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HISTORY The first season of Rugby League (1895-96) saw all the breakaway clubs play in a single league competition. The addition of new teams and the problems of travelling lead to the league being split in two for the following season; into the Yorkshire League and the Lancashire League . This arrangement lasted until the 1901-02, when the top clubs from each league re-signed and formed a single new competition. The following season the remaining clubs in the Yorkshire and Lancashire Leagues were re-organised to form a Second Division . In 1905-06 the two divisions were re-combined into a single competition. Clubs played all the teams in their own county on a home-and-away basis, results counting towards the re-formed Yorkshire and Lancashire Leagues. They also organised inter-county fixtures on an individual basis; all results were collated into a single table for the Championship. In order to even up the competition a top-four play-off series was used to determine the Championship. Apart from the interventions of the world wars, this system was retained until 1962-63, when the league briefly returned to a two divisional system. This lasted only two years, and in 1964-65 they went back to one large division subdivided into county leagues, but the play-off were expanded to the top 16 teams. In 1973-74 they again went back to two divisions. The play-off and the Yorkshire and Lancashire League were abandoned, though a new play-off type competition, the Premiership , was introduced. In 1996 the championship was replaced by the Super League . The remaining clubs later went on to form the Rugby League National Leagues . CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS ''For completeness, this table includes championships from the Super League era.''
Footnote # Denotes a play-off system was used to determine the championship. SEE ALSO
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