1993–94 Rugby Football League season

Season summary

• Stones Bitter League Champions: Wigan (15th title)
• Silk Cut Challenge Cup 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: Workington Town

The 1994 Man of Steel Award 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 Lancashire County Cup and Yorkshire County Cup, except for the break for World War I and World War II (Lancashire Cup only), that the Lancashire Cup and Yorkshire Cup competitions had not taken place.

Tables

First Division

Wigan, Bradford Northern 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 Brisbane Broncos 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

Qualified for Divisional Premiership first round

Challenge Cup

Main article: 1993–94 Challenge Cup

The Silk Cut Challenge Cup Final was played between Wigan and Leeds on a Saturday afternoon, 30 April 1994 at Wembley Stadium, before a crowd of 78,348. Bonnie Tyler lead the community singing at the match.{{cite news | access-date =2009-09-25 }} Wigan's Martin Offiah opened the scoring with a ninety-plus metre try, and went on to win the game 26–16.

Regal Trophy

Main article: 1993–94 Regal Trophy

Premiership

Main article: 1993–94 Rugby League Premiership

Statistics

The following are the top points scorers in the 1993–94 season. Most tries

Most goals (including drop goals)

References

Sources

• 1993–94 Rugby Football League season at rlhalloffame.org.uk
• 1993–94 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com
• Wigan's record Cup run at news.bbc.co.uk
• Great Britain Competitions 1993-1994 at hunterlink.net.au
• Championship 1993/94 at rugbyleagueproject.org

References

1. (1995). "Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-96". Headline Publishing Group.
2. (27 March 1997). "Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1997". Headline.