UK Elite Teams By Season : 1991-92

Three teams were dropped from the 14 team elite Championship from the previous year (Sheffield, Oldham and Rochdale) while Halifax, Salford and Swinton replaced them. For the size of the league, that was quite some change of teams.

The League. Wigan took the title with 44 points, St Helens were next on 36 points with Castleford third (32 points). Warrington (30), Leeds (29) amd Wakefield (27) followed up after that. Featherstone (22) and poor Swinton (just 6 points) were relegated.

The Challenge Cup. The quarter finals pitted arch rivals Saints and Wigan, the latter coming away with the win 6-13. The other results were Castleford 19-12 Featherstone, Halifax 4-12 Bradford and Workington 8-24 Hull FC.

The semis went as follows: Cas' 8-4 Hull FC and Wigan 71-10 Bradford. Wow, some result that was. How did Cas' feel heading into the final after that? Over 77,000 went to Wembley Stadium and witnessed Wigan take the trophy with a 28-12 victory.

The League Cup. The quarter finals were: Salford 24-14 Wigan, Leeds 24-4 Castleford, Saints 30-12 Bradford, Widnes 34-22 Featherstone. Everyone must have fancied their chances with Wigan gone.

The semi finals pitted Leeds against Salford, the former progressing with a 22-15 triumph. Meanwhile Widnes joined them, defeating Leeds 24-0. The final attracted 15,000 to Central Park, Wigan where Widnes prevailed 24-0 over Leeds.

Lancashire Cup: The pennultimate county cups were held this year, the 79th edition. The semi final had Rochdale defeating Carlisle 19-6 and Saints getting gone over Wigan 24-14. The crowd of 9,300 at Warrington who came to the final predictably saw Saints taking the trophy 24-14 over a galant Rochdale.

Yorkshire Cup: The eastern equivalent at the semi final stage had Bradford proving too strong for Wakefield 14-10 and Castleford defeating Featherstone 18-10. The final took place at Leeds with 8.900 attending. There Cas' won 28-6 over Bradford.

The Premiership Finals. The top eight from the league came together here. The first round (quarter finals) went this way: Cas' 28-18 Wakefield, St Helens 52-6 Halifax, Warrington 18-18 and 8-22 Leeds, Wigan 42-16 Widnes.

The semi finals went Lancashire's way with Saints too good for Castleford (30-14) and Wigan easily over Leeds (74-6). 33,000 came to the final at Old Trafford where Wigan ran out winners 48-16 against Saints.

Summary: Wigan dominated this period and this season was no exception. They won the league, Challenge Cup and Premiership final (columns 1 to 3 below)  The only blemishes were the lesser League Cup and Lancashire Cup (columns 4 and 5). They were given 68 points in my awards system. Castleford had a dig and took the Yorkshire Cup for a creditable 60 points. St Helens also got the same number of points with the Lancashire Cup victory. After that it was just crumbs for the rest.

	Rk	Team	Lge	Fnl	CC	LC	Y/L	Total
	1	Wigan	20	20	20	4	4	68
	2	Castleford	16	12	16	4	12	60
	2	St Helens	18	16	6	8	12	60
	4	Leeds	12	12		12		36
	5	Widnes	9	6		16		31
	6	Bradford	6		12	4	8	30
	7	Halifax	10	6	6			22
	8	Wakefield	11	6			4	21
	9	Warrington	14	6				20
	10	Featherstone	4		6	4	4	18
	11	Hull FC	5		12			17
	12	Salford	7			8		15
	13	Hull KR	8					8
	13	Rochdale					8	8
	15	Workington			6			6
	16	Carlisle					4	4
	17	Swinton	3					3
		Total	143	84	84	60	56	427

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