1982–83 Rugby Football League season

1982–83 Rugby Football League season
Slalom Lager Championship
Number of teams 16
Champions Hull
Premiership winners Widnes
Man of Steel Allan Agar
Top try-scorer(s) Bob Eccles 37
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from Second Division Fulham
Wakefield Trinity
Salford
Whitehaven
Relegated to Second Division Barrow
Workington Town
Halifax
Carlisle
Second Division
Champions Fulham
Top point-scorer(s) Steve Diamond (Fulham) 308
Top try-scorer(s) John Crossley (Fulham) 27
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The 1982–83 Rugby Football League season was the 88th ever season of professional rugby league football in Britain. Sixteen teams competed from August, 1982 until May, 1983 for the Slalom Lager Championship.

Season summary

Hull finished on top of the First Division table to claim their sixth and, to date, last championship, but Widnes won the Rugby League Premiership competition. Fulham, Wakefield Trinity, Salford and Whitehaven were promoted to the First Division.

Warrington beat St. Helens 16–0 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Hull beat Bradford Northern 18–7 to win the Yorkshire Cup.

League Tables

Championship

Final Standings

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Hull 302316572293+27947
2 Hull Kingston Rovers 302118496276+22043
3 Wigan 302037482270+21243
4 St Helens 3019110516395+12139
5 Widnes 3018210534357+17738
6 Leeds 3018210480443+2738
7 Castleford 3018111629458+17137
8 Oldham 3015213346320+2632
9 Bradford Northern 3014214381314+6730
10 Leigh 3013314488374+11429
11 Warrington 3013215423410+1328
12 Featherstone Rovers 3010416350447-9724
13 Barrow 3011118472505-3323
14 Workington Town 306222318696-37814
15 Halifax 305124221651-43011
16Carlisle 302028251751-5004

Second Division

Club P W D L PF PA Pts
1 Fulham 32 27 1 4 699 294 55
2 Wakefield Trinity 32 25 2 5 672 381 52
3 Salford 32 24 0 8 686 363 48
4 Whitehaven 32 20 3 9 464 298 43
5 Bramley 32 20 1 11 560 369 41
6 Hunslet 32 17 5 10 553 448 39
7 Swinton 32 19 1 12 549 454 39
8 Cardiff 32 17 2 13 572 444 36
9 Keighley 32 15 5 12 470 423 35
10 York 32 15 0 17 516 455 30
11 Blackpool Borough 32 13 1 18 381 433 27
12 Huddersfield 32 13 1 18 397 524 27
13 Rochdale Hornets 32 10 5 17 361 469 25
14 Dewsbury 32 8 1 23 325 507 17
15 Batley 32 6 1 25 305 719 13
16 Huyton 32 6 0 26 250 687 12
17 Doncaster 32 2 1 29 307 799 5
  Champions   Play-offs   Promoted   Relegated

Challenge Cup

Main article: 1983 Challenge Cup

The 1982-83 State Express Challenge Cup was won by underdogs Featherstone Rovers after defeating Hull F.C. 14-12 in the final.[1]

The Final was played at Wembley before a crowd of 84,969.

References

  1. Demsteader, Christine (2000-10-01). "Rugby League's home from home". BBC Sport. UK: BBC. Retrieved 2009-12-04.

Sources

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