This was a series of televised floodlit matches played in London and shown on the newly launched ITV.

[citation needed] ITV Floodlit Competition winners were Warrington who beat Leigh 43–18 in the final.

won their fourth Rugby Football League Championship when they beat Halifax 10–9 in the play-off final.

[3] Alan Prescott, their prop forward was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for man-of-the-match.

After detraining at Liverpool the team's open-top coach ride to St Helens attracted an estimated 100,000 people despite pouring rain.