1992–93 Rugby Football League season

1992–93 Rugby Football League season
League	Stones Bitter Championship
Duration	26 Rounds
Teams	14
Broadcast partners	Sky Sports
1992–93 Season
Champions	Wigan
Premiership winners	St. Helens
Man of Steel	Andy Platt
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from Second Division	Featherstone Rovers Oldham
Relegated to Second Division	No Relegations league expanded to 16
Second Division
Champions	Featherstone Rovers
Third Division
Champions	Keighley Cougars
Third Division discontinued
Joined Second Division	Keighley Cougars Workington Town Dewsbury Ryedale-York Whitehaven Batley Doncaster Hunslet Highfield Barrow
Relegated to National Conference League	Chorley Borough Blackpool Gladiators Nottingham City

The 1992–93 Rugby Football League season was the 98th ever season of professional rugby league football in Britain. Sixteen teams competed from August, 1992 until May, 1993 for the Stones Bitter Championship, Premiership Trophy and Silk Cut Challenge Cup.

Season summary

Stones Bitter League Champions: Wigan
Silk Cut Challenge Cup Winners: Wigan (20-14 v Widnes)
Stones Bitter Premiership Trophy Winners: St. Helens (10-4 v Wigan)
- Harry Sunderland Trophy: Chris Joynt
1992–93 Regal Trophy Winners: Wigan (15-8 v Bradford Northern)
2nd Division Champions: Featherstone Rovers

The 1993 Man of Steel Award for player of the season went to Wigan's Andy Platt.

Wigan beat St. Helens 5–4 to win the 1992 Lancashire Cup, and Wakefield Trinity beat Sheffield Eagles 29–16 to win the Yorkshire County Cup, to date this was final season of the Lancashire Cup and Yorkshire Cup competitions that, except for the break for World War I and World War II (Lancashire Cup only), had taken place annually since their inaugural 1905–06 season.

League Tables

Championship Final Standings

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Wigan	26	20	1	5	744	327	+417	41
2	St. Helens	26	20	1	5	632	345	+287	41
3	Bradford Northern	26	15	0	11	553	434	+99	30
4	Widnes	26	15	0	11	549	446	+103	30
5	Leeds	26	14	2	10	595	522	+73	30
6	Castleford	26	14	1	11	544	401	+143	29
7	Halifax	26	13	0	13	557	505	+52	26
8	Warrington	26	12	1	13	487	450	+37	25
9	Hull	26	10	1	15	381	535	-154	21
10	Sheffield Eagles	26	10	1	15	405	627	-222	21
11	Leigh	26	9	2	15	410	630	-220	20
12	Wakefield Trinity	26	8	2	16	405	535	-130	18
13	Salford	26	9	0	17	498	725	-227	18
14	Hull Kingston Rovers	26	7	0	19	321	599	-278	14

Champions

Second Division Final Standings^[1]

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Featherstone Rovers	28	24	1	3	996	352	644	49
2	Oldham	28	20	1	7	753	503	250	41
3	Huddersfield	28	15	0	13	565	548	17	30
4	Rochdale Hornets	28	14	0	14	622	607	15	28
5	London Crusaders	28	12	2	14	534	562	-28	26
6	Swinton	28	10	0	18	409	636	-227	30
7	Carlisle	28	6	3	19	454	721	-267	15
8	Bramley	28	7	1	20	328	732	-404	13

Promoted	Reformed Second Division

Third Division Final Standings^[1]

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Keighley Cougars	24	21	3	917	288	629	42
2	Workington Town	24	19	5	835	237	598	38
3	Dewsbury	24	18	6	718	291	427	36
4	Ryedale-York	24	17	7	747	335	412	34
5	Whitehaven	24	16	8	696	328	368	32
6	Batley	24	16	8	508	268	240	32
7	Doncaster	24	14	10	564	469	95	28
8	Hunslet	24	14	10	554	498	56	28
9	Highfield	24	6	18	310	915	-605	12
10	Barrow	24	5	19	476	625	-149	10
11	Chorley Borough	24	5	19	317	781	-464	10
12	Blackpool Gladiators	24	4	20	302	958	-656	8
13	Nottingham City	24	1	23	181	1132	-951	2

Reformed Second Division

Challenge Cup

The 1993 Silk Cut Challenge Cup Final was played by Wigan and Widnes on 2:30 on a warm and sunny Saturday afternoon, 1 May 1993 at Wembley Stadium, London in front of 77,684. By coming on as a substitute in this game at 17 years and 11 months of age, Andy Farrell become the youngest player to win a Challenge Cup final.^[2] The winner of the Lance Todd Trophy was Wigan's Dean Bell.

Wigan RLFC squad – 1993 Challenge Cup Final winners
1 Steve Hampson 2 Jason Robinson 3 Joe Lydon 4 Andrew Farrar 5 Martin Offiah 6 Frano Botica 7 Shaun Edwards 8 Kelvin Skerrett 9 Martin Dermott 10 Andy Platt 11 Denis Betts 12 Phil Clarke 13 Dean Bell 14 Sam Panapa (for № 3) 15 Andy Farrell (for № 8) Coach: John Monie
see also 1992–93 Rugby Football League season

Widnes RLFC squad – 1993 Challenge Cup Final runners-up
1 Stuart Spruce 2 John Devereux 3 Andy Currier 4 Darren Wright 5 David Myers 6 Jonathan Davies 7 Bobbie Goulding 8 Kurt Sorensen 9 Paul Hulme (c) 10 Harvey Howard 11 Esene Faimalo 12 Richard "Richie" Eyres 13 David Hulme 14 Julian O'Neill (for № 11) 15 Steve McCurrie (for № 3) Coach: Phil Larder
see also 1992–93 Rugby Football League season

Rugby League World Cup Final

On 24 October, the Final of the 1989-92 Rugby League World Cup took place at Wembley Stadium between Great Britain and Australia. In front of a record international attendance of 73,631, The Kangaroos triumphed 10–6.^[3]

Prior to the Final, the Australian team embarked on a mini 3 game tour as a warm up and selection trial.^[4]

game	Date	Result	Venue	Attendance
1	9 October	Australia def. Huddersfield 66–2	Leeds Road, Huddersfield	4,716
2	14 October	Australia def. Sheffield 52–22	Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield	5,500
3	18 October	Australia def. Cumbria 44–0	Derwent Park, Workington	5,156

24 October 1992
2:30PM (GMT)

Great Britain	6 – 10	Australia
Tries: Goals: Deryck Fox (3/4)	Report	Tries: Steve Renouf Goals: Mal Meninga (3/4)

Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 73,631
Referee/s: Dennis Hale

Man of the Match: Steve Walters

References

1 2 Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 303. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.
↑ "Farrell switches codes". Telegraph.co.uk. UK: Telegraph Media Group Limited. 2005-03-23. Retrieved 2010-06-30.
↑ 1992 Rugby League World Cup Final
↑ Kangaroos World Cup Tour 1992

Sources

1992–93 Rugby Football League season at rlhalloffame.org.uk
1992–93 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com
Wigan's record Cup run at news.bbc.co.uk
Great Britain Competitions 1992-1993 at hunterlink.net.au
Championship 1992/93 at rugbyleagueproject.org

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