1992–93 Regal Trophy

1992–93 Regal Trophy
1992–93 Regal Trophy
Structure	National knockout championship
Teams	37
Winners	Wigan
Runners-up	Bradford Northern
	← 1991–92 1993–94 →

The 1992–93 Regal Trophy was a British rugby league knockout tournament. It was the 22nd season that the competition was held, and was the fourth staging of the competition since it was renamed the Regal Trophy.

Wigan defeated Bradford Northern by the score of 15–8 in the final to claim the trophy. The match was played at Elland Road, Leeds in front of an attendance of 13,221.

Background

This season saw several changes in the entrants, one club re-formed/renamed, two French clubs were invited instead of the junior clubs, and one club withdrew. This resulted in one less club/entrant reducing the total number to thirty-seven.

The changes, in detail, are:

Trafford Borough re-formed as Blackpool Gladiators and moved back to Blackpool, playing at Jepson Way, Blackpool
Two French clubs, Carcassonne and XIII Catalan were invited to join the competition, instead of the junior clubs, who were no longer invited
Scarborough Pirates went into administration at the end of previous season

The preliminary round involved ten clubs, to reduce the numbers of entrants to the first round proper to thirty-two.

Competition and results

^[1]^[2]

Preliminary round

Involved 5 matches and 10 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Att	Notes	Ref

1	Tue 13 Oct 1992	Warrington	32-8	Blackpool Gladiators	Wilderspool	1412		^[3]
2	Tue 27 Oct 1992	Chorley Borough (2)	10-38	Sheffield Eagles	Grundy Hill	368	1
3	Tue 27 Oct 1992	St. Helens	44-18	Huddersfield	Knowsley Road	4423		^[4]^[5]
4	Tue 27 Oct 1992	Wakefield Trinity	90-12	Highfield	Belle Vue	1650	2	^[6]
5	Wed 28 Oct 1992	Swinton	12-32	Hull Kingston Rovers	Gigg Lane	582

^[7]

Round 1 - First Round

Involved 16 matches and 32 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Att	Notes	Ref

1	Sat 2 Nov 1992	Wigan	52-0	Carcassonne	Central Park	4306		^[2]
2	Sun 8 Nov 1992	Batley	6-13	Hunslet	Mount Pleasant	709
3	Sun 8 Nov 1992	Bradford Northern	70-10	Barrow	Odsal	3049
4	Sun 8 Nov 1992	Bramley	12-16	Carlisle	McLaren Field	550
5	Sun 8 Nov 1992	Doncaster	4-30	Workington Town	Bentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield	893
6	Sun 8 Nov 1992	Halifax	76-6	Nottingham City	Thrum Hall	3547
7	Sun 8 Nov 1992	Hull F.C.	22-16	Dewsbury	Boulevard	2984		^[8]
8	Sun 8 Nov 1992	Hull Kingston Rovers	48-4	Whitehaven	Craven Park (2)	1627
9	Sun 8 Nov 1992	Leigh	32-24	Keighley Cougars	Hilton Park	2113
10	Sun 8 Nov 1992	London Crusaders	30-0	Wakefield Trinity	Crystal Palace NSC	860		^[6]
11	Sun 8 Nov 1992	Oldham	22-40	Castleford	Watersheddings	4393
12	Sun 8 Nov 1992	Rochdale Hornets	32-16	XIII Catalan	Spotland	1507
13	Sun 8 Nov 1992	St. Helens	15-14	Leeds	Knowsley Road	11052		^[5]
14	Sun 8 Nov 1992	Salford	14-18	Featherstone Rovers	The Willows	3088
15	Sun 8 Nov 1992	Warrington	31-16	Sheffield Eagles	Wilderspool	3112		^[3]
16	Sun 8 Nov 1992	Widnes	46-4	Ryedale-York	Naughton Park	3475	3	^[9]

^[7]

Round 2 - Second Round

Involved 8 matches and 16 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Att	Ref

