Aberdare, Barry and Mid-Rhondda dropped out, leaving 28 teams.
1 Oldham 34 29 2 3 - 604 184 60 88.23
2 Salford 31 24 1 6 - 387 210 49 79.03
3 Wigan 30 23 1 6 - 545 169 47 78.33
4 Wakefield Trinity 32 24 0 8 - 435 242 48 75.00
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5 Keighley 28 19 0 9 - 382 242 38 67.85
6 Leeds 34 21 1 12 - 451 317 43 63.26
7 Warrington 34 20 2 12 - 408 252 42 61.76
8 Huddersfield 34 21 0 13 - 477 301 42 61.76
9 Halifax 34 21 0 13 - 395 269 42 61.76
10 St Helens 31 18 2 11 - 468 367 38 61.29
11 Hull Kingston Rovers 35 19 1 15 - 410 376 39 55.71
12 Leigh 32 15 5 12 - 218 206 35 54.68
13 Hull 36 19 0 17 - 456 373 38 52.77
14 Batley 33 16 2 15 - 313 201 34 51.51
15 Hunslet 32 16 0 16 - 321 347 32 50.00
16 Runcorn 30 14 1 15 - 232 317 29 48.33
17 Ebbw Vale 24 9 2 13 - 156 211 20 41.66
18 Widnes 28 10 3 15 - 152 244 23 41.07
19 Rochdale Hornets 32 13 0 19 - 272 371 26 40.62
20 Dewsbury 30 11 1 18 - 253 338 23 38.33
21 Swinton 30 10 2 18 - 203 306 22 36.66
22 Broughton Rangers 34 10 2 22 - 295 498 22 32.35
23 Bradford Northern 34 9 1 24 - 176 388 19 27.94
24 York 30 6 1 23 - 269 473 13 21.66
25 Bramley 29 6 0 23 - 181 532 12 20.68
26 Barrow 28 5 1 22 - 146 377 11 19.64
27 Merthyr Tydfil 21 2 1 18 - 94 354 5 11.90
28 Treherbert 12 0 0 12 - 55 289 0 0.00
(R.L.Yearbook 1995-96)
Championship Play-Off:
Semifinals:
Oldham 12 beat Wakefield Trinity 6.
Wigan 17 beat Salford 6.
Final:
Oldham 13 beat Wigan 7.