1990–91 Rugby Football League season

Stones Bitter Championship

Number of teams

1990–91 Season

Champions

Wigan

Promotion and relegation

Promoted from Second Division

Salford

Halifax

Swinton

Relegated to Second Division

Oldham

Sheffield Eagles

Rochdale Hornets

Second Division

Champions

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.

Season summary

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

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.

Championship Final Standings

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

Champions	Relegated

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	Trafford 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 Borough	28	7	1	20	388	721	-333	15
19	Bramley	28	7	1	20	379	726	-347	15
20	Runcorn Highfield	28	3	1	24	351	779	-428	7
21	Nottingham City	28	2	0	26	284	945	-661	4

Promoted

Challenge Cup

Main article: 1991 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]

Premiership

In Hull's 14-4 victory over Widnes in the 1990–91 Rugby League Premiership final at Old Trafford, Manchester on Sunday 12 May 1991, their captain and Stand-off half back, Greg Mackey, was named man of the match, winning the Harry Sunderland Trophy.

References

↑ Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 302. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.
↑ Winners1897 - present at official Challenge Cup web site
↑ Lance Todd Trophy winners at therfl.co.uk

Sources

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