigan 26 19 0 7 543 434 125.1 38
3 Leeds 26 18 0 8 530 380 139.5 36
4 Hull 26 17 0 9 427 355 120.3 34
5 Castleford 26 15 2 9 601 480 125.2 32
6 Featherstone Rovers 26 13 1 12 482 545 88.4 27
7 St Helens 26 12 1 13 513 529 97.0 25
8 Bradford Northern 26 11 1 14 545 518 105.2 23
9 Wakefield Trinity 26 11 1 14 413 540 76.5 23
10 Salford 26 11 0 15 469 526 89.2 22
11 Warrington 26 10 0 16 456 455 100.2 20
12 Oldham (R) 26 8 1 17 462 632 73.1 17 Relegated to Second Division
13 Hull Kingston Rovers (R) 26 6 1 19 408 636 64.2 13
14 Halifax (R) 26 6 1 19 335 535 62.6 13
Source: [1]
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 or qualification
1 Leigh (C, P) 28 26 0 2 925 338 273.7 52 Promoted to First Division Qualified for Divisional Premiership first round
2 Barrow (P) 28 21 1 6 726 326 222.7 43
3 Sheffield Eagles (P) 28 19 1 8 669 362 184.8 39
4 York 28 17 1 10 585 383 152.7 35 Qualification for Divisional Premiership first round
5 Doncaster 28 17 0 11 599 464 129.1 34
6 Swinton 28 16 2 10 621 482 128.8 34
7 Whitehaven 28 15 2 11 522 378 138.1 32
8 Keighley 28 16 0 12 551 525 105.0 32
9 Rochdale Hornets 28 15 0 13 655 677 96.8 30
10 Bramley 28 14 1 13 600 514 116.7 29
11 Carlisle 28 14 1 13 512 441 116.1 29
12 Batley 28 13 3 12 461 416 110.8 29
13 Dewsbury 28 13 0 15 518 626 82.7 26
14 Hunslet 28 12 1 15 473 540 87.6 25
15 Fulham 28 10 0 18 464 650 71.4 20
16 Chorley Borough 28 9 1 18 408 533 76.5 19
17 Workington Town 28 9 1 18 365 549 66.5 19
18 Huddersfield 28 9 1 18 400 615 65.0 19
19 Mansfield Marksman 28 4 1 23 308 769 40.1 9
20 Runcorn Highfield 28 2 1 25 224 998 22.4 5
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded)
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Premiership

Main article: 1988–89 Rugby League Premiership
Main article: 1988–89 Rugby League Divisional Premiership

Challenge Cup

Main article: 1988–89 Challenge Cup

Wigan defeated St. Helens 27-0 in the Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium before a crowd of 78,000.[3] Ellery Hanley, Wigan's loose forward, was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for his man-of-the-match performance.[4] This was the first time a side had been held scoreless in a Challenge Cup final.

Lancashire Cup

Main article: 1988 Lancashire Cup
First round Second round Semi-finals Final
            
Barrow 10
Wigan 14
Wigan 36
Rochdale Hornets 4
Rochdale Hornets 25
Fulham 14
Wigan 14
Widnes 10
Widnes 32
St. Helens 24
Widnes 38
Swinton 4
Swinton 24
Leigh 14
Wigan 22
Salford 17
Oldham 64
Workington Town 2
Oldham 2
Salford 18
Salford 42
Whitehaven 8
Salford 15
Warrington 2
Runcorn Highfield 4
Warrington 42
Warrington 34
Carlisle 18
Carlisle 17
Chorley Borough 7

Yorkshire Cup

Main article: 1988 Yorkshire Cup

The following chart excludes any preliminary round fixtures/results

First round Second round Semi-finals Final
            
Leeds 24
Bradford Northern 21
Leeds 15
Wakefield Trinity 10
Wakefield Trinity 46
Dewsbury 20
Leeds 12
Hull F.C. 8
Hull F.C. 53
Hunslet 0
Hull F.C. 18
Featherstone Rovers 0
Featherstone Rovers 38
Doncaster 8
Leeds 33
Castleford 12
Halifax 36
Batley 14
Halifax 24
Hull Kingston Rovers 2
Keighley 22
Hull Kingston Rovers 28
Halifax 8
Castleford 12
Castleford 94
Huddersfield 12
Castleford 40
York 14
York 25
Mansfield Marksman 4

John Player Special Trophy

Main article: 1988–89 John Player Special Trophy

This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures

First round Second round Third round Semi-finals Final
               
Huddersfield 4
Chorley Borough 22
Chorley Borough 22
Hull Kingston Rovers 36
Hull Kingston Rovers 40
Keighley 0
Hull Kingston Rovers 16(0)
Wigan 16 (30)
Runcorn Highfield 2
Wigan 92
Wigan 20
Halifax 16
Halifax 22
Salford 4
Wigan 16
Bradford Northern 5
Leeds 12
Castleford 21
Castleford 18
Bradford Northern 19
Bradford Northern 34
Dewsbury 18
Bradford Northern 6
Leigh 0
Leigh 42
Barrow 14
Leigh 40
Doncaster 18
Swinton 13
Doncaster 16
Wigan 12
Widnes 6
Sheffield Eagles 80
Wigan St Patricks 8
Sheffield Eagles 9
Widnes 34
Widnes 37
Featherstone Rovers 12
Widnes 16
Warrington 7
Warrington 21
Oldham 14
Warrington 42
Bramley 10
Bramley 32
Mansfield Marksman 6
Widnes 20
St. Helens 15
York 6
St. Helens 14
St. Helens 16
Hull F.C. 13
Hull F.C. 26
Batley 10
St. Helens 34
Wakefield Trinity 18
Wakefield Trinity 34
Carlisle 14
Wakefield Trinity 38
Rochdale Hornets 12
Rochdale Hornets 26
Whitehaven 20

References

  1. ^ "Championship 1988/89". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  2. ^ "Second Division 1988/89". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  3. ^ Winners 1897 - present Archived 2010-09-10 at the Wayback Machine at carnegiechallengecup.co.uk
  4. ^ Lance Todd Trophy Winners Archived 2010-11-28 at the Wayback Machine at therfl.co.uk

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