Premiership | |
League: | Northern Ford Premiership |
Duration: | 28 Rounds |
No Of Teams: | 19 |
Season2: | 2001 Season |
Season Champs2: | Widnes Vikings |
Season Champ Name2: | Grand Final winners |
League Leaders2: | Leigh Centurions |
League Leaders Name2: | League leaders |
Prevseason Link: | 2000 Northern Ford Premiership |
Prevseason Year: | 2000 |
Nextseason Link: | 2002 Northern Ford Premiership |
Nextseason Year: | 2002 |
The 2001 Northern Ford Premiership season was the second tier of British rugby league during the 2001 season. The competition featured nineteen teams, with Widnes Vikings winning the Grand Final.
The league was won by Widnes Vikings, who beat Oldham in the Grand Final. The League Leaders Leigh Centurions lost in the play-off semi-finals. Widnes Vikings were promoted to the Super League.
width=20 abbr="Position" | width=175 | Team | width=20 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=20 abbr="Won" | W | width=20 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=20 abbr="Lost" | L | width=20 abbr="Points for" | PF | width=20 abbr="Points against" | PA | width=20 abbr="Points" | Pts | |
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1 | Leigh Centurions | 28 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 1139 | 321 | 52 | |||||||||
2 | Widnes Vikings | 28 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 961 | 377 | 43 | |||||||||
3 | Rochdale Hornets | 28 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 865 | 433 | 42 | |||||||||
4 | Oldham | 28 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 780 | 416 | 42 | |||||||||
5 | Featherstone Rovers | 28 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 825 | 401 | 36 | |||||||||
6 | Dewsbury Rams | 28 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 801 | 438 | 36 | |||||||||
7 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 28 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 555 | 450 | 34 | |||||||||
8 | Keighley Cougars | 28 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 810 | 498 | 33 | |||||||||
9 | Workington Town | 28 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 681 | 568 | 32 | |||||||||
10 | Whitehaven Warriors | 28 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 608 | 419 | 31 | |||||||||
11 | Sheffield Eagles | 28 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 637 | 543 | 28 | |||||||||
12 | Doncaster Dragons | 28 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 622 | 532 | 28 | |||||||||
13 | Batley Bulldogs | 28 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 452 | 618 | 26 | |||||||||
14 | Barrow Raiders | 28 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 631 | 685 | 25 | |||||||||
15 | Swinton Lions | 28 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 538 | 711 | 20 | |||||||||
16 | Hunslet Hawks | 28 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 380 | 959 | 13 | |||||||||
17 | Gateshead Thunder | 28 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 346 | 990 | 4 | |||||||||
18 | Chorley Lynx | 28 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 395 | 1361 | 4 | |||||||||
19 | York Wasps | 28 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 193 | 1499 | 3 | |||||||||
Play-offs |
Dewsbury Rams 6–19 Hull Kingston Rovers
Featherstone Rovers 28–24 Keighley Cougars
Leigh Centurions 14–15 Oldham
Widnes Vikings 34–24 Rochdale Hornets
Leigh Centurions 26–10 Featherstone Rovers
Rochdale Hornets 26–14 Hull Kingston Rovers
Leigh Centurions 18–26 Widnes Vikings
Oldham 39–32 Rochdale Hornets