1971–72 Northern Rugby Football League season

none 1971–72 Northern Rugby Football League season Northern Rugby Football League leeds 16 Leeds Champions leeds 16 Leeds League Leaders salford city 16 David Watkins 473 leeds 16 John Atkinson 38bradford 16 Mike Lamb 38 1970–71 Northern Rugby Football League season 1970–71 1972–73 Northern Rugby Football League season 1972–73 The 1971–72 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 77th season of rugby league football. This season saw the entry of rugby league's first sponsors: Joshua Tetley and John Player.Baker Andrew 100 years of rugby league: From the great divide to the Super era Independent, The independent.co.uk 1995-08-20 https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/100-years-of-rugby-league-from-the-great-divide-to-the-super-era-1597130.html 2009-09-25 Season summary This season saw the introduction of a new knock-out competition, the Player's No.6 Trophy, as a major secondary competition to the Challenge Cup. It began in this year as the Player's No.6 Trophy and finished up as the Regal Trophy before being abandoned after 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 main WDL yes LEE BRA STH WIG SAL SWI FEV ROC WAK CAS WID DEW OLD HKR WAR LEI HUD BAR HUL YOR HFX BRM WHI WOR BLA KEI HUY BAT DON HUN PRE PRE PRE PRE PRE PRE PRE PRE PRE PRE PRE PRE PRE PRE PRE PRE 16 2 16 375 508 5 2 27 249 628 11 0 23 351 560 26 2 6 724 357 13 0 21 333 542 20 1 13 488 368 5 0 29 234 729 18 2 14 431 352 23 1 10 632 372 14 0 20 398 564 18 0 16 432 498 17 0 17 394 435 16 0 18 488 495 2 0 32 300 662 7 1 26 277 610 8 0 26 330 740 28 2 4 750 325 17 0 17 421 407 18 1 15 573 480 21 1 12 429 306 25 0 9 720 338 26 1 7 661 297 23 2 9 554 368 21 0 13 587 414 16 3 15 537 397 12 0 22 394 523 19 3 12 476 388 25 0 9 702 314 11 2 21 303 533 15 2 17 465 498 L Barrow Batley Blackpool Borough Bradford Northern Bramley Castleford Doncaster Dewsbury Featherstone Rovers Halifax Hull Kingston Rovers Huddersfield Hull Hunslet Huyton Keighley Leeds Leigh Oldham Rochdale Hornets Salford St Helens Swinton Wakefield Trinity Warrington Whitehaven Widnes Wigan Workington Town York 1) Points; 2) Points average; 3) Number of points scored; points complete Fletcher Raymond Howes David https://archive.org/details/rothmansrugbylea0000flet/page/292/mode/2up?view=theater Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-96 1995 Headline Publishing Group London 978-0-7472-7817-7 293 registration 2 1 0 Q yellow1 Qualification for the Championship play-offs Won League Leader's Trophy Play-offs no Leeds 40 Leigh 2 Swinton 11 Widnes 15 Salford 23 Dewsbury 7 Wigan 18 Oldham 8 St Helens 25 Hull KR 5 Rochdale Hornets 18 Wakefield Trinity 13 Featherstone Rovers 14 Castleford 18 Bradford Northern 37 Warrington 0 Leeds 20 Widnes 9 Salford 21 Wigan 9 St Helens 17 Rochdale Hornets 5 Castleford 12 Bradford Northern 22 Leeds 10 Salford 0 St Helens 14 Bradford Northern 10 Leeds 9 St Helens 5 Final The Championship final was played at Swinton. 20 May 1972 Leeds 9 – 5 St Helens Atkinson Clawson (3) Greenall Walsh Station Road, Swinton 24,055 S. Shepherd (Oldham) Terry Clawson St. Helens 5-9 Leeds https://stats.rugbyleaguerecords.com/matchdetails.php?tselect=127809 Rugby League Records 4 May 2025St. Helens 5 Leeds 9 http://www.saints.org.uk/saints/match.php?seq=3438 Saints Heritage Society 4 May 2025 LeedsNumberSt Helens Teams John Holmes1Geoff PimblettAlan Smith2Les JonesJohn Langley3Billy BenyonLes Dyl4John WalshJohn Atkinson5Frank WilsonAlan Hardisty6Ken KellyDavid Barham7Jeff HeatonTerry Clawson8Graham ReesDavid Ward9Les GreenallTony Fisher10John StephensPhil Cookson11John MantleGraham Eccles12Eric ChisnallRay Batten13Kel CoslettSubsDavid Hick (for Holmes)14Alan Whittle (for Jones)Fred Pickup (for Fisher)15Kelvin EarlDerek TurnerCoachJim Challinor Challenge Cup 1971–72 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 Les Jones (1 try), Graham Rees (1 try), and Kel Coslett (5 goals). St Helens forward Kel Coslett was the man of the match winning the Lance Todd Trophy. This was St Helens’ fourth Cup Final win in eight Final appearances.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 1971–72 Player's No.6 Trophy Player's No.6 Trophy winners were Halifax who beat Wakefield Trinity 22-11 in the final.http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=392 1971-72 Season summary 2009-08-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20090826234502/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=392 2009-08-26 dead County cups 1971–72 Lancashire Cup 1971–72 Yorkshire Cup 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 Sources Saxton Irvin History of Rugby League: No.77 1971–1972 League Publications 1971-72 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com https://web.archive.org/web/20090826234502/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=392 2009-08-26 The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website Category:1971 in English rugby league Category:1972 in English rugby league Category:Northern Rugby Football League seasons