The 1992–93

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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

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, Premiership Trophy and

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Season summary

*Stones Bitter League Champions:

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*Silk Cut

Winners:

(20-14 v

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) *Stones Bitter Premiership Trophy Winners: St. Helens (10-4 v

) **

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* 1992–93 Regal Trophy Winners:

(15-8 v

Bradford Northern The Bradford Bulls are a professional rugby league club in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, and compete in the Championship, the second tier of British rugby league. The club have won the League Championship six times, the Challenge Cup f ...

) *2nd Division Champions:

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The 1993

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for player of the season went to

's Andy Platt. In March 1993, clubs voted to return to a two-division structure from the start of the 1993–94 season, which also included the scrapping of the county cup competitions. The vote also controversially meant that the bottom three Third Division clubs would be expelled from the League, with several clubs threatening legal action against the decision. The three relegated teams ( Chorley Borough, Blackpool Gladiators and Nottingham City) were accepted into the

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League Tables

First Division

Second Division

Third 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,

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become the youngest player to win a Challenge Cup final. The winner of the

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was Wigan's Dean Bell.

Regal Trophy

Premiership

County cups

beat St. Helens 5–4 to win the 1992 Lancashire Cup, and

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beat

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29–16 to win the Yorkshire Cup. To date this was final season of the Lancashire Cup and Yorkshire Cup competitions that, except for the break for

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and

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(Lancashire Cup only), had taken place annually since their inaugural 1905–06 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

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and

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. 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.Kangaroos World Cup Tour 1992
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References

Sources

at rlhalloffame.org.uk
1992–93 Rugby Football League season
at wigan.rlfans.com
''Wigan's record Cup run''
at news.bbc.co.uk

at hunterlink.net.au

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