Huyton changed their name to Runcorn Highfield. Huddersfield added Barracudas to their name. Kent Invicta and Cardiff City were replaced by Mansfield M, Sheffield Eagles, Southend I, and Bridgend.
The increase of the Second Division to 20 teams mean't that it would take 38 rounds to play out a full double round robin, which was too many, so a complicated fixture formula was used to reduce it to 28.
1 Hull Kingston Rovers 30 24 0 6 - 778 391 48
2 St Helens 30 22 1 7 - 920 508 45
3 Wigan 30 21 1 8 - 720 459 43
4 Leeds 30 20 1 9 - 650 377 41
5 Oldham 30 18 1 11 - 563 439 37
6 Hull 30 17 1 12 - 733 550 35
7 Widnes 30 17 0 13 - 580 517 34
8 Bradford Northern 30 16 1 13 - 600 500 33
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9 Featherstone Rovers 30 15 0 15 - 461 475 30
10 Halifax 30 12 2 16 - 513 565 26
11 Warrington 30 13 0 17 - 530 620 26
12 Castleford 30 12 1 17 - 552 518 25
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13 Barrow 30 9 1 20 - 483 843 19
14 Leigh 30 8 2 20 - 549 743 18
15 Hunslet 30 7 1 22 - 463 952 15
16 Workington Town 30 2 1 27 - 297 935 5
(R.L.Yearbook 1995-96)
Barrow, Leigh, Hunslet and Workington Town were demoted to the Second Division.
1 Swinton 28 24 1 3 - 727 343 49
2 Salford 28 20 3 5 - 787 333 43
3 York 28 21 1 6 - 717 430 43
4 Dewsbury 28 21 1 6 - 539 320 43
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5 Carlisle 28 19 0 9 - 547 437 38
6 Whitehaven 28 16 3 9 - 496 385 35
7 Batley 28 17 0 11 - 489 402 34
8 Fulham 28 16 1 11 - 521 526 33
9 Mansfield M 28 15 0 13 - 525 398 30
10 Blackpool Borough 28 15 0 13 - 486 434 30
11 Wakefield Trinity 28 12 2 14 - 450 459 26
12 Rochdale Hornets 28 12 2 14 - 436 466 26
13 Huddersfield Barracudas
28 12 1 15 - 476 476 25
14 Runcorn Highfield 28 11 1 16 - 462 538 23
15 Keighley 28 11 0 17 - 495 567 22
16 Bramley 28 9 2 17 - 439 492 20
17 Sheffield Eagles 28 8 0 20 - 424 582 16
18 Doncaster 28 6 2 20 - 353 730 14
19 Southend I 28 4 0 24 - 347 690 8
20 Bridgend 28 1 0 27 - 258 966 2
(R.L.Yearbook 1995-96)
Swinton, Salford, York and Dewsbury were promoted to the First Division.