The 1974–75 Rugby Football League season was the 80th season of competition between the clubs of England's Northern Rugby Football League. The season's First Division

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featured 16 clubs and was won by St. Helens. The

Challenge Cup The Rugby Football League Challenge Cup, commonly known just as the Challenge Cup is a Single-elimination tournament, knockout rugby league cup competition organised by the Rugby Football League, held annually since 1896, it is the world's old ...

was won by

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Rule change

* Drop goals became worth one point. Drops had previously been worth two points.

Season summary

St. Helens won their seventh Championship.

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, Bramley,

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and Halifax were demoted to the Second Division. The Challenge Cup Winners were

who beat

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14–7 in the final. 2nd Division Champions were

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, and they,

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and Swinton were promoted to the First Division.

League Tables

First Division Championship

Second Division Championship

Cups

Challenge Cup

Widnes beat Warrington 14–7 in the final played at Wembley in front of a crowd of 85,998. This was Widnes’ fourth Cup Final win in sixth Final appearances.

Player's No.6 Trophy

Players No.6 Trophy Winners were

Bradford Northern The Bradford Bulls are a professional rugby league club in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, and compete in the Championship, the second tier of British rugby league. The club have won the League Championship six times, the Challenge Cup f ...

who beat

3–2 in the final.

Premiership

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Trophy Winners were

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who beat St. Helens 26–11 in the final.

County cups

beat

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6–2 to win the

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County Cup, and

beat

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16–13 to win the

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County Cup.

BBC2 Floodlit Trophy

BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Winners were

who beat

10–5 in a replay after a 0–0 draw in the final.

Sources

1974-75 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com

The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website

References

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