1984–85 Rugby League Premiership

The 1984–85 Rugby League Premiership was the 11th end of season Rugby League Premiership competition.^[1]

1984–85 Premiership
Structure	National knockout championship
Winners	St Helens
Runners-up	Hull Kingston Rovers
← 1983–84 1985–86 →

The winners were St Helens.^[2]

First round

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
27 Apr	St Helens	Widnes	26-2
28 Apr	Hull Kingston Rovers	Bradford Northern	42-18
28 Apr	Leeds	Oldham	36-18
28 Apr	Wigan	Hull F.C.	46-12

Semi-finals

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
01 May	Hull Kingston Rovers	Leeds	15-14
07 May	St Helens	Wigan	37-14

Final

11 May 1985

St Helens	36-16	Hull Kingston Rovers
T-Veivers, Ledger (2), Meninga (2), Ainsworth, Pinner G-Day (4)		T-Fairbairn, Robinson, Laws G-Fairbairn (2)

Elland Road Attendance: 15,518 Referee: Stan Wall Player of the Match: Harry Pinner

1 Phil Veivers 2 Barry Ledger 3 Stephen/Steven "Steve" Peters 4 Mal Meninga 5 Sean Day 6 Chris Arkwright 7 Neil Holding 8 Antony/Anthony "Tony" Burke 9 Gary Ainsworth 10 Peter Gorley 11 Andy Platt 12 Roy Haggerty 13 Harry Pinner Substitutions: 14 Shaun Allen for Mal Meninga 15 Paul Forber for Antony/Anthony "Tony" Burke Coach: Billy Benyon

1 George Fairbairn 2 Garry Clark 3 Ian Robinson 4 Gary Prohm 5 David Laws 6 Mike Smith 7 Gordon Smith 8 Mark Broadhurst 9 David Watkinson 10 Asuquo Ema 11 Andy Kelly 12 Phil Hogan 13 Dave Hall Substitutions: 14 Paul Harkin for Gordon Smith 15 John Lydiat for Asuquo Ema Coach: Roger Millward

References

1. "Premiership title". Rugby League Project.
2. "Premiership title 1984-85". Rugby League Project.

External links

• "Super League Show: Big Mal Meninga's parting gift to St Helens in 1985 Premiership final". BBC Sport.