| 1997 Divisional Premiership Trophy | |
| Structure: | National knockout championship |
| Season Champs: | Huddersfield Giants |
| Season Champ Name: | Winners |
| Runner-Up Name: | Runner-up |
| Second Place: | Hull Sharks |
| Prevseason Link: | 1996 Rugby League Divisional Premiership |
| Prevseason Year: | 1996 |
| No Of Teams: | 20 |
The 1997 Rugby League Divisional Premiership was the 11th and final end of season Rugby League Divisional Premiership competition and the second in the Super League era. Following this season, the competition was replaced by a play-off system which would be used to decide the second Division championship and promotion to the Super League.
The competition was completely restructured for the 1997 season. With the exception of the bottom two Division Two clubs, Doncaster Dragons and Prescot Panthers, it was expanded to include all Division One and Division Two clubs. A group stage was added, which consisted of four pools of five teams based on region, although some team were assigned to another pool to keep the group sizes even (Yorkshire-based Keighley Cougars were placed in the Lancashire pool, and Lancashire Lynx competed in the Cumbrian group). The top two teams in each group then progressed to the knockout stage of the competition.
The winners were Huddersfield Giants.
| width=150 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=100 | Score | width=250 | Team two |
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| 14 September 1997 | 37–12 | Featherstone Rovers | |||||
| 14 September 1997 | 52–10 | Hunslet Hawks | |||||
| 14 September 1997 | 25–48 | Whitehaven Warriors | |||||
| 14 September 1997 | 10–36 | Keighley Cougars |
| width=150 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=100 | Score | width=250 | Team two |
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| 21 September 1997 | 45–18 | Whitehaven | |||||
| 21 September 1997 | 8–18 | Huddersfield Giants |
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