The 1917–18 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the third season of Rugby league's Wartime Emergency League football.
The fixtures were usually quite local, thus cutting down on travelling time and costs, whilst not wasting precious war resources.
Barrow (90.91%) finished the regular season top of the league (40 points) although only playing 22 games, with Dewsbury (87.10%) this time in second place (with 54 points from 31 games)..
The Challenge Cup Competition was suspended for the duration of the war.
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