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1988–89 Rugby League Divisional Premiership

rugby league season

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 14, 2025
Entity authorityQ114658280 ↗
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The 1988–89 Rugby League Divisional Premiership was the 3rd end-of-season Rugby League Divisional Premiership competition.

The competition was contested by the top eight teams in the second Division. The winners were Sheffield Eagles.

First round

Replay

Semi-finals

Final

See also

1988–89 Rugby Football League season

Notes

References

Fletcher, Raymond; Howes, David, eds. (1989). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1989-90. London: Queen Anne Press. ISBN 978-0-356-17850-9.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1988, 1989—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Rugby, League and Divisional can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from “1988–89 Rugby League Divisional Premiership” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.