2002 Northern Ford Premiership

Premiership
Northern Ford Premiership
Duration 27 Rounds
Number of teams 18
2002 Season
Grand Final winners Huddersfield Giants
League leaders Huddersfield Giants
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The 2002 Northern Ford Premiership season was the second tier of British rugby league during the 2002 season. The competition began with nineteen teams, but York Wasps folded early in the season. Huddersfield Giants winning the Grand Final. This was the last season of the Premiership as for 2003 the teams were split into two divisions of the National League.

Championship

The league was won by Huddersfield Giants, who beat Leigh Centurions in the Grand Final. Huddersfield were promoted to the Super League.

League table

Team P W D L F A Pts

Huddersfield Giants 27 26 1 0 1156 356 53

Leigh Centurions 27 21 1 5 1021 426 43

Rochdale Hornets 27 19 1 7 809 582 39

Hull Kingston Rovers 27 18 1 8 715 468 37

Featherstone Rovers 27 18 1 8 836 604 37

Doncaster Dragons 27 16 1 10 741 603 33

Batley Bulldogs 27 16 1 10 658 666 33

Whitehaven Warriors 27 15 1 11 647 600 31

Oldham Roughyeds 27 13 3 11 748 553 29

Dewsbury Rams 27 14 1 12 723 616 29

Workington Town 27 13 0 14 677 677 26

Sheffield Eagles 27 13 0 14 597 648 26

Barrow Raiders 27 12 1 14 707 670 25

Keighley Cougars 27 7 0 20 488 906 14

Swinton Lions 27 6 1 20 473 918 13

Chorley Lynx 27 5 0 22 477 994 10

Hunslet Hawks 27 3 1 23 438 954 7

Gateshead Thunder 27 1 0 26 338 1108 2


York Wasps started this season but ceased to exist after 11 games. Their results were expunged from the records.

Play-offs

Week 1:

    Hull Kingston Rovers 11 Oldham 19.
    Featherstone Rovers 42 Whitehaven Warriors 14.
    Doncaster Dragons 14 Batley Bulldogs 27.

Week 2:

    Huddersfield Giants 36 Leigh Centurions 10.
    Rochdale Hornets 6 Oldham 20.
    Featherstone Rovers 30 Batley Bulldogs 32.

Week 3:

    Batley Bulldogs 26 Oldham 16.

Week 4:

    Leigh Centurions 35 Batley Bulldogs 28.

Grand Final:

    Huddersfield Giants 38 Leigh Centurions 16.

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