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BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Winners were Hull who beat Hull Kingston Rovers 13-3 in the final.
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2nd Division Champions were Featherstone Rovers. Halifax, Oldham and Barrow were also promoted.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=400|title=1979-80 Season summary|accessdate=2009-08-08|}}</ref>
2nd Division Champions were Featherstone Rovers. Halifax, Oldham and Barrow were also promoted.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=400|title=1979-80 Season summary|accessdate=2009-08-08||archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5k43I6fAh|archivedate=2009-09-25|deadurl=no}}</ref>


==Championship==
==Championship==

Revision as of 06:55, 27 September 2009

1979-80 Rugby Football League season
LeagueNorthern Rugby League
1979-80 Season
ChampionsBradford Northern
PremiershipWidnes

The 1979-80 Rugby Football League season was the eighty fourth season of rugby league football.

Season Summary

Bradford Northern won their first ever Championship this season. Wigan, Hunslet, York and Blackpool Borough were relegated.

The Challenge Cup Winners Hull Kingston Rovers who beat city rivals Hull 10-5 in the final.

The John Player Trophy Winners were Bradford Northern who beat Widnes 6-0 in the final.

Premiership Trophy Winners were Widnes who beat Bradford 19-5 in the final.

BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Winners were Hull who beat Hull Kingston Rovers 13-3 in the final.

2nd Division Champions were Featherstone Rovers. Halifax, Oldham and Barrow were also promoted.[1]

Championship

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 CastlefordCastleford 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

Hull Kingston Rovers beat Hull 10-5 in the final played at Wembley before a crowd of 95,000.[2]

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.

References

  1. ^ "1979-80 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-09-25. Retrieved 2009-08-08. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Retrieved 2009-08-07.

Sources

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