2000 Northern Ford Premiership

Premiership

Northern Ford Premiership
Duration	28 Rounds
Number of teams	18
2000 Season
Grand Final winners	Dewsbury Rams
League leaders	Dewsbury Rams
Player of the year	Mick Higham
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The 2000 Northern Ford Premiership season was the second tier of British rugby league during the 2000 season. The competition featured eighteen teams, with Dewsbury Rams finishing as league leaders and winning the Grand Final.

Championship

The league was won by Dewsbury Rams. Dewsbury also reached the Grand Final and defeated Leigh Centurions, with Leigh's Mick Higham winning the Tom Bergin Trophy. Dewsbury were not promoted to the Super League however, as their stadium did not meet the minimum requirements to be accepted into the league.

League table

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
1	Dewsbury Rams	28	22	1	5	848	400	45
2	Keighley Cougars	28	22	0	6	1002	401	44
3	Doncaster Dragons	28	21	0	7	880	397	42
4	Leigh Centurions	28	21	0	7	854	476	42
5	Featherstone Rovers	28	20	1	7	795	523	41
6	Oldham Roughyeds	28	19	1	8	734	513	39
7	Hull Kingston Rovers	28	17	1	10	583	481	35
8	Widnes Vikings	28	17	0	11	698	483	34
9	Swinton Lions	28	13	2	13	726	733	28
10	Barrow Raiders	28	14	0	14	647	711	28
11	Whitehaven Warriors	28	11	1	16	533	674	23
12	Workington Town	28	11	1	16	502	776	23
13	Rochdale Hornets	28	10	0	18	563	696	20
14	Sheffield Eagles	28	9	1	18	479	585	19
15	Hunslet Hawks	28	8	0	20	487	678	16
16	Batley Bulldogs	28	6	0	22	482	759	12
17	York Wasps	28	5	1	22	392	859	11
18	Lancashire Lynx	28	1	0	27	301	1361	2

Play-offs

Play-offs

Grand Final

29 July 2000

Dewsbury Rams	13 – 12	Leigh Centurions
Try: Eaton, Long Goal: Eaton (2) Drop goal: Agar	Report	Try: Higham (2) Goal: Bretherton (2)

Gigg Lane, Bury Attendance: 8,487[1] Referee/s: R. Connolly (Wigan) Man of the Match: Mick Higham

See also

• 2000 Challenge Cup

References

1. Wilson, Andy (31 July 2000). "Dewsbury wait and hope". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 May 2015.

External links

• "Season 2000". Virtual Rugby League Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008.
• 2000 season at wigan.rlfans.com