1971–72 Northern Rugby Football League season
1971–72 Northern Rugby Football League season | ||
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League | Champions Leeds | |
League Leaders | Leeds | |
Top point-scorer(s) | David Watkins 473 | |
Top try-scorer(s) | John Atkinson 38 Mike Lamb 38 | |
The 1971–72 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 77th season of
John Player.[1]
Season summary
This season saw the introduction of the
1995-96
when the sport switched to summer.
Leeds won their third Championship when they beat St. Helens 9-5 in the Championship Final. Leeds also finished the regular season as league leaders.
The Challenge Cup winners were St. Helens who beat Leeds 16-13 in the final.
Championship
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PAv | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Leeds (L) | 34 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 750 | 325 | 2.308 | 58 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
2 | Bradford Northern | 34 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 724 | 357 | 2.028 | 54 | |
3 | St Helens | 34 | 26 | 1 | 7 | 661 | 297 | 2.226 | 53 | |
4 | Wigan | 34 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 702 | 314 | 2.236 | 50 | |
5 | Salford | 34 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 720 | 338 | 2.130 | 50 | |
6 | Swinton | 34 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 554 | 368 | 1.505 | 48 | |
7 | Featherstone Rovers | 34 | 23 | 1 | 10 | 632 | 372 | 1.699 | 47 | |
8 | Rochdale Hornets | 34 | 21 | 1 | 12 | 429 | 306 | 1.402 | 43 | |
9 | Wakefield Trinity | 34 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 587 | 414 | 1.418 | 42 | |
10 | Castleford | 34 | 20 | 1 | 13 | 488 | 368 | 1.326 | 41 | |
11 | Widnes | 34 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 476 | 388 | 1.227 | 41 | |
12 | Dewsbury | 34 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 431 | 352 | 1.224 | 38 | |
13 | Oldham | 34 | 18 | 1 | 15 | 573 | 480 | 1.194 | 37 | |
14 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 34 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 432 | 498 | 0.867 | 36 | |
15 | Warrington | 34 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 537 | 397 | 1.353 | 35 | |
16 | Leigh
|
34 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 421 | 407 | 1.034 | 34 | |
17 | Huddersfield | 34 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 394 | 435 | 0.906 | 34 | |
18 | Barrow | 34 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 375 | 508 | 0.738 | 34 | |
19 | Hull | 34 | 16 | 0 | 18 | 488 | 495 | 0.986 | 32 | |
20 | York | 34 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 465 | 498 | 0.934 | 32 | |
21 | Halifax | 34 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 398 | 564 | 0.706 | 28 | |
22 | Bramley | 34 | 13 | 0 | 21 | 333 | 542 | 0.614 | 26 | |
23 | Whitehaven | 34 | 12 | 0 | 22 | 394 | 523 | 0.753 | 24 | |
24 | Workington Town | 34 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 303 | 533 | 0.568 | 24 | |
25 | Blackpool Borough | 34 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 351 | 560 | 0.627 | 22 | |
26 | Keighley | 34 | 8 | 0 | 26 | 330 | 740 | 0.446 | 16 | |
27 | Huyton | 34 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 277 | 610 | 0.454 | 15 | |
28 | Batley | 34 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 249 | 628 | 0.396 | 12 | |
29 | Doncaster | 34 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 234 | 729 | 0.321 | 10 | |
30 | Hunslet | 34 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 300 | 662 | 0.453 | 4 |
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points average; 3) Number of points scored;
(L) Won League Leader's Trophy
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points average; 3) Number of points scored;
(L) Won League Leader's Trophy
Play-offs
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
Leeds | 40 | |||||||||||||
Leigh | 2 | |||||||||||||
Leeds | 20 | |||||||||||||
Widnes | 9 | |||||||||||||
Swinton | 11 | |||||||||||||
Widnes | 15 | |||||||||||||
Leeds | 10 | |||||||||||||
Salford | 0 | |||||||||||||
Salford | 23 | |||||||||||||
Dewsbury | 7 | |||||||||||||
Salford | 21 | |||||||||||||
Wigan | 9 | |||||||||||||
Wigan | 18 | |||||||||||||
Oldham | 8 | |||||||||||||
Leeds | 9 | |||||||||||||
St Helens | 5 | |||||||||||||
St Helens | 25 | |||||||||||||
Hull KR | 5 | |||||||||||||
St Helens | 17 | |||||||||||||
Rochdale Hornets | 5 | |||||||||||||
Rochdale Hornets | 18 | |||||||||||||
Wakefield Trinity | 13 | |||||||||||||
St Helens | 14 | |||||||||||||
Bradford Northern | 10 | |||||||||||||
Featherstone Rovers | 14 | |||||||||||||
Castleford | 18 | |||||||||||||
Castleford | 12 | |||||||||||||
Bradford Northern | 22 | |||||||||||||
Bradford Northern | 37 | |||||||||||||
Warrington | 0 | |||||||||||||
Final
The Championship final was played at Swinton.
20 May 1972
|
Leeds | 9 – 5 | St Helens |
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Tries: Atkinson Goals: Clawson (3) |
Tries: Greenall Goals: Walsh |
Station Road, Swinton
Attendance: 24,055 Referee: S. Shepherd (Oldham) Player of the Match: Terry Clawson |
Challenge Cup
The final was played between St. Helens and Leeds at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 13 May 1972, in front of a crowd of 89,495. After leading 12-6 at half time, St Helens beat Leeds 16-13. St Helens scorers were
man of the match winning the Lance Todd Trophy
.
This was St Helens’ fourth Cup Final win in eight Final appearances.[3]
Player's No.6 Trophy
Halifax who beat Wakefield Trinity 22-11 in the final.[4]
County cups
Wigan beat Widnes 15–8 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Hull Kingston Rovers beat Castleford 11–7 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.
References
- ^ Baker, Andrew (1995-08-20). "100 years of rugby league: From the great divide to the Super era". Independent, The. independent.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
- ISBN 978-0-7472-7817-7.
- ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ^ "1971-72 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-26. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
Sources
- Saxton, Irvin (ed.). History of Rugby League: No.77 1971–1972. League Publications.
- 1971-72 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com Archived 2009-08-26 at the Wayback Machine
- The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website