The 1996 Division Two Championship season was the third tier of British rugby league during the 1996 season, and was also the first season of rugby league to be played in the summer.

[1] The competition featured all eleven teams from the 1995–96 Rugby Football League season and an additional newly formed club, South Wales.

The league was won by Hull Kingston Rovers for a second successive season, winning promotion to Division One along with runners-up Swinton Lions.

The following are the top points scorers in Division Two during the 1996 season.

Statistics are for league matches only.