1996 Rugby League Divisional Premiership

The 1996 Rugby League Divisional Premiership was the 10th end-of-season Rugby League Divisional Premiership competition and the first in the Super League era.

1996 Divisional Premiership Trophy
Structure	National knockout championship
Teams	4
Winners	Salford Reds
Runners-up	Keighley Cougars

The competition was contested by only four teams for the 1996 season; the top three teams in Division One, and the winners of Division Two. The winners were Salford Reds.

Semi-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
1 September 1996	Keighley Cougars	41–28	Hull
1 September 1996	Salford Reds	36–16	Hull Kingston Rovers

Final

8 September 1996

Salford Reds	19 – 6	Keighley Cougars
Tries: Naylor (2), Blakeley Goals: Blakeley (3) Drop goals: Blakeley	Report	Tries: Cantillon Goals: Irving

Old Trafford, Manchester Referee: Stuart Cummings (Widnes) Player of the Match: Cliff Eccles

1 Steve Hampson 2 Fata Sini 3 Scott Naylor 4 Nathan McAvoy 5 Darren Rogers 6 Steve Blakeley (c) 7 Mark Lee 8 Ian Blease 9 Peter Edwards 10 Cliff Eccles 11 Paul Forber 12 Lokeni Savelio 13 Sam Panapa Substitutions: 14 Ian Watson 15 Scott Martin 16 Andy Burgess 17 Craig Randall Coach: Andy Gregory

1 Keith Dixon 2 Simon Wray 3 Mark Milner 4 Simon Irving 5 Jason Critchley 6 Daryl Powell (c) 7 Chris Robinson 8 Steve Parsons 9 Phil Cantillon 10 Steve Hall 11 Darren Fleary 12 Sonny Whakarau 13 Martin Wood Substitutions: 14 Latham Tawhai 15 Grant Doorey 16 Jason Ramshaw 17 David Larder Coach: Phil Larder

See also

• 1996 RFL Division One
• 1996 RFL Division Two

References

• Fletcher, Raymond; Howes, David, eds. (1997). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1997. London: Headline Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-7472-7764-4.