1976–77 Northern Rugby Football League season

1976–77 Northern Rugby Football League season
League Northern Rugby Football League
Champions Featherstone Rovers
Premiership St Helens
Man of Steel David Ward
Top point-scorer(s) Geoff Lloyd 341
Top try-scorer(s) Stuart Wright 31
< 1975–76 Seasons 1977–78 >

The 1976–77 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 82nd season of rugby league football. Sixteen English clubs competed for the Championship, with Featherstone Rovers claiming the title.

Season summary

The League Champions were Featherstone Rovers for the first and, to date, only time. During the season, the Salford versus Leeds match was abandoned after 38 minutes when Chris Sanderson of Leeds suffered a fatal injury. Leeds were ahead 5-2, but the game was declared null and void and not replayed.

Rochdale Hornets, Leigh, Barrow and Oldham were demoted to the Second Division.

The Challenge Cup Winners were Leeds who beat Widnes 16-7 in the final.

Players No.6 Trophy Winners were Castleford who beat Blackpool Borough 25-15.

Rugby League Premiership Trophy Winners were St. Helens who beat Warrington 32-20.

BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Winners were Castleford who beat Leigh 12-4 in the final.

2nd Division Champions were Hull, and they, Dewsbury, Bramley and New Hunslet were promoted to the First Division.[1]

Widnes beat Workington Town (from Cumbria) 16–11 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Leeds beat Featherstone Rovers 16–12 to win the Yorkshire Cup.

League Tables

First Division Championship

Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts
1Featherstone Rovers30212756833444
2St. Helens301911054734539
3Castleford301911051935039
4Hull Kingston Rovers301811149641537
5Warrington301801253240636
6Salford291711156040235
7Wigan301521346341632
8Bradford Northern301521348847032
9Leeds291421346743930
10Widnes301501540339330
11Wakefield Trinity301321548748028
12Workington Town301311635240327
13Rochdale Hornets301101936744922
14Leigh30812131463417
15Barrow30802234562816
16Oldham30702332266614

Second Division Championship

Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts
1Hull26221359923845
2Dewsbury26192542919940
3Bramley26190746437738
4New Hunslet26173641123137
5York26170942227934
6Keighley26161948623533
7Huddersfield261301339732926
8Whitehaven261111429034623
9Huyton261101530240222
10Halifax261001630142920
11Swinton26821626140618
12Batley26711826246115
13Blackpool Borough26512023346411
14Doncaster2610252437042

Challenge Cup

Leeds beat Widnes 16-7 in the final played at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 7 May 1977 in front of a crowd 80,871. The winner of the Lance Todd Trophy was the Leeds prop, Steve Pitchford.[2]

This was Leeds’ tenth Cup Final win in fourteen final appearances.[3]

Leeds 16

  1. Bryan Murrell
  2. Alan Smith
  3. Neil Hague
  4. Les Dyl (1 try)
  5. John Atkinson (1 try)
  6. John Holmes
  7. Kevin Dick (1 try, 3 goals, 1 drop goal)
  8. Mick Harrison
  9. David Ward
  10. Steve Pitchford
  11. Graham Eccles
  12. Phil Cookson
  13. Stanley Fearnley

Widnes 7

  1. Ray Dutton (2 goals)
  2. Stuart Wright
  3. Mal Aspey (1 try)
  4. David Eckersley
  5. Dennis O'Neill
  6. Eric Hughes
  7. Reg Bowden
  8. Bill Ramsey
  9. Keith Elwell
  10. Jim Mills
  11. Alan Dearden
  12. Mick Adams
  13. Doug Laughton
  • Derek 'Mick' George on for Stuart Wright
  • John Foran on for Alan Dearden

Referee: Vince Moss (Manchester)[4]

Sources

References

  1. "1976-77 Season summary". Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  2. Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 199. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.
  3. "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2010-01-06. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  4. Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 193. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.
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