1980–81 Rugby Football League season

none 1980–81 Rugby Football League season Slalom Lager Championship August 1980- May 1981 First Division: 16 Second Division: 15 First Division Bradford Northern (2nd title) Champions Hull Kingston Rovers Premiership winners ENG Ken Kelly Man of Steel Award ENG Steve Hesford (310) ENG Terry Richardson (28) York Wigan Fulham Whitehaven Second Division Halifax Salford Workington Town Oldham Second Division Second Division York Champions Wigan ENG John Crossley Jr. (35) Fulham Joined league 1979–80 Northern Rugby Football League season 1979–80 1981–82 Rugby Football League season 1981–82 The 1980–81 Rugby Football League season was the 86th season of professional rugby league football in Britain. Sixteen teams competed from August 1980 until May 1981 for the Slalom Lager Championship. Season summary Bradford Northern won the Championship for the second consecutive season. York won the Second Division, finishing ahead of Wigan who competed outside the top flight for the first time. Fulham joined the competition in Division Two, being promoted in their first season. Hull Kingston Rovers won the Premiership. First Division main WDL BRA WAR HKR WAK CAS WID HUL STH LEI LEE BAR FEA HFX SAL WOR OLD PRE PRE PRE PRE PRE PRE PRE PRE R R R R 20 1 9 447 345 19 1 10 459 330 18 2 10 509 408 18 2 10 544 454 18 2 10 526 459 16 2 12 428 356 17 0 13 442 450 15 1 14 465 370 14 1 15 416 414 14 0 16 388 468 13 0 17 405 498 12 0 18 467 446 11 0 19 385 450 10 1 19 473 583 9 3 18 335 457 7 2 21 362 563 C R R R R Bradford Northern Warrington Hull Kingston Rovers Wakefield Trinity Castleford Widnes Hull St Helens Leigh Leeds Barrow Featherstone Rovers Halifax Salford Workington Town Oldham 1) Points; 2) Points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded) yes points complete https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/seasons/championship-1980-81/summary.html Championship 1980/81 Rugby League Project 19 March 2026 2 1 0 QR yellow2 Qualification for Premiership first round red2 Relegated to Second Division Second Division main WDL YOR WIG FUL WHI HUD SWI KEI HUN BRA ROC BAT DEW DON BLA HUY P P P P 23 0 5 649 331 20 3 5 597 293 20 0 8 447 237 19 1 8 409 250 18 1 9 429 310 17 2 9 440 302 14 1 13 445 501 13 1 14 447 430 13 1 14 433 431 13 0 15 406 418 12 0 16 328 405 11 1 16 346 364 5 0 23 250 562 4 1 23 212 419 2 0 26 211 796 CP P P P York Wigan Fulham Whitehaven Huddersfield Swinton Keighley Hunslet Bramley Rochdale Hornets Batley Dewsbury Doncaster Blackpool Borough Huyton 1) Points; 2) Points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded) yes points complete https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/seasons/second-division-1980-81/summary.html Second Division 1980/81 Rugby League Project 19 March 2026 2 1 0 P green2 Promoted to First Division Premiership 1980–81 Rugby League Premiership 16 May 1981 Hull Kingston Rovers 11 – 7 Hull F.C. Hogan, Hartley, Smith Hubbard Crane Woods (2) Headingley, Leeds 29,448 John Holdsworth (Leeds) Len Casey Fletcher Howes 1981 194 Statistics The following are the top points scorers in all competitions in the 1980–81 season.Fletcher Howes 1981 125 Most tries Player Team Tries John Crossley York 35 Terry Richardson Castleford 28 Steve Hubbard Hull Kingston Rovers 25 Steve Hartley Hull Kingston Rovers 23 Paul McDermott York 23 Ian Slater Huddersfield 23 Des Drummond Leigh 20 Ian Ball Barrow 19 John Bevan Warrington 19 Peter Cramp Huddersfield 19 Gary Hyde Castleford 19 Dennis Ramsdale Wigan 19 Most goals (including drop goals) Player Team Goals Steve Hesford Warrington 186 Steve Quinn Featherstone Rovers 158 Steve Diamond Wakefield Trinity 152 Mick Burke Widnes 150 Steve Hubbard Hull Kingston Rovers 144 Ian Ball Barrow 142 Jimmy Birts Halifax 135 Graham Beale Keighley 131 Mick Parrish Oldham 127 George Fairbairn Wigan 126 Notes Sources Fletcher Raymond Howes David Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1981-82 1981 Rothmans Publications 978-0-907574-07-1 1980-81 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com https://web.archive.org/web/20090827102751/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=400 2009-08-27 Category:1980 in English rugby league Category:1981 in English rugby league Category:Rugby Football League seasons