1989–90 Rugby Football League season

none 1989–90 Rugby Football League season Stones Bitter Championship First Division: 14 Second Division: 21 First Division Wigan (11th title) Champions Widnes Premiership winners WAL Shaun Edwards Man of Steel Award ENG Martin Offiah (45) Hull Kingston Rovers Rochdale Hornets Oldham Second Division Leigh Salford Barrow Second Division Second Division Hull Kingston Rovers Champions Mike Fletcher (450) Greg Austin (38) Trafford Borough Joined league 1988–89 Rugby Football League season 1988–89 1990–91 Rugby Football League season 1990–91 The 1989–90 Rugby Football League season was the 95th ever season of professional rugby league football in Britain. Fourteen teams competed from August, 1989 until May, 1990 for the Stones Bitter Championship, Premiership Trophy and Silk Cut Challenge Cup. Season summary Trafford Borough entered the Second Division and. Mansfield Marksmen changed their name to Nottingham City. Runcorn Highfield became only the second peacetime team in the history of the Rugby Football League to lose every game, and the first since Liverpool City in 1906–1907. First Division main WDL WIG LEE WID BRA STH HUL CAS WAR WAK FEV SHE LEI SAL BAR PRM PRM PRM PRM PRM PRM PRM PRM REL REL REL 20 0 6 699 349 18 0 8 704 383 16 2 8 659 423 17 0 9 614 416 17 0 9 714 544 16 1 9 577 400 16 0 10 703 448 13 1 12 424 451 12 1 13 502 528 10 0 16 479 652 9 1 16 517 588 9 1 16 442 642 4 1 21 421 699 1 0 25 201 1133 C R R R Wigan Leeds Widnes Bradford Northern St Helens Hull Castleford Warrington Wakefield Trinity Featherstone Rovers Sheffield Eagles Leigh Salford Barrow 1) Points; 2) Points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded) yes points complete https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/seasons/championship-1989-90/summary.html Championship 1989/90 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 HKR OLD ROC YOR HFX SWI DEW FUL DON TRA HUD BAT BRM HUN CHO WHI CAR KEI WOR NOT RUN PRO PRO PRO PRM PRM PRM PRM PRM 25 0 3 1102 190 24 0 4 977 422 24 0 4 879 325 20 1 7 653 338 20 0 8 741 360 20 0 8 673 405 19 1 8 503 411 16 2 10 496 488 15 2 11 533 399 15 0 13 551 551 14 0 14 469 441 13 0 15 466 478 11 0 17 413 623 10 0 18 431 585 10 0 18 399 618 10 0 18 396 710 9 0 19 511 625 6 0 22 311 708 6 0 22 436 837 4 0 24 323 1032 0 0 28 218 935 CP P P Hull Kingston Rovers Rochdale Hornets Oldham Ryedale-York Halifax Swinton Dewsbury Fulham Doncaster Trafford Borough Huddersfield Batley Bramley Hunslet Chorley Borough Whitehaven Carlisle Workington Town Keighley Nottingham City Runcorn Highfield 1) Points; 2) Points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded) yes points complete https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/seasons/second-division-1989-90/summary.html Second Division 1989/90 Rugby League Project 19 March 2026 2 1 0 PQ green2 Promoted to First DivisionQualification for Divisional Premiership first round yellow2 Qualification for Divisional Premiership first round Premiership First Division Premiership 1989–90 Rugby League Premiership 13 May 1990 Widnes (3) 28-6 Bradford Northern (4) T-Tait (2), Currier (2), Holliday G-Davies (4) T-Marchant G-Mumby Old Trafford 40,796 Colin Morris Alan Tait Macklin Keith Flawless Tait steers 12-man Widnes to record third title https://archive.org/details/NewsUK1990UKEnglish/May%2014%201990%2C%20The%20Times%2C%20%2363705%2C%20UK%20%28en%29/page/n37/mode/2up?view=theater The Times 14 May 1990 38 Divisional Premiership 1989–90 Rugby League Divisional Premiership 13 May 1990 Oldham (2) 30 – 29 Fletcher Howes 1990 170 Hull Kingston Rovers (1) Lord, Ford, Henderson, Irving, Ruane, Martyn Hyde (2), Platt Parker (2), Clark, Lyman, Harrison Fletcher (4) Parker Old Trafford, Manchester Robin Whitfield (Widnes) Mike Ford References Sources Fletcher Raymond Howes David Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1990-91 1990 Queen Anne Press London 978-0-356-17851-6 1989–90 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com Great Britain Competitions 1989-1990 at hunterlink.net.au Category:1989 in English rugby league Category:1990 in English rugby league Category:Rugby Football League seasons