Английская Википедия:1979–80 Northern Rugby Football League season
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox rugby football league season
The 1979–80 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 85th season of rugby league football. Sixteen English clubs competed for the Northern Rugby Football League's first division championship, with Bradford claiming the title by finishing on top of the League.
Season summary
- Bradford Northern won their first ever Championship this season. Wigan, Hunslet (having dropped the prefix of 'New' from New Hunslet), York and Blackpool Borough were relegated.
- The Challenge Cup Winners Hull Kingston Rovers who beat city rivals Hull F.C. 10-5 in the final.
- The John Player Trophy Winners were Bradford Northern who beat Widnes 6-0 in the final.
- Rugby League Premiership Trophy Winners were Widnes who beat Bradford Northern 19-5 in the final.
- BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Winners were Hull F.C. who beat city rivals Hull Kingston Rovers 13-3 in the final.
- 2nd Division Champions were Featherstone Rovers, Halifax, Oldham and Barrow were also promoted.[1]
- Widnes beat Workington Town (from Cumbria) 11–0 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Leeds beat Halifax 15–6 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.
League Tables
Шаблон:Col-begin Шаблон:Col-break
Championship
Final Standings
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bradford Northern | 30 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 448 | 272 | 46 |
2 | Widnes | 30 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 546 | 293 | 45 |
3 | Hull | 30 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 454 | 326 | 39 |
4 | Salford | 30 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 495 | 374 | 39 |
5 | Leeds | 30 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 590 | 390 | 38 |
6 | Leigh | 30 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 451 | 354 | 33 |
7 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 30 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 539 | 445 | 33 |
8 | St. Helens | 30 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 505 | 410 | 32 |
9 | Warrington | 30 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 362 | 357 | 32 |
10 | Wakefield Trinity | 30 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 362 | 357 | 30 |
11 | Castleford | 30 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 466 | 475 | 28 |
12 | Workington Town | 30 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 348 | 483 | 26 |
13 | Wigan | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 366 | 523 | 21 |
14 | Hunslet | 30 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 346 | 528 | 15 |
15 | York | 30 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 375 | 647 | 13 |
16 | Blackpool Borough | 30 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 230 | 613 | 10 |
Second Division
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Featherstone Rovers | 26 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 724 | 280 | 44 |
2 | Halifax | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 463 | 213 | 41 |
3 | Oldham | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 513 | 276 | 41 |
4 | Barrow | 26 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 582 | 280 | 37 |
5 | Whitehaven | 26 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 397 | 276 | 31 |
6 | Dewsbury | 26 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 408 | 343 | 28 |
7 | Rochdale Hornets | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 315 | 373 | 23 |
8 | Swinton | 26 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 331 | 436 | 23 |
9 | Batley | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 232 | 370 | 22 |
10 | Bramley | 26 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 330 | 451 | 21 |
11 | Keighley | 26 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 342 | 396 | 20 |
12 | Huddersfield | 26 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 363 | 423 | 20 |
13 | Huyton | 26 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 209 | 555 | 10 |
14 | Doncaster | 26 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 196 | 733 | 3 |
Champions | Play-offs | Promoted | Relegated |
Challenge Cup
Шаблон:Main The 1980 State Express Challenge Cup culminated in the first Hull Cup final derby, with a heavy entourage of supporters from the East and West of the city making the trip to London.[2] Hull Kingston Rovers defeated Hull 10-5 at Wembley before a crowd of 95,000.[3]
This was Hull Kingston Rovers’ first, and to date, only Cup Final Win in six Final appearances.
The Hull Kingston Rovers’ Prop, Brian Lockwood, won the Lance Todd Trophy.
Шаблон:Hull Kingston Rovers - 1980 Challenge Cup Final winners
League Cup
Premiership
Statistics
The following are the top points scorers in the 1979–80 season.[4] Шаблон:Col-begin Шаблон:Col-2 Most tries
Player | Team | Tries |
---|---|---|
Keith Fielding | Salford | 30 |
Steve Hubbard | Hull Kingston Rovers | 30 |
Geoff Munro | Oldham | 29 |
Ian Ball | Barrow | 27 |
Keith Bentley | Widnes | 27 |
Peter Glynn | St. Helens | 27 |
Roy Mathias | St. Helens | 27 |
John Bevan | Warrington | 26 |
David Redfearn | Bradford Northern | 26 |
David Smith | Leeds | 24 |
Шаблон:Col-2 Most goals (including drop goals)
Player | Team | Goals |
---|---|---|
Steve Quinn | Featherstone Rovers | 163 |
Steve Hubbard | Hull Kingston Rovers | 138 |
Steve Rule | Salford | 134 |
Steve Hesford | Warrington | 128 |
Mick Burke | Widnes | 127 |
Ian Ball | Barrow | 119 |
Steve Diamond | Wakefield Trinity | 116 |
Eric Fitzsimons | Oldham | 108 |
Mick Parrish | Hunslet | 98 |
Jimmy Birts | Halifax | 97 |
References
Sources
- 1979-80 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com
- The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website
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