1996 Rugby League Divisional Premiership
# 1996 Rugby League Divisional Premiership

The 1996 Rugby League Divisional Premiership was the 10th end-of-season Rugby League Divisional Premiership competition and the first in the Super League era.

The competition was contested by only four teams for the 1996 season; the top three teams in Division One, and the winners of Division Two. The winners were Salford Reds.

## Semi-finals

| Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 September 1996 | Keighley Cougars | 41–28 | Hull |
| 1 September 1996 | Salford Reds | 36–16 | Hull Kingston Rovers |

## Final

* 8 September 1996

| Salford Reds | 19 – 6 | Keighley Cougars |
| - | - | - |
| Tries: Naylor (2), Blakeley Goals: Blakeley (3) Drop goals: Blakeley | Report | Tries: Cantillon Goals: Irving |

* Old Trafford, Manchester Referee: Stuart Cummings (Widnes) Player of the Match: Cliff Eccles

| 1 | Steve Hampson |
| - | - |
| 2 | Fata Sini |
| 3 | Scott Naylor |
| 4 | Nathan McAvoy |
| 5 | Darren Rogers |
| 6 | Steve Blakeley (c) |
| 7 | Mark Lee |
| 8 | Ian Blease |
| 9 | Peter Edwards |
| 10 | Cliff Eccles |
| 11 | Paul Forber |
| 12 | Lokeni Savelio |
| 13 | Sam Panapa |
| Substitutions: |
| 14 | Ian Watson |
| 15 | Scott Martin |
| 16 | Andy Burgess |
| 17 | Craig Randall |
| Coach: |
| Andy Gregory |
| 1 | Keith Dixon |
| 2 | Simon Wray |
| 3 | Mark Milner |
| 4 | Simon Irving |
| 5 | Jason Critchley |
| 6 | Daryl Powell (c) |
| 7 | Chris Robinson |
| 8 | Steve Parsons |
| 9 | Phil Cantillon |
| 10 | Steve Hall |
| 11 | Darren Fleary |
| 12 | Sonny Whakarau |
| 13 | Martin Wood |
| Substitutions: |
| 14 | Latham Tawhai |
| 15 | Grant Doorey |
| 16 | Jason Ramshaw |
| 17 | David Larder |
| Coach: |
| Phil Larder |
