1992–93 Rugby League Premiership

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1993 Premiership
StructureNational knockout championship
Winners St Helens
Runners-up Wigan

The 1993 Rugby League Premiership was the 19th end-of-season Rugby League Premiership competition. [1]

Contents

The winners were St Helens. [2]

First round

DateHome teamScoreAway team
23 April 1993 St Helens 34–25 Halifax
25 April 1993 Bradford Northern 6–19 Castleford
25 April 1993 Widnes 10–22 Leeds
25 April 1993 Wigan 40–5 Warrington

Semi-finals

DateHome teamScoreAway team
7 May 1993 Wigan 25–8 Castleford
9 May 1993 St Helens 15–2 Leeds

Final

16 May 1993
St Helens 10 – 4 Wigan
Tries: Connolly, Loughlin
Drop goals: O'Donnell (2)
[3]
Tries: Forshaw
Old Trafford
Attendance: 36,598
Player of the Match: Chris Joynt
1 David Lyon
2 Mike Riley
3 Gary Connolly
4 Paul Loughlin
5 Alan Hunte
6 Tea Ropati
7 Gus O'Donnell
8 Jon Neill
9 Bernard Dwyer
10 George Mann
11 Chris Joynt
12 Sonny Nickle
13 Shane Cooper
Substitutions:
14 Jonathan Griffiths for George Mann
15unused
Coach:
Mike McClennan
1 Jason Robinson
2 Sam Panapa
3 Frano Botica
4 Andrew Farrar
5 Kelvin Skerrett
6 Paul Atcheson
7 Shaun Edwards
8 Martin Offiah
9 Neil Cowie
10 Mick Cassidy
11 Andy Farrell
12 Martin Dermott
13 Phil Clarke
Substitutions:
14 Ian Gildart for Kelvin Skerrett
15 Mike Forshaw for Mick Cassidy
Coach:
John Monie

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References

  1. "Premiership title". Rugby League Project.
  2. "Premiership title 1992-93". Rugby League Project.
  3. "Rugby League: Deserving St Helens succeed at last: Wigan fail in their bid for a grand slam but Featherstone complete a double". The Independent. 17 May 1993. Retrieved 16 February 2024.