1995–96 Rugby Football League season 1995–96 Rugby Football League season was the 101st ever season of rugby league football . Eleven English teams competed from August 1995 until January 1996 for the Stones Bitter Centenary Championship . The season was kept brief to accommodate the first season of the new Super League competition which would see top-level rugby league in the UK changed to a summer sport. It was also punctuated by the 1995 World Cup which took place in Britain throughout October. The 1996 Challenge Cup rounds started immediately after the Centenary Championship and the final was played in summer, during Super League I .Season summary The top ten teams from the previous season plus the London Broncos competed for the Stones Bitter Centenary League Championship. For the seventh consecutive season, Wigan were crowned League Champions after finishing the season on top of the ladder. No teams were promoted or relegated.First Division Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts 1 Salford Reds 20 17 1 2 661 278 35 2 Keighley Cougars 20 13 2 5 491 255 28 3 Widnes 20 13 1 6 475 334 27 4 Hull 20 11 0 9 571 420 22 5 Featherstone Rovers 20 11 0 9 420 431 22 6 Whitehaven 20 10 2 8 345 435 22 7 Wakefield Trinity 20 10 0 10 346 422 20 8 Rochdale Hornets20 8 1 11 365 483 17 9 Huddersfield 20 6 0 14 395 485 14 10 Batley 20 5 1 14 302 492 11 11 Dewsbury 20 2 0 18 261 597 4
Second Division Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts 1 Hull Kingston Rovers 20 18 0 2 744 231 36 2 Leigh Centurions 20 16 0 4 592 335 32 3 Hunslet Hawks 20 14 0 6 514 315 28 4 Swinton 20 13 0 7 521 331 26 5 Carlisle 20 12 0 8 600 309 24 6 Ryedale-York 20 10 1 9 442 415 21 7 Bramley 20 9 1 10 400 434 19 8 Barrow Braves 20 6 0 14 342 488 12 9 Chorley Chieftains 20 5 1 14 324 608 11 10 Doncaster Dragons 20 5 0 15 348 646 10 11 Highfield 20 0 1 19 249 964 1
The League Cup was held for the final time.Statistics The following are the top points scorers in the 1995–96 season.Most tries Player Team Tries Martin Offiah Wigan 28 David Plange Hull Kingston Rovers 28 Anthony Sullivan St. Helens 24 Va'aiga Tuigamala Wigan 22 Jason Robinson Wigan 21 Simon Ashcroft Swinton 20 Joey Hayes St. Helens 18 Jason Viller Hunslet Hawks 18 Gary Atkins Hull Kingston Rovers 18 Jason Roach Swinton 17 Nathan McAvoySalford Reds 17
Most goals Player Team Goals Bobbie Goulding St. Helens 135 Mike Fletcher Hull Kingston Rovers 117 Steve McNamara Hull F.C. 101 Paul Cook Bradford Bulls 99 Willie Richardson Carlisle 96 Steve Blakeley Salford Reds 93 Andy Farrell Wigan 92 Martin Pearson Featherstone Rovers 86 Simon Irving Keighley Cougars 81 Chris Wilkinson Leigh Centurions 81
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