1991–92 Rugby Football League season

Stones Bitter Championship

Duration

26 Rounds

Number of teams

Broadcast partners

1991–92 Season

Wigan

Promotion and relegation

Promoted from Second Division

Sheffield Eagles

Leigh

Relegated to Second Division

Featherstone Rovers

Swinton

Second Division

Champions

Sheffield Eagles

Third Division

Champions

Huddersfield

< 1990–91	Seasons	1992–93 >

The 1991–92 Rugby Football League season was the 97th season of professional rugby league football in Britain. Fourteen teams competed from August, 1991 until May, 1992 for the Stones Bitter Championship, Premiership Trophy and Silk Cut Challenge Cup.

At the end of the season, players from several clubs were selected to go on the 1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand.

Season summary

Stones Bitter League Champions: Wigan
Silk Cut Challenge Cup Winners: Wigan (28-12 v Castleford)
Stones Bitter Premiership Trophy Winners: Wigan (48-16 v St Helens)
- Harry Sunderland Trophy: Andy Platt
Regal Trophy Winners: Widnes (24-0 v Leeds)
Yorkshire Cup winners: Castleford^[1]
2nd Division Champions: Sheffield Eagles

The 1992 Man of Steel Award for player of the season went to Wigan's Dean Bell.

St. Helens beat Rochdale Hornets 24–14 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Castleford beat Bradford Northern 28–6 to win the Yorkshire Cup.

League Tables

For the third consecutive season Wigan finished top of the pile, relegated were Swinton and Featherstone Rovers. To date this is Swinton's last appearance in the top flight and more trouble would follow after this relegation their ground Station Road was sold following mis-management and to this date the club are still without a permanent home within the town's boundaries.^[2]

Championship Final Standings

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Wigan	26	22	0	4	645	307	+338	44
2	St Helens	26	17	2	7	550	388	+212	36
3	Castleford	26	15	2	9	558	365	+193	32
4	Warrington	26	15	0	11	507	431	+76	30
5	Leeds	26	14	1	11	515	408	+107	29
6	Wakefield Trinity	26	13	1	12	400	435	-35	27
7	Halifax	26	12	0	14	618	566	-52	24
8	Widnes	26	12	0	14	511	477	-34	24
9	Hull Kingston Rovers	26	12	0	14	379	466	-87	24
10	Salford	26	11	0	15	480	507	-27	22
11	Bradford Northern	26	11	0	15	476	513	-37	22
12	Hull	26	11	0	15	468	526	-58	22
13	Featherstone Rovers	26	11	0	15	449	570	-121	22
14	Swinton	26	3	0	23	254	853	-329	6

Champions	Relegated

Second Division Final Standings^[3]

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Sheffield Eagles	28	21	1	6	816	396	420	43
2	Leigh	28	21	0	7	617	401	216	42
3	Oldham	28	18	2	8	558	421	137	38
4	London Crusaders	28	14	0	14	428	483	-55	28
5	Rochdale Hornets	28	12	2	14	619	489	130	26
6	Carlisle	28	12	1	15	490	466	24	25
7	Ryedale-York	28	5	2	21	338	749	-411	12
8	Workington Town	28	4	2	22	310	77	233	10

Promoted	Relegated

Third Division Final Standings^[4]

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Huddersfield	26	23	0	3	869	257	612	46
2	Bramley	26	21	0	5	675	258	417	42
3	Dewsbury	26	19	1	6	794	279	515	39
4	Batley	26	18	2	6	641	279	362	38
5	Barrow	26	17	1	8	663	355	308	35
6	Doncaster	26	15	2	9	567	362	205	32
7	Keighley Cougars	26	15	2	9	587	420	167	32
8	Hunslet	26	16	0	10	654	553	101	32
9	Scarborough Pirates	26	10	0	16	483	499	-16	20
10	Whitehaven	26	9	0	17	510	595	-85	18
11	Highfield	26	9	0	17	406	646	-240	18
12	Chorley Borough	26	4	0	22	290	842	-552	8
13	Trafford Borough	26	2	0	24	306	941	-635	4
14	Nottingham City	26	0	0	26	164	1323	-1159	0

Promoted

Challenge Cup

Main article: 1992 Challenge Cup

Wigan defeated Castleford 28-12 in Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium before a crowd of 77,286. Their winger Martin Offiah was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for his man-of-the-match performance.

References

↑ "CLUB HONOURS" at castigers.com
↑ "Salford v Swinton has it all". Oldham Advertiser. 16 January 2003.
↑ Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 302. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.
↑ Raymond Fletcher & David Howes (1995). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 299. ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.

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The Club	History Players Internationals Hall of Fame

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1991–92 Rugby Football League season

Season summary

League Tables

Championship Final Standings

Second Division Final Standings[3]

Third Division Final Standings[4]

Challenge Cup

References

Sources

Second Division Final Standings^[3]

Third Division Final Standings^[4]