1982–83 Rugby Football League season

1982–83 Rugby Football League season

Slalom Lager Championship
Number of teams	16
Champions	Hull
Premiership winners	File:Widnes colours.svg Widnes
Man of Steel	Allan Agar
Top try-scorer(s)	File:Wolvescolours.svg Bob Eccles 37
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from Second Division	Fulham File:Wcatscolours.svg 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
< 1981–82 Seasons 1983–84 >

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

• Slalom Lager League Champions: Hull
• Challenge Cup Winners: Featherstone Rovers (14-12 v Hull)
• Slalom Lager Premiership Trophy Winners: Widnes (22-10 v Hull)
• John Player Special Trophy Winners: Wigan (15-4 v Leeds)
• 2nd Division Champions: Fulham

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	30	23	1	6	572	293	+279	47
2	Hull Kingston Rovers	30	21	1	8	496	276	+220	43
3	16x16px Wigan	30	20	3	7	482	270	+212	43
4	16x16px St Helens	30	19	1	10	516	395	+121	39
5	16x16px Widnes	30	18	2	10	534	357	+177	38
6	16x16px Leeds	30	18	2	10	480	443	+27	38
7	16x16px Castleford	30	18	1	11	629	458	+171	37
8	Oldham	30	15	2	13	346	320	+26	32
9	Bradford Northern	30	14	2	14	381	314	+67	30
10	Leigh	30	13	3	14	488	374	+114	29
11	16x16px Warrington	30	13	2	15	423	410	+13	28
12	Featherstone Rovers	30	10	4	16	350	447	-97	24
13	Barrow	30	11	1	18	472	505	-33	23
14	Workington Town	30	6	2	22	318	696	-378	14
15	Halifax	30	5	1	24	221	651	-430	11
16	Carlisle	30	2	0	28	251	751	-500	4

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

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

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

Sources

• 1982-83 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com