1974–75 Rugby League Premiership

1974–75 Premiership
1974–75 Premiership
Structure	National knockout championship
Winners	Leeds
Runners-up	St Helens
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The 1974–75 Rugby League Premiership was the inaugural edition of the end of season Rugby League Premiership competition.^[1]

The winners were Leeds.

First round

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
25 April 1975	Castleford	37–7	Wakefield Trinity	2,915
25 April 1975	St Helens	42–5	Oldham	3,700
26 April 1975	Bradford Northern	22–14	Warrington	3,084
26 April 1975	Wigan	19–17	Swinton	4,219
27 April 1975	Dewsbury	8–9	Keighley	2,700
27 April 1975^[2]	Featherstone Rovers	8–27	Leeds	3,000
27 April 1975	Huddersfield	18–35	Hull Kingston Rovers	2,994
27 April 1975	Widnes	12–20	Salford	7,200

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
29 April 1975	Leeds	28–8	Castleford	6,316
29 April 1975	Wigan	35–17	Salford	4,514
30 April 1975	Hull Kingston Rovers	29–10	Keighley	4,861
1 May 1975	Bradford Northern	5–5	St Helens	5,590

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
2 May 1975	St Helens	14-5	Bradford Northern	7,000

4 May 1975

Leeds	18 – 8	Hull Kingston Rovers
Tries: Dyl, Smith, Mason, Batten Goals: Holmes (3)	^[3]	Tries: Millward, Sullivan Goals: Fox

Headingley, Leeds
Attendance: 7,417

4 May 1975

Wigan	16 – 22	St Helens
Tries: Gregory, Irving Goals: Fairbairn (5)	^[3]	Tries: Pimblett, Wilson, Walsh, Chisnall Goals: Coslett (5)

Central Park, Wigan
Attendance: 13,900

17 May 1975

Leeds	26 – 11	St Helens
Tries: Atkinson (2), Mason, Hynes, Smith Goals: Holmes (2), Marshall (3) Drop goals: Hynes	^[4]	Tries: Jones, Mathias, Heaton Goals: Coslett

Central Park, Wigan
Attendance: 14,531
Referee: W. H. Thompson (Huddersfield)
Player of the Match: Mel Mason

^ "Premiership title". Rugby League Project.
^ Date taken from the John Player Yearbook. Rugby League Project gives the date of this match as 24 April 1975
^ ^a ^b Winstanley & Ryding (1975), pp. 178–179.
^ Winstanley & Ryding (1975), pp. 176–177.

Winstanley, Jack; Ryding, Malcolm (1975). John Player Rugby League Yearbook. 1975-76. London: Queen Anne Press. ISBN 978-0-362-00223-2.
"Premiership Trophy 1974/75". Rugby League Project.

v t e Leeds squad – 1974–75 Premiership Final winners
1 John Holmes 2 Alan Smith 3 Syd Hynes 4 Les Dyl 5 John Atkinson 6 Mel Mason 7 Keith Hepworth 8 Roy Dickinson 9 David Ward 10 Steve Pitchford 11 Phil Cookson 12 Ray Batten 13 Bob Haigh 14 David Marshall (for № 1) 15 Bob Eccles (for № 3) Coach: Roy Francis ((c) unknown)
see also… Rugby League Premiership