| 1993–94 Regal Trophy | |
| Pixels: | 200px |
| Structure: | National knockout championship |
| Season Champs: | Castleford |
| Season Champ Name: | Winners |
| Runner-Up Name: | Runner-up |
| Second Place: | Wigan |
| Prevseason Link: | 1992–93 Regal Trophy |
| Prevseason Year: | 1992–93 |
| Nextseason Link: | 1994–95 Regal Trophy |
| Nextseason Year: | 1994–95 |
| No Of Teams: | 48 |
The 1993–94 Regal Trophy was a British rugby league knockout tournament. It was the 23rd season that the competition was held, and was the fifth staging of the competition since it was re-named the Regal Trophy.
Castleford won the final, beating the pre-match favourites Wigan by the score of 33-2. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds in front of an attendance of 15,626.
This season saw virtually a complete re-vamping of the competition for instance; The Preliminary round was renamed "First Round", with every other succeeding round being renamed. The (newly named) First Round now consisted of 16 matches involving 32 clubs, with a further 16 clubs being given byes into the Second Round. The number of entrants was further increased by inviting eleven of the top junior clubs. The inclusion of two French clubs continued with the inclusion of AS Saint Estève. The sixteen First Round winners added to the sixteen clubs given byes, gave a total of entrants into the second round as thirty-two. There were no drawn matches in the competition this season.
[3] Involved 16 matches and 32 clubs, with 16 byes
| width=10 abbr="No" | Game No | width=110 abbr="Date" | Fixture Date | width=150 abbr="Home Team" | Home Team | width=5 abbr="space" | width=20 abbr="Score" | Score | width=5 abbr="space" | width=150 abbr="Away Team" | Away Team | width=150 abbr="Venue" | Venue | width=30 abbr="Att" | Att | width=30 abbr="Rec" | Rec | width=20 abbr="Notes" | Notes | width=30 abbr="Ref" | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri 29 Oct 1993 | Dewsbury | 56-10 | West Bowling | Mount Pleasant | 616 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Sun 31 Oct 1993 | Barrow | 54-12 | Leigh Miners' Welfare | Craven Park | 1140 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Sun 31 Oct 1993 | Batley | 64-1 | Queens | Mount Pleasant | 608 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Sun 31 Oct 1993 | Bramley | 17-8 | Woolston Rovers | McLaren Field | 510 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Sun 31 Oct 1993 | Carlisle | 36-24 | Carcassonne | Gifford Park | 593 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Sun 31 Oct 1993 | Doncaster | 62-4 | Myson | Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield | 858 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sun 31 Oct 1993 | Highfield | 30-22 | Ellenborough | Hoghton Road Stadium | 227 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Sun 31 Oct 1993 | Huddersfield | 36-8 | Irlam Hornets | Leeds Road | 1705 | 8 | [4] | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | Sun 31 Oct 1993 | Hunslet | 30-19 | Chorley Borough (2) | Elland Road | 299 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Sun 31 Oct 1993 | Keighley Cougars | 72-12 | Nottingham City | Cougar Park | 2283 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Sun 31 Oct 1993 | London Crusaders | 48-16 | AS Saint Estève | Barnet Copthall | 746 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Sun 31 Oct 1993 | Rochdale Hornets | 80-10 | Blackpool Gladiators | Spotland | 863 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Sun 31 Oct 1993 | Ryedale-York | 66-14 | Hemel Stags | Ryedale Stadium | 835 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Sun 31 Oct 1993 | Swinton | 24-13 | Saddleworth Rangers | Gigg Lane | 468 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Sun 31 Oct 1993 | Whitehaven | 46-0 | Egremont | Recreation Ground | 1480 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Sun 31 Oct 1993 | Workington Town | 74-6 | Wigan St Patricks | Derwent Park | 1464 | 14 |
[3] Involved 16 matches and 32 clubs. The 16 winners of the first round were joined by the 16 First Division clubs in the second round.
