1990–91 Rugby Football League season

1990–91 Rugby Football League season
Stones Bitter Championship
Number of teams 14
1990–91 Season
Champions Wigan
Premiership winners Hull
Man of Steel Garry Schofield
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from Second Division Salford
Halifax
Swinton
Relegated to Second Division Oldham
Sheffield Eagles
Rochdale Hornets
Second Division
Champions Salford
< 1989–90 Seasons 1991–92 >

The 1990–91 Rugby Football League season was the 96th ever season of professional rugby league football in Britain. Fourteen teams competed from August, 1990 until May, 1991 for the Stones Bitter Championship, Premiership Trophy and Silk Cut Challenge Cup.

Season summary

Widnes beat Salford 24–18 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Castleford beat Wakefield Trinity 11–8 to win the Yorkshire Cup.

League Tables

Wigan retained their title this season, relegated were Oldham, Sheffield Eagles and Rochdale Hornets, to date this is Rochdale Hornets's last appearance in the top flight.

Championship Final Standings

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Wigan 262024652313+33942
2 Widnes 262006635340+29540
3 Hull 261709513367+14634
4 Castleford 261709578442+13634
5 Leeds 2614210602448+15430
6 St Helens 2614111628533+9529
7 Bradford Northern 2613112434492-5827
8 Featherstone Rovers 2612113533592-5925
9 Warrington 2610214404436-3222
10 Wakefield Trinity 2610214356409-5322
11 Hull Kingston Rovers 269314452615-16321
12 Oldham 2610016481562-8120
13 Sheffield Eagles 267217459583-12416
14 Rochdale Hornets 261025317912-5952
Champions Relegated

Second Division Final Standings[1]

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1Salford 28261185621963753
2Halifax 28240494131163048
3Swinton 28212552334717644
4Ryedale-York 28202655939416542
5Leigh 28181969837232637
6Workington Town 28181949732317437
7Fulham 28172945033811236
8Carlisle 281621061342518834
9Doncaster 2816012207434-22732
10Hunslet 28132135194388128
11Huddersfield 28131144934771627
12Whitehaven 2813015412592-18026
13Keighley 2812016456588-13224
14Dewsbury 2810117410455-4521
15Trafford Borough 2810018508618-11020
16Batley 2810018337466-12920
17Barrow 288218415705-29018
18Chorley Borough 287120388721-33315
19Bramley 287120379726-34715
20Runcorn Highfield 283124351779-4287
21Nottingham City 282026284945-6614
Promoted

Challenge Cup

Main article: 1991 Challenge Cup

Wigan defeated St. Helens 13-8 in the Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium before a crowd of 75,532.[2] Denis Betts, Wigan's second row forward, was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for his man-of-the-match performance.[3]

Premiership

In Hull's 14-4 victory over Widnes in the 1990–91 Rugby League Premiership final at Old Trafford, Manchester on Sunday 12 May 1991, their captain and Stand-off half back, Greg Mackey, was named man of the match, winning the Harry Sunderland Trophy.

References

  1. Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 302. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.
  2. Winners1897 - present at official Challenge Cup web site
  3. Lance Todd Trophy winners at therfl.co.uk

Sources

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