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The 1978–79 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 84th season of rugby league football . Sixteen English clubs competed for the Northern Rugby Football League 's first division championship , with Hull Kingston Rovers claiming the title by finishing on top of the League.
Season summary [ edit ]
The 1978 Kangaroo tour took place during the first half of the season and involved matches between a number of clubs.
Hull Kingston Rovers won their third Championship this season.
The Challenge Cup Winners were Widnes who beat Wakefield Trinity 12-3 in the final.
Rugby League Premiership Trophy Winners were Leeds who beat Bradford Northern 24-2 in the final.
The BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Winners were Widnes who beat St. Helens 13-7 in the final.
2nd Division Champions were Hull F.C. , with a very unusual perfect season. New Hunslet , York and Blackpool Borough were also promoted to the First Division.[1]
Geoff 'Sammy' Lloyd of Hull F.C. equalled the club match record for scoring goals when he was successful 14 times in the match against Oldham on 10 September 1978. They were part of a club record 170 goals in a season, and a club record 369 points in a season.[2]
Widnes beat Workington Town (from Cumbria ) 15–13 to win the Lancashire County Cup , and Bradford Northern beat York 18–8 to win the Yorkshire County Cup .
League Tables [ edit ]
Championship [ edit ]
Final Standings
Second Division [ edit ]
Champions
Play-offs
Promoted
Relegated
Challenge Cup [ edit ]
Widnes beat Wakefield Trinity 12-3 in the State Express Challenge Cup Final played at Wembley Stadium , London on Saturday 5 May 1979, in front of a crowd of 94,218.[3]
This was Widnes' fifth cup final win in seven Final appearances. To date, this was Wakefield Trinity’s last appearance in a Challenge Cup Final.
The Wakefield Trinity stand-off , David Topliss , won the Lance Todd Trophy .
League Cup [ edit ]
Premiership [ edit ]
Statistics [ edit ]
The following are the top points scorers in the 1978–79 season.[4]
Most tries
Most goals (including drop goals)
Kangaroo Tour [ edit ]
The months of September, October and November also saw the appearance of the Australian team in England on their 1978 Kangaroo Tour . Other than the three test Ashes series against Great Britain (won 2–1 by Australia), The Kangaroos played and won matches against 12 club and county representative sides as well as playing Wales in a non-test international.
The 1978 Kangaroos were coached by dual Manly-Warringah NSWRFL premiership coach Frank Stanton who had previously toured as a player in 1963–64 . The team was captained by brilliant centre / stand-off Bob Fulton making his second tour after being a part of the 1973 squad.
The 11–10 loss to Widnes at Naughton Park on 25 October remains (as of 2017) the last time that the Kangaroos have lost to an English club or county team.
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Date
Result
Venue
Attendance
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30 September
Australia def. Blackpool Borough 39–1
Borough Park , Blackpool
2,700
2
1 October
Australia def. Cumbria 47–7
Craven Park , Barrow-in-Furness
5,964
3
4 October
Australia def. Great Britain U/24 30–8
Craven Park , Hull
6,418
4
8 October
Australia def. Bradford Northern 21–11
Odsal Stadium , Bradford
15,755
5
11 October
Australia def. Warrington 15–12
Wilderspool Stadium , Warrington
10,143
6
15 October
Australia def. Wales 8–3
St Helens Rugby Ground , Swansea
4,250
7
17 October
Australia def. Leeds 25–19
Headingley , Leeds
9,781
8
21 October
Australia def. Great Britain 15–9
Central Park , Wigan
17,644
9
25 October
Widnes def. Australia 11–10
Naughton Park , Widnes
12,202
10
29 October
Australia def. Hull F.C. 34–2
The Boulevard , Hull
10,723
11
1 November
Australia def. Salford 14–2
The Willows , Salford
6,155
12
5 November
Great Britain def. Australia 18–14
Odsal Stadium , Bradford
26,761
13
8 November
Australia def. Wigan 28–2
Central Park , Wigan
10,645
14
12 November
Australia def. St Helens 26–4
Knowsley Road , St Helens
16,352
15
14 November
Australia def. York 29–2
Clarence Street , York
5,155
16
18 November
Australia def. Great Britain 23–6
Headingley , Leeds
30,604
References [ edit ]
^ "RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour" . Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07 .
^ Fletcher, Raymond; Howes, David (27 March 1997). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1997 . London: Headline. pp. 163–7. ISBN 978-0-7472-7764-4 .
Sources [ edit ]
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1978–79_Northern_Rugby_Football_League_season&oldid=1201469355 "
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