| width=10 abbr="No" | Game No | width=110 abbr="Date" | Fixture Date | width=150 abbr="Home Team" | Home Team | width=5 abbr="space" | width=20 abbr="Score" | Score | width=5 abbr="space" | width=150 abbr="Away Team" | Away Team | width=150 abbr="Venue" | Venue | width=30 abbr="Att" | Att | width=30 abbr="Rec" | Rec | width=20 abbr="Notes" | Notes | width=30 abbr="Ref" | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri 12 Nov 1993 | Dewsbury | 6-20 | St. Helens | Mount Pleasant | 2272 | [5] | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Sat 13 Nov 1993 | Salford | 21-12 | Leeds | The Willows | 1799 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Sun 14 Nov 1993 | Barrow | 8-28 | Bradford Northern | Craven Park | 2796 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Sun 14 Nov 1993 | Batley | 8-6 | Sheffield Eagles | Mount Pleasant | 1278 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Sun 14 Nov 1993 | Carlisle | 28-12 | Wakefield Trinity | Gifford Park | 746 | [6] | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Sun 14 Nov 1993 | Halifax | 19-10 | Keighley Cougars | Thrum Hall | 7321 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sun 14 Nov 1993 | Highfield | 8-26 | Oldham | Hoghton Road Stadium | 880 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Sun 14 Nov 1993 | Leigh | 20-12 | Huddersfield | Hilton Park | 3407 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Sun 14 Nov 1993 | London Crusaders | 26-12 | Featherstone Rovers | Barnet Copthall | 981 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Sun 14 Nov 1993 | Rochdale Hornets | 10-11 | Bramley | Spotland | 730 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Sun 14 Nov 1993 | Ryedale-York | 12-11 | Workington Town | Ryedale Stadium | 1456 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Sun 14 Nov 1993 | Swinton | 14-36 | Hull F.C. | Gigg Lane | 851 | 15 | [7] | |||||||||||||||
| 13 | Sun 14 Nov 1993 | Warrington | 58-16 | Hunslet | Wilderspool | 3037 | [8] | ||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Sun 14 Nov 1993 | Whitehaven | 8-22 | Wigan | Recreation Ground | 5185 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Sun 14 Nov 1993 | Widnes | 24-4 | Doncaster | Naughton Park | 3075 | 17 | [9] | |||||||||||||||
| 16 | Mon 15 Nov 1993 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 12-16 | Castleford | Craven Park (2) | 2724 |
[10] Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs
| width=10 abbr="No" | Game No | width=110 abbr="Date" | Fixture Date | width=150 abbr="Home Team" | Home Team | width=5 abbr="space" | width=20 abbr="Score" | Score | width=5 abbr="space" | width=150 abbr="Away Team" | Away Team | width=150 abbr="Venue" | Venue | width=30 abbr="Att" | Att | width=30 abbr="Rec" | Rec | width=20 abbr="Notes" | Notes | width=30 abbr="Ref" | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 11 Dec 1993 | St. Helens | 8-16 | Warrington | Knowsley Road | 5366 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Sun 12 Dec 1993 | Carlisle | 34-4 | Bramley | Gifford Park | 516 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Sun 12 Dec 1993 | Hull F.C. | 10-6 | Widnes | Boulevard | 3412 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Sun 12 Dec 1993 | Oldham | 8-16 | Wigan | Watersheddings | 6342 | 19 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Sun 12 Dec 1993 | Ryedale-York | 10-42 | London Crusaders | Ryedale Stadium | 741 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Mon 13 Dec 1993 | Castleford | 54-14 | Leigh | 2116 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Tue 14 Dec 1993 | Batley | 8-12 | Salford | Mount Pleasant | 809 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Thu 16 Dec 1993 | Bradford Northern | 16-8 | Halifax | Odsal | 5057 |
[11] Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs
| width=10 abbr="No" | Game No | width=110 abbr="Date" | Fixture Date | width=150 abbr="Home Team" | Home Team | width=5 abbr="space" | width=20 abbr="Score" | Score | width=5 abbr="space" | width=150 abbr="Away Team" | Away Team | width=150 abbr="Venue" | Venue | width=30 abbr="Att" | Att | width=30 abbr="Rec" | Rec | width=20 abbr="Notes" | Notes | width=30 abbr="Ref" | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 18 Dec 1993 | Warrington | 10-27 | Wigan | Wilderspool | 7321 | 20, 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sun 19 Dec 1993 | Castleford | 44-4 | Carlisle | 2624 | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sun 19 Dec 1993 | London Crusaders | 10-22 | Bradford Northern | Barnet Copthall | 1878 | 20 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sun 19 Dec 1993 | Salford | 26-6 | Hull F.C. | The Willows | 3207 | 20, 22 |
[12] Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
