1969–70 Northern Rugby Football League season



























1969–70 Northern Rugby Football League season
League Northern Rugby Football League
Champions
Saintscolours.svg St. Helens
League Leaders
Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds
Top point-scorer(s)
Wigancolours.svg Colin Tyrer 385
Top try-scorer(s)
Rhinoscolours.svg John Atkinson 38

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The 1969–70 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 75th season of rugby league football in Britain.




Contents






  • 1 Rule change


  • 2 Season summary


  • 3 Championship


    • 3.1 Play-offs




  • 4 Challenge Cup


  • 5 References


  • 6 Sources





Rule change


  • Tactical substitutions were now allowed to occur after half time during a game, they had been permitted before half time since 1964.[1]


Season summary


Leeds had ended the regular season as league leaders for the fourth successive season. St. Helens won their fifth Rugby Football League Championship when they beat Leeds 24-12 in the final. Frank Myler was awarded the Harry Sunderland Trophy as man-of-the-match.


The Challenge Cup winners were Castleford who beat Wigan 7-2 in the final.


The BBC2 Floodlit Trophy winners were Leigh who beat Wigan 11-6 in the final.[2]


Wigan won the Lancashire League, and Leeds won the Yorkshire League, to date this was the last season in which the Lancashire League and Yorkshire League titles were awarded, other than a break between the 1902–03 and 1906–07 seasons, and breaks for World War I and World War II, the Lancashire League and Yorkshire League titles had been awarded since the inaugural rugby league season of 1895–96. Swinton beat Leigh 11–2 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Hull F.C. beat Featherstone Rovers 12–9 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.



Championship



























































































































































































































































































Team
Pld
W
D
L
Pts
1 Leeds 34 30 0 4 60
2 Castleford 34 25 1 8 51
3 St. Helens 34 23 1 10 47
4 Wigan 34 23 0 11 46
5 Hull Kingston Rovers 34 22 2 10 46
6 Salford 34 22 1 11 45
7 Leigh 34 21 3 10 45
8 Featherstone Rovers 34 22 1 11 45
9 Swinton 34 20 4 10 44
10 Widnes 34 21 2 11 44
11 Hull 34 20 2 12 42
12 Bradford Northern 34 19 0 15 38
13 Whitehaven 34 18 2 14 38
14 Warrington 34 17 2 15 36
15 Huddersfield 34 17 1 16 35
16 Halifax 34 16 0 18 32
17 Batley 34 15 1 18 31
18 Bramley 34 14 1 19 29
19 Barrow 34 14 1 19 29
20 Rochdale Hornets 34 13 3 18 29
21 Wakefield Trinity 34 13 2 19 28
22 Dewsbury 34 13 1 20 27
23 Hunslet 34 13 1 20 27
24 Workington Town 34 12 2 20 26
25 Keighley 34 13 0 21 26
26 York 34 11 1 22 23
27 Doncaster 34 7 0 27 14
28 Huyton 34 5 3 26 13
29 Oldham 34 6 0 28 12
30 Blackpool Borough 34 6 0 28 12




 

Champions


 

Play-offs




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Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 
                           
 
 
 
 
Leeds 26
 
 
 
Halifax 4
 
Leeds 45
 
 
 
Whitehaven 10
 
Wigan 20-4
 
 
 
Whitehaven 20-9
 
Leeds 47
 
 
 
Hull KR 5
 
Hull KR 26
 
 
 
Bradford Northern 13
 
Hull KR 27
 
 
 
Salford 16
 
Salford 11
 
 
 
Hull 4
 
Leeds 12
 
 
 
St Helens 24
 
Featherstone Rovers 24
 
 
 
Swinton 18
 
Featherstone Rovers 3
 
 
 
Castleford 15
 
Castleford 17
 
 
 
Huddersfield 7
 
Castleford 9-12
 
 
 
St Helens 9-21
Third place
 
St Helens 36
 
   
 
Warrington 8
 
St Helens 16  
 
 
 
Leigh 5
 
 
Leigh 21
 
 
Widnes 10
 


Challenge Cup



Castleford beat Wigan 7-2 in the final played at Wembley in front of a crowd of 95,255.


This was Castleford’s third Cup Final win in three Final appearances and their second in successive years. It was also the lowest winning score in a Challenge Cup Final at Wembley.[3]




References





  1. ^ de la Riviere, Richard, ed. (2009), "Top ten: Rugby league rules", Rugby League World, Brighouse, UK: League Publications (published August 2009) (340), p. 61, ISSN 1466-0105.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "1969-70 Season summary". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-08-08.


  3. ^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-08-07.




Sources



  • 1969-70 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com

  • The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website










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