1992–93 Rugby Football League season
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
- Stones Bitter Premiership Trophy Winners: St. Helens
- *Harry Sunderland Trophy: Chris Joynt
- 1992–93 Regal Trophy Winners: Wigan
- 2nd Division Champions: Featherstone Rovers
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, had taken place annually since their inaugural 1905–06 season.
League Tables
Championship Final Standings
Champions |
Second Division Final Standings
Third Division Final Standings
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
1 | Keighley Cougars | 24 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 917 | 288 | 629 | 42 |
2 | Workington Town | 24 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 835 | 237 | 598 | 38 |
3 | Dewsbury | 24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 718 | 291 | 427 | 36 |
4 | Ryedale-York | 24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 747 | 335 | 412 | 34 |
5 | Whitehaven | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 696 | 328 | 368 | 32 |
6 | Batley | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 508 | 268 | 240 | 32 |
7 | Doncaster | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 564 | 469 | 95 | 28 |
8 | Hunslet | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 554 | 498 | 56 | 28 |
9 | Highfield | 24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 310 | 915 | -605 | 12 |
10 | Barrow | 24 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 476 | 625 | -149 | 10 |
11 | Chorley Borough | 24 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 317 | 781 | -464 | 10 |
12 | Blackpool Gladiators | 24 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 302 | 958 | -656 | 8 |
13 | Nottingham City | 24 | 1 | 0 | 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. The winner of the Lance Todd Trophy was Wigan's Dean Bell.League Cup
Premiership
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.Prior to the Final, the Australian team embarked on a mini 3 game tour as a warm up and selection trial.
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 |