| 1989–90 Rugby Football League season | |
| League: | Stones Bitter Championship |
| No Of Teams: | 14 |
| Season: | 1989–90 Season |
| Season Champs: | Wigan |
| Season Champ Name: | Champions |
| Premiership Win: | Widnes |
| Premiership Win Name: | Premiership winners |
| Mvp: | Shaun Edwards |
| Mvp Link: | Man of Steel Award |
| Top Try Scorer: | Martin Offiah 45 |
| Promote From: | Second Division |
| Relegate To: | Second Division |
| Season2: | Second Division |
| Season Champs2: | Hull Kingston Rovers |
| Season Champ Name2: | Champions |
| Top Scorer2: | Mike Fletcher 450 |
| Top Try Scorer2: | Greg Austin 38 |
| Prevseason Link: | 1988–89 Rugby Football League season |
| Prevseason Year: | 1988–89 |
| Nextseason Link: | 1990–91 Rugby Football League season |
| Nextseason Year: | 1990–91 |
The 1989–90 Rugby Football League season was the 95th ever season of professional rugby league football in Britain. Fourteen teams competed from August, 1989 until May, 1990 for the Stones Bitter Championship, Premiership Trophy and Silk Cut Challenge Cup.
Warrington beat Oldham 24–16 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Bradford Northern beat Featherstone Rovers 20–14 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.
Runcorn Highfield became only the second peacetime team in the history of the Rugby Football League to lose every game, and the first since Liverpool City in 1906-1907.
| width=20 abbr="Position" | width=175 | Team | width=20 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=20 abbr="Won" | W | width=20 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=20 abbr="Lost" | L | width=20 abbr="Points for" | PF | width=20 abbr="Points against" | PA | width=20 abbr="Points difference" | PD | width=20 abbr="Points" | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - align=center style="background:#FFD700;" | 1 | Wigan | 26 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 699 | 349 | +350 | 40 | |||||||||
| 2 | Leeds | 26 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 704 | 383 | +321 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Widnes | 26 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 659 | 423 | +236 | 34 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Bradford Northern | 26 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 614 | 416 | +198 | 34 | ||||||||||
| 5 | St. Helens | 26 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 714 | 544 | +170 | 34 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Hull | 26 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 577 | 400 | +177 | 34 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Castleford | 26 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 703 | 448 | +255 | 32 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Warrington | 26 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 424 | 451 | -27 | 27 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Wakefield Trinity | 26 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 502 | 528 | -26 | 25 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Featherstone Rovers | 26 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 479 | 652 | -173 | 20 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Sheffield Eagles | 26 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 517 | 588 | -71 | 19 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Leigh | 26 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 442 | 642 | -200 | 19 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Salford | 26 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 421 | 699 | -278 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Barrow | 26 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 201 | 1133 | -932 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Champions | Relegated |
| width=20 abbr="Position" | width=175 | Team | width=20 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=20 abbr="Won" | W | width=20 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=20 abbr="Lost" | L | width=20 abbr="Points for" | PF | width=20 abbr="Points against" | PA | width=25 abbr="Points difference" | PD | width=20 abbr="Points" | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - align=center style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | align=left style="background#cfc:" | Hull Kingston Rovers | 28 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1102 | 190 | 912 | 50 | ||||||||
| 2 | align=left style="background#cfc:" | Rochdale Hornets | 28 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 977 | 422 | 555 | 48 | |||||||||
| 3 | align=left style="background#cfc:" | Oldham | 28 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 879 | 325 | 554 | 48 | |||||||||
| 4 | align=left style="background#cfc:" | Ryedale-York | 28 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 653 | 338 | 315 | 41 | |||||||||
| 5 | Halifax | 28 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 741 | 360 | 381 | 40 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Swinton | 28 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 673 | 405 | 268 | 40 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Dewsbury | 28 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 503 | 411 | 92 | 39 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Fulham | 28 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 496 | 488 | 8 | 34 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Doncaster | 28 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 533 | 399 | 134 | 32 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Trafford Borough | 28 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 551 | 551 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Huddersfield | 28 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 469 | 441 | 28 | 28 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Batley | 28 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 466 | 478 | -12 | 26 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Bramley | 28 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 413 | 623 | -210 | 22 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Hunslet | 28 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 431 | 585 | -154 | 20 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Chorley Borough | 28 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 399 | 618 | -219 | 20 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Whitehaven | 28 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 396 | 710 | -314 | 20 | ||||||||||
| 17 | Carlisle | 28 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 511 | 625 | -114 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 18 | Workington Town | 28 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 311 | 708 | -397 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 19 | Keighley | 28 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 436 | 837 | -401 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Nottingham City | 28 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 323 | 1032 | -709 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 21 | Runcorn Highfield | 28 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 218 | 935 | -717 | 0 |
| Promoted |
See main article: 1989–90 Challenge Cup. Wigan defeated Warrington 36-14 in the Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 28 April 1990 before a crowd of 77,729.[2] Andy Gregory, Wigan's scrum half, was awarded his second Lance Todd Trophy for being the man-of-the-match.[3]
See main article: 1989–90 Regal Trophy.
See main article: 1989–90 Lancashire Cup.
See main article: 1989–90 Yorkshire Cup.
See main article: 1989–90 Rugby League Premiership.