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1975–76 Northern Rugby Football League season

1975–76 Rugby Football League season
League Northern Rugby Football League
Champions Redscolours.svg Salford
Runners-up Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers
Premiership Saintscolours.svg St Helens
Top point-scorer(s) Redscolours.svg David Watkins 47
Top try-scorer(s) Redscolours.svg Maurice Richards 37
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from Second Division Barrowcolours.svg Barrow
Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets
Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town
Leigh colours.svg Leigh
Relegated to Second Division Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury
Cougscolours.svg Keighley
Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton
Second Division
Champions Barrowcolours.svg Barrow
Seasons

The 1975–76 Rugby Football League season was the 81st season of rugby league football. The Championship was won by Salford and the Challenge Cup winners were St. Helens who beat Widnes 20-5 in the final. The Rugby League Premiership Trophy winners were also St. Helens who beat Salford 15-2 in the final.

The 1975-76 Players No.6 Trophy Winners were Widnes who beat Hull 19-13 in the final. The BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Winners were St. Helens who beat Dewsbury 22-2 in the final. Widnes beat Salford 16–7 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Leeds beat Hull Kingston Rovers 15–11 to win the Yorkshire Cup.

Salford won their sixth, and to date last, Championship. Dewsbury, Keighley, Huddersfield and Swinton were demoted to the Second Division.


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