1979–80 Rugby League Premiership

1979–80 Premiership National knockout championship Widnes Winners Bradford Northern 1978–79 Rugby League Premiership 1978–79 1980–81 Rugby League Premiership 1980–81 The 1979–80 Rugby League Premiership was the sixth end of season Rugby League Premiership competition.http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/premiership-trophy/summary.html Premiership title Rugby League Project The winners were Widnes.http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/premiership-trophy-1979-80/results.html Premiership title 1979-80 Rugby League Project First round Date Team one Team two Score26 Apr Bradford Northern St Helens 30-027 Apr Hull F.C. Leigh 0-827 Apr Salford Leeds 13-2727 Apr Widnes Hull Kingston Rovers 20-10 Semi-finals Date Team one Team two Score6 May Leeds Widnes 14-47 May Leigh Bradford Northern 12-1411 May Bradford Northern Leigh 17-411 May Widnes Leeds 14-3 Final 17 May 1980 Widnes 19-5 Bradford Northern T-Wright, Aspey, Bentley, Elwell, Gorley G-Burke; DG-Eckersley, Elwell T-Redfearn DG-Mumby Station Road, Swinton 10,215 1 Mick Burke2 Stuart Wright3 Mick George4 Mal Aspey5 Keith Bentley6 David Eckersley7 Reg Bowden8 Glyn Shaw9 Keith Elwell10 Mike O'Neill11 Les Gorley12 David Hull13 Mick AdamsSubstitutions:14 Brian Hogan for David Hull15 unusedCoach: Doug Laughton 1 Keith Mumby2 Ian MacLean/Ian McLean3 David Redfearn4 Derek Parker5 Leslie "Les" Gant6 Nigel Stephenson7 Alan Redfearn8 Jimmy Thompson9 John Keith Bridges10 Colin Forsyth11 Geoffrey Clarkson12 Jeff Grayshon13 Gary Hale Substitutions:14 Stephen/Steven "Steve" Ferres for Ian MacLean/Ian McLean15 Gary Van Bellen for Geoffrey ClarksonCoach: Peter Fox References Category:1980 in English rugby league