1978–79 Northern Rugby Football League season
1978–79 Northern Rugby Football League season | |
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League | York |
Relegated to Second Division | |
The 1978–79 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 84th season of
Season summary
The
Hull Kingston Rovers won their third Championship this season.
The Challenge Cup Winners were Widnes who beat Wakefield Trinity 12-3 in the final.
Rugby League Premiership Trophy Winners were Leeds who beat Bradford Northern 24-2 in the final.
The BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Winners were Widnes who beat St. Helens 13-7 in the final.
2nd Division Champions were
Geoff 'Sammy' Lloyd of Hull F.C. equalled the club match record for scoring goals when he was successful 14 times in the match against Oldham on 10 September 1978. They were part of a club record 170 goals in a season, and a club record 369 points in a season.[2]
League Tables
ChampionshipFinal Standings
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Second Division
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Challenge Cup
Widnes beat Wakefield Trinity 12-3 in the State Express Challenge Cup Final played at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 5 May 1979, in front of a crowd of 94,218.[3]
This was Widnes' fifth cup final win in seven Final appearances. To date, this was Wakefield Trinity’s last appearance in a Challenge Cup Final.
The Wakefield Trinity stand-off, David Topliss, won the Lance Todd Trophy.
League Cup
Premiership
Statistics
The following are the top points scorers in the 1978–79 season.[4]
Most tries
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Most goals (including drop goals)
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Kangaroo Tour
The months of September, October and November also saw the appearance of the
The 1978 Kangaroos were coached by dual
The 11–10 loss to Widnes at Naughton Park on 25 October remains (as of 2017) the last time that the Kangaroos have lost to an English club or county team.
game | Date | Result | Venue | Attendance |
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1 | 30 September | Australia def. Blackpool Borough 39–1 |
Borough Park, Blackpool | 2,700 |
2 | 1 October | Australia def. Cumbria 47–7 |
Craven Park, Barrow-in-Furness | 5,964 |
3 | 4 October | Great Britain U/24 30–8 |
Craven Park, Hull | 6,418 |
4 | 8 October | Bradford Northern 21–11 |
Odsal Stadium, Bradford | 15,755 |
5 | 11 October | Australia def. Warrington 15–12 |
Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington | 10,143 |
6 | 15 October | Australia def. Wales 8–3 | St Helens Rugby Ground, Swansea |
4,250 |
7 | 17 October | Australia def. Leeds 25–19 |
Headingley, Leeds | 9,781 |
8 | 21 October | Australia def. Great Britain 15–9 | Central Park, Wigan | 17,644 |
9 | 25 October | Australia 11–10 |
Naughton Park, Widnes |
12,202 |
10 | 29 October | Australia def. Hull F.C. 34–2 |
The Boulevard, Hull | 10,723 |
11 | 1 November | Australia def. Salford 14–2 |
Salford |
6,155 |
12 | 5 November | Great Britain def. Australia 18–14 | Odsal Stadium, Bradford | 26,761 |
13 | 8 November | Australia def. Wigan 28–2 |
Central Park, Wigan | 10,645 |
14 | 12 November | Australia def. St Helens 26–4 |
Knowsley Road, St Helens | 16,352 |
15 | 14 November | York 29–2 |
Clarence Street, York | 5,155 |
16 | 18 November | Australia def. Great Britain 23–6 | Headingley, Leeds | 30,604 |
References
- ^ "1978-79 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-08-27. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ "Hull F.C. History". Retrieved 2009-10-23.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ISBN 978-0-7472-7764-4.