1979–80 Rugby League Premiership

1979–80 Premiership
Structure	National knockout championship
Winners	Widnes
Runners-up	Bradford Northern

The 1979–80 Rugby League Premiership was the sixth end of season Rugby League Premiership competition.

The winners were Widnes.

First round

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
26 Apr	Bradford Northern	St Helens	30-0
27 Apr	Hull F.C.	Leigh	0-8
27 Apr	Salford	Leeds	13-27
27 Apr	Widnes	Hull Kingston Rovers	20-10

Semi-finals

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
6 May	Leeds	Widnes	14-4
7 May	Leigh	Bradford Northern	12-14
11 May	Bradford Northern	Leigh	17-4
11 May	Widnes	Leeds	14-3

Final

17 May 1980

Widnes	19-5	Bradford Northern
T-Wright, Aspey, Bentley, Elwell, Gorley G-Burke; DG-Eckersley, Elwell		T-Redfearn DG-Mumby

Station Road, Swinton Attendance: 10,215

1 Mick Burke 2 Stuart Wright 3 Derek "Mick" George 4 Mal Aspey 5 Keith Bentley 6 David Eckersley 7 Reg Bowden 8 Glyn Shaw 9 Keith Elwell 10 Mike O'Neill 11 Les Gorley 12 David Hull 13 Mick Adams Substitutions: 14 Brian Hogan for David Hull 15 unused Coach: Doug Laughton

1 Keith Mumby 2 Ian MacLean/Ian McLean 3 David Redfearn 4 Derek Parker 5 Leslie "Les" Gant 6 Nigel Stephenson 7 Alan Redfearn 8 Jimmy Thompson 9 John Keith Bridges 10 Colin Forsyth 11 Geoffrey Clarkson 12 Jeff Grayshon 13 Gary Hale Substitutions: 14 Stephen/Steven "Steve" Ferres for Ian MacLean/Ian McLean 15 Gary Van Bellen for Geoffrey Clarkson Coach: Peter Fox