1993–94 Rugby Football League season explained

1993–94 Rugby Football League season
League:Championship
Duration:30 Rounds
No Of Teams:First Division

16
Second Division: 16

Tv:Sky Sports
Season:First Division
Season Champs:Wigan
Season Champ Name:Champions
Premiership Win:Wigan
Premiership Win Name:Premiership winners
Mvp:Jonathan Davies
Mvp Link:Man of Steel AwardsMan of Steel
Promote From:Second Division
Relegate:Hull Kingston Rovers
Leigh
Relegate To:Second Division
Season2:Second Division
Season Champs2:Workington Town
Season Champ Name2:Champions
Promote2:Workington Town
Doncaster
Promote From2:Second Division
Prevseason Link:1992–93 Rugby Football League season
Prevseason Year:1992–93
Nextseason Link:1994–95 Rugby Football League season
Nextseason Year:1994–95

The 1993–94 Rugby Football League season was the 99th ever season of professional rugby league football in Britain. Sixteen teams competed from August 1993 until May 1994 for a number of titles, primarily the Stones Bitter Championship.

Season summary

Sam Panapa

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

Challenge Cup

See 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.[1] Wigan's Martin Offiah opened the scoring with a ninety-plus metre try, and went on to win the game 26–16.

League Cup

See main article: 1993–94 League Cup (rugby league).

Premiership

See main article: 1993–94 Rugby League Premiership.

Statistics

The following are the top points scorers in the 1993–94 season.[2] Most tries

PlayerTeamTries
43
40
37
37
35
31
30
27
27
25
25
25
Most goals (including drop goals)
PlayerTeamGoals
188
159
148
137
132
130
Robert Turner 123
123
103
100

Sources

Notes and References

  1. News: Baker . Andrew . 100 years of rugby league: From the great divide to the Super era . . independent.co.uk . 1995-08-20 . 2009-09-25 .
  2. Book: Fletcher. Raymond. Howes. David. Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1997. 27 March 1997 . Headline. London. 978-0-7472-7764-4. 163–7.