Bradford Northern reformed and reentered the competition.
1 St Helens 34 28 0 6 - 621 226 56
2 Wigan 34 26 0 8 - 626 260 52
3 Castleford 34 25 1 8 - 555 294 51
4 Wakefield Trinity 34 24 2 8 - 486 228 50
5 Warrington 34 24 1 9 - 416 292 49
6 Workington Town 34 23 1 10 - 497 326 47
7 Halifax 34 22 1 11 - 629 335 45
8 Hull Kingston Rovers 34 22 0 12 - 587 377 44
9 Oldham 34 20 1 13 - 444 312 41
10 Leeds 34 20 0 14 - 469 349 40
11 Swinton 34 19 1 14 - 334 250 39
12 Leigh 34 19 1 14 - 446 349 39
13 Hull 34 19 0 15 - 412 381 38
14 Hunslet 34 19 0 15 - 477 466 38
15 Featherstone Rovers 34 18 0 16 - 436 463 36
16 Barrow 34 18 0 16 - 383 408 36
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17 Bradford Northern 34 15 1 18 - 345 347 31
18 Huddersfield 34 15 0 19 - 368 419 30
19 Widnes 34 14 2 18 - 348 410 30
20 Whitehaven 34 14 1 19 - 308 402 29
21 Dewsbury 34 13 2 19 - 298 407 28
22 Salford 34 11 2 21 - 307 420 24
23 Liverpool City 34 10 2 22 - 248 519 22
24 Bramley 34 10 1 23 - 309 456 21
25 York 34 10 0 24 - 347 535 20
26 Batley 34 9 1 24 - 263 613 19
27 Keighley 34 9 0 25 - 303 592 18
28 Doncaster 34 9 0 25 - 296 616 18
29 Rochdale Hornets 34 7 1 26 - 293 493 15
30 Blackpool Borough 34 6 2 26 - 248 554 14
(R.L.Yearbook 1995-96)
Championship Play-Off
First Round:
Featherstone Rovers 15 beat Wigan 8.
Castleford 18 beat Hunslet 7.
Halifax 28 beat Leeds 11.
Warrington 10 beat Leigh 4.
Wakefield Trinity 15 beat Hull 9.
St Helens 23 beat Barrow 7.
Workington Town 29 beat Swinton 2.
Hull Kingston Rovers 26 beat Oldham 14.
Second Round:
Wakefield Trinity 17 beat Warrington 8.
St Helens 24 beat Hull Kingston Rovers 6.
Castleford 11 beat Workington Town 3.
Halifax 31 beat Featherstone Rovers 6.
Semifinals:
Halifax 26 beat Castleford 18.
St Helens 10 beat Wakefield Trinity 5.
Final:
Halifax 15 beat St Helens 7.