1997 RFL Division One
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| Rugby Football League Division One | ||||
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| Duration | 20 Rounds | |||
| Number of teams | 11 | |||
| 1997 Season | ||||
| Divisional Premiership winners | File:Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants | |||
| Champions |  Hull Sharks |
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| Player of the year | File:Giantscolours.svg Craig Weston | |||
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The 1997 Division One Championship season was the second tier of British rugby league during the 1997 season. The competition featured eleven teams, with Hull Sharks winning the league, and Huddersfield Giants winning the Divisional Premiership.
Championship
The league was won by Hull Sharks, winning promotion to the Super League along with runners-up Huddersfield Giants. Huddersfield also won the Divisional Premiership final against Hull, with Craig Weston winning the Tom Bergin Trophy.
Widnes Vikings and Workington Town were both relegated to Division Two.
League table
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | Pts | |
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| 1 | Hull Sharks | 20 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 617 | 228 | 37 |
| 2 | Huddersfield Giants | 20 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 630 | 320 | 32 |
| 3 | Keighley Cougars | 20 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 428 | 332 | 23 |
| 4 | Whitehaven Warriors | 20 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 436 | 398 | 23 |
| 5 | Wakefield Trinity | 20 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 393 | 419 | 19 |
| 6 | Dewsbury Rams | 20 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 341 | 455 | 18 |
| 7 | Featherstone Rovers | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 408 | 395 | 17 |
| 8 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 440 | 481 | 17 |
| 9 | Swinton Lions | 20 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 355 | 488 | 14 |
| 10 | Widnes Vikings | 20 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 282 | 579 | 12 |
| 11 | Workington Town | 20 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 320 | 555 | 8 |
| Champions | Promoted | Relegated |
Premiership
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28 September 1997
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| Huddersfield Giants | 18 – 0 | Hull Sharks |
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| Try: Davys, Bunyan, Cheetham Goal: Cook (3) |
Report |
See also
References
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- 1997 season at wigan.rlfans.com
