1995–96 Rugby Football League season

Stones Bitter Centenary Championship

Duration

20 Rounds

Number of teams

Highest attendance

19,526
Wigan vs St Helens (26 Dec 95)

Lowest attendance

761
London Broncos vs Sheffield Eagles (17 Dec 95)

Broadcast partners

Sky Sports

1995–96 Season

Champions

Wigan

Top point-scorer(s)

Bobbie Goulding (285)

Top try-scorer(s)

Martin Offiah (28)

David Plange (28)

New franchise

Awarded to

Paris Saint-Germain

First Division

Champions

Salford

Second Division

Champions

Hull Kingston Rovers

< 1994–95	Seasons	1996 >

The 1995–96 Rugby Football League season was the 101st ever season of rugby league football. Eleven English teams competed from August 1995 until January 1996 for the Stones Bitter Centenary Championship. The season was kept brief to accommodate the first season of the new Super League competition which would see top-level rugby league in the UK changed to a summer sport. It was also punctuated by the 1995 World Cup which took place in Britain throughout October. The Challenge Cup rounds started immediately after the Centenary Championship and the final was played in summer, during Super League I.

Season summary

Stones Bitter Centenary League Champions: Wigan (17)
Silk Cut Challenge Cup Winners: Final played in 1996 summer season.
Regal Trophy Winners: Wigan (8 - 25-16 v St Helens)
1st Division Champions: Salford
2nd Division Champions: Hull Kingston Rovers

Championship

League

RFL Championship

Duration

20 Matches

Number of teams

Champions

Wigan Warriors

Title

17th

	Seasons

The top ten teams from the previous season plus the London Broncos competed for the Stones Bitter Centenary League Championship. For the seventh consecutive season, Wigan were crowned League Champions after finishing the season on top of the ladder. No teams were promoted or relegated.

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Wigan	20	18	0	2	810	316	+494	36
2	Leeds	20	14	0	6	552	405	+147	28
3	Halifax	20	12	1	7	456	463	-7	25
4	St Helens	20	12	0	8	732	508	+224	24
5	Sheffield Eagles	20	10	0	10	482	528	-46	20
6	Castleford	20	9	1	10	448	566	-118	19
7	Bradford Northern	20	8	0	12	418	476	-58	16
8	Oldham	20	8	0	12	382	535	-153	16
9	Warrington	20	7	0	13	443	514	-71	14
10	London Broncos	20	7	0	13	466	585	-119	14
11	Workington Town	20	4	0	16	317	610	-293	8

Champions

First Division

League

First Division

Duration

20 matches

Number of teams

Champions

Salford Reds

	Seasons

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
1	Salford Reds	20	17	1	2	661	278	35
2	Keighley Cougars	20	13	2	5	491	255	28
3	Widnes	20	13	1	6	475	334	27
4	Hull	20	11	0	9	571	420	22
5	Featherstone Rovers	20	11	0	9	420	431	22
6	Whitehaven	20	10	2	8	345	435	22
7	Wakefield Trinity	20	10	0	10	346	422	20
8	Rochdale Hornets	20	8	1	11	365	483	17
9	Huddersfield	20	6	0	14	395	485	14
10	Batley	20	5	1	14	302	492	11
11	Dewsbury	20	2	0	18	261	597	4

Second Division

League

Second Division

Duration

20 matches

Number of teams

Champions

Hull KR

	Seasons

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
1	Hull Kingston Rovers	20	18	0	2	744	231	36
2	Leigh Centurions	20	16	0	4	592	335	32
3	Hunslet Hawks	20	14	0	6	514	315	28
4	Swinton	20	13	0	7	521	331	26
5	Carlisle	20	12	0	8	600	309	24
6	Ryedale-York	20	10	1	9	442	415	21
7	Bramley	20	9	1	10	400	434	19
8	Barrow Braves	20	6	0	14	342	488	12
9	Chorley Chieftains	20	5	1	14	324	608	11
10	Doncaster Dragons	20	5	0	15	348	646	10
11	Highfield	20	0	1	19	249	964	1

Statistics

The following are the top points scorers in the 1995–96 season.^[1]

Most tries

Player	Team	Tries
Martin Offiah	Wigan	28
David Plange	Hull Kingston Rovers	28
Anthony Sullivan	St Helens	24
Va'aiga Tuigamala	Wigan	22
Jason Robinson	Wigan	21
Simon Ashcroft	Swinton	20
Joey Hayes	St Helens	18
Jason Viller	Hunslet Hawks	18
Gary Atkins	Hull Kingston Rovers	18
Jason Roach	Swinton	17
Nathan McAvoy	Salford Reds	17

Most goals (including drop goals)

Player	Team	Goals
Bobbie Goulding	St Helens	135
Mike Fletcher	Hull Kingston Rovers	117
Steve McNamara	Hull	101
Paul Cook	Bradford Bulls	99
Willie Richardson	Carlisle	96
Steve Blakeley	Salford Reds	93
Andy Farrell	Wigan	92
Martin Pearson	Featherstone Rovers	86
Simon Irving	Keighley Cougars	81
Chris Wilkinson	Leigh Centurions	81

References

↑ Fletcher, Raymond; Howes, David. Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1997. London: Headline. pp. 163–7. ISBN 978-0-7472-7764-4.

Sources

1995-96 Rugby Football League season at rlhalloffame.org.uk
1995-96 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com
Great Britain Competitions 1995-1996 at hunterlink.net.au
Championship 1995/96 at rugbyleagueproject.org

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Wigan Warriors

Est. 1872 in Wigan, England

The Club	History Players Internationals Hall of Fame

Home grounds	Folly Field (1872–1877; 1879–1886) Prescott Street (1877–1879; 1886–1901) Springfield Park (1901–1902) Central Park (1902–1999) DW Stadium (1999–present)

League	Rugby Football Union Rugby Football League Super League

Titles	RFL/Super League Championship: 1908–09 1921–22 1925–26 1933–34 1945–46 1946–47 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1995–96 1998 2010 2013 World Club Challenge (3): 1987 1991 1994 Challenge Cup: 1924 1929 1944 1948 1951 1958 1959 1965 1985 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 2002 2011 2013

Seasons	1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Culture	NRFU Founder Super League Founding Member Rivalry with St Helens

Affiliation	Rugby Football League (1895)

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Competitions	RFL Championship Super League Division One Division Two Challenge Cup Regal Trophy

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