1970–71 Northern Rugby Football League season

none 1970–71 Rugby Football League season Northern Rugby Football League st helens 16 St. Helens Champions wigan 16 Wigan League Leaders st helens 16 Kel Coslett 395 leeds 16 Bob Haigh 40 st helens 16 Les Jones 40 1969–70 Northern Rugby Football League season 1969–70 1971–72 Northern Rugby Football League season 1971–72 The 1970–71 Rugby Football League season was the 76th season of rugby league football. Season summary Sunday afternoon rugby was allowed for the first time by the RFL on 17 December 1967. Initially most clubs chose not to switch away from Saturday's despite competition from association football. The first ever Sunday fixtures were Bradford Northern v York, and Leigh v Dewsbury.http://www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/content/History/3561/1964%20-%201994:%20Renaissance Sunday Rugby 2009-08-08 John Hesman - NAK Corporate World https://web.archive.org/web/20090425162744/http://www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/content/History/3561/1964%20-%201994:%20Renaissance 2009-04-25 dead St. Helens won their sixth Championship when they beat Wigan 16–12 in the Championship Final. Wigan had ended the regular season as the league leaders. The Challenge Cup Winners were Leigh when they beat Leeds 24–7 in the final.http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=391 1970-71 Season summary 2009-08-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20090826220514/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=391 2009-08-26 live There was no county league competition this season, other than a break between the 1902–03 and 1906–07 seasons, and breaks for World War I and World War II, this was the first season in which the Lancashire League and Yorkshire League titles were no longer awarded. Championship TeamPldWDLPts1Wigan343004602St. Helens342905583Leeds342806564Leigh342608525Wakefield Trinity342419496Keighley3421013427Salford3420113418Hull3420113419Workington Town34201134110Halifax34200144011Dewsbury34173143712Castleford34180163613Hull Kingston Rovers34180163614Batley34162163415Huddersfield34162163416Oldham34127153117Bramley34151183118Widnes34142183019York34141192920Featherstone Rovers34141192921Barrow34140202822Warrington34132192823Swinton34130212624Huyton34112212425Rochdale Hornets3493222126Blackpool Borough34101232127Bradford Northern3482241828Doncaster3473241729Whitehaven3481251730Hunslet34612713 Champions Play-offs Play-offs Round 1: Hull 14 beat Workington Town 3. Dewsbury 20 beat Keighley 7. Leeds 28 beat Batley 0. Leigh 10 beat Hull Kingston Rovers 5. Salford 33 beat Halifax 3. St Helens 28 beat Huddersfield 5. Wakefield Trinity 10 beat Castleford 4. Wigan 12 beat Oldham 7. Round 2: Leeds 37 beat Salford 22. Wakefield Trinity 8 beat Leigh 5. St Helens 30 beat Hull 5. Wigan 36 beat Dewsbury 12. Semi-finals: St Helens 22 beat Leeds 7. Wigan 49 beat Wakefield Trinity 15. Final 22 May 1971 St Helens 16 – 12 Wigan Benyon, Blackwood Coslett (5) Ashurst, Robinson Ashurst (2), Tyrer Station Road, Swinton 21,745 E. Lawrinson (Warrington) Bill Ashurst St. Helens 16-12 Wigan http://www.saints.org.uk/saints/match.php?seq=3380 Saints Heritage Society 4 May 202522nd May 1971: Wigan 12 St Helens 16 - (Championship Final) http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=1961 Cherryandwhite.co.uk 4 May 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20201205220606/http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=1961 5 December 2020 St HelensNumberWigan Teams Geoff Pimblett1Colin TyrerLes Jones2Kevin O'LoughlinBilly Benyon3Bill FrancisJohn Walsh4Peter RoweBob Blackwood5Stuart WrightAlan Whittle6David HillJeff Heaton7Warren AyresJohn Stephens8Brian HoganTony Karalius9Colin ClarkeGraham Rees10Geoff FletcherJohn Mantle11Bill AshurstEric Chisnall12Dave RobinsonKel Coslett13Doug LaughtonSubsKen Kelly (for Benyon)14Dave GandyBobby Wanbon (for Rees)15Eddie Cunningham (for Robinson)Jim ChallinorCoachEric Ashton Challenge Cup 1970–71 Challenge Cup Leigh beat Leeds 24–7 in the Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 15 May 1971, in front of a crowd of 85,514. This was Leigh's second Cup final win in two final appearances. To date it was also their last appearance in a Challenge Cup final.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 In the final, Lance Todd Trophy winner, Leigh's captain-coach, Alex Murphy, news.bbc.co.uk Cup heroes: Alex Murphy BBC Sport UK BBC 27 February 2004 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_league/challenge_cup/3361075.stm 2010-02-10 was stretchered off after a clash with Leeds player, Syd Hynes. For his part in the "clash", Hynes was sent off.http://www.therhinos.co.uk/club/history/home_grown.php Cup Final Sending Off 2009-08-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20091004060853/http://www.therhinos.co.uk/club/history/home_grown.php 2009-10-04 dead County cups 1970–71 Lancashire Cup 1970–71 Yorkshire Cup Leigh beat St. Helens 7–4 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Leeds beat Featherstone Rovers 23–7 to win the Yorkshire County Cup. References Sources Saxton Irvin History of Rugby League: No.76 1970–1971 League Publications 1970-71 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website Category:1970 in English rugby league Category:1971 in English rugby league Category:Northern Rugby Football League seasons