1	Sat 5 Dec 1992	Warrington	12-12	Bradford Northern	Wilderspool	2145	^[3]
2	Sun 6 Dec 1992	Castleford	54-0	Carlisle	The Jungle	2539
3	Sun 6 Dec 1992	Featherstone Rovers	8-25	St. Helens	Post Office Road	4473	^[5]
4	Sun 6 Dec 1992	Hull F.C.	28-14	Halifax	Boulevard	5494	^[8]
5	Sun 6 Dec 1992	Hull Kingston Rovers	0-18	Wigan	Craven Park (2)	3779	^[2]
6	Sun 6 Dec 1992	Hunslet	12-34	Workington Town	Elland Road	1225
7	Sun 6 Dec 1992	Leigh	16-6	London Crusaders	Hilton Park	2181
8	Sun 6 Dec 1992	Widnes	30-2	Rochdale Hornets	Naughton Park	3591	^[9]

^[10]

Round 2 - Second Round replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team		Score		Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref

1	Wed 16 Dec 1992	Bradford Northern		9-6		Warrington	Odsal	3474			^[3]

Round 3 - Quarter-finals

Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Att	Notes	Ref
1	Sat 19 Dec 1992	St. Helens	8–12	Castleford	Knowsley Road	4785		^[5]
2	Sun 20 Dec 1992	Hull F.C.	24–14	Leigh	Boulevard	4835		^[8]
3	Sun 20 Dec 1992	Workington Town	12–24	Wigan	Derwent Park	7682	4	^[2]
4	Tue 29 Dec 1992	Bradford Northern	21–10	Widnes	Odsal	5346		^[9]

^[11]

Round 4 – Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs. From this season onwards, Regal Trophy semi-finals were no longer played at neutral venues.^[12]

Game No	Fixture Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sat 2 Jan 1993	Wigan	19–4	Hull F.C.	Central Park	8020			^[2]^[8]
2	Sat 2 Jan 1993	Bradford Northern	19–12	Castleford	Valley Parade	5602

^[13]

Final

23 January 1993

Wigan	15 – 8	Bradford Northern
Tries: Robinson, Edwards Goals: Botica (3) Drop goals: Hampson	^[14]	Tries: McGowan Goals: Hobbs, Mumby

Elland Road, Leeds
Attendance: 13,221
Referee: John Holdsworth (Kippax)
Player of the Match: Shaun Edwards

Teams and scorers

Wigan	No.	Bradford Northern
	Teams
Steve Hampson	1	Dave Watson
Jason Robinson	2	Tony Marchant
Dean Bell	3	Steve McGowan
Andrew Farrar	4	Tony Anderson
Martin Offiah	5	Roger Simpson
Frano Botica	6	Neil Summers
Shaun Edwards	7	Deryck Fox
Neil Cowie	8	David Hobbs
Martin Dermott	9	Brian Noble
Andy Platt	10	Roy Powell
Denis Betts	11	Paul Medley
Billy McGinty	12	Karl Fairbank
Phil Clarke	13	David "Dave" Heron
Joe Lydon (for Martin Offiah 59-mins)	14	Keith Mumby (for Tony Anderson 44-mins)
Sam Panapa (for Phil Clarke 9-mins)	15	Trevor Clark (for Brian Noble 44-mins)
John Monie	Coach	Peter Fox

Prize money

As part of the sponsorship deal and funds, the prize money awarded to the competing teams for this season is as follows :-

Finish Position	Cash Prize	No. receiving prize	Total Cash

Winner	?	1	?
Runner-up	?	1	?
semi-finalist	?	2	?
loser in Rd 3	?	4	?
loser in Rd 2	?	8	?
Loser in Rd 1	?	16	?
Loser in Prelim Round	?	5	?

Grand Total

Note - the author is unable to trace the award amounts for this season. Can anyone help ?

