1999 Northern Ford Premiership

Premiership
Northern Ford Premiership
Duration 28 Rounds
Number of teams 18
1999 Season
Grand Final winners Hunslet Hawks
League leaders Dewsbury Rams
Player of the year Latham Tawhai
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The 1999 Northern Ford Premiership season was the second tier of British rugby league during the 1999 season. The competition featured eighteen teams, with Dewsbury Rams finishing as league leaders and Hunslet Hawks winning the Grand Final.

Championship

The league was won by Dewsbury Rams. Dewsbury also reached the Grand Final, but lost to Hunslet Hawks, with Hunslet's Latham Tawhai winning the Tom Bergin Trophy. Hunslet were not promoted to the Super League however, as their stadium did not meet the minimum requirements to be accepted into the league.

League table

Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts
1Dewsbury Rams 28212571044944
2Hunslet Hawks 28210784540142
3Widnes Vikings 28210779241542
4Leigh Centurions 28210780252442
5Featherstone Rovers 28191871446639
6Hull Kingston Rovers 28191857342539
7York Wasps 281711056942535
8Whitehaven Warriors 281601265162032
9Keighley Cougars 281411358461229
10Barrow Raiders 281201666071824
11Bramley 281111648959623
12Batley Bulldogs 28931654655321
13Swinton Lions 281001864564120
14Workington Town 28911846881319
15Rochdale Hornets 28901953972418
16Lancashire Lynx 28702154488914
17Oldham Roughyeds 28522144999912
18Doncaster Dragons 2841234739119
Play-offs

Play-offs

Week 1

Leigh Centurions 4–17 Featherstone Rovers

Hunslet Hawks 21–24 Widnes Vikings

Week 2

Dewsbury Rams 28–6 Widnes Vikings

Hunslet Hawks 17–9 Featherstone Rovers

Week 3

Hunslet Hawks 10–8 Widnes Vikings

Grand Final

25 September 1999
Hunslet Hawks 12 – 11 Dewsbury Rams
Try: Cook, Higgins
Goal: Ross
Drop goal: Tawhai, Leighton
Report Try: Flynn, Ball
Goal: Eaton
Drop goal: Agar
Headingley, Leeds
Referee/s: Steve Ganson (St Helens)
Man of the Match: Latham Tawhai

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