Super League VII (styled Tetley's Super League VII due to sponsorship from

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) was the year 2002's

Super League Super League (also known as the Betfred Super League for sponsorship reasons, and legally Super League Europe Ltd.) is a professional rugby league competition, and the highest level of the British rugby league system, which consists of twelve t ...

championship season, the 108th season of top-level professional

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in Britain, and the seventh run by the Super League. Twelve clubs from across

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competed during the season, culminating in the 2002 Super League Grand Final between St. Helens and

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, which St Helens won, claiming their third premiership in four seasons.

Lee Briers Lee Paul Briers (born 14 June 1978) is a professional rugby league coach who is currently a development coach at St Helens R.F.C., St Helens in the English Super League and assistant coach of the England national rugby league team, England nati ...

Warrington Wolves Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league club based in Warrington, England. They play home games at the Halliwell Jones Stadium and compete in Super League, the top tier of British rugby league system, British rugby league. Warringto ...

scored a record-equalling 5 drop goals against Halifax Blue Sox in the Super League match on 25 May 2002.

Operational rules

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limits were adjusted in an attempt to make Super League more competitive: * The cap for money spent on players' salaries was set at £1.8 million per club from the 2002 season. The previous limit had allowed the clubs to spend either £0.75 million per year or a higher amount as long as it was no more than 50% of the clubs "salary cap relevant income". * The cap change allowed some clubs in Super League to spend more money on players than they had previously but forced a reduction in spending at others.

Wigan Warriors The Wigan Warriors is an English professional rugby league club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. The club competes in the Super League, the top tier of the British rugby league system. Formed in 1872, the club is a founding member of the Ru ...

were given 12 months' dispensation to spend up to £2.3 million due to existing contract commitments.

Operational rules

Table

Play-offs

Grand Final

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