The road to success

This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures

First round		Second round		Third round		Semi-finals		Final

Batley	6

Hunslet	13
		Hunslet	12

		Workington Town	34
Doncaster	4

Workington Town	30
				Workington Town	12

				Wigan	24
Hull Kingston Rovers	48

Whitehaven	4
		Hull Kingston Rovers	0

		Wigan	18
Wigan	52

Carcassonne	0
						Wigan	19

						Hull F.C.	4
Hull F.C.	22

Dewsbury	16
		Hull F.C.	28

		Halifax	14
Halifax	76

Nottingham City	6
				Hull F.C.	24

				Leigh	14
Leigh	32

Keighley Cougars	24
		Leigh	16

		London Crusaders	6
London Crusaders	30

London Crusaders	0
								Wigan	15

								Bradford Northern	8
Warrington	31

Sheffield Eagles	16
		Warrington	12 (6)

		Bradford Northern	12 (9)
Bradford Northern	70

Barrow	10
				Bradford Northern	21

				Widnes	10
Widnes	46

Ryedale-York	4
		Widnes	30

		Rochdale Hornets	2
Rochdale Hornets	32

XIII Catalan	16
						Bradford Northern	19

						Castleford	12
Salford	14

Featherstone Rovers	18
		Featherstone Rovers	8

		St. Helens	25
St. Helens	15

Leeds	14
				St. Helens	8

				Castleford	12
Oldham	22

Castleford	40
		Castleford	54

		Carlisle	0
Bramley	12

Carlisle	16

Notes and comments

1 * Grundy Hill was the home ground of Horwich RMI, in Bolton
2 * The second highest score, at the time
3 * RUGBYLEAGUEproiject^[1] gives the attendance as 3,475 but Widnes official archives^[9] gives it as 3,343
4 * RUGBYLEAGUEproiject^[1] gives the attendance as 7,682 but Wigan official archives^[2] gives it as 8,000

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Rugby League Project".
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2010-07-06.
^ "Huddersfield Rugby League Heritage" (PDF).
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".
^ ^a ^b "Wakefield until I die".
^ ^a ^b "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 1 archived results".
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".
^ "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 2 archived results".
^ "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 3 archived results".
^ "Regal Trophy shake-up sees switch from neutral grounds". The Guardian. London. 11 December 1991. p. 17. ProQuest 187239971.
^ "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player S-F archived results".
^ Hadfield, Dave (24 January 1993). "Rugby League / Regal Trophy Final: Wigan's stamp of authority: Rejuvenated Bradford's spirited challenge undermined by Watson's rush of blood". The Independent. Retrieved 6 May 2023.

Sources

Fletcher, Raymond; Howes, David, eds. (1993). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1993-94. London: Headline Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-7472-7890-0.

External links

"Regal Trophy 1992/93 - Results". Rugby League Project.

[RLP.orgMisc-1] "Rugby League Project".

[CherryMisc-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Wigan "Cherry and White" archived results".

[WiresMisc-3] "Warrington Wolves - Results Archive - 1897". Archived from the original on 2010-07-06.

[HuddHeritageMisc-4] "Huddersfield Rugby League Heritage" (PDF).

[SaintsMisc-5] "Saints Heritage Society - History - Season 1896-97".

[WakefieldTIDMisc-6] "Wakefield until I die".

[CherryJP1Misc-7] "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 1 archived results".

[HullMisc-8] "HULL&PROUD - Stats - Fixtures & Results".

[ChemicsMisc-9] "Widnes Vikings - History - Season In Review - 1896-97".

[CherryJP2Misc-10] "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 2 archived results".

[CherryJP3Misc-11] "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player Rd 3 archived results".

[12] "Regal Trophy shake-up sees switch from neutral grounds". The Guardian. London. 11 December 1991. p. 17. ProQuest 187239971.

[CherryJPSFMisc-13] "Wigan "Cherry and White" J Player S-F archived results".

[14] Hadfield, Dave (24 January 1993). "Rugby League / Regal Trophy Final: Wigan's stamp of authority: Rejuvenated Bradford's spirited challenge undermined by Watson's rush of blood". The Independent. Retrieved 6 May 2023.

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