1974–75 Rugby League Premiership

The 1974–75 Rugby League Premiership was the inaugural edition of the end of season Rugby League Premiership competition.^[1]

1974–75 Premiership
Structure	National knockout championship
Winners	Leeds
Runners-up	St Helens
1975–76 →

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

Second round

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

Replay

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

Semi finals

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

4 May 1975

Headingley, Leeds Attendance: 7,417

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

4 May 1975

Central Park, Wigan Attendance: 13,900

Final

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

17 May 1975

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

1 John Holmes  34' 2 Alan Smith 3 Syd Hynes (c)  40' 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 Substitutes: 14 David Marshall  34' 15 Graham Eccles  40' Coach: Roy Francis

1 Geoff Pimblett 2 Les Jones 3 Frank Wilson 4 David Hull 5 Roy Mathias 6 John Walsh 7 Jeff Heaton 8 John Warlow  8' 9 Tony Karalius 10 John Mantle  32' 11 George Nicholls 12 Eric Chisnall 13 Kel Coslett (c) Substitutes: 14 Ken Gwilliam  32' 15 Eddie Cunningham  8' Coach: Eric Ashton

Notes

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

References

• 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.