The 1993–94

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season was the 99th ever season of professional

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football in Britain. Sixteen teams competed from August 1993 until May 1994 for a number of titles, primarily the Stones Bitter

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Season summary

*Stones Bitter League Champions: Wigan (15th title) *Silk Cut

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Winners: Wigan (26-16 v Leeds) *Stones Bitter Premiership Trophy Winners: Wigan (24-20 v Castleford) ** Harry Sunderland Trophy: Sam Panapa * Regal Trophy Winners: Castleford (33-2 v Wigan) *2nd Division Champions:

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The 1994

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for player of the season went to Warrington's Jonathan Davies. This season saw the highest ever away victory in the league when Keighley Cougars beat Highfield 104-4 at the Rochdale Hornets ground on 23 April. This was the first season since the 1905–06 inaugural season of the

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County Cup and

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County Cup, except for the break for

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and

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(Lancashire Cup only), that the Lancashire Cup and Yorkshire Cup competitions had not taken place.

Tables

First Division

Wigan,

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and Warrington all finished the season on top of the ladder with 46 points, but Wigan's superior points differential saw them crowned League Champions for the fifth consecutive time. This earned them the right to travel to Australia at the close of the season and contest the 1994 World Club Challenge. Wigan defeated the

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and confirmed their position as the dominant rugby league club of the year. After finishing in second last and last place respectively, Hull Kingston Rovers and Leigh were demoted to the Second Division.

Second Division

Challenge Cup

The

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Final was played between Wigan and Leeds on a Saturday afternoon, 30 April 1994 at Wembley Stadium, before a crowd of 78,348.

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lead the community singing at the match. Wigan's Martin Offiah opened the scoring with a ninety-plus metre try, and went on to win the game 26–16.

Regal Trophy

Premiership

Statistics

The following are the top points scorers in the 1993–94 season. Most tries Most goals (including drop goals)

References

Sources

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''Wigan's record Cup run''
at news.bbc.co.uk

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