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Cardiff dropped out.

 1 St Helens            36 32  2  2  -  769  273       66
 2 Halifax              36 29  2  5  -  620  309       60
 3 Bradford Northern    36 28  0  8  -  700  329       56
 4 Huddersfield         36 27  2  7  -  747  366       56
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 5 Barrow               36 27  1  8  -  585  322       55
 6 Leeds                36 24  0 12  -  690  452       48
 7 Leigh                36 23  2 11  -  556  377       48
 8 Oldham               36 22  2 12  -  599  280       46
 9 Warrington           36 20  1 15  -  733  486       41
10 Whitehaven           36 19  3 14  -  465  486       41
11 Wigan                36 19  2 15  -  673  414       40
12 Hunslet              36 20  0 16  -  485  358       40
13 Salford              36 20  0 16  -  508  441       40
14 Swinton              36 18  0 18  -  441  401       36
15 Hull                 36 17  2 17  -  461  451       36
16 Workington Town      36 16  2 18  -  453  460       34
17 Keighley             36 16  1 19  -  465  547       33
18 Wakefield Trinity    36 16  0 20  -  410  595       32
19 Dewsbury             36 15  1 20  -  410  440       31
20 Castleford           36 15  0 21  -  392  502       30
21 Batley               36 14  2 20  -  405  579       30
22 Rochdale Hornets     36 13  3 20  -  443  536       29
23 Widnes               36 13  2 21  -  336  478       28
24 Featherstone Rovers  36 12  1 23  -  415  535       25
25 York                 36 10  0 26  -  370  496       20
26 Doncaster            36 10  0 26  -  377  665       20
27 Belle Vue Rangers    36 10  0 26  -  301  705       20
28 Hull Kingston Rovers 36  9  1 26  -  337  646       19
29 Bramley              36  6  0 30  -  293  898       12
30 Liverpool City       36  4  0 32  -  225  837        8
                                   (R.L.Yearbook 1995-96)


Championship Play-Off

Semifinals:

    Halifax 18 beat Bradford Northern 16.
    St Helens 46 beat Huddersfield 0.

Finals:

    St Helens 24 beat Halifax 14.