1991–92 Rugby Football League season

1991–92 Rugby Football League season
Stones Bitter Championship
Number of teams 14
1991–92 Season
Champions Wigan
Premiership winners Wigan
Man of Steel Dean Bell
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from Second Division Sheffield Eagles
Leigh
Relegated to Second Division Featherstone Rovers
Swinton
Second Division
Champions Sheffield Eagles
Third Division
Champions Huddersfield
< 1990–91 Seasons 1992–93 >

The 1991–92 Rugby Football League season was the 97th ever season of professional rugby league football in Britain. Fourteen teams competed from August, 1991 until May, 1992 for the Stones Bitter Championship, Premiership Trophy and Silk Cut Challenge Cup.

At the end of the season, players from several clubs were selected to go on the 1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand.

Contents

Season summary

The 1992 Man of Steel Award for player of the season went to Wigan's Dean Bell.

St. Helens beat Rochdale Hornets 24–14 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Castleford beat Bradford Northern 28–6 to win the Yorkshire Cup.

League Tables

For the third consecutive season Wigan finished top of the pile, relegated were Swinton and Featherstone Rovers. To date this is Swinton's last appearance in the top flight and more trouble would follow after this relegation their ground Station Road was sold following mis-management and to this date the club are still without a permanent home.[2]

Championship Final Standings

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Wigan 26 22 0 4 645 307 +338 44
2 St Helens 26 17 2 7 550 388 +212 36
3 Castleford 26 15 2 9 558 365 +193 32
4 Warrington 26 15 0 11 507 431 +76 30
5 Leeds 26 14 1 11 515 408 +107 29
6 Wakefield Trinity 26 13 1 12 400 435 -35 27
7 Halifax 26 12 0 14 618 566 -52 24
8 Widnes 26 12 0 14 511 477 -34 24
9 Hull Kingston Rovers 26 12 0 14 379 466 -87 24
10 Salford 26 11 0 15 480 507 -27 22
11 Bradford Northern 26 11 0 15 476 513 -37 22
12 Hull 26 11 0 15 468 526 -58 22
13 Featherstone Rovers 26 11 0 15 449 570 -121 22
14 Swinton 26 3 0 23 254 853 -329 6
Champions Relegated

Second Division Final Standings[3]

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Sheffield Eagles 28 21 1 6 816 396 420 43
2 Leigh Centurions 28 21 0 7 617 401 216 42
3 Oldham 28 18 2 8 558 421 137 38
4 London Crusaders 28 14 0 14 428 483 -55 28
5 Rochdale Hornets 28 12 2 14 619 489 130 26
6 Carlisle 28 12 1 15 490 466 24 25
7 Ryedale York 28 5 2 21 338 749 -411 12
8 Workington Town 28 4 2 22 310 77 233 10
Promoted Relegated

Third Division Final Standings[3]

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Huddersfield 26 23 0 3 869 257 612 46
2 Bramley 26 21 0 5 675 258 417 42
3 Dewsbury 26 19 1 6 794 279 515 39
4 Batley 26 18 2 6 641 279 362 38
5 Barrow 26 17 1 8 663 355 308 35
6 Doncaster 26 15 2 9 567 362 205 32
7 Keighley Cougars 26 15 2 9 587 420 167 32
8 Hunslet 26 16 0 10 654 553 101 32
9 Scarborough Pirates 26 10 0 16 483 499 -16 20
10 Whitehaven 26 9 0 17 510 595 -85 18
11 Highfield 26 9 0 17 406 646 -240 18
12 Chorley Borough 26 4 0 22 290 842 -552 8
13 Trafford Borough 26 2 0 24 306 941 -635 4
14 Nottingham 26 0 0 26 164 1323 -1159 0
Promoted

Challenge Cup

Wigan defeated Castleford 28-12 in Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium before a crowd of 77,286. Their winger Martin Offiah was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for his man-of-the-match performance.

References

  1. ^ "CLUB HONOURS" at castigers.com
  2. ^ "Salford v Swinton has it all". Oldham Advertiser. 16 January 2003. http://menmedia.co.uk/oldhamadvertiser/sport/s/436805_salford_v_swinton_has_it_all. 
  3. ^ a b Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. 1995. p. 302. ISBN 0747278172. 

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