1988–89 Rugby Football League season

The 1988–89 Rugby Football League season was the 94th season of professional rugby league football in Britain. Fourteen teams competed from August, 1988 until May, 1989 for the Stones Bitter Championship, Premiership Trophy and Silk Cut Challenge Cup.

1988–89 Rugby Football League season
League	Stones Bitter Championship
Teams	14
1988–89 Season
Champions	Widnes
Premiership winners	Widnes
Man of Steel Award	Ellery Hanley
Top try-scorer(s)	Martin Offiah 60
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from Second Division	Leigh Barrow Sheffield Eagles
Relegated to Second Division	Oldham Halifax Hull Kingston Rovers
Second Division
Champions	Leigh
Top point-scorer(s)	Mark Aston 307
Top try-scorer(s)	Derek Bate 34

Season summary

Springfield Borough (previously Blackpool Borough) relocated were renamed Chorley Borough.

Huddersfield Barracudas reverted to their original name Huddersfield.

Wigan beat Salford 22–17 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Leeds beat Castleford 33–12 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

League Tables

Championship Final Standings

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Widnes	26	20	1	5	726	345	+381	41
2	Wigan	26	19	0	7	543	434	+109	38
3	Leeds	26	18	0	8	530	380	+150	36
4	Hull	26	17	0	9	427	355	+72	34
5	Castleford	26	15	2	9	601	480	+121	32
6	Featherstone Rovers	26	13	1	12	482	545	-63	27
7	St. Helens	26	12	1	13	513	529	-16	25
8	Bradford Northern	26	11	1	14	545	518	+27	23
9	Wakefield Trinity	26	11	1	14	413	540	-37	23
10	Salford	26	11	0	15	469	526	-57	22
11	Warrington	26	10	0	16	456	455	+1	20
12	Oldham	26	8	1	17	462	632	-170	17
13	Halifax	26	6	1	19	335	535	-200	13
14	Hull Kingston Rovers	26	6	1	19	408	636	-228	13

Champions	Relegated

Second Division Final Standings

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Leigh	28	26	0	2	925	338	+587	52
2	Barrow	28	21	1	6	726	326	+400	43
3	Sheffield Eagles	28	19	1	8	669	362	+307	39
4	York	28	17	1	10	585	383	+202	35
5	Swinton	28	16	2	10	621	482	+139	34
6	Doncaster	28	17	0	11	599	464	+135	34
7	Whitehaven	28	15	2	11	522	378	+144	32
8	Keighley	28	16	0	12	551	525	+26	32
9	Rochdale Hornets	28	15	0	13	655	677	-22	30
10	Bramley	28	14	1	13	600	514	+86	29
11	Carlisle	28	14	1	13	512	441	+71	29
12	Batley	28	13	3	12	461	416	+45	29
13	Dewsbury	28	13	0	15	518	626	-108	26
14	Hunslet	28	12	1	15	473	540	-67	25
15	Fulham	28	10	0	18	464	650	-186	20
16	Chorley Borough	28	9	1	18	408	533	-125	19
17	Workington Town	28	9	1	18	365	549	-184	19
18	Huddersfield	28	9	1	18	400	615	-215	19
19	Mansfield Marksman	28	4	1	23	308	769	-461	9
20	Runcorn Highfield	28	2	1	25	224	998	-774	5

Promoted

Premiership

Challenge Cup

Wigan defeated St. Helens 27-0 in the Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium before a crowd of 78,000.[1] Ellery Hanley, Wigan's loose forward, was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for his man-of-the-match performance.[2] This was the first time a side had been held scoreless in a Challenge Cup final.

Lancashire Cup

	First Round					Second Round					Semi Finals					Final


	Barrow		10

	Wigan		14
						Wigan		36

						Rochdale Hornets		4
	Rochdale Hornets		25

	Fulham		14
											Wigan		14

											Widnes		10
	Widnes		32

	St. Helens		24
						Widnes		38

						Swinton		4
	Swinton		24

	Leigh		14
																Wigan		22

																Salford		17
	Oldham		64

	Workington Town		2
						Oldham		2

						Salford		18
	Salford		42

	Whitehaven		8
											Salford		15

											Warrington		2
	Runcorn Highfield		4

	Warrington		42
						Warrington		34

						Carlisle		18
	Carlisle		17

	Chorley Borough		7

Yorkshire Cup

The following chart excludes any preliminary round fixtures/results

	First Round					Second Round					Semi Finals					Final


	Leeds		24

	Bradford Northern		21
						Leeds		15

						Wakefield Trinity		10
	Wakefield Trinity		46

	Dewsbury		20
											Leeds		12

											Hull F.C.		8
	Hull F.C.		53

	Hunslet		0
						Hull F.C.		18

						Featherstone Rovers		0
	Featherstone Rovers		38

	Doncaster		8
																Leeds		33

																Castleford		12
	Halifax		36

	Batley		14
						Halifax		24

						Hull Kingston Rovers		2
	Keighley		22

	Hull Kingston Rovers		28
											Halifax		8

											Castleford		12
	Castleford		94

	Huddersfield		12
						Castleford		40

						York		14
	York		25

	Mansfield Marksman		4

John Player Special Trophy

This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Semi Finals					Final


	Huddersfield		4

	Chorley Borough		22
						Chorley Borough		22

						Hull Kingston Rovers		36
	Hull Kingston Rovers		40

	Keighley		0
											Hull Kingston Rovers		16(0)

											Wigan		16 (30)
	Runcorn Highfield		2

	Wigan		92
						Wigan		20

						Halifax		16
	Halifax		22

	Salford		4
																Wigan		16

																Bradford Northern		5
	Leeds		12

	Castleford		21
						Castleford		18

						Bradford Northern		19
	Bradford Northern		34

	Dewsbury		18
											Bradford Northern		6

											Leigh		0
	Leigh		42

	Barrow		14
						Leigh		40

						Doncaster		18
	Swinton		13

	Doncaster		16
																					Wigan		12

																					Widnes		6
	Sheffield Eagles		80

	Wigan St Patricks		8
						Sheffield Eagles		9

						Widnes		34
	Widnes		37

	Featherstone Rovers		12
											Widnes		16

											Warrington		7
	Warrington		21

	Oldham		14
						Warrington		42

						Bramley		10
	Bramley		32

	Mansfield Marksman		6
																Widnes		20

																St. Helens		15
	York		6

	St. Helens		14
						St. Helens		16

						Hull F.C.		13
	Hull F.C.		26

	Batley		10
											St. Helens		34

											Wakefield Trinity		18
	Wakefield Trinity		34

	Carlisle		14
						Wakefield Trinity		38

						Rochdale Hornets		12
	Rochdale Hornets		26

	Whitehaven		20

References

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

Sources

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