The 1992–93 Regal Trophy was a British

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knockout tournament. It was the 22nd season that the competition was held, and was the fourth staging of the competition since it was renamed the

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defeated

Bradford Northern The Bradford Bulls are a professional rugby league club in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, and compete in the Championship, the second tier of British rugby league. The club have won the League Championship six times, the Challenge Cup f ...

by the score of 15–8 in the final to claim the trophy. The match was played at

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in front of an attendance of 13,221.

Background

This season saw several changes in the entrants, one club re-formed/renamed, two French clubs were invited instead of the junior clubs, and one club withdrew. This resulted in one less club/entrant reducing the total number to thirty-seven. The changes, in detail, are: # Trafford Borough re-formed as Blackpool Gladiators and moved back to Blackpool, playing at Jepson Way, Blackpool # Two French clubs,

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and

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were invited to join the competition, instead of the junior clubs, who were no longer invited #

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went into administration at the end of previous season The preliminary round involved ten clubs, to reduce the numbers of entrants to the first round proper to thirty-two.

Competition and results

Preliminary round

Involved 5 matches and 10 clubs

Round 1 - First Round

Involved 16 matches and 32 clubs

Round 2 - Second Round

Involved 8 matches and 16 clubs

Round 2 - Second Round replays

Involved 1 match and 2 clubs

Round 3 - Quarter-finals

Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs

Round 4 – Semi-finals

Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs. From this season onwards, Regal Trophy semi-finals were no longer played at neutral venues.

Final

Teams and scorers

Prize money

As part of the sponsorship deal and funds, the prize money awarded to the competing teams for this season is as follows :- Note - the author is unable to trace the award amounts for this season. Can anyone help ?

The road to success

This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures

Notes and comments

1 * Grundy Hill was the home ground of Horwich RMI, in

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2 * The second highest score, at the time
3 * RUGBYLEAGUEproiject gives the attendance as 3,475 but Widnes official archives gives it as 3,343
4 * RUGBYLEAGUEproiject gives the attendance as 7,682 but Wigan official archives gives it as 8,000

References

Sources

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:1992-93 League Cup (rugby league) Regal Trophy League Cup League Cup League Cup League Cup