1996 RFL Division One explained

RFL Division One
League:	Rugby Football League Division One
Duration:	20 Rounds
No Of Teams:	11
Season2:	1996 Season
Season Champs2:	Salford Reds
Season Champ Name2:	Divisional Premiership winners
League Leaders2:	Salford Reds
League Leaders Name2:	Champions
Mvp2:	Cliff Eccles
Mvp Link2:	Tom Bergin Trophy
Prevseason Link:	1995–96 Rugby Football League season
Prevseason Year:	1995-96
Nextseason Link:	1997 RFL Division One
Nextseason Year:	1997

The 1996 Division One Championship season was the second tier of British rugby league during the 1996 season, and was also the first season of rugby league to be played in the summer.^[1] The competition featured all eleven teams from the 1995–96 Rugby Football League season.

Championship

The league was won by Salford Reds for a second successive season, winning promotion to the Super League. The club also won the Divisional Premiership final against Keighley Cougars, with Cliff Eccles winning the Tom Bergin Trophy.

Rochdale Hornets and Batley Bulldogs were both relegated to Division Two.

League table

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"	Pts
1	Salford Reds	20	18	0	2	733	298	36
2	Keighley Cougars	20	14	2	4	558	333	30
3	Hull Sharks	20	14	0	6	565	392	28
4	Featherstone Rovers	20	12	2	6	557	371	26
5	Huddersfield	20	12	0	8	557	308	24
6	Wakefield Trinity	20	10	1	9	485	455	21
7	Widnes	20	9	1	10	413	447	19
8	Dewsbury	20	6	1	13	264	618	13
9	Whitehaven	20	5	1	14	328	546	11
10	Rochdale Hornets	20	2	2	16	348	602	6
11	Batley	20	2	2	16	230	668	6

Champions

Relegated

Premiership

See main article: article and 1996 Rugby League Divisional Premiership.

Statistics

The following are the top points scorers in Division One during the 1996 season. Statistics are for league matches only.^[2] Most tries

Player	Team	Tries
		21
		16
		16
		15
		15
		15
		15
		14
		14
		14
		14

Most goals

Player	Team	Goals
		84
		81
		67
		62
		54
		46
		42
		26
		26
		25

Most points

Player	Team	Tries	Goals	DGs	Points
		14	81	1	219
		9	84	0	204
		15	62	3	187
		1	67	0	138
		6	54	3	135
		5	46	0	112
		2	42	1	93
		10	25	0	90
		21	0	0	84
		15	10	0	80

See also

• Super League war
• 1996 Challenge Cup

External links

• Web site: Season 1996 . Virtual Rugby League Hall of Fame . https://web.archive.org/web/20081121151606/http://www.rlhalloffame.org.uk/1996.htm . 21 November 2008.
• 1996 season at wigan.rlfans.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rugby's pounds 87m deal gives Murdoch transfer veto . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/rugbys-pounds-87m-deal-gives-murdoch-transfer-veto-1526582.html . 2022-05-01 . subscription . live . The Independent . Dave Hadfield . 1995-12-20 . 2009-05-06.
2. Book: Fletcher. Raymond. Howes. David. Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1997. 27 March 1997 . Headline. London. 978-0-7472-7764-4. 184–5.