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Springfield Borough changed their name to Chorley Borough. Huddersfield dropped the Barracudas.

Stones Bitter Championship

 1 Widnes               26 20  1  5  -  726  345       41
 2 Wigan                26 19  0  7  -  543  434       38
 3 Leeds                26 18  0  8  -  530  380       36
 4 Hull                 26 17  0  9  -  427  355       34
 5 Castleford           26 15  2  9  -  601  480       32
 6 Featherstone Rovers  26 13  1 12  -  482  545       27
 7 St Helens            26 12  1 13  -  513  529       25
 8 Bradford Northern    26 11  1 14  -  545  518       23
 9 Wakefield Trinity    26 11  1 14  -  413  540       23
10 Salford              26 11  0 15  -  469  526       22
11 Warrington           26 10  0 16  -  456  455       20
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12 Oldham               26  8  1 17  -  462  632       17
13 Halifax              26  6  1 19  -  335  535       13
14 Hull Kingston Rovers 26  6  1 19  -  408  636       13
                                   (R.L.Yearbook 1995-96)

Oldham, Halifax and Hull Kingston Rovers were demoted to the Second Division.

Second Division

 1 Leigh                28 26  0  2  -  925  338       52
 2 Barrow               28 21  1  6  -  726  326       43
 3 Sheffield Eagles     28 19  1  8  -  669  362       39
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 4 York                 28 17  1 10  -  585  383       35
 5 Swinton              28 16  2 10  -  621  482       34
 6 Doncaster            28 17  0 11  -  599  464       34
 7 Whitehaven           28 15  2 11  -  522  378       32
 8 Keighley             28 16  0 12  -  551  525       32
 9 Rochdale Hornets     28 15  0 13  -  655  677       30
10 Bramley              28 14  1 13  -  600  514       29
11 Carlisle             28 14  1 13  -  512  441       29
12 Batley               28 13  3 12  -  461  416       29
13 Dewsbury             28 13  0 15  -  518  626       26
14 Hunslet              28 12  1 15  -  473  540       25
15 Fulham               28 10  0 18  -  464  650       20
16 Chorley Borough      28  9  1 18  -  408  533       19
17 Workington Town      28  9  1 18  -  365  549       19
18 Huddersfield         28  9  1 18  -  400  615       19
19 Mansfield M          28  4  1 23  -  308  769        9
20 Runcorn Highfield    28  2  1 25  -  224  998        5
                                   (R.L.Yearbook 1995-96)

Leigh, Barrow and Sheffield Eagles were promoted to the First Division.