1978–79 Rugby League Premiership

The 1978–79 Rugby League Premiership was the fifth end of season Rugby League Premiership competition.^[1]

1978–79 Premiership
Structure	National knockout championship
Winners	Leeds
Runners-up	Bradford Northern
← 1977–78 1979–80 →

The winners were Leeds.^[2]

First round

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
15 May	Hull Kingston Rovers	Bradford Northern	17-18
15 May	Leeds	St Helens	21-10
15 May	Warrington	Castleford	17-10
15 May	Widnes	Wigan	8-12

Semi-finals

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
19 May	Warrington	Bradford Northern	11-14
20 May	Leeds	Wigan	20-10

Final

27 May 1979

Leeds	24-2	Bradford Northern
T-Smith A, Smith D, Ward G-Dick (7) DG-Dick		G-Ferres

Fartown Ground, Huddersfield Attendance: 19,486

1 Neil Hague 2 Alan Smith 3 David Smith 4 Les Dyl 5 John Atkinson 6 Kevin Dick 7 John Sanderson 8 Mick Harrison 9 David Ward 10 Steve Pitchford 11 Graham Joyce 12 Graham Eccles 13 Phil Cookson Substitutions: 14 Paul Fletcher for Les Dyl 15 Bryan Adams for Graham Eccles Coach: Syd Hynes

1 Keith Mumby 2 Derek Parker 3 Eddie Okulicz 4 Les Gant 5 Alan Spencer 6 Steve Ferres 7 Alan Redfearn 8 Jimmy Thompson 9 John Keith Bridges 10 Colin Forsyth 11 Dennis Trotter 12 Jeff Grayshon 13 Len Casey Substitutions: 14 Ian Van Bellen for Colin Forsyth 15 David Mordue for Dennis Trotter Coach: Peter Fox