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1979–80 Northern Rugby Football League season

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title	1979–80 Rugby Football League season
league	Northern Rugby Football League
season_champs	Bradford Northern
season_champ_name	Champions
premiership_win	Widnes
premiership_win_name	Premiership
MVP	George Fairbairn
MVP_link	Man of Steel Award
top_scorer	Steve Quinn (375)
top try scorer
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promote_from	Division 2
relegate
relegate_to	Division 2
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prevseason_link	1978–79 Northern Rugby Football League season
prevseason_year	1978–79
nextseason_link	1980–81 Rugby Football League season
nextseason_year	1980–81

The 1979–80 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 85th season of rugby league football. Sixteen English clubs competed for the Northern Rugby Football League's first division championship, with Bradford claiming the title by finishing on top of the League.

Season summary

Bradford Northern won their first ever Championship this season. Wigan, Hunslet (having dropped the prefix of 'New' from New Hunslet), York and Blackpool Borough were relegated.
The Challenge Cup Winners Hull Kingston Rovers who beat city rivals Hull F.C. 10-5 in the final.
2nd Division Champions were Featherstone Rovers, Halifax, Oldham and Barrow were also promoted.

League Tables

Championship

Final Standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
1	Bradford Northern	30	23	0	7	448	272
2	Widnes	30	22	1	7	546	293
3	Hull	30	18	3	9	454	326
4	Salford	30	19	1	10	495	374
5	Leeds	30	19	0	11	590	390
6	Leigh	30	16	1	13	451	354
7	Hull Kingston Rovers	30	16	1	13	539	445
8	St. Helens	30	15	2	13	505	410
9	Warrington	30	15	2	13	362	357
10	Wakefield Trinity	30	14	2	14	362	357
11	Castleford	30	13	2	15	466	475
12	Workington Town	30	12	2	16	348	483
13	Wigan	30	9	3	18	366	523
14	Hunslet	30	7	1	22	346	528
15	York	30	6	1	23	375	647
16	Blackpool Borough	30	5	0	25	230	613

Second Division

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
1	Featherstone Rovers	26	21	2	3	724	280
2	Halifax	26	19	3	4	463	213
3	Oldham	26	19	3	4	513	276
4	Barrow	26	18	1	7	582	280
5	Whitehaven	26	15	1	10	397	276
6	Dewsbury	26	13	2	11	408	343
7	Rochdale Hornets	26	9	5	12	315	373
8	Swinton	26	11	1	14	331	436
9	Batley	26	10	2	14	232	370
10	Bramley	26	10	1	15	330	451
11	Keighley	26	10	0	16	342	396
12	Huddersfield	26	10	0	16	363	423
13	Huyton		26	5	0	21	209	555
14	Doncaster	26	1	1	24	196	733

	Champions		Play-offs		Promoted		Relegated

Cups

Challenge Cup

Main article: 1979–80 Challenge Cup

The 1980 State Express Challenge Cup culminated in the first Hull cup final derby, with a heavy entourage of supporters from the East and West of the city making the trip to London.{{cite news | access-date = 2009-12-04}} Hull Kingston Rovers defeated Hull 10-5 at Wembley before a crowd of 95,000 to claim their first Challenge Cup Final win. Hull Kingston Rovers' prop Brian Lockwood won the Lance Todd Trophy.

John Player Trophy

Main article: 1979–80 John Player Trophy

The John Player Trophy Winners were Bradford Northern who beat Widnes 6-0 in the final.

County cups

Main article: 1979–80 Lancashire Cup

Main article: 1979–80 Yorkshire Cup

Widnes beat Workington Town (from Cumbria) 11–0 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Leeds beat Halifax 15–6 to win the Yorkshire Cup.

Floodlit Trophy

Main article: 1979–80 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy

BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Winners were Hull F.C. who beat city rivals Hull Kingston Rovers 13-3 in the final.

Premiership

Main article: 1979–80 Rugby League Premiership

Rugby League Premiership Trophy Winners were Widnes who beat Bradford Northern 19-5 in the final.

Statistics

The following are the top points scorers in the 1979–80 season. Most tries

Player	Team	Tries
Keith Fielding	Salford	30
Steve Hubbard	Hull Kingston Rovers	30
Geoff Munro	Oldham	29
Ian Ball	Barrow	27
Keith Bentley	Widnes	27
Peter Glynn	St. Helens	27
Roy Mathias	St. Helens	27
John Bevan	Warrington	26
David Redfearn	Bradford Northern	26
David Smith	Leeds	24

Most goals (including drop goals)

Player	Team	Goals
Steve Quinn	Featherstone Rovers	163
Steve Hubbard	Hull Kingston Rovers	138
Steve Rule	Salford	134
Steve Hesford	Warrington	128
Mick Burke	Widnes	127
Ian Ball	Barrow	119
Steve Diamond	Wakefield Trinity	116
Eric Fitzsimons	Oldham	108
Mick Parrish	Hunslet	98
Jimmy Birts	Halifax	97

References

Sources

References

"1979-80 Season summary".
(October 2010). "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour".
(27 March 1997). "Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1997". Headline.

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