1993-94 Rugby Football League season

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 the Stones Bitter Championship.

eason summary

*Stones Bitter League Champions: Wigan
*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.

Championship

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 third consecuive 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.

Ladder

Challenge Cup

Fourth round: Wigan 24-16 Wakefield Trinity
Fifth round: Hull 22-22 Wigan
Sixth round: Wigan 32-14 Featherstone Rovers
Semi-final: Wigan 20-6 Castleford (Elland Road, Leeds)

The Silk Cut Challenge Cup final was played between Wigan and Leeds on a warm Saturday afternoon, 30 April, 1994 at Wembley Stadium, before a crowd of 78,348.

Referee: David Campbell (Widnes).Wigan 26
#Gary Connolly
#Va'aiga Tuigamala
#Dean Bell (c)
#Barrie Jon Mather
#Martin Offiah (2 tries)
#Frano Botica (5 goals)
#Shaun Edwards
#Kelvin Skerrett
#Martin Dermott
#Andy Platt
#Denis Betts
#Andy Farrell (1 try)
#Phil Clarke
*Sam Panapa (1 try)
*Mick CassidyCoach: John DorahyLeeds 16:
#Alan Tait
#Jim Fallon (1 try)
#Kevin Iro
#Craig Innes
#Francis Cummins (1 try)
#Graham Holroyd (2 goals)
#Garry Schofield (1 try)
#Neil Harmon
#James Lowes
#Harvey Howard
#Gary Mercer
#Richard Eyres
#Ellery Hanley (c)
*Mike O'Neill
*Marcus Vassilakopoulos Coach: Doug Laughton
Lance Todd Trophy winner: Martin Offiah (Wigan)

ources

* [http://www.rlhalloffame.org.uk/1994.htm 1993-94 Rugby Football League season at rlhalloffame.org.uk]
* [http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=315 1993-94 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_league/challenge_cup/3358243.stm "Wigan's record Cup run" at news.bbc.co.uk]
* [http://www2.hunterlink.net.au/~maajjs/gbr/sum/gbr1993.htm Great Britain Competitions 1993-1994 at hunterlink.net.au]