Great Britain Competitions 1977-1978

[1976-1977] [1978-1979]

Northern Rugby League

First Division

The last game was cancelled as Featherstone were on strike. Consequently Bradford Northern finished 2nd on percentages.

 1 Widnes               30 24  2  4  -  613  241       50
 2 Bradford Northern    29 21  2  6  -  500  291       44
 3 St Helens            30 22  1  7  -  678  384       45
 4 Hull Kingston Rovers 30 16  3 11  -  495  419       35
 5 Wigan                30 17  1 12  -  482  435       35
 6 Salford              30 16  0 14  -  470  446       32
 7 Featherstone Rovers  29 15  2 12  -  443  452       32
 8 Leeds                30 15  1 14  -  512  460       31
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 9 Warrington           30 15  0 15  -  561  367       30
10 Castleford           30 13  2 15  -  515  583       28
11 Workington Town      30 11  4 15  -  406  519       26
12 Wakefield Trinity    30 12  1 17  -  393  450       25
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13 Hull                 30 10  3 17  -  358  480       23
14 New Hunslet          30 11  0 19  -  318  518       22
15 Bramley              30  5  4 21  -  281  608       14
16 Dewsbury             30  2  2 26  -  207  579        6
                                   (R.L.Yearbook 1995-96)

Hull, New Hunslet, Bramley and Dewsbury were demoted to the Second Division.

Second Division

 1 Leigh                26 21  0  5  -  538  231       42
 2 Barrow               26 21  0  5  -  521  234       42
 3 Rochdale Hornets     26 21  0  5  -  437  200       42
 4 Huddersfield         26 18  0  8  -  502  324       36
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 5 York                 26 16  2  8  -  447  286       34
 6 Oldham               26 17  0  9  -  419  325       34
 7 Keighley             26 11  3 12  -  357  337       25
 8 Swinton              26 11  1 14  -  369  385       23
 9 Whitehaven           26 10  2 14  -  277  326       22
10 Huyton               26  9  2 15  -  250  352       20
11 Doncaster            26  9  0 17  -  304  528       18
12 Batley               26  5  1 20  -  233  496       11
13 Blackpool Borough    26  5  1 20  -  262  543       11
14 Halifax              26  2  0 24  -  182  531        4
                                   (R.L.Yearbook 1995-96)

Leigh, Barrow, Rochdale Hornets and Huddersfield were promoted to the First Division.