1981–82 Rugby Football League season

none 1981–82 Rugby Football League season Slalom Lager Championship August 1982- May 1982 First Division: 16 Second Division: 17 First Division Leigh (2nd title) Champions Widnes Premiership winners ENG Mick Morgan Man of Steel Award ENG Des Drummond (26) Oldham Carlisle Workington Town Halifax Second Division Fulham Wakefield Trinity York Whitehaven Second Division Second Division Oldham Champions Carlisle WAL Lynn Hopkins (446) ENG John Jones (31) CardiffCarlisle Joined league 1980–81 Rugby Football League season 1980–81 1982–83 Rugby Football League season 1982–83 The 1981–82 Rugby Football League season was the 87th ever season of professional rugby league football in Britain. Sixteen teams competed from August, 1981 until May, 1982 for the Championship. Season summary Leigh won the First Division for the second time. Third placed Widnes won the Premiership Fulham, Wakefield Trinity, York and Whitehaven were relegated to the Second Division. Oldham, Carlisle, Workington Town and Halifax were promoted to the First Division. Cardiff and Carlisle joined the competition in Division Two. First Division main WDL LEI HUL WID HKR BRA LEE STH WAR BAR FEA WIG CAS FUL WAK YOR WHI PRE PRE PRE PRE PRE PRE PRE PRE R R R R 24 1 5 572 343 23 1 6 611 273 23 1 6 551 317 22 1 7 565 319 20 1 9 425 332 17 1 12 514 418 17 1 12 465 415 14 2 14 403 468 13 0 17 408 445 12 1 17 482 493 12 0 18 424 435 10 1 19 486 505 9 1 20 365 539 9 1 20 341 526 4 2 24 330 773 2 3 25 224 565 C R R R R Leigh Hull Widnes Hull Kingston Rovers Bradford Northern Leeds St Helens Warrington Barrow Featherstone Rovers Wigan Castleford Fulham Wakefield Trinity York Whitehaven 1) Points; 2) Points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded) yes points complete https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/seasons/championship-1981-82/summary.html Championship 1981/82 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 OLD CAR WOR HFX SAL HUN KEI CAR2 DEW SWI HUD BRA ROC BAT BLA DON HUY P P P P 30 0 2 734 276 28 0 4 649 296 24 0 8 777 311 22 0 10 516 340 20 1 11 656 433 18 1 13 481 452 18 0 14 514 426 17 1 14 566 549 16 0 16 357 464 15 0 17 514 418 13 1 18 370 523 13 0 19 381 513 10 1 21 361 484 8 0 24 357 596 7 0 25 341 608 5 1 26 319 793 5 0 27 296 707 CP P P P Oldham Carlisle Workington Town Halifax Salford Hunslet Keighley Cardiff Dewsbury Swinton Huddersfield Bramley Rochdale Hornets Batley Blackpool Borough Doncaster Huyton 1) Points; 2) Points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded) yes points complete https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/seasons/second-division-1981-82/summary.html Second Division 1981/82 Rugby League Project 19 March 2026 2 1 0 Q green2 Promoted to First Division Premiership 1981–82 Rugby League Premiership 15 May 1982 Widnes (3) 23 – 8 Hull F.C. (2) T-Burke, Wright, Basnett, Hughes, Adams G-Burke (4) T-Crooks G-Crooks (2); DG-Crooks (2) Headingley Stadium 12,100 Stan Wall Mick Burke References Fletcher Raymond Howes David Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1982-83 1982 Rothmans Publications 978-0-907574-15-6 1981-82 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com Category:1981 in English rugby league Category:1982 in English rugby league Category:Rugby Football League seasons Category:1981 in Welsh rugby league Category:1982 in Welsh rugby league