RFL Division One | |
League: | Rugby Football League Division One |
Duration: | 30 Rounds |
No Of Teams: | 11 |
Season2: | 1998 Season |
Season Champs2: | Wakefield Trinity |
Season Champ Name2: | Grand Final winners |
League Leaders2: | Wakefield Trinity |
League Leaders Name2: | League leaders |
Mvp2: | Richard Chapman |
Mvp Link2: | Tom Bergin Trophy |
Prevseason Link: | 1997 RFL Division One |
Prevseason Year: | 1997 |
Nextseason Link: | 1999 Northern Ford Premiership |
Nextseason Year: | 1999 |
The 1998 Division One Championship season was the second tier of British rugby league during the 1998 season. The competition featured eleven teams, with Wakefield Trinity winning the league and the inaugural Grand Final.
The league was won by Wakefield Trinity. Wakefield also won the inaugural First Division Grand Final against Featherstone Rovers, and were awarded a place in the Super League. Despite being on the losing side, Richard Chapman won the Tom Bergin Trophy.
No teams were relegated, as the First and Second Divisions were merged to form a single division which would later become known as the Northern Ford Premiership.[1]
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 | Wakefield Trinity | 30 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 790 | 506 | 45 | |||||||||
2 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 30 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 748 | 480 | 41 | |||||||||
3 | Dewsbury Rams | 30 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 723 | 481 | 40 | |||||||||
4 | Featherstone Rovers | 30 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 779 | 613 | 35 | |||||||||
5 | Swinton Lions | 30 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 702 | 544 | 35 | |||||||||
6 | Hunslet Hawks | 30 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 719 | 575 | 35 | |||||||||
7 | Keighley Cougars | 30 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 587 | 675 | 29 | |||||||||
8 | Whitehaven Warriors | 30 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 636 | 657 | 26 | |||||||||
9 | Widnes Vikings | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 601 | 862 | 19 | |||||||||
10 | Rochdale Hornets | 30 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 571 | 912 | 13 | |||||||||
11 | Leigh Centurions | 30 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 505 | 1056 | 12 | |||||||||
Champions | Play-offs |
Featherstone Rovers 22–12 Swinton Lions
Hull Kingston Rovers 18–2 Dewsbury Rams
Wakefield Trinity 19–16 Hull Kingston Rovers
Dewsbury Rams 10–20 Featherstone Rovers
Hull Kingston Rovers 6–54 Featherstone Rovers