1997 RFL Division One

The 1997 Division One Championship season was the second tier of British rugby league during the 1997 season. The competition featured eleven teams, with Hull Sharks winning the league, and Huddersfield Giants winning the Divisional Premiership.

RFL Division One
LeagueRugby Football League Division One
Duration20 Rounds
Teams11
1997 Season
Divisional Premiership winners Huddersfield Giants
Champions Hull Sharks
Tom Bergin Trophy Craig Weston

Championship

The league was won by Hull Sharks, winning promotion to the Super League along with runners-up the Huddersfield Giants. The Huddersfield Giants also won the Divisional Premiership final against Hull FC, with Craig Weston winning the Tom Bergin Trophy.

The Widnes Vikings and Workington Town were both relegated to Division Two.

League table
Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts
1Hull Sharks 20181161722837
2Huddersfield Giants 20160463032032
3Keighley Cougars 20111842833223
4Whitehaven Warriors 20111843639823
5Wakefield Trinity 20911039341919
6Dewsbury Rams 20901134145518
7Featherstone Rovers 20811140839517
8Hull Kingston Rovers 20811144048117
9Swinton Lions 20701335548814
10Widnes Vikings 20601428257912
11Workington Town 2040163205558
Champions Promoted Relegated

Premiership
28 September 1997
Huddersfield Giants 18 – 0 Hull Sharks
Try: Davys, Bunyan, Cheetham
Goal: Cook (3)		 Report
Old Trafford, Manchester
Referee: John Connolly (Wigan)
Man of the Match: Craig Weston

See also

References
    • "Season 1997". Virtual Rugby League Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008.
    • 1997 season at wigan.rlfans.com
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