1969–70 Northern Rugby Football League season

1969–70 Northern Rugby Football League season
League	Northern Rugby Football League
Champions	St. Helens
League Leaders	Leeds
Top point-scorer(s)	Colin Tyrer 385
Top try-scorer(s)	John Atkinson 38

The 1969–70 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 75th season of rugby league football in Britain.

Rule change

Tactical substitutions were now allowed to occur after half time during a game, they had been permitted before half time since 1964.^[1]

Season summary

Leeds had ended the regular season as league leaders for the fourth successive season. St. Helens won their fifth Rugby Football League Championship when they beat Leeds 24-12 in the final. Frank Myler was awarded the Harry Sunderland Trophy as man-of-the-match.

The Challenge Cup winners were Castleford who beat Wigan 7-2 in the final.

The BBC2 Floodlit Trophy winners were Leigh who beat Wigan 11-6 in the final.^[2]

Wigan won the Lancashire League, and Leeds won the Yorkshire League, to date this was the last season in which the Lancashire League and Yorkshire League titles were awarded, other than a break between the 1902–03 and 1906–07 seasons, and breaks for World War I and World War II, the Lancashire League and Yorkshire League titles had been awarded since the inaugural rugby league season of 1895–96. Swinton beat Leigh 11–2 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Hull F.C. beat Featherstone Rovers 12–9 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

Championship

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts
1	Leeds	34	30	0	4	60
2	Castleford	34	25	1	8	51
3	St. Helens	34	23	1	10	47
4	Wigan	34	23	0	11	46
5	Hull Kingston Rovers	34	22	2	10	46
6	Salford	34	22	1	11	45
7	Leigh	34	21	3	10	45
8	Featherstone Rovers	34	22	1	11	45
9	Swinton	34	20	4	10	44
10	Widnes	34	21	2	11	44
11	Hull	34	20	2	12	42
12	Bradford Northern	34	19	0	15	38
13	Whitehaven	34	18	2	14	38
14	Warrington	34	17	2	15	36
15	Huddersfield	34	17	1	16	35
16	Halifax	34	16	0	18	32
17	Batley	34	15	1	18	31
18	Bramley	34	14	1	19	29
19	Barrow	34	14	1	19	29
20	Rochdale Hornets	34	13	3	18	29
21	Wakefield Trinity	34	13	2	19	28
22	Dewsbury	34	13	1	20	27
23	Hunslet	34	13	1	20	27
24	Workington Town	34	12	2	20	26
25	Keighley	34	13	0	21	26
26	York	34	11	1	22	23
27	Doncaster	34	7	0	27	14
28	Huyton	34	5	3	26	13
29	Oldham	34	6	0	28	12
30	Blackpool Borough	34	6	0	28	12

Champions	Play-offs

Play-offs

Round of 16		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Leeds	26

Halifax	4
		Leeds	45

		Whitehaven	10
Wigan	20-4

Whitehaven	20-9
				Leeds	47

				Hull KR	5
Hull KR	26

Bradford Northern	13
		Hull KR	27

		Salford	16
Salford	11

Hull	4
						Leeds	12

						St Helens	24
Featherstone Rovers	24

Swinton	18
		Featherstone Rovers	3

		Castleford	15
Castleford	17

Huddersfield	7
				Castleford	9-12

				St Helens	9-21	Third place
St Helens	36

Warrington	8
		St Helens	16

		Leigh	5
Leigh	21

Widnes	10

Challenge Cup

Castleford beat Wigan 7-2 in the final played at Wembley in front of a crowd of 95,255.

This was Castleford’s third Cup Final win in three Final appearances and their second in successive years. It was also the lowest winning score in a Challenge Cup Final at Wembley.^[3]

References

↑ de la Riviere, Richard, ed. (2009), "Top ten: Rugby league rules", Rugby League World, Brighouse, UK: League Publications (published August 2009) (340), p. 61, ISSN 1466-0105
↑ "1969-70 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
↑ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

Sources

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[RLW-iss340-aug2009-p61-1] Riviere, Richard, ed. (2009), "Top ten: Rugby league rules", Rugby League World, Brighouse, UK: League Publications (published August 2009) (340), p. 61, ISSN 1466-0105

[2] "1969-70 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-08-08.

[3] "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

St Helens
Est. 1873 in St Helens, England
The Club	History Records Honours Players International representatives Coaches Hall of Fame
Home grounds	City Ground Knowsley Road (1890-2010) Halton Stadium (2011) Totally Wicked Stadium (2012-Present)
Hall of Fame	Alex Murphy Vince Karalius Tom van Vollenhoven
League	Super League
World Club Challenge (2)	2001 2007
Championships (13)	1931–32 1952–53 1958–59 1965–66 1969–70 1970–71 1974–75 1996 1999 2000 2002 2006 2014
Challenge Cup (12)	1955–56 1960–61 1965–66 1971–72 1975–76 1996 1997 2001 2004 2006 2007 2008
Other honours	4—time Premiership Champions 1—time Western Division Champions 1—time Regal Trophy Champions 2—time BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Champions 11—time Lancashire County Cup Champions 11—time Lancashire League Champions 1—time Charity Shield Champions BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award (2006)
Seasons (120)	1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
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Affiliation	Rugby Football League (1895) St Helens Ladies

Castleford squad – 1969–70 Challenge Cup Final winners
1 Derek Edwards 2 Trevor Briggs 3 Tony Thomas 4 Ian Stenton 5 Alan Lowndes 6 Alan Hardisty (c) 7 Keith Hepworth 8 Dennis Hartley 9 Clive Dickinson 10 Mick Redfearn 11 William "Bill" Kirkbride 12 Brian Lockwood 13 Mal Reilly 14 Danny Hargrave (for № 6) 15 ? (unused?) Coach: Thomas Smales
see also 1969–70 season