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A one off two up four down promotion was used to reduce the top division to 14 clubs.

A complicated fixture formula was introduced in the Second Division and continued until 1991-92.

Stones Bitter Championship

 1 Wigan                30 28  0  2  -  941  193       56
 2 St Helens            30 20  1  9  -  835  465       41
 3 Warrington           30 20  1  9  -  728  464       41
 4 Castleford           30 20  0 10  -  631  429       40
 5 Halifax              30 17  1 12  -  553  487       35
 6 Hull Kingston Rovers 30 16  0 14  -  446  531       32
 7 Bradford Northern    30 15  1 14  -  555  550       31
 8 Widnes               30 14  0 16  -  598  613       28
 9 Salford              30 14  0 16  -  509  656       28
10 Leigh                30 13  1 16  -  549  610       27
11 Hull                 30 13  1 16  -  538  650       27
12 Leeds                30 13  0 17  -  565  571       26
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13 Oldham               30 13  0 17  -  554  679       26
14 Featherstone Rovers  30  8  1 21  -  498  776       17
15 Barrow               30  7  2 21  -  456  725       16
16 Wakefield Trinity    30  4  1 25  -  386  943        9
                                   (R.L.Yearbook 1995-96)

Oldham, Featherstone Rovers, Barrow and Wakefield Trinity were demoted to the Second Division.

Second Division

 1 Hunslet              28 25  0  3  -  722  218       50
 2 Swinton              28 23  1  4  -  713  323       47
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 3 Whitehaven           28 21  1  6  -  577  304       43
 4 Doncaster            28 20  1  7  -  586  388       41
 5 Rochdale Hornets     28 19  1  8  -  519  369       39
 6 Sheffield Eagles     28 17  0 11  -  625  426       34
 7 Bramley              28 16  0 12  -  407  440       32
 8 Carlisle             28 15  1 12  -  463  446       31
 9 Blackpool Borough    28 14  0 14  -  530  477       28
10 York                 28 11  0 17  -  492  537       22
11 Runcorn Highfield    28 10  1 17  -  391  533       21
12 Fulham               28  8  2 18  -  461  632       18
13 Batley               28  9  0 19  -  335  528       18
14 Workington Town      28  9  0 19  -  405  652       18
15 Huddersfield Barracudas
                        28  8  0 20  -  456  673       16
16 Mansfield M          28  8  0 20  -  366  592       16
17 Dewsbury             28  8  0 20  -  328  563       16
18 Keighley             28  7  0 21  -  366  641       14
                                   (R.L.Yearbook 1995-96)

Hunslet and Swinton were promoted to the First Division.