1989–90 Rugby Football League season
Introduction 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.===Championship final Standings===TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts1 '''Wigan'''262006699349+350'''40'''2 Leeds261808704383+321'''36'''3 Widnes261628659423+236'''34'''4 Bradford Northern261709614416+198'''34'''5 St. Helens261709714544+170'''34'''6 Hull261619577400+177'''34'''7 Castleford2616010703448+255'''32'''8 Warrington2613112424451-27'''27'''9 Wakefield Trinity2612113502528-26'''25'''10 Featherstone Rovers2610016479652-173'''20'''11 Sheffield Eagles269116517588-71'''19'''12 Leigh269116442642-200'''19'''13 Salford264121421699-278'''9'''14 Barrow2610252011133-932'''2''''''Champions'''Relegated===Second Division Final Standings===TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts1Hull Kingston Rovers2825031102190912'''50'''2Rochdale Hornets282404977422555'''48'''3Oldham282404879325554'''48'''4Ryedale-York282017653338315'''41'''5Halifax282008741360381'''40'''6Swinton282008673405268'''40'''7Dewsbury28191850341192'''39'''8Fulham28162104964888'''34'''9Doncaster2815211533399134'''32'''10Trafford Borough28150135515510'''30'''11Huddersfield281401446944128'''28'''12Batley2813015466478-12'''26'''13Bramley2811017413623-210'''22'''14Hunslet2810018431585-154'''20'''15Chorley Borough2810018399618-219'''20'''16Whitehaven2810018396710-314'''20'''17Carlisle289019511625-114'''18'''18Workington Town286022311708-397'''12'''19Keighley286022436837-401'''12'''20Nottingham City2840243231032-709'''8'''21Runcorn Highfield280028218935-717'''0'''Promoted
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.Andy Gregory, Wigan's scrum half, was awarded his second Lance Todd Trophy for being the man-of-the-match.
Regal Trophy
Premiership
References
Sources * 1989–90 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com* Great Britain Competitions 1989-1990 at hunterlink.net.au