2000 Northern Ford Premiership
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{{Infobox rugby football league season
| title = Premiership
| league = Northern Ford Premiership
| logo =
| pixels =
| caption =
| duration = 28 Rounds
| no_of_teams = 18
| highest_attendance =
| lowest_attendance =
| attendance =
| TV =
| season2 = 2000 Season
| season_champs2 = {{leagueicon|Dewsbury|16}} Dewsbury Rams
| season_champ_name2 = Grand Final winners
| league_leaders2 = {{leagueicon|Dewsbury|16}} Dewsbury Rams
| league_leaders_name2= League leaders
| MVP2 = {{leagueicon|Leigh|16}} Mick Higham
| MVP_link2 = Tom Bergin Trophy
| prevseason_link = 1999 Northern Ford Premiership
| prevseason_year = 1999
| nextseason_link = 2001 Northern Ford Premiership
| nextseason_year = 2001
}}
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 the Dewsbury Rams. The Dewsbury Rams also reached the Grand Final and defeated Leigh Centurions, with Leigh Centurions' Mick Higham winning the Tom Bergin Trophy. The Dewsbury Rams 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=
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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 | |||||||
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|1 | style="text-align:left;"|Dewsbury Rams
|28 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 848 | 400 | 45 |
| style="background:#CCFFCC;"
|2 | style="text-align:left;"|Keighley Cougars
|28 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 1002 | 401 | 44 |
| style="background:#CCFFCC;"
|3 | style="text-align:left;"|Doncaster Dragons
|28 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 880 | 397 | 42 |
| style="background:#CCFFCC;"
|4 | style="text-align:left;"|Leigh Centurions
|28 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 854 | 476 | 42 |
| style="background:#CCFFCC;"
|5 | style="text-align:left;"|Featherstone Rovers
|28 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 795 | 523 | 41 |
| style="background:#CCFFCC;"
|6 | style="text-align:left;"|Oldham
|28 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 734 | 513 | 39 |
| style="background:#CCFFCC;"
|7 | style="text-align:left;"|Hull Kingston Rovers
|28 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 583 | 481 | 35 |
| style="background:#CCFFCC;"
|8 | style="text-align:left;"|Widnes Vikings
|28 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 698 | 483 | 34 |
| 9 | style="text-align:left;"|Swinton Lions
|28 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 726 | 733 | 28 |
| 10 | style="text-align:left;"|Barrow Raiders
|28 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 647 | 711 | 28 |
| 11 | style="text-align:left;"|Whitehaven Warriors
|28 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 533 | 674 | 23 |
| 12 | style="text-align:left;"|Workington Town
|28 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 502 | 776 | 23 |
| 13 | style="text-align:left;"|Rochdale Hornets
|28 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 563 | 696 | 20 |
| 14 | style="text-align:left;"|Sheffield Eagles
|28 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 479 | 585 | 19 |
| 15 | style="text-align:left;"|Hunslet Hawks
|28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 487 | 678 | 16 |
| 16 | style="text-align:left;"|Batley Bulldogs
|28 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 482 | 759 | 12 |
| 17 | style="text-align:left;"|York Wasps
|28 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 392 | 859 | 11 |
| 18 | style="text-align:left;"|Lancashire Lynx
|28 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 301 | 1361 | 2 |
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|bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|Play-offs |
Play-offs
=Grand Final=
{{rugbyleaguebox
| date = 29 July 2000
| time =
| team1 = Dewsbury Rams
| score = 13 – 12
| report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/857468.stm Report]
| team2 = Leigh Centurions
| points1 = Try: Eaton, Long
Goal: Eaton (2)
Drop goal: Agar
| points2 = Try: Higham (2)
Goal: Bretherton (2)
| referee = R. Connolly (Wigan)
| manofmatch= Mick Higham
}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Cite web | url=http://www.rlhalloffame.org.uk/2000.htm | title=Season 2000 | publisher=Virtual Rugby League Hall of Fame | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828122217/http://www.rlhalloffame.org.uk/2000.htm | archivedate=28 August 2008}}
- [http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=152 2000 season at wigan.rlfans.com]
{{2000 in rugby league}}