Championship 1981/82

In January, it was announced that the league season would be extended by 10 days on account of poor weather resulting in several postponements.

		Home							Away							Overall
Team		P	W	L	D	F	A	PD	P	W	L	D	F	A	PD	P	W	L	D	F	A	Pts	PD
1.	Leigh	15	14	-	1	339	160	+179	15	10	5	-	233	183	+50	30	24	5	1	572	343	49	+229
2.	Hull FC	15	14	1	-	318	110	+208	15	9	5	1	293	163	+130	30	23	6	1	611	273	47	+338
3.	Widnes	15	13	2	-	345	151	+194	15	10	4	1	206	166	+40	30	23	6	1	551	317	47	+234
4.	Hull KR	15	13	1	1	317	152	+165	15	9	6	-	248	167	+81	30	22	7	1	565	319	45	+246
5.	Bradford	15	10	4	1	216	150	+66	15	10	5	-	209	182	+27	30	20	9	1	425	332	41	+93
6.	Leeds	15	11	3	1	273	168	+105	15	6	9	-	241	250	-9	30	17	12	1	514	418	35	+96
7.	St Helens	15	11	4	-	280	187	+93	15	6	8	1	185	228	-43	30	17	12	1	465	415	35	+50
8.	Warrington	15	12	3	-	230	181	+49	15	2	11	2	173	287	-114	30	14	14	2	403	468	30	-65
9.	Barrow	15	9	6	-	210	188	+22	15	4	11	-	198	257	-59	30	13	17	-	408	445	26	-37
10.	Featherstone	15	8	6	1	271	235	+36	15	4	11	-	211	258	-47	30	12	17	1	482	493	25	-11
11.	Wigan	15	9	6	-	230	170	+60	15	3	12	-	194	265	-71	30	12	18	-	424	435	24	-11
12.	Castleford	15	6	9	-	274	242	+32	15	4	10	1	212	263	-51	30	10	19	1	486	505	21	-19
13.	Fulham	15	6	9	-	219	257	-38	15	3	11	1	146	282	-136	30	9	20	1	365	539	19	-174
14.	Wakefield	15	8	7	-	213	230	-17	15	1	13	1	128	296	-168	30	9	20	1	341	526	19	-185
15.	York	15	4	10	1	195	342	-147	15	-	14	1	135	431	-296	30	4	24	2	330	773	10	-443
16.	Whitehaven	15	2	10	3	109	204	-95	15	-	15	-	115	361	-246	30	2	25	3	224	565	7	-341
Total games played: 240 Total points scored: 7,166 Average points per game: 29.86 Best attack: Hull FC (20.37 ppg - 136.44%) Best defense: Hull FC (9.10 ppg - 60.95%) Worst attack: Whitehaven (7.47 ppg - 50.03%) Worst defense: York (25.77 ppg - 172.61%)

Team Name	Position	W	L	D	Pts For	Pts Ag.	Coach(es)	Captain(s)	Top Tryscorer(s)			Top Pointscorer(s)			Home Venue(s)	Home Crowd Avg	Extra Info
Barrow	9th	17	20	1	506	537	Foster	-	14	-	Moore	142	-	Ball	Craven Park	4,751
Bradford Northern	5th	26	13	2	559	429	Fox	-	12	-	Hanley	106	-	Hanley	Odsal	5,895
Castleford	12th	18	21	1	689	615	Reilly	-	10	-	Beardmore, Hyde	114	-	Hyde	Wheldon Road	4,247	Yorkshire Cup
Featherstone Rovers	10th	13	20	1	538	558	Farrar	-	19	-	Hobbs	229	-	Quinn	Post Office Road	2,806
Fulham	13th	11	23	1	434	612	Bowden	-	13	-	Crossley	180	-	Diamond	Craven Cottage	4,494
Hull FC	2nd	35	8	2	885	428	Bunting	-	13	-	Day	160	-	Crooks	Boulevard	13,402	Challenge Cup, John Player Trophy
Hull Kingston Rovers	4th	31	11	2	813	464	Millward	-	17	-	Hartley	245	-	Fairbairn	Craven Park	8,906
Leeds	6th	23	16	1	657	536	Dewhurst	-	13	-	Dick	217	-	Dick	Headingley	5,668
Leigh	1st	31	8	2	776	449	Murphy	-	14	-	Woods	261	-	Woods	Hilton Park	6,361	League Champions, Lancashire Cup
St Helens	7th	19	16	2	575	528	Coslett	-	9	-	Bayliss	111	-	Glynn	Knowsley	5,011
Wakefield Trinity	14th	12	23	1	429	617	Ashurst	-	10	-	Lyons	97	-	Lyons	Belle Vue	4,219
Warrington	8th	16	18	3	477	576	Benyon, Ashcroft	-	8	-	Ford	196	-	Hesford	Wilderspool	3,763
Whitehaven	16th	2	28	4	249	643	Kitchin, Walker	-	5	-	Thomson	49	-	Pearson	Recreation Gnd	2,808
Widnes	3rd	35	9	3	853	477	Laughton	-	14	-	Basnett	121	-	Myler	Naughton	5,982	Premiership Trophy
Wigan	11th	14	21	0	481	507	Bamford	-	11	-	Gill	148	-	Whitfield	Central Park	6,273
York	15th	5	27	2	397	892	Kirkbride	-	11	-	Pryce	109	-	Gibson	Wigginton Rd	3,824