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The 1989–90 Rugby Football League season was the 95th ever season of professional rugby league football in Britain. Fourteen teams competed from August, 1989 until May, 1990 for the Stones Bitter Championship, Premiership Trophy and Silk Cut Challenge Cup.
| 1989–90 Rugby Football League season | |
|---|---|
| League | Stones Bitter Championship |
| Teams | 14 |
| 1989–90 Season | |
| Champions |  Wigan |
| Premiership winners |  Widnes |
| Man of Steel Award | Shaun Edwards |
| Top try-scorer(s) | Martin Offiah 45 |
| Promotion and relegation | |
| Promoted from Second Division | |
| Relegated to Second Division | |
| Second Division | |
| Champions |  Hull Kingston Rovers |
| Top point-scorer(s) | Mike Fletcher 450 |
| Top try-scorer(s) | Greg Austin 38 |
Warrington beat Oldham 24–16 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Bradford Northern beat Featherstone Rovers 20–14 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.
Runcorn Highfield became only the second peacetime team in the history of the Rugby Football League to lose every game, and the first since Liverpool City in 1906-1907.
Championship final Standings
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Second Division Final Standings
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Wigan defeated Warrington 36-14 in the Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 28 April 1990 before a crowd of 77,729.[2] Andy Gregory, Wigan's scrum half, was awarded his second Lance Todd Trophy for being the man-of-the-match.[3]
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