As the clubs are still playing different number of marches, the league positions and the title would be decided on a percentage basis.
St Helens, for the second consecutive season, finished bottom (16th out of the 16 clubs) with only 1 wins from 21 and 2 points.
The following clubs had withdrawn from the League, before this 1943–44 season's completion began :- There were no more new withdrawals Dewsbury had a relatively successful time during the war years.
Managed by Eddie Waring, and with the side boosted by the inclusion of a number of big-name guest players, the club won the Wartime Emergency League in 1941–42 and again the following season 1942–43 (though that championship was declared null and void when it was discovered they had played an ineligible player).
Each round including the final was played in two legs on a home and away basis In the Final of the Rugby league Challenge Cup, Bradford Northern beat Wigan 8-3 on aggregate over two legs in front of an aggregate crowd of 52,000.