1990–91 Rugby Football League season

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1990–91 Rugby Football League season
Stones Bitter Championship
Number of teams 14
1990–91 Season
Champions Wigancolours.svg Wigan
Premiership winners Hullcolours.svg Hull
Man of Steel Rhinoscolours.svg Garry Schofield
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from Second Division Redscolours.svg Salford
Faxcolours.svg Halifax
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton
Relegated to Second Division Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles
Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets
Second Division
Champions Redscolours.svg 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.

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[edit] Season summary

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Championship Final Standings

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Wigancolours.svg Wigan 26 20 2 4 652 313 +339 42
2 Widnes colours.svg Widnes 26 20 0 6 635 340 +295 40
3 Hullcolours.svg Hull 26 17 0 9 513 367 +146 34
4 Cascolours.png Castleford 26 17 0 9 578 442 +136 34
5 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds 26 14 2 10 602 448 +154 30
6 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 26 14 1 11 628 533 +95 29
7 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Northern 26 13 1 12 434 492 -58 27
8 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 26 12 1 13 533 592 -59 25
9 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington 26 10 2 14 404 436 -32 22
10 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity 26 10 2 14 356 409 -53 22
11 HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers 26 9 3 14 452 615 -163 21
12 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 26 10 0 16 481 562 -81 20
13 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 26 7 2 17 459 583 -124 16
14 Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 26 1 0 25 317 912 -595 2
Champions Relegated

[edit] Second Division Final Standings[1]

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Salford 28 26 1 1 856 219 637 53
2 Halifax 28 24 0 4 941 311 630 48
3 Swinton 28 21 2 5 523 347 176 44
4 Ryedale York 28 20 2 6 559 394 165 42
5 Leigh 28 18 1 9 698 372 326 37
6 Workington Town 28 18 1 9 497 323 174 37
7 Fulham 28 17 2 9 450 338 112 36
8 Carlisle 28 16 2 10 613 425 188 34
9 Doncaster 28 16 0 12 207 434 -227 32
10 Hunslet 28 13 2 13 519 438 81 28
11 Huddersfield 28 13 1 14 493 477 16 27
12 Whitehaven 28 13 0 15 412 592 -180 26
13 Keighley 28 12 0 16 456 588 -132 24
14 Dewsbury 28 10 1 17 410 455 -45 21
15 Traffod Borough 28 10 0 18 508 618 -110 20
16 Batley 28 10 0 18 337 466 -129 20
17 Barrow 28 8 2 18 415 705 -290 18
18 Chorley 28 7 1 20 388 721 -333 15
19 Bramley 28 7 1 20 379 726 -347 15
20 Runcorn 28 3 1 24 351 779 -428 7
21 Nottingham Cougars 28 2 0 26 284 945 -661 4
Promoted

[edit] 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]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. 1995. p. 302. ISBN 0747278172. 
  2. ^ Winners1897 - present at official Challenge Cup web site
  3. ^ Lance Todd Trophy winners at therfl.co.uk

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