| width=10 abbr="No" | Game No | width=110 abbr="Date" | Fixture Date | width=150 abbr="Home Team" | Home Team | width=5 abbr="space" | width=20 abbr="Score" | Score | width=5 abbr="space" | width=150 abbr="Away Team" | Away Team | width=150 abbr="Venue" | Venue | width=30 abbr="Att" | Att | width=30 abbr="Rec" | Rec | width=20 abbr="Notes" | Notes | width=30 abbr="Ref" | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 Jan 1994 | Bradford Northern | 10-23 | Castleford | Odsal | 8351 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sat 8 Jan 1994 | Salford | 12-18 | Wigan | The Willows | 7483 |
| width=280 abbr=winner | Castleford | width=60 abbr="Number" | № | width=280 abbr=runner-up | Wigan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | |||||
| Graham Steadman | 1 | Joe Lydon | |||
| St. John Ellis | 2 | Jason Robinson | |||
| Richie Blackmore | 3 | Barrie-Jon Mather | |||
| Grant Anderson | 4 | Gary Connolly | |||
| Simon Middleton | 5 | Martin Offiah | |||
| Tony Kemp | 6 | Frano Botica | |||
| Mike Ford | 7 | Shaun Edwards | |||
| Lee Crooks | 8 | Kelvin Skerrett | |||
| Richard Russell | 9 | Martin Dermott | |||
| Martin Ketteridge | 10 | Andy Platt | |||
| Tony Morrison | 11 | Neil Cowie | |||
| Ian Smales | 12 | Andy Farrell | |||
| Tawera Nikau | 13 | Phil Clarke | |||
| Andy Hay (for Grant Anderson 63-mins) | 14 | Sam Panapa (for Neil Cowie 30-mins) | |||
| Dean Sampson (for Martin Ketteridge 74-mins) | 15 | Mick Cassidy | |||
| John Joyner | Coach | John Dorahy |
As part of the sponsorship deal and funds, the prize money awarded to the competing teams for this season is as follows:
| width=100 abbr="Finish Position" | Finish Position | width=110 abbr="Cash Prize" | Cash Prize | width=50 abbr="No. receiving prize" | No. receiving prize | width=100 abbr="Total Cash" | Total Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | £35,000 | 1 | £35,000 | ||||
| Runner-up | £18,500 | 1 | £18,500 | ||||
| semi-finalist | £9,750 | 2 | £19,500 | ||||
| quarter-finalist | £6,225 | 4 | £24,900 | ||||
| loser in Rd 3 | £4,000 | 8 | £32,000 | ||||
| loser in Rd 2 | £2,650 | 16 | £42,400 | ||||
| Professional Clubs in Rd 1 | £2,650 | 18 | £47,700 | ||||
| Amateur Clubs in Rd 1 | £1,000 | 14 | £14,000 | ||||
| Total prize money | £234,000 | ||||||
| Development fund | £126,000 | ||||||
| Grand Total | £360,000 | ||||||
This tree excludes the First Round fixtures
1 * West Bowling are a junior (or amateur) club from Bradford
2 * Leigh Miners' Welfare are a Junior (amateur) club from Leigh (formed by merger of Astley & Tyldesley and Hope Rangers - and now Leigh Miners Rangers)[14]
3 * Queens are a Junior (amateur) club from Leeds
4 * Woolston Rovers are a Junior (amateur) club from Warrington, becoming Warrington Woolston Rovers in 2003 and Warrington Wizards in 2002. the ground is the old Warrington Home Ground of Wilderspool [15] [16]
5 * Carcassonne played in the French League at Stade Albert Domec
6 * Myson are a Junior (amateur) club from Hull
7 * Ellenborough Rangers are a Junior (amateur) club from the Ellenborough suburb of Maryport, Cumbria[17]
8 * Irlam Hornets ARLFC are a junior club from Irlam, Salford, playing at Cutnook Lane[18]
9 * Wigan official archives[2] gives the club name as Nottingham Borough. There appear to be no other references anywhere to this name and assume it is an misprint
10 * AS Saint Estève was a French rugby league team from Perpignan, which in 2000 it merged with nearby neighbours XIII Catalan to form Union Treiziste Catalaneto compete in the Super Leagueas the Catalans Dragons.
11 * Hemel Stags are a semi professional club based in Hemel Hempstead and playing at the Pennine Way stadium (capacity 2000)[19]
12 * Saddleworth Rangers are a Junior (amateur) club from Oldham
13 * Egremont are a Junior (amateur) club from Cumbria[20]
14 * Wigan St Patricks are a Junior (amateur) club from Wigan[21]
15 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] gives the attendance as 851 but Hull official archives[7] gives it as 819
16 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] gives the attendance as 5,185 but Wigan official archives[2] gives it as 5,128
17 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] gives the attendance as 3,075 but Widnes official archives[9] gives it as 3,074
18 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] and Widnes official archives[9] gives the attendance as 3,412 but Hull official archives[7] gives it as 3,421
19 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] gives the attendance as 6,342 but Wigan official archives[2] gives it as 6,500
20 * Wigan official archives - special details[11] give this as the third round, obviously a mis-print
21 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] gives the attendance as 7,321 but Wigan official archives[2] gives it as 7,231
22 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject[1] and Wigan official archives[2] gives the score as 26-6 but Hull official archives[7] gives it as 24-6
23 * Headingley, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000. The record attendance was 40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947.