Kent Invicta joined the competition.
1 Hull Kingston Rovers 30 22 2 6 - 795 421 46
2 Hull 30 22 1 7 - 831 401 45
3 Warrington 30 19 2 9 - 622 528 40
4 Castleford 30 18 3 9 - 686 438 39
5 Widnes 30 19 1 10 - 656 457 39
6 St Helens 30 18 1 11 - 649 507 37
7 Bradford Northern 30 17 2 11 - 519 379 36
8 Leeds 30 15 3 12 - 553 514 33
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9 Wigan 30 16 0 14 - 533 465 32
10 Oldham 30 15 2 13 - 544 480 32
11 Leigh 30 14 0 16 - 623 599 28
12 Featherstone Rovers 30 11 2 17 - 464 562 24
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13 Fulham 30 9 1 20 - 401 694 19
14 Wakefield Trinity 30 7 0 23 - 415 780 14
15 Salford 30 5 0 25 - 352 787 10
16 Whitehaven 30 3 0 27 - 325 956 6
(R.L.Yearbook 1995-96)
Fulham, Wakefield Trinity, Salford and Whitehaven were demoted to the Second Division.
1 Barrow 34 32 0 2 - 1126 332 64
2 Workington Town 34 24 2 8 - 714 504 50
3 Hunslet 34 24 0 10 - 900 597 48
4 Halifax 34 23 2 9 - 722 539 48
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5 Blackpool Borough 34 20 3 11 - 615 466 43
6 Swinton 34 21 0 13 - 764 437 42
7 York 34 19 2 13 - 743 570 40
8 Bramley 34 16 2 16 - 584 545 34
9 Kent Invicta 34 17 0 17 - 595 700 34
10 Huddersfield 34 15 3 16 - 600 545 33
11 Cardiff City 34 15 1 18 - 710 717 31
12 Rochdale Hornets 34 13 3 18 - 551 667 29
13 Batley 34 13 0 21 - 477 738 26
14 Dewsbury 34 12 0 22 - 526 698 24
15 Carlisle 34 12 0 22 - 539 780 24
16 Huyton 34 9 2 23 - 431 760 20
17 Keighley 34 7 3 24 - 425 728 17
18 Doncaster 34 2 1 31 - 384 1083 5
(R.L.Yearbook 1995-96)
Barrow, Workington Town, Hunslet and Halifax were promoted to the First Division.