RFL Division One | |
League: | Rugby Football League Division One |
Duration: | 20 Rounds |
No Of Teams: | 11 |
Season2: | 1997 Season |
Season Champs2: | Huddersfield Giants |
Season Champ Name2: | Divisional Premiership winners |
League Leaders2: | Hull Sharks |
League Leaders Name2: | Champions |
Mvp2: | Craig Weston |
Mvp Link2: | Tom Bergin Trophy |
Prevseason Link: | 1996 RFL Division One |
Prevseason Year: | 1996 |
Nextseason Link: | 1998 RFL Division One |
Nextseason Year: | 1998 |
The 1997 Division One Championship season was the second tier of British rugby league during the 1997 season. The competition featured eleven teams, with Hull Sharks winning the league, and Huddersfield Giants winning the Divisional Premiership.
The league was won by Hull Sharks, winning promotion to the Super League along with runners-up the Huddersfield Giants. The Huddersfield Giants also won the Divisional Premiership final against Hull FC, with Craig Weston winning the Tom Bergin Trophy.
The Widnes Vikings and Workington Town were both relegated to Division Two.
width=20 abbr="Position" | width=175 | Team | width=20 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=20 abbr="Won" | W | width=20 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=20 abbr="Lost" | L | width=20 abbr="Points for" | PF | width=20 abbr="Points against" | PA | width=20 abbr="Points" | Pts | |
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1 | Hull Sharks | 20 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 617 | 228 | 37 | |||||||||
2 | Huddersfield Giants | 20 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 630 | 320 | 32 | |||||||||
3 | Keighley Cougars | 20 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 428 | 332 | 23 | |||||||||
4 | Whitehaven Warriors | 20 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 436 | 398 | 23 | |||||||||
5 | Wakefield Trinity | 20 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 393 | 419 | 19 | |||||||||
6 | Dewsbury Rams | 20 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 341 | 455 | 18 | |||||||||
7 | Featherstone Rovers | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 408 | 395 | 17 | |||||||||
8 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 440 | 481 | 17 | |||||||||
9 | Swinton Lions | 20 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 355 | 488 | 14 | |||||||||
10 | Widnes Vikings | 20 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 282 | 579 | 12 | |||||||||
11 | Workington Town | 20 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 320 | 555 | 8 | |||||||||
Champions | Promoted | Relegated |
See main article: article and 1997 Rugby League Divisional Premiership.