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1971–72 Northern Rugby Football League season

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title	1971–72 Northern Rugby Football League season
league	Northern Rugby Football League
season_champs	Leeds
season_champ_name	Champions
league_leaders	Leeds
league_leaders_name	League Leaders
top_scorer	David Watkins 473
top try scorer	John Atkinson 38
Mike Lamb 38
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Mike Lamb 38 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.{{cite news | access-date =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

Play-offs

||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.

Leeds	Number	St Helens
	Teams
John Holmes	1	Geoff Pimblett
Alan Smith	2	Les Jones
John Langley	3	Billy Benyon
Les Dyl	4	John Walsh
John Atkinson	5	Frank Wilson
Alan Hardisty	6	Ken Kelly
David Barham	7	Jeff Heaton
Terry Clawson	8	Graham Rees
David Ward	9	Les Greenall
Tony Fisher	10	John Stephens
Phil Cookson	11	John Mantle
Graham Eccles	12	Eric Chisnall
Ray Batten	13	Kel Coslett
	Subs
David Hick (for Holmes)	14	Alan Whittle (for Jones)
Fred Pickup (for Fisher)	15	Kelvin Earl
Derek Turner	Coach	Jim Challinor

Challenge Cup

Main article: 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.

Player's No.6 Trophy

Main article: 1971–72 Player's No.6 Trophy

Player's No.6 Trophy winners were Halifax who beat Wakefield Trinity 22-11 in the final.

County cups

Main article: 1971–72 Lancashire Cup

Main article: 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

References

(1995). "Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-96". Headline Publishing Group.
"St. Helens 5-9 Leeds".
"St. Helens 5 Leeds 9".
"RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour".
"1971-72 Season summary".

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