1970–71 Northern Rugby Football League season
| 1970–71 Rugby Football League season | |
|---|---|
| League | Northern Rugby Football League |
| Champions |
 St. Helens
|
| League Leaders |
 Wigan
|
| Top point-scorer(s) |
Kel Coslett 395 |
| Top try-scorer(s) |
 Bob Haigh 40 Les Jones 40 |
The 1970–71 Rugby Football League season was the 76th season of rugby league football.
Sunday afternoon rugby was allowed for the first time by the RFL on 17 December 1967. Initially most clubs chose not to switch away from Saturday's despite competition from football. The first ever Sunday fixtures were Bradford Northern v York, and Leigh v Dewsbury.
St. Helens won their sixth Championship when they beat Wigan 16-12 in the Championship Final. Wigan had ended the regular season as the league leaders.
The Challenge Cup Winners were Leigh when they beat Leeds 24-7 in the final.
There was no county league competition this season, other than a break between the 1902–03 and 1906–07 seasons, and breaks for World War I and World War II, this was the first season in which the Lancashire League and Yorkshire League titles were no longer awarded. Leigh beat St. Helens 7–4 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Leeds beat Featherstone Rovers 23–7 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.
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