1992–93 Challenge Cup Explained

1993 Silk Cut Challenge Cup
Duration:	6 Rounds
Tv:	BBC
Season Champs:	Wigan
Season Champ Name:	Winners
Second Place:	Widnes
Mvp:	Dean Bell
Mvp Link:	Lance Todd Trophy
Prevseason Link:	1992 Challenge Cup
Prevseason Year:	1992
Nextseason Link:	1993–94 Challenge Cup
Nextseason Year:	1993–94

The 1993 Challenge Cup was the 92nd staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. Known as the Silk Cut Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons, the final was contested by Wigan and Widnes at Wembley. Wigan won the match 20–14.^[1] ^[2] This the first time that the final had been contested by 2 teams who had played in the preliminary round and this was the last time that the preliminary round would be played

Preliminary round

width=150	Date	width=200	Team One	width=200	Team Two	width=100	Score
13 January 1993	Widnes	Swinton	62-14
17 January 1993	Batley	Blackpool	20-10
17 January 1993	Wigan	Hull FC	40-2

First round

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30 January 1993	Warrington	Castleford	6-21
31 January 1993	Bradford Northern	Workington Town	28-18
31 January 1993	Chorley Borough	Batley	6-20
31 January 1993	Dewsbury	Wigan	4-20
30 January 1993	Featherstone Rovers	St Helens	22-24
31 January 1993	Halifax	Carlisle	66-16
31 January 1993	Huddersfield	Nottingham	66-1
31 January 1993	Hull Kingston Rovers	Bramley	30-0
31 January 1993	Hunslet	Ryedale-York	27-22
31 January 1993	Keighley	Highfield	86-0
31 January 1993	Leeds	Barrow	54-18
31 January 1993	Oldham	London	34-6
31 January 1993	Rochdale Hornets	Doncaster	34-13
31 January 1993	Salford	Wakefield Trinity	12-20
31 January 1993	Sheffield Eagles	Leigh	32-5
31 January 1993	Whitehaven	Widnes	8-20

Second round

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13 February 1993			6-52
14 February 1993			18-20
14 February 1993			23-3
14 February 1993			30-28
14 February 1993			30-20
14 February 1993			20-17
14 February 1993			34-16
17 February 1993			68-6

Quarter-finals

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27 February 1993			18-19
27 February 1993			4-4
28 February 1993			4-42
3 March 1993			12-8
3 March 1993			16-11

Semi finals

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Final


FB	1	Steve Hampson
RW	2	Jason Robinson
RC	3	Joe Lydon
LC	4	Andrew Farrar
LW	5	Martin Offiah
SO	6
SH	7
PR	8	Kelvin Skerrett
HK	9
PR	10	Andy Platt
SR	11	Denis Betts
SR	12	Phil Clarke
LF	13	Dean Bell (c)
Substitutions:
IC	14	Sam Panapa
IC	15	Andy Farrell
Coach:
John Monie


FB	1	Stuart Spruce
RW	2	John Devereux
RC	3	Andy Currier
LC	4	Darren Wright
LW	5	David Myers
SO	6	Jonathan Davies
SH	7	Bobbie Goulding
PR	8	Kurt Sorensen
HK	9	Paul Hulme (c)
PR	10	Harvey Howard
SR	11	Esene Faimalo
SR	12	Richard "Richie" Eyres
LF	13
Substitutions:
IC	14	Julian O'Neill
IC	15	Steve McCurrie
Coach:
Phil Larder

External links

Challenge Cup official website
Challenge Cup 1992/93 results at Rugby League Project

Notes and References

Web site: "For the Record." Times [London, England] 15 Feb. 1993]. The Times Digital Archive.
Web site: "For the Record." Times [London, England] 1 Mar. 1993]. The Times Digital Archive.