The 2001 Northern Ford Premiership season was the second tier of British
rugby league during the 2001 season. The competition featured nineteen teams, with
Widnes Vikings winning the Grand Final.
Championship
The league was won by
Widnes Vikings, who beat
Oldham in the Grand Final. The League Leaders
Leigh Centurions
The Leigh Leopards are a professional rugby league club based in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England, who compete in the Betfred Super League.
The club was founded in 1878, and is one of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern R ...
lost in the play-off semi-finals. Widnes Vikings were promoted to the
Super League
The Super League (officially known as the Betfred Super League due to sponsorship from Betfred and legally known as Super League Europe), is the top-level of the British rugby league system. At present the league consists of twelve teams, of wh ...
.
League table
Play-offs
Week 1
Dewsbury Rams 6–19 Hull Kingston Rovers
Featherstone Rovers 28–24 Keighley Cougars
Leigh Centurions 14–15 Oldham
Widnes Vikings 34–24 Rochdale Hornets
Week 2
Leigh Centurions 26–10 Featherstone Rovers
Rochdale Hornets 26–14 Hull Kingston Rovers
Week 3
Leigh Centurions 18–26 Widnes Vikings
Oldham 39–32 Rochdale Hornets
Grand Final
See also
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2001 Challenge Cup
The 2001 Challenge Cup (officially known as the 2001 Silk Cut Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons) is a rugby league football tournament which began its preliminary stages in December 2000 and ended with the final on 28 April 2001. Bradford Bu ...
References
External links
2001 season at wigan.rlfans.com
{{2001 in rugby league
Rugby Football League Championship
Northern Ford Premiership