Bridgend and Southend I dropped out of the competition.
The promotion scheme was changed to 3 up 3 down.
1 Halifax 30 19 6 5 - 499 365 44
2 Wigan 30 20 3 7 - 776 300 43
3 St Helens 30 20 2 8 - 729 503 42
4 Warrington 30 20 1 9 - 665 393 41
5 Widnes 30 19 3 8 - 520 454 41
6 Leeds 30 15 3 12 - 554 518 33
7 Hull Kingston Rovers 30 16 1 13 - 507 500 33
8 Hull 30 15 2 13 - 616 508 32
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9 Oldham 30 13 4 13 - 524 549 30
10 Salford 30 14 0 16 - 508 561 28
11 Castleford 30 12 1 17 - 551 585 25
12 Bradford Northern 30 11 1 18 - 447 473 23
13 Featherstone Rovers 30 9 3 18 - 419 616 21
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14 York 30 9 0 21 - 413 592 18
15 Swinton 30 8 0 22 - 371 648 16
16 Dewsbury 30 5 0 25 - 313 847 10
(R.L.Yearbook 1995-96)
York, Swinton and Dewsbury were demoted to the Second Division.
1 Leigh 34 33 0 1 - 1156 373 66
2 Barrow 34 27 0 7 - 1012 398 54
3 Wakefield Trinity 34 24 1 9 - 680 435 49
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4 Whitehaven 34 22 0 12 - 619 479 44
5 Rochdale Hornets 34 21 0 13 - 763 485 42
6 Blackpool Borough 34 20 0 14 - 769 570 40
7 Batley 34 18 3 13 - 567 450 39
8 Bramley 34 17 1 16 - 608 663 35
9 Fulham 34 16 1 17 - 679 709 33
10 Doncaster 34 16 1 17 - 611 650 33
11 Carlisle 34 15 2 17 - 585 682 32
12 Sheffield Eagles 34 14 1 19 - 516 617 29
13 Workington Town 34 13 0 21 - 684 723 26
14 Hunslet 34 11 3 20 - 594 795 25
15 Huddersfield Barracudas
34 8 4 22 - 542 841 20
16 Runcorn Highfield 34 9 2 23 - 489 790 20
17 Keighley 34 9 2 23 - 401 918 20
18 Mansfield M 34 2 1 31 - 383 1080 5
(R.L.Yearbook 1995-96)
Leigh, Barrow and Wakefield Trinity were promoted to the First Division.