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1977–78 Northern Rugby Football League season

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Rugby league season
1977–78 Northern Rugby Football League season
LeagueNorthern Rugby Football League
Champions Widnes
Premiership Bradford
Man of Steel Award George Nicholls
Top point-scorer(s) Geoff Pimblett (381)
Top try-scorer(s) Stuart Wright (33)
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from Second Division
Relegated to Second Division

The 1977–78 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 83rd season of rugby league football. Sixteen English clubs competed for the Northern Rugby Football League Championship with Widnes claiming the title by finishing the season on top of the League.

Season summary

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In June 1977, the International Rugby League Board imposed a four-year ban on international transfers. The ban was primarily put in place as a response to the growing number of English players being recruited by Australian clubs.[1]

The League champions were Widnes for the first time. Bradford Northern's last game was cancelled as Featherstone Rovers were on strike, consequently Bradford Northern finished 2nd on percentages.

Hull FC, New Hunslet, Bramley and Dewsbury were demoted to the Second Division.

Leeds were 14-12 Challenge Cup Winners over St. Helens.

2nd Division Champions were Leigh, and they, Barrow, Rochdale Hornets and Huddersfield were promoted to the First Division.[2]

League Tables

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First Division Championship

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Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts
1 Widnes 30 24 2 4 613 241 50
2 Bradford Northern 29 21 2 6 500 291 44
3 St. Helens 30 22 1 7 678 384 45
4 Hull Kingston Rovers 30 16 3 11 495 419 35
5 Wigan 30 17 1 12 482 435 35
6 Salford 30 16 0 14 470 446 32
7 Featherstone Rovers 29 15 2 12 443 452 32
8 Leeds 30 15 1 14 512 460 31
9 Warrington 30 15 0 15 561 367 30
10 Castleford 30 13 2 15 515 583 28
11 Workington Town 30 11 4 15 406 519 26
12 Wakefield Trinity 30 12 1 17 393 450 25
13 Hull 30 10 3 17 358 480 23
14 New Hunslet 30 11 0 19 318 518 22
15 Bramley 30 5 4 21 281 608 14
16 Dewsbury 30 2 2 26 207 589 6

Second Division Championship

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Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts
1 Leigh 26 21 0 5 538 231 42
2 Barrow 26 21 0 5 521 234 42
3 Rochdale Hornets 26 21 0 5 437 200 42
4 Huddersfield 26 18 0 8 502 324 36
5 York 26 16 2 8 447 286 34
6 Oldham 26 17 0 9 419 325 34
7 Keighley 26 11 3 12 357 337 25
8 Swinton 26 11 1 14 369 385 23
9 Whitehaven 26 10 2 14 277 326 22
10 Huyton 26 9 2 15 250 352 20
11 Doncaster 26 9 0 17 304 528 18
12 Batley 26 5 1 20 233 496 11
13 Blackpool Borough 26 5 1 20 262 543 11
14 Halifax 26 2 0 24 182 531 4
  Champions   Play-offs   Promoted   Relegated

Cups

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Challenge Cup

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Leeds beat St Helens 14-12 in the final played at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 13 May 1978 before a crowd of 96,000.

This was Leeds’ eleventh Cup Final win in fifteen appearances and their second in successive years.[3]

Player's No.6 Trophy

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The Player's No.6 Trophy winners were Warrington beating Widnes 9-4 in the final.

Premiership

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Rugby League Premiership Trophy Winners were Bradford Northern beating Widnes 17-8 in the final.

County cups

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Workington Town (from Cumbria) beat Wigan 16–13 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Castleford beat Featherstone Rovers 17–7 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

BBC2 Floodlit Trophy

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BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Winners were Hull Kingston Rovers beating St. Helens 26-11 in the final.

Statistics

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The following are the top points scorers in the 1977–78 season.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Ban on rugby league transfers" . Reading Evening Post. 24 June 1977. p. 26 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "1977–78 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009年08月26日. Retrieved 2009年08月08日.
  3. ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009年04月03日. Retrieved 2009年08月07日.
  4. ^ Fletcher, Raymond; Howes, David (27 March 1997). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1997. London: Headline. pp. 163–7. ISBN 978-0-7472-7764-4.

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