1989–90 Rugby Football League season
| 1989–90 Rugby Football League season | |
|---|---|
| League | Stones Bitter Championship |
| Teams | 14 |
| 1989–90 Season | |
| Champions |  Wigan |
| Premiership winners |  Widnes |
| Man of Steel Award | Shaun Edwards |
| Top try-scorer(s) | Martin Offiah 45 |
| Promotion and relegation | |
| Promoted from Second Division |  Hull Kingston Rovers Rochdale Hornets Oldham |
| Relegated to Second Division |  Leigh Salford Barrow |
| Second Division | |
| Champions | Hull Kingston Rovers |
| Top point-scorer(s) | Mike Fletcher 450 |
| Top try-scorer(s) | Greg Austin 38 |
The 1989–90 Rugby Football League season was the 95th ever season of professional rugby league football in Britain. Fourteen teams competed from August, 1989 until May, 1990 for the Stones Bitter Championship, Premiership Trophy and Silk Cut Challenge Cup.
Season summary
Warrington beat Oldham 24–16 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Bradford Northern beat Featherstone Rovers 20–14 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.
League Tables
Runcorn Highfield became only the second peacetime team in the history of the Rugby Football League to lose every game, and the first since Liverpool City in 1906-1907.
Championship final Standings
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Second Division Final Standings
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Challenge Cup
Wigan defeated Warrington 36-14 in the Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 28 April 1990 before a crowd of 77,729.[2] Andy Gregory, Wigan's scrum half, was awarded his second Lance Todd Trophy for being the man-of-the-match.[3]
Regal Trophy
Premiership
References
- ^ Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 299. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.
- ^ Winners 1897 - present Archived 2010-09-10 at the Wayback Machine at carnegiechallengecup.co.uk
- ^ Lance Todd Trophy Winners Archived 2010-11-28 at the Wayback Machine at therfl.co.uk