1968–69 Northern Rugby Football League season


The 1968–69 Rugby Football League season was the 74th season of rugby league football.

Season summary

had finished the regular season as League leaders for the third season in a row. They then won their second Championship when they beat Castleford 16-14 in the Championship Final. Bev Risman was awarded the Harry Sunderland Trophy as man-of-the-match.
The Challenge Cup winners were Castleford who beat Salford 11-6 in the final.
The BBC2 Floodlit Trophy winners were Wigan who beat St. Helens 7-4 in the final.
St. Helens won the Lancashire League, and Leeds won the Yorkshire League. St. Helens beat Oldham 30–2 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Leeds beat Castleford 22–11 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

Championship

TeamPldWDLPts
1Leeds34292360
2St. Helens34272556
3Wigan34252752
4Castleford34242850
5Swinton342301146
6Salford341951043
7Featherstone Rovers342111243
8Workington Town342101342
9Leigh341941142
10Hull Kingston Rovers342001440
11York342001440
12Wakefield Trinity341911439
13Hull341831339
14Widnes341911439
15Keighley341811537
16Oldham341801636
17Warrington341711635
18Halifax341621634
19Bradford Northern341601832
20Barrow341312027
21Rochdale Hornets341302126
22Dewsbury341212125
23Hunslet341102322
24Doncaster341102322
25Huddersfield34912419
26Batley34812517
27Huyton34802616
28Bramley34702714
29Blackpool Borough34702714
30Whitehaven34612713


Champions
Play-offs

Play-offs

Challenge Cup

Castleford beat Salford 11-6 in the final played at Wembley before a crowd of 97,939. Salford were captained by David Watkins.
This was Castleford’s second Cup Final win in two Final appearances.
To date, this was Salford’s last appearance in a Challenge Cup Final.