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Rugby league season
1984–85 Rugby Football League season
LeagueSlalom Lager Championship
Teams16
ChampionsHull Kingston Rovers
Premiership winnersSt. Helens
Man of SteelEllery Hanley
Top point-scorerSean Day 362
Top try-scorerEllery Hanley 55
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from Second Division
Relegated to Second Division
Second Division
ChampionsSwinton
Top try-scorerVince Gribbin27

The1984–85Rugby Football League season was the 90th ever season of professionalrugby league football in Britain. Sixteen teams played each other from August 1984 until May 1985 for theSlalom Lager Championship. Also these 16 teams plus several more competed for theChallenge Cup.

Season summary

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Aside from retaining the ChampionshipHull Kingston Rovers won theJohn Player Special Trophy and reached the finals of both thePremiership andYorkshire Cup, they were beaten in the Semi-Final of theChallenge Cup meaning they played in every possible game of the season bar one.

On 21 October 1984Peter Wood kicked a record-equalling fivedrop goals forRuncorn Highfield in a match againstBatley. On 28 October, two tries byMal Meninga inspireSt. Helens, to beatWigan 26–18, and win theLancashireCounty Cup for the first time in 16 years.

The 1985Man of Steel Award went toBradford Northern utilityback,Ellery Hanley. He also became the first man to score more than 50 tries in a season sinceBilly Boston, and the first non-winger to reach this figure for 70 years.

The increase of the Second Division to 20 teams meant that it would have taken 38 rounds to play out a full doubleround robin, which was considered too many matches, so a complicated fixture formula was used to reduce it to 28. For this season,Huyton relocated and were renamed Runcorn Highfield,Cardiff City Blue Dragons relocated and were renamedBridgend Blue Dragons, andKent Invicta relocated and were renamed wereSouthend Invicta,Huddersfield were renamedHuddersfield Barracudas, andMansfield Marksman, andSheffield Eagles joined the Second Division. As of 2025, 11th in the Second Division is the lowest position thatWakefield Trinity have ever finished.

St. Helens beatWigan 26–18 to win theLancashireCounty Cup, andHull F.C. beatHull Kingston Rovers 29–12 to win theYorkshireCounty Cup.

Championship

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Hull Kingston Rovers finished on top of the First Division table to claim their fifth championship.

Championship final Standings

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TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1Hull Kingston Rovers302406778391+38748
2St. Helens302217920508+41245
3Wigan302118720459+26143
4Leeds302019650377+27341
5Oldham3018111563439+12437
6Hull3017112733550+18335
7Widnes3017013580517+6334
8Bradford Northern3016113600500+10033
9Featherstone Rovers3015015461475−1430
10Halifax3012216513565−5226
11Warrington3013017530620−9026
12Castleford3012117552518+3425
13Barrow309120483843−36019
14Leigh308220549743−19418
15Hunslet307122463952−48915
16Workington Town302127297935−6385
ChampionsRelegated

Second Division Final Standings

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TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1Swinton28241372734338449
2Salford28203578733345443
3York28211671743028743
4Dewsbury28211653932021943
5Carlisle28190954743711038
6Whitehaven28163949638511135
7Batley28170114894028734
8Fulham2816111521526−533
9Mansfield Marksman281501352539812730
10Blackpool Borough28150134864345230
11Wakefield Trinity2812214450459−926
12Rochdale Hornets2812214436466−3026
13Huddersfield Barracudas2812115476476025
14Runcorn Highfield2811116462538−7623
15Keighley2811017495567−7222
16Bramley289217439492−5320
17Sheffield Eagles288020424582-15816
18Doncaster286220353730−37714
19Southend284024347690−3438
20Bridgend Blue Dragons281027258966−7082
Promoted

Challenge Cup

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Main article:1984–85 Challenge Cup

The 1984–85Silk CutChallenge Cup was won byWigan after defeatingHull F.C. in the final.

The Final was played on 4 May atWembley before a crowd of 99,801 and is arguably the greatest ever in Challenge Cup history.[2] Just after half-time Hull were 22 – 8 down before staging a fight back, but Wigan held on to win 28–24, ushering in an era of dominance for the club.[3]

John Player Special Trophy

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Main article:1984–85 John Player Special Trophy

Premiership

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Main article:1984–85 Rugby League Premiership

References

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  1. ^Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995).Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995–1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 299.ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.
  2. ^"5. Wigan v Hull Challenge Cup final, 4 May 1985".Great Sporting Moments: Rugby League. London: independent.co.uk. 11 July 2009. Retrieved26 July 2009.[dead link]
  3. ^Baker, Andrew (20 August 1995)."100 years of rugby league: From the great divide to the Super era".Independent, The. London: independent.co.uk. Retrieved13 February 2017.

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