1977–78 Northern Rugby Football League season

none 1977–78 Northern Rugby Football League season Northern Rugby Football League widnes 16 Widnes Champions bradford 16 Bradford Premiership st helens 16 George Nicholls Man of Steel Award st helens 16 Geoff Pimblett (381) widnes 16 Stuart Wright (33) leigh 16 Leigh barrow 16 Barrow rochdale 16 Rochdale Hornets huddersfield 16 Huddersfield Second Division Hull FC 16 Hull hunslet 16 New Hunslet Bramley dewsbury 16 Dewsbury Second Division 1976–77 Northern Rugby Football League season 1976–77 1978–79 Northern Rugby Football League season 1978–79 The 1977–78 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 83rd season of rugby league football. Sixteen English clubs competed for the Northern Rugby Football League Championship with Widnes claiming the title by finishing the season on top of the League. Season summary In June 1977, the International Rugby League Board imposed a four-year ban on international transfers. The ban was primarily put in place as a response to the growing number of English players being recruited by Australian clubs.Ban on rugby league transfers https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0002471/19770624/539/0026 Reading Evening Post 24 June 1977 26 British Newspaper Archive subscription The League champions were Widnes for the first time. Bradford Northern's last game was cancelled as Featherstone Rovers were on strike, consequently Bradford Northern finished 2nd on percentages. Hull FC, New Hunslet, Bramley and Dewsbury were demoted to the Second Division. Leeds were 14-12 Challenge Cup Winners over St. Helens. 2nd Division Champions were Leigh, and they, Barrow, Rochdale Hornets and Huddersfield were promoted to the First Division.http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=398 1977–78 Season summary 2009-08-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20090826205312/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=398 2009-08-26 live League Tables First Division Championship TeamPldWDLPFPAPts1Widnes302424613241502Bradford Northern292126500291443St. Helens302217678384454Hull Kingston Rovers3016311495419355Wigan3017112482435356Salford3016014470446327Featherstone Rovers2915212443452328Leeds3015114512460319Warrington30150155613673010Castleford30132155155832811Workington Town30114154065192612Wakefield Trinity30121173934502513Hull30103173584802314New Hunslet30110193185182215Bramley3054212816081416Dewsbury3022262075896 Second Division Championship TeamPldWDLPFPAPts1Leigh262105538231422Barrow262105521234423Rochdale Hornets262105437200424Huddersfield261808502324365York261628447286346Oldham261709419325347Keighley2611312357337258Swinton2611114369385239Whitehaven26102142773262210Huyton2692152503522011Doncaster2690173045281812Batley2651202334961113Blackpool Borough2651202625431114Halifax2620241825314  Champions  Play-offs  Promoted  Relegated Cups Challenge Cup 1977–78 Challenge Cup Leeds beat St Helens 14-12 in the final played at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 13 May 1978 before a crowd of 96,000. This was Leeds’ eleventh Cup Final win in fifteen appearances and their second in successive years.http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour 2009-08-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20090403144113/http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=65 2009-04-03 dead Player's No.6 Trophy 1977–78 Player's No.6 Trophy The Player's No.6 Trophy winners were Warrington beating Widnes 9-4 in the final. Premiership 1977–78 Rugby League Premiership Rugby League Premiership Trophy Winners were Bradford Northern beating Widnes 17-8 in the final. County cups 1977–78 Lancashire Cup 1977–78 Yorkshire Cup Workington Town (from Cumbria) beat Wigan 16–13 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Castleford beat Featherstone Rovers 17–7 to win the Yorkshire County Cup. BBC2 Floodlit Trophy 1977–78 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Winners were Hull Kingston Rovers beating St. Helens 26-11 in the final. Statistics The following are the top points scorers in the 1977–78 season.Fletcher Raymond Howes David Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1997 27 March 1997 Headline London 978-0-7472-7764-4 163–7 Most tries Player Team Tries Stuart Wright Widnes 33 Keith Fielding Salford 31 Eddie Cunningham St. Helens 30 John Bevan Warrington 30 Steve Fenton Castleford 30 Green Vigo Wigan 29 Peter Glynn St. Helens 28 David Smith Leeds 28 Terry Morgan York 27 Bruce Burton Castleford 27 Most goals (including drop goals) Player Team Goals Geoff Pimblett St. Helens 178 Steve Hesford Warrington 158 John Woods Leigh 149 Iain McCorquodale Workington Town 138 Paul Woods Widnes 122 David Watkins Salford 110 Keith Mumby Bradford Northern 107 Sammy Lloyd Castleford 104 Neil Fox Bradford Northern 95 Willie Oulton Leeds 80 References Sources 1977–78 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website Category:1977 in English rugby league Category:1978 in English rugby league Category:Northern Rugby Football League seasons