1996 Workington Town season

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1996 Workington Town season
Super League I Rank12th (relegated)
Challenge Cup4th round
1996 recordWins: 2; Draws: 1; Losses: 19
Points scoredFor: 325; Against: 1021
Team information
CoachKurt Sorensen (until March 1996)
(from March 1996)
Captain
StadiumDerwent Park
Top scorers
Tries, - 6
Goals - 23
Points – 47

The 1996 Workington Town season was the club's first season in the newly formed Super League. Coached by , who replaced Kurt Sorensen in March 1996, and captained by Billy McGinty, Workington competed in Super League I and finished in 12th place, resulting in relegation to the First Division. The club also competed in the 1996 Challenge Cup, but were knocked out in the fourth round by First Division side Widnes.

Table[]

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Saintscolours.svg St. Helens 22 20 0 2 950 455 +495 40
2 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 22 19 1 2 902 326 +576 39
3 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 22 17 0 5 767 409 +358 34
4 London Broncos 22 12 1 9 611 462 +149 25
5 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 22 12 0 10 569 565 +4 24
6 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Blue Sox 22 10 1 11 667 576 +91 21
7 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 22 10 0 12 599 730 -131 20
8 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham Bears 22 9 1 12 473 681 -208 19
9 Cascolours.png Castleford Tigers 22 9 0 13 548 599 -51 18
10 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds 22 6 0 16 555 745 -190 12
11 Paris Saint-Germain 22 3 1 18 398 795 -397 7
12 Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 22 2 1 19 325 1021 -696 5
Champions Relegated

Match results[]

Win Draw Loss

Super League[]

Game Date Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance Ref
1 31 March 1996 St. Helens Home 0–62 3,461 MR
2 5 April 1996 Warrington Wolves Away 30–45 , Palmada, (2), Campbell (5) 4,511 MR
3 8 April 1996 Sheffield Eagles Home 22–54 , , Phillips (5) 1,904 MR
4 13 April 1996 Paris Saint-Germain Away 12–34 , (2) 6,534 MR
5 21 April 1996 London Broncos Away 0–58 4,138 MR
6 6 May 1996 Halifax Blue Sox Home 18–18 , , (3) 2,215 MR
7 12 May 1996 Castleford Tigers Away 16–50 , , (2) 3,605 MR
8 18 May 1996 Wigan Warriors Home 16–64 , Holgate, (2) 3,176 MR
9 26 May 1996 Oldham Bears Away 29–27 Palmada, , , (3), (3) + 1 DG 2,228 MR
10 2 June 1996 Bradford Bulls Away 4–52 8,658 MR
11 9 June 1996 Leeds Rhinos Home 18–48 Johnson, , (3) 2,949 MR
12 16 June 1996 St. Helens Away 16–60 , Holgate, Keenan Carter, 7,237 MR
13 23 June 1996 London Broncos Home 6–34 1,400 MR
14 29 June 1996 Sheffield Eagles Away 16–32 , T. Smith (4) 3,468 MR
15 7 July 1996 Paris Saint-Germain Home 14–10 (5) 2,173 MR
16 14 July 1996 Warrington Wolves Home 4–49 2,269 MR
17 21 July 1996 Halifax Blue Sox Away 14–74 , , 4,374 MR
18 28 July 1996 Castleford Tigers Home 20–46 , , Johnson Watson (4) 1,622 MR
19 4 August 1996 Oldham Bears Home 24–30 Holgate, , , Watson Watson (4) 1,759 MR
20 11 August 1996 Bradford Bulls Home 14–28 , Watson (3) 2,430 MR
21 18 August 1996 Leeds Rhinos Away 28–68 Fatnowna (2), , Johnson, Watson (4) 4,956 MR
22 24 August 1996 Wigan Warriors Away 4–78 Johnson 6,466 MR

Challenge Cup[]

Round Date Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance Ref
Fourth 28 January 1996 Widnes Home 10–17 , 2,339 MR

Squad[]

[1]

Player Apps Tries Goals DGs Points
22 6 0 0 24
13 1 0 0 4
6 1 0 0 4
2 0 0 0 0
20 1 0 0 4
8 1 0 0 4
Logan Campbell 9 1 0 0 4
Darren Carter 14 0 1 0 2
13 6 0 0 24
2 0 0 0 0
Abraham Fatnowna 5 2 0 0 8
20 3 0 0 12
David Fraisse 8 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0
11 2 0 0 8
Stephen Holgate 20 3 0 0 12
2 0 0 0 0
Mark Johnson 12 4 0 0 16
Mark Keenan 8 1 0 0 4
17 3 17 1 47
5 0 0 0 0
Billy McGinty 1 0 0 0 0
4 0 0 0 0
Phil McKenzie 4 0 0 0 0
16 0 23 0 46
5 0 0 0 0
14 4 0 0 16
Jason Palmada 13 2 0 0 8
14 2 0 0 8
1 0 0 0 0
Rowland Phillips 23 1 0 0 4
1 0 0 0 0
12 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0
8 0 1 0 2
10 5 0 0 20
Tony Smith 9 1 0 0 4
5 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0
16 4 0 0 16
Ian Watson 5 1 15 0 34
Andrew Whalley 2 0 0 0 0

Transfers[]

In[]

Player Pos From Fee Date Ref
Tony Smith Stand-off St. George Dragons April 1996
Loose forward Parramatta Eels April 1996

Out[]

Player Pos To Fee Date Ref
Stephen Holgate Second-row Wigan Warriors £100,000 December 1996

References[]

  1. ^ Fletcher, Raymond (1997). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1997. Headline Book Publishing. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-7472-7764-4.

External links[]

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