1989–90 Rugby Football League season#Second Division
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{{Infobox rugby football league season
| title = 1989–90 Rugby Football League season
| league = Stones Bitter Championship
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| no_of_teams = 14
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| season = 1989–90 Season
| season_champs = {{leagueicon|Wigan|16}} Wigan
| season_champ_name = Champions
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| second_place =
| premiership_win = {{leagueicon|widnes|16}} Widnes
| premiership_win_name= Premiership winners
| MVP = {{leagueicon|Wigan|16}} Shaun Edwards
| MVP_link = Man of Steel Award
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| top try scorer = {{leagueicon|widnes|16}} Martin Offiah 45
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| promote = {{ubl|{{leagueicon|Hull KR|16}} Hull Kingston Rovers|{{leagueicon|Rochdale|16}} Rochdale Hornets|{{leagueicon|Oldham|16}} Oldham}}
| promote_from = Second Division
| relegate = {{ubl|{{leagueicon|Leigh|16}} Leigh|{{leagueicon|Salford city reds|16}} Salford|{{leagueicon|Barrow|16}} Barrow}}
| relegate_to = Second Division
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| season2 = Second Division
| season_champs2 = {{leagueicon|Hull KR|16}} Hull Kingston Rovers
| season_champ_name2 = Champions
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| top_scorer2 = {{leagueicon|Hull Kingston Rovers|16}} Mike Fletcher 450
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| top try scorer2 = {{leagueicon|Hull Kingston Rovers|16}} Greg Austin 38
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| prevseason_link = 1988–89 Rugby Football League season
| prevseason_year = 1988–89
| nextseason_link = 1990–91 Rugby Football League season
| nextseason_year = 1990–91
}}
The 1989–90 Rugby Football League season was the 95th ever season of professional rugby league football in Britain. Fourteen teams competed from August, 1989 until May, 1990 for the Stones Bitter Championship, Premiership Trophy and Silk Cut Challenge Cup.
Season summary
Warrington beat Oldham 24–16 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Bradford Northern beat Featherstone Rovers 20–14 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.
League Tables
Runcorn Highfield became only the second peacetime team in the history of the Rugby Football League to lose every game, and the first since Liverpool City in 1906-1907.
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=Championship final Standings=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||||||||
| width=20 abbr="Position" |
!width=175 |Team !width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" |W !width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D !width=20 abbr="Lost" |L !width=20 abbr="Points for" |PF !width=20 abbr="Points against" |PA !width=20 abbr="Points difference" |PD !width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center style="background:#FFD700;"
|1 | style="text-align:left;"|{{league icon|wigan|16}} Wigan
|26 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 699 | 349 | +350 | 40 |
| 2 | style="text-align:left;"|{{league icon|leeds|16}} Leeds
|26 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 704 | 383 | +321 | 36 |
| 3 | style="text-align:left;"|{{league icon|widnes|16}} Widnes
|26 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 659 | 423 | +236 | 34 |
| 4 | style="text-align:left;"|{{league icon|bradford|16}} Bradford Northern
|26 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 614 | 416 | +198 | 34 |
| 5 | style="text-align:left;"|{{league icon|st helens|16}} St. Helens
|26 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 714 | 544 | +170 | 34 |
| 6 | style="text-align:left;"|{{league icon|hull fc|16}} Hull
|26 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 577 | 400 | +177 | 34 |
| 7 | style="text-align:left;"|{{league icon|castleford|16}} Castleford
|26 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 703 | 448 | +255 | 32 |
| 8 | style="text-align:left;"|{{league icon|warrington|16}} Warrington
|26 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 424 | 451| | ||
| 27 | 27 | |||||||
| 9 | style="text-align:left;"|{{league icon|wakefield|16}} Wakefield Trinity
|26 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 502 | 528| | ||
| 26 | 25 | |||||||
| 10 | style="text-align:left;"|{{league icon|featherstone|16}} Featherstone Rovers
|26 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 479 | 652| | ||
| 173 | 20 | |||||||
| 11 | style="text-align:left;"|{{league icon|sheffield|16}} Sheffield Eagles
|26 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 517 | 588| | ||
| 71 | 19 | |||||||
| style="background:#FFCCCC"
|12 | style="text-align:left;"|{{league icon|leigh|16}} Leigh
|26 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 442 | 642| | ||
| 200 | 19 | |||||||
| style="background:#FFCCCC"
|13 | style="text-align:left;"|{{league icon|salford city|16}} Salford
|26 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 421 | 699| | ||
| 278 | 9 | |||||||
| style="background:#FFCCCC"
|14 | style="text-align:left;"|{{league icon|barrow|16}} Barrow
|26 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 201 | 1133| | ||
| 932 | 2 |
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"
|bgcolor="#FFD700"|Champions |style="background: #FFCCCC"|Relegated |
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=Second Division Final Standings=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||||||||
| width=20 abbr="Position" |
!width=175 |Team !width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" |W !width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D !width=20 abbr="Lost" |L !width=20 abbr="Points for" |PF !width=20 abbr="Points against" |PA !width=25 abbr="Points difference" |PD !width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center style="background:#cfc;"
