1990–91 Rugby Football League season

1990–91 Rugby Football League season
1990–91 Rugby Football League season
League	Stones Bitter Championship
Teams	14
1990–91 Season
Champions	Wigan
Premiership winners	Hull
Man of Steel Award	Garry Schofield
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from Second Division	Salford; Halifax; Swinton
Relegated to Second Division	Oldham; Sheffield Eagles; Rochdale Hornets
Second Division
Champions	Salford
	← 1989–90Seasons 1991–92 →

The 1990–91 Rugby Football League season was the 96th ever season of professional rugby league football in Britain. Fourteen teams competed from August, 1990 until May, 1991 for the Stones Bitter Championship, Premiership Trophy and Silk Cut Challenge Cup.

Season summary[]

Widnes beat Salford 24–18 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Castleford beat Wakefield Trinity 11–8 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

League Tables[]

Wigan retained their title this season, relegated were Oldham, Sheffield Eagles and Rochdale Hornets, to date this is Rochdale Hornets's last appearance in the top flight.

Championship Final Standings[]

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Wigan	26	20	2	4	652	313	+339	42
2	Widnes	26	20	0	6	635	340	+295	40
3	Hull	26	17	0	9	513	367	+146	34
4	Castleford	26	17	0	9	578	442	+136	34
5	Leeds	26	14	2	10	602	448	+154	30
6	St. Helens	26	14	1	11	628	533	+95	29
7	Bradford Northern	26	13	1	12	434	492	-58	27
8	Featherstone Rovers	26	12	1	13	533	592	-59	25
9	Warrington	26	10	2	14	404	436	-32	22
10	Wakefield Trinity	26	10	2	14	356	409	-53	22
11	Hull Kingston Rovers	26	9	3	14	452	615	-163	21
12	Oldham	26	10	0	16	481	562	-81	20
13	Sheffield Eagles	26	7	2	17	459	583	-124	16
14	Rochdale Hornets	26	1	0	25	317	912	-595	2

Champions	Relegated

Second Division Final Standings[]

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Salford	28	26	1	1	856	219	637	53
2	Halifax	28	24	0	4	941	311	630	48
3	Swinton	28	21	2	5	523	347	176	44
4	Ryedale-York	28	20	2	6	559	394	165	42
5	Leigh	28	18	1	9	698	372	326	37
6	Workington Town	28	18	1	9	497	323	174	37
7	Fulham	28	17	2	9	450	338	112	36
8	Carlisle	28	16	2	10	613	425	188	34
9	Doncaster	28	16	0	12	207	434	-227	32
10	Hunslet	28	13	2	13	519	438	81	28
11	Huddersfield	28	13	1	14	493	477	16	27
12	Whitehaven	28	13	0	15	412	592	-180	26
13	Keighley	28	12	0	16	456	588	-132	24
14	Dewsbury	28	10	1	17	410	455	-45	21
15	Trafford Borough	28	10	0	18	508	618	-110	20
16	Batley	28	10	0	18	337	466	-129	20
17	Barrow	28	8	2	18	415	705	-290	18
18	Chorley Borough	28	7	1	20	388	721	-333	15
19	Bramley	28	7	1	20	379	726	-347	15
20	Runcorn Highfield	28	3	1	24	351	779	-428	7
21	Nottingham City	28	2	0	26	284	945	-661	4

Promoted

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Challenge Cup[]

Wigan defeated St. Helens 13-8 in the Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium before a crowd of 75,532.^[2] Denis Betts, Wigan's second row forward, was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for his man-of-the-match performance.^[3]

League Cup[]

Premiership[]

In Hull's 14-4 victory over Widnes in the 1991 Rugby League Premiership Final at Old Trafford, Manchester on Sunday 12 May 1991, their captain and stand-off; Greg Mackey, was named man of the match, winning the Harry Sunderland Trophy at Old Trafford in front of 42,043, a record crowd for a Premiership Final at the time.

Kangaroo Tour[]

The months of October and November also saw the appearance of the Australian team in England on their 1990 Kangaroo Tour. Other than the three test Ashes series against Great Britain (won 2–1 by Australia), The Kangaroos played and won matches against 8 Championship teams (St Helens, Wakefield Trinity, Wigan, Leeds, Warrington, Castleford, Hull and Widnes), 1 Second Division side (Halifax) and one county side (Cumbria). The team was coached by 1973 tourist and 1978 tour captain Bob Fulton and was captained by Mal Meninga who was making his third Kangaroo Tour as a player.

Penrith Panthers halfback Greg Alexander (who played most of the tour as the backup fullback to Gary Belcher), was the leading point scorer on the tour with 156 from 14 tries and 50 goals. Like Terry Lamb on the 1986 tour, Alexander was selected for every match on the tour, but he did not get off the bench in the 2nd Ashes Test at Old Trafford. Cronulla-Sutherland outside back Andrew Ettingshausen was the leading try scorer with 15 including hat-tricks against St Helens in the tour opener and Wigan a week later.

Great Britain's win in the first test at Wembley was the Lions first test win on home soil over Australia since 5 November 1978. It was the Kangaroos only loss of the tour.

game	Date	Result	Venue	Attendance
1	7 October	Australia def. St Helens 34–4	Knowsley Road, St Helens	15,219
2	10 October	Australia def. Wakefield Trinity 36–18	Belle Vue, Wakefield	7,724
3	14 October	Australia def. Wigan 34–6	Central Park, Wigan	24,814
4	17 October	Australia def. Cumbria 42–10	Derwent Park, Workington	6,750
5	21 October	Australia def. Leeds 22–10	Headingley, Leeds	16,037
6	27 October	Great Britain def. Australia 19–12	Wembley Stadium, London	54,569
7	31 October	Australia def. Warrington 26–6	Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington	10,200
8	4 November	Australia def. Castleford 28–8	Wheldon Road, Castleford	9,033
9	6 November	Australia def. Halifax 36–18	Thrum Hall, Halifax	8,730
10	10 November	Australia def. Great Britain 14–10	Old Trafford, Manchester	46,615
11	14 November	Australia def. Hull F.C. 34–4	The Boulevard, Hull	13,081
12	18 November	Australia def. Widnes 15–8	Naughton Park, Widnes	14,666
13	24 November	Australia def. Great Britain 14–0	Elland Road, Leeds	32,500

References[]

^ Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 302. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.
^ Winners1897 - present Archived 2010-09-10 at the Wayback Machine at official Challenge Cup web site
^ Lance Todd Trophy winners Archived 2010-11-28 at the Wayback Machine at therfl.co.uk

Sources[]

[Tables-1] Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 302. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.

[2] Winners1897 - present Archived 2010-09-10 at the Wayback Machine at official Challenge Cup web site

[3] Lance Todd Trophy winners Archived 2010-11-28 at the Wayback Machine at therfl.co.uk

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