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The 2001 Northern Ford Premiership season was the second tier of British
rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...
during the 2001 season. The competition featured nineteen teams, with
Widnes Vikings The Widnes Vikings are an English rugby league club in Widnes, Cheshire, which competes in the RFL Championship, Betfred Championship. The club plays home matches at DCBL Stadium. Founded as Widnes Football Club, they are one of the original twe ...
winning the Grand Final.


Championship

The league was won by
Widnes Vikings The Widnes Vikings are an English rugby league club in Widnes, Cheshire, which competes in the RFL Championship, Betfred Championship. The club plays home matches at DCBL Stadium. Founded as Widnes Football Club, they are one of the original twe ...
, who beat
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in the Grand Final. The League Leaders
Leigh Centurions The Leigh Leopards are a professional rugby league club based in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. Leigh play homes games at Leigh Sports Village and compete in Super League, the top tier of British rugby league system, British rugby league. ...
lost in the play-off semi-finals. Widnes Vikings were promoted to the
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.


League table


Play-offs


Week 1

Dewsbury Rams 6–19 Hull Kingston Rovers Featherstone Rovers 28–24 Keighley Cougars Leigh Centurions 14–15 Oldham Widnes Vikings 34–24 Rochdale Hornets


Week 2

Leigh Centurions 26–10 Featherstone Rovers Rochdale hornets 26–14 Hull Kingston Rovers


Week 3

Leigh Centurions 18–26 Widnes Vikings Oldham 39–32 Rochdale Hornets


Grand Final


See also

* 2001 Challenge Cup


References


External links


2001 season at wigan.rlfans.com
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