Aberdare, Barry, Mid-Rhondda and Treherbert joined, taking the competition to 31 teams. Bradford disbanded and became Bradford Northern.
1 Wigan 32 28 0 4 - 706 207 56 87.50
2 Halifax 34 28 1 5 - 526 174 57 83.82
3 Oldham 32 26 0 6 - 488 176 52 81.25
4 Batley 32 23 3 6 - 412 176 49 76.56
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5 Huddersfield 34 21 3 10 - 504 292 45 66.17
6 Wakefield Trinity 31 20 1 10 - 471 318 41 66.12
7 Salford 32 20 1 11 - 455 309 41 64.06
8 Merthyr Tydfil 18 11 1 6 - 184 156 23 63.88
9 Broughton Rangers 32 19 1 12 - 420 330 39 60.93
10 Warrington 32 18 2 12 - 473 266 38 59.37
11 Runcorn 28 16 1 11 - 271 191 33 58.92
12 Hunslet 32 18 1 13 - 361 299 37 57.81
13 Hull 34 19 1 14 - 487 366 39 57.35
14 Ebbw Vale 24 12 1 11 - 249 269 25 52.08
15 Leeds 32 15 1 16 - 398 355 31 48.43
16 Hull Kingston Rovers 32 14 1 17 - 429 423 29 45.31
17 St Helens 28 11 3 14 - 312 421 25 44.64
18 York 32 13 1 18 - 394 510 27 42.18
19 Dewsbury 30 12 1 17 - 350 324 25 41.66
20 Keighley 30 12 1 17 - 338 355 25 41.66
21 Leigh 28 11 0 17 - 214 308 22 39.28
22 Swinton 32 11 1 20 - 258 440 23 35.93
23 Bradford Northern 32 11 0 21 - 324 451 22 34.37
24 Mid-Rhondda 18 5 1 12 - 111 214 11 30.55
25 Rochdale Hornets 30 8 2 20 - 195 384 18 30.00
26 Barrow 32 9 1 22 - 245 507 19 29.69
27 Widnes 28 6 3 19 - 197 359 15 26.78
28 Treherbert 18 4 1 13 - 81 212 9 25.00
29 Barry 18 3 0 15 - 76 445 6 16.66
30 Bramley 26 3 0 23 - 162 582 6 11.53
31 Aberdare 17 1 0 16 - 134 406 2 5.88
(R.L.Yearbook 1995-96)
Championship Play-Off
Semifinals:
Halifax 3 drew with Oldham 3.
Wigan 18 beat Batley 2.
Semifinal Replay:
Oldham 8 beat Halifax 2.
Final:
Wigan 7 beat Oldham 3.