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First Division

New Hunslet changed their name back to Hunslet.

 1 Bradford Northern    30 23  0  7  -  448  272       46
 2 Widnes               30 22  1  7  -  546  293       45
 3 Hull                 30 18  3  9  -  454  326       39
 4 Salford              30 19  1 10  -  495  374       39
 5 Leeds                30 19  0 11  -  590  390       38
 6 Leigh                30 16  1 13  -  451  354       33
 7 Hull Kingston Rovers 30 16  1 13  -  539  445       33
 8 St Helens            30 15  2 13  -  505  410       32
 9 Warrington           30 15  2 13  -  362  357       32
10 Wakefield Trinity    30 14  2 14  -  435  466       30
11 Castleford           30 13  2 15  -  466  475       28
12 Workington Town      30 12  2 16  -  348  483       26
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13 Wigan                30  9  3 18  -  366  523       21
14 Hunslet              30  7  1 22  -  346  528       15
15 York                 30  6  1 23  -  375  647       13
16 Blackpool Borough    30  5  0 25  -  230  613       10
                                   (R.L.Yearbook 1995-96)

Wigan, Hunslet, York and Blackpool Borough were demoted to the Second Division.

Second Division

 1 Featherstone Rovers  26 21  2  3  -  724  280       44
 2 Halifax              26 19  3  4  -  463  213       41
 3 Oldham               26 19  3  4  -  513  276       41
 4 Barrow               26 18  1  7  -  582  280       37
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 5 Whitehaven           26 15  1 10  -  397  276       31
 6 Dewsbury             26 13  2 11  -  408  343       28
 7 Rochdale Hornets     26  9  5 12  -  315  373       23
 8 Swinton              26 11  1 14  -  331  436       23
 9 Batley               26 10  2 14  -  232  370       22
10 Bramley              26 10  1 15  -  330  451       21
11 Keighley             26 10  0 16  -  342  396       20
12 Huddersfield         26 10  0 16  -  363  423       20
13 Huyton               26  5  0 21  -  209  555       10
14 Doncaster            26  1  1 24  -  196  733        3
                                   (R.L.Yearbook 1995-96)

Featherstone Rovers, Halifax, Oldham and Barrow were promoted to the First Division.