1997 RFL Division One
{{Short description|none}}
{{Infobox rugby football league season
| title = RFL Division One
| league = Rugby Football League Division One
| logo =
| pixels =
| caption =
| duration = 20 Rounds
| no_of_teams = 11
| highest_attendance =
| lowest_attendance =
| attendance =
| TV =
| season2 = 1997 Season
| season_champs2 = {{leagueicon|Huddersfield|16}} Huddersfield Giants
| season_champ_name2 = Divisional Premiership winners
| league_leaders2 = {{leagueicon|Hull|16}} Hull Sharks
| league_leaders_name2= Champions
| MVP2 = {{leagueicon|Huddersfield|16}} Craig Weston
| MVP_link2 = Tom Bergin Trophy
| prevseason_link = 1996 RFL Division One
| prevseason_year = 1996
| nextseason_link = 1998 RFL Division One
| nextseason_year = 1998
}}
The 1997 Division One Championship season was the second tier of British rugby league during the 1997 season. The competition featured eleven teams, with Hull Sharks winning the league, and Huddersfield Giants winning the Divisional Premiership.
Championship
The league was won by Hull Sharks, winning promotion to the Super League along with runners-up the Huddersfield Giants. The Huddersfield Giants also won the Divisional Premiership final against Hull FC, with Craig Weston winning the Tom Bergin Trophy.
The Widnes Vikings and Workington Town were both relegated to Division Two.
=League table=
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| 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" |Pts | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:#FFD700;"
|1 | style="text-align:left;"|Hull Sharks
|20 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 617 | 228 | 37 |
| style="background:#CCFFCC;"
|2 | style="text-align:left;"|Huddersfield Giants
|20 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 630 | 320 | 32 |
| 3 | style="text-align:left;"|Keighley Cougars
|20 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 428 | 332 | 23 |
| 4 | style="text-align:left;"|Whitehaven Warriors
|20 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 436 | 398 | 23 |
| 5 | style="text-align:left;"|Wakefield Trinity
|20 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 393 | 419 | 19 |
| 6 | style="text-align:left;"|Dewsbury Rams
|20 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 341 | 455 | 18 |
| 7 | style="text-align:left;"|Featherstone Rovers
|20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 408 | 395 | 17 |
| 8 | style="text-align:left;"|Hull Kingston Rovers
|20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 440 | 481 | 17 |
| 9 | style="text-align:left;"|Swinton Lions
|20 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 355 | 488 | 14 |
| style="background:#ff7777;color:white"
|10 | style="text-align:left;"|Widnes Vikings
|20 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 282 | 579 | 12 |
| style="background:#ff7777;color:white"
|11 | style="text-align:left;"|Workington Town
|20 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 320 | 555 | 8 |
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"
|bgcolor="#FFD700"|Champions |bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|Promoted |style="background: #ff7777;color:white"|Relegated |
Premiership
{{mainarticle|1997 Rugby League Divisional Premiership}}
{{rugbyleaguebox
| date = 28 September 1997
| time =
| team1 = Huddersfield Giants
| score = 18 – 0
| report = [http://richarddelariviere.co.uk/?p=709 Report]
| team2 = Hull Sharks
| points1 = Try: Davys, Bunyan, Cheetham
Goal: Cook (3)
| points2 =
| stadium = Old Trafford, Manchester
| attendance=
| referee = John Connolly (Wigan)
| manofmatch= Craig Weston
}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Cite web | url=http://www.rlhalloffame.org.uk/1997.htm | title=Season 1997 | publisher=Virtual Rugby League Hall of Fame | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828123630/http://www.rlhalloffame.org.uk/1997.htm | archivedate=28 August 2008}}
- [http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=148 1997 season at wigan.rlfans.com]
{{1997 in rugby league}}