1970-71 Rugby Football League Championship

St Helens won the Championship, beating Wigan 16-12 in the Final at Swinton's Station Road.

Championship 1970-71 ▾

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts
1	Wigan	34	30	0	4	662	308	+354	60
2	St Helens	34	29	0	5	748	231	+517	58
3	Leeds	34	28	0	6	856	352	+504	56
4	Leigh	34	26	0	8	636	380	+256	52
5	Wakefield Trinity	34	24	1	9	760	330	+430	49
6	Keighley	34	21	0	13	448	375	+73	42
7	Salford	34	20	1	13	641	432	+209	41
8	Hull F.C.	34	20	1	13	610	444	+166	41
9	Workington Town	34	20	1	13	504	467	+37	41
10	Halifax	34	20	0	14	538	497	+41	40
11	Dewsbury	34	17	3	14	471	406	+65	37
12	Castleford	34	18	0	16	467	403	+64	36
13	Hull Kingston Rovers	34	18	0	16	447	524	-77	36
14	Batley	34	16	2	16	492	411	+81	34
15	Huddersfield	34	16	2	16	440	434	+6	34
16	Oldham	34	12	7	15	487	434	+53	31
17	Bramley	34	15	1	18	385	528	-143	31
18	Widnes	34	14	2	18	439	422	+17	30
19	York	34	14	1	19	428	451	-23	29
20	Featherstone Rovers	34	14	1	19	572	635	-63	29
21	Barrow	34	14	0	20	479	483	-4	28
22	Warrington	34	13	2	19	449	657	-208	28
23	Swinton	34	13	0	21	404	505	-101	26
24	Huyton	34	11	2	21	229	508	-279	24
25	Rochdale Hornets	34	9	3	22	318	533	-215	21
26	Blackpool Borough	34	10	1	23	380	647	-267	21
27	Bradford Northern	34	8	2	24	339	662	-323	18
28	Doncaster	34	7	3	24	306	692	-386	17
29	Whitehaven	34	8	1	25	298	698	-400	17
30	Hunslet	34	6	1	27	355	739	-384	13

Qualified for the finals series — the Championship knockout playoff that season.

Championship playoff

Round 1

Date	Result	Venue
23 Apr 1971	Wakefield Trinity 10–4 Castleford	Belle Vue, Wakefield
23 Apr 1971	Wigan 12–7 Oldham	Central Park, Wigan
24 Apr 1971	Hull F.C. 14–3 Workington Town	The Boulevard, Hull
24 Apr 1971	Leeds 28–0 Batley	Headingley, Leeds
24 Apr 1971	Leigh 10–5 Hull Kingston Rovers	Hilton Park, Leigh
24 Apr 1971	St Helens 28–5 Huddersfield	Knowsley Road, St Helens
25 Apr 1971	Keighley 7–20 Dewsbury	Lawkholme Lane, Keighley
25 Apr 1971	Salford 33–3 Halifax	The Willows, Salford

Round 2

Date	Result	Venue
30 Apr 1971	St Helens 30–5 Hull F.C.	Knowsley Road, St Helens
1 May 1971	Leeds 37–22 Salford	Headingley, Leeds
2 May 1971	Leigh 5–8 Wakefield Trinity	Hilton Park, Leigh
2 May 1971	Wigan 36–12 Dewsbury	Central Park, Wigan

Semi-Final

Date	Result	Venue
7 May 1971	St Helens 22–7 Leeds	Knowsley Road, St Helens
9 May 1971	Wigan 49–15 Wakefield Trinity	Central Park, Wigan

Final

Date	Result	Venue
22 May 1971	St Helens 16–12 Wigan	Station Road, Swinton

Sources

Championship Playoffs 1970-71 — Rugby League Project

Sources

Northern Rugby League 1970-71 — Rugby League Project

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