1996 RFL Division Two

RFL Division Two
LeagueRugby Football League Division Two
Duration22 Rounds
Teams12
1996 Season
Champions Hull Kingston Rovers

The 1996 Division Two Championship season was the third tier of British rugby league during the 1996 season, and was also the first season of rugby league to be played in the summer.[1] The competition featured all eleven teams from the 1995–96 Rugby Football League season and an additional newly formed club, South Wales.

Championship

The league was won by Hull Kingston Rovers for a second successive season, winning promotion to Division One along with runners-up Swinton Lions.

League table

Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts
1 Hull Kingston Rovers 22 21 0 1 1009 294 42
2 Swinton Lions 22 18 0 4 785 295 36
3 Hunslet Hawks 22 18 0 4 730 326 36
4 Carlisle 22 13 0 9 654 486 26
5 Doncaster 22 13 0 9 500 540 26
6 South Wales 22 12 0 10 528 548 24
7 Leigh Centurions 22 10 0 12 594 510 20
8 York Wasps 22 9 0 13 449 603 18
9 Chorley Chieftains 22 6 0 16 354 723 12
10 Barrow Braves 22 5 0 17 354 651 10
11 Bramley 22 5 0 17 360 759 10
12 Prescot Panthers 22 2 0 20 301 883 4
Champions Promoted

Statistics

The following are the top points scorers in Division Two during the 1996 season. Statistics are for league matches only.[2]

Most points

Player Team Tries Goals DGs Points
Mike Fletcher Hull Kingston Rovers 4 143 0 302
Willie Richardson Carlisle 9 100 0 236
Greg Pearce Swinton Lions 4 107 0 230
Dean Purtill Leigh Centurions 11 90 0 224
Simon Wilson Hunslet Hawks 7 93 1 215
Phil Atkinson Barrow Braves 11 57 1 159
Tony Chappell Doncaster Dragons 7 52 3 135
Terry Smirk York Wasps 6 50 2 126
Ioan Bebb South Wales 7 45 0 118
Dean Creasser Bramley 3 51 0 114

See also

References

  1. ^ Dave Hadfield (1995-12-20). "Rugby's pounds 87m deal gives Murdoch transfer veto". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
  2. ^ Fletcher, Raymond; Howes, David. Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1997. London: Headline. pp. 184–5. ISBN 978-0-7472-7764-4.