|1 | align=left style="background#cfc:"|Hull Kingston Rovers
|28 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1102 | 190 | 912 | 50 |
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|2 | align=left style="background#cfc:"|Rochdale Hornets
|28 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 977 | 422 | 555 | 48 |
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| align=center style="background:#cfc;"
|3 | align=left style="background#cfc:"|Oldham
|28 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 879 | 325 | 554 | 48 |
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| align=center style="background:"
|4 | align=left style="background#cfc:"|Ryedale-York
|28 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 653 | 338 | 315 | 41 |
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|5 | style="text-align:left;"|Halifax
|28 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 741 | 360 | 381 | 40 |
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|6 | style="text-align:left;"|Swinton
|28 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 673 | 405 | 268 | 40 |
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| align=left style="background:"
|7 | style="text-align:left;"|Dewsbury
|28 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 503 | 411 | 92 | 39 |
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| align=left style="background:"
|8 | style="text-align:left;"|Fulham
|28 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 496 | 488 | 8 | 34 |
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| align=left style="background:"
|9 | style="text-align:left;"|Doncaster
|28 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 533 | 399 | 134 | 32 |
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| align=left style="background:"
|10 | style="text-align:left;"|Trafford Borough
|28 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 551 | 551 | 0 | 30 |
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| align=left style="background:"
|11 | style="text-align:left;"|Huddersfield
|28 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 469 | 441 | 28 | 28 |
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| align=left style="background:"
|12 | style="text-align:left;"|Batley
|28 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 466 | 478| | ||
| 12 | 26 | |||||||
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| align=left style="background:"
|13 | style="text-align:left;"|Bramley
|28 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 413 | 623| | ||
| 210 | 22 | |||||||
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| align=left style="background:"
|14 | style="text-align:left;"|Hunslet
|28 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 431 | 585| | ||
| 154 | 20 | |||||||
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| align=left style="background:"
|15 | style="text-align:left;"|Chorley Borough
|28 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 399 | 618| | ||
| 219 | 20 | |||||||
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| align=left style="background:"
|16 | style="text-align:left;"|Whitehaven
|28 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 396 | 710| | ||
| 314 | 20 | |||||||
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| align=left style="background:"
|17 | style="text-align:left;"|Carlisle
|28 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 511 | 625| | ||
| 114 | 18 | |||||||
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|18 | style="text-align:left;"|Workington Town
|28 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 311 | 708| | ||
| 397 | 12 | |||||||
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|19 | style="text-align:left;"|Keighley
|28 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 436 | 837| | ||
| 401 | 12 | |||||||
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|20 | style="text-align:left;"|Nottingham City
|28 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 323 | 1032| | ||
| 709 | 8 | |||||||
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| align=left style="background:"
|21 | style="text-align:left;"|Runcorn Highfield
|28 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 218 | 935| | ||
| 717 | 0 |
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"
|style="background: #cfc;"|Promoted |
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Challenge Cup
{{main|1989–90 Challenge Cup}}
Wigan defeated Warrington 36-14 in the Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 28 April 1990 before a crowd of 77,729.[http://www.carnegiechallengecup.co.uk/page.php?id=767 Winners 1897 - present] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100910094322/http://www.carnegiechallengecup.co.uk/page.php?id=767 |date=2010-09-10 }} at carnegiechallengecup.co.uk Andy Gregory, Wigan's scrum half, was awarded his second Lance Todd Trophy for being the man-of-the-match.[http://www.therfl.co.uk/history_of_the_sport/lance_todd_trophy_winners Lance Todd Trophy Winners] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128184536/http://www.therfl.co.uk/history_of_the_sport/lance_todd_trophy_winners |date=2010-11-28 }} at therfl.co.uk
Regal Trophy
{{main|1989–90 Regal Trophy}}
County cups
{{main|1989–90 Lancashire Cup}}
{{main|1989–90 Yorkshire Cup}}
Premiership
{{main|1989–90 Rugby League Premiership}}
References
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Sources
- [http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=409 1989–90 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com]
- [https://archive.today/20041013141607/http://www2.hunterlink.net.au/~maajjs/gbr/sum/gbr1989.htm Great Britain Competitions 1989-1990 at hunterlink.net.au]
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