1983–84 Rugby Football League season

1983–84 Rugby Football League season
Slalom Lager Championship
Number of teams 16
Champions Hull Kingston Rovers
Premiership winners Hull Kingston Rovers
Man of Steel Joe Lydon
Top point-scorer(s) John Woods 355
Top try-scorer(s) Garry Schofield 38
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from Second Division Barrow
Workington Town
Hunslet
Halifax
Relegated to Second Division Fulham
Wakefield Trinity
Salford
Whitehaven
Second Division
Champions Barrow
Top try-scorer(s) Graham King 28
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The 1983–84 Rugby Football League season was the 89th ever season of professional rugby league football in Britain. Sixteen teams competed from August, 1983 until May, 1984 for the Slalom Lager Championship.

The Second Division was increased to 18 clubs with the introduction of Kent Invicta, who played their home fixtures at Maidstone, this season.

Rule changes

End of possession:

Value of a try:

Temporary suspension:

Season summary

Slalom Lager League Champions: Hull Kingston Rovers
Hull Kingston Rovers finished on top of the First Division table to claim their fifth championship, and also the Rugby League Premiership competition.

State Express Challenge Cup Winners: Widnes (19-6 v Wigan)

John Player Special Trophy Winners: Leeds (18-10 v Widnes). During the competition, Danny Wilson of Swinton scored a record 5 drop goals in the tie against Hunslet on 6 Nov 1983.[2]

Slalom Lager Premiership Trophy Winners: Hull Kingston Rovers (18-10 v Castleford)

Barrow (from Cumbria) beat Widnes 12–8 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Hull beat Castleford 13–2 to win the Yorkshire Cup.

League Tables

Championship

Final Standings

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Hull Kingston Rovers 302226795421+37446
2 Hull 302217831401+43045
3 Warrington 301929622528+9440
4 Castleford 301839686438+24839
5 Widnes 3019110656457+19939
6 St Helens 3018111649507+14237
7 Bradford Northern 3017211519379+14036
8 Leeds 3015312553514+3933
9 Wigan 3016014533465+6832
10 Oldham 3015213544480+6432
11 Leigh 3014016623599+2428
12 Featherstone Rovers 3011217464562-9824
13Fulham 309120401694-29319
14 Wakefield Trinity 307023415780-36514
15 Salford 305025352787-43510
16 Whitehaven 303027325956-6316

Second Division

Club P W D L PF PA Pts
1 Barrow 34 32 0 2 1126 332 64
2 Workington Town 34 24 2 8 714 504 50
3 Hunslet 34 24 0 10 900 597 48
4 Halifax 34 23 2 9 722 539 48
5 Blackpool Borough 34 20 3 11 615 466 43
6 Swinton 34 21 0 13 764 437 42
7 York 34 19 2 13 743 570 40
8 Bramley 34 16 2 16 584 545 34
9 Kent Invicta 34 17 0 17 595 700 34
10 Huddersfield 34 15 3 16 600 545 33
11 Cardiff City Blue Dragons 34 15 1 18 710 717 31
12 Rochdale Hornets 34 13 3 18 551 667 29
13 Batley 34 13 0 21 477 738 26
14 Dewsbury 34 12 0 22 526 698 24
15 Carlisle 34 12 0 22 539 780 24
16 Huyton 34 9 2 23 431 760 20
17 Keighley 34 7 3 24 425 728 17
18 Doncaster 34 2 1 31 384 1083 5
  Champions   Play-offs   Promoted   Relegated

Challenge Cup

Main article: 1984 Challenge Cup

The 1983-84 State Express Challenge Cup was won by Widnes after defeating Wigan 19-6 in the final.

The Final was played at Wembley before a crowd of 80,116.

References

  1. 1 2 3 de la Riviere, Richard, ed. (2009), "Top ten: Rugby league rules", Rugby League World (Brighouse, UK: League Publications, published August 2009) (340), p. 61, ISSN 1466-0105
  2. "RFL All Time Records". Archived from the original on 2009-09-25. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

Sources

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