Division One 1998
The One 1998 division was the third season of second English rugby league league . The first place in the table after the end of the regular season occupied the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats , who won in the final 24:22 against the Featherstone Rovers and thus rose to the Super League . In 1998 there was no promotion and relegation between the second and third division, as these were combined into a single league, the Premiership, in the next season.
table
team | Games | Victories | Unent. | Ndlg. | Game points |
Diff. | Table points |
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1. | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | 30th | 22nd | 1 | 7th | 790: 506 | + 284 | 45 |
2. | Hull Kingston Rovers | 30th | 20th | 1 | 9 | 748: 480 | + 268 | 41 |
3. | Dewsbury Rams | 30th | 19th | 2 | 9 | 723: 481 | + 242 | 40 |
4th | Featherstone Rovers | 30th | 17th | 1 | 12 | 779: 613 | + 166 | 35 |
5. | Swinton Lions | 30th | 17th | 1 | 12 | 702: 544 | + 158 | 35 |
6th | Hunslet Hawks | 30th | 17th | 1 | 12 | 719: 575 | + 144 | 35 |
7th | Keighley Cougars | 30th | 14th | 1 | 15th | 587: 675 | - 88 | 29 |
8th. | Whitehaven Warriors | 30th | 13 | 0 | 17th | 636: 657 | - 21 | 26th |
9. | Widnes Vikings | 30th | 9 | 1 | 20th | 601: 862 | - 261 | 19th |
10. | Rochdale Hornets | 30th | 6th | 1 | 23 | 571: 912 | - 341 | 13 |
11. | Leigh Centurions | 30th | 6th | 0 | 24 | 505: 1056 | - 551 | 12 |
Playoffs
Elimination / qualification playoffs
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Featherstone Rovers | 22:12 | Swinton Lions |
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Hull Kingston Rovers | 18: 2 | Dewsbury Rams |
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Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | 19:16 | Hull Kingston Rovers |
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Dewsbury Rams | 10:20 | Featherstone Rovers |
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Semifinals
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Hull Kingston Rovers | 6:54 | Featherstone Rovers |
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final
September 26th |
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | 24:22 | Featherstone Rovers |
Alfred McAlpine Stadium , Huddersfield Spectators: 8,224 Referee: Nick Oddy |
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report |
Web links
- Division One 1998 on wigan.rlfans.com
- Division One 1998 on rlhalloffame.org.uk ( Memento from August 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive )