1989–90 Rugby Football League season

1989–90 Rugby Football League season
LeagueStones Bitter Championship
Teams14
1989–90 Season
ChampionsWigan (11th title)
Premiership winnersWidnes
Man of Steel Award Shaun Edwards
Top try-scorer Martin Offiah (45)
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from Second Division
Relegated to Second Division
Second Division
ChampionsHull Kingston Rovers
Top point-scorerMike Fletcher (450)
Top try-scorerGreg Austin (38)

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.

Season summary

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

League Tables

Runcorn Highfield became only the second peacetime team in the history of the Rugby Football League to lose every game, and the first since Liverpool City in 1906–1907.

First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PP Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Wigan (C) 26 20 0 6 699 349 200.3 40 Qualification for Premiership first round
2 Leeds 26 18 0 8 704 383 183.8 36
3 Widnes 26 16 2 8 659 423 155.8 34
4 Bradford Northern 26 17 0 9 614 416 147.6 34
5 St Helens 26 17 0 9 714 544 131.3 34
6 Hull 26 16 1 9 577 400 144.3 33
7 Castleford 26 16 0 10 703 448 156.9 32
8 Warrington 26 13 1 12 424 451 94.0 27
9 Wakefield Trinity 26 12 1 13 502 528 95.1 25
10 Featherstone Rovers 26 10 0 16 479 652 73.5 20
11 Sheffield Eagles 26 9 1 16 517 588 87.9 19
12 Leigh (R) 26 9 1 16 442 642 68.8 19 Relegated to Second Division
13 Salford (R) 26 4 1 21 421 699 60.2 9
14 Barrow (R) 26 1 0 25 201 1133 17.7 2
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 Hull Kingston Rovers (C, P) 28 25 0 3 1102 190 580.0 50 Promoted to First Division
Qualification for Divisional Premiership first round
2 Oldham (P) 28 24 0 4 879 325 270.5 48
3 Rochdale Hornets (P) 28 24 0 4 977 422 231.5 48
4 Ryedale-York 28 20 1 7 653 338 193.2 41 Qualification for Divisional Premiership first round
5 Halifax 28 20 0 8 741 360 205.8 40
6 Swinton 28 20 0 8 673 405 166.2 40
7 Dewsbury 28 19 1 8 503 411 122.4 39
8 Fulham 28 16 2 10 496 488 101.6 34
9 Doncaster 28 15 2 11 533 399 133.6 32
10 Trafford Borough 28 15 0 13 551 551 100.0 30
11 Huddersfield 28 14 0 14 469 441 106.3 28
12 Batley 28 13 0 15 466 478 97.5 26
13 Bramley 28 11 0 17 413 623 66.3 22
14 Hunslet 28 10 0 18 431 585 73.7 20
15 Chorley Borough 28 10 0 18 399 618 64.6 20
16 Whitehaven 28 10 0 18 396 710 55.8 20
17 Carlisle 28 9 0 19 511 625 81.8 18
18 Keighley 28 6 0 22 436 837 52.1 12
19 Workington Town 28 6 0 22 311 708 43.9 12
20 Nottingham City 28 4 0 24 323 1032 31.3 8
21 Runcorn Highfield 28 0 0 28 218 935 23.3 0
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded)
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Challenge Cup

Main article: 1989–90 Challenge Cup

Wigan defeated Warrington 36–14 in the Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 28 April 1990 before a crowd of 77,729.[3] Andy Gregory, Wigan's scrum half, was awarded his second Lance Todd Trophy for being the man-of-the-match.[4]

Regal Trophy

Main article: 1989–90 Regal Trophy

County cups

Main article: 1989–90 Lancashire Cup
Main article: 1989–90 Yorkshire Cup

Premiership

Main article: 1989–90 Rugby League Premiership

References

  1. ^ "Championship 1989/90". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  2. ^ "Second Division 1989/90". 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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