Barrow and Hunslet returned to the competition.
1 Wakefield Trinity 22 19 0 3 - 359 97 38 86.36
2 Wigan 21 17 0 4 - 302 143 34 80.95
3 Hull 21 15 0 6 - 236 189 30 71.42
4 Dewsbury 22 15 1 6 - 304 169 31 70.45
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5 Halifax 22 15 0 7 - 279 166 30 68.18
6 Bradford Northern 19 11 1 7 - 292 125 23 60.52
7 Leeds 21 12 1 8 - 262 252 25 59.52
8 Hunslet 22 12 0 10 - 287 245 24 54.54
9 Barrow 22 11 0 11 - 315 199 22 50.00
10 Keighley 21 9 0 12 - 151 218 18 42.85
11 Huddersfield 21 7 1 13 - 223 230 15 35.71
12 Oldham 21 7 0 14 - 137 371 14 33.33
13 Featherstone Rovers 22 6 0 16 - 202 229 12 27.27
14 Batley 21 5 1 15 - 180 299 11 26.19
15 York 22 5 1 16 - 197 471 11 25.00
16 St Helens 20 1 0 19 - 125 446 2 5.00
[Table Error: FOR - AGAINST = 2]
(R.L.Yearbook 1995-96)
Championship Play-Off
Semifinals:
Dewsbury 11 beat Wakefield Trinity 5.
Wigan 27 beat Hull 10.
Final (two legs):
Wigan 13 beat Dewsbury 9.
Wigan 12 beat Dewsbury 5.
Wigan won 25-14 on aggregate.