1981–82 Rugby Football League season#Challenge Cup

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The 1981–82 Rugby Football League season was the 87th ever season of professional rugby league football in Britain. Sixteen teams competed from August, 1981 until May, 1982 for the Championship.

Season summary

Slalom Lager League Champions: Leigh
Challenge Cup Winners: Hull F.C. (18-9 v Widnes in replay after 14–14 draw)
Slalom Lager Premiership Trophy Winners: Widnes (23-8 v Hull)
John Player Special Trophy Winners: Hull F.C. (12-4 v Hull Kingston Rovers)
2nd Division Champions: Oldham

Leigh finished on top of the First Division table to claim their second and, to date, last championship, but Widnes won the Rugby League Premiership competition. Fulham, Wakefield Trinity, York and Whitehaven were demoted to the Second Division. Oldham, Carlisle, Workington Town and Halifax were promoted to the First Division.

Cardiff City Blue Dragons and Carlisle joined the competition in Division Two.

Leigh beat Widnes 8–3 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Castleford beat Bradford Northern 10–5 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.

League Tables

=Championship=

Final Standings

width=20 abbr="Position" \| !width=175 \|Team !width=20 abbr="Played" \|Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" \|W !width=20 abbr="Drawn" \|D !width=20 abbr="Lost" \|L !width=20 abbr="Points for" \|PF !width=20 abbr="Points against" \|PA !width=20 abbr="Points difference" \|PD !width=20 abbr="Points" \|Pts
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align=center style="background:#FFD700;" \|1	style="text-align:left;"\|Leigh \|30	24	1	5	572	343	+229	49
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align=center style="background:#e1e1ff;" \|2	style="text-align:left;"\|Hull \|30	23	1	6	611	273	+338	47
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align=center style="background:#e1e1ff;" \|3	style="text-align:left;"\|Widnes \|30	23	1	6	551	317	+234	47
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align=center style="background:#e1e1ff;" \|4	style="text-align:left;"\|Hull Kingston Rovers \|30	22	1	7	554	319	+235	45
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align=center style="background:#e1e1ff;" \|5	style="text-align:left;"\|Bradford Northern \|30	20	1	9	425	332	+93	41
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align=center style="background:#e1e1ff;" \|6	style="text-align:left;"\|Leeds \|30	17	1	12	514	418	+96	35
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align=center style="background:#e1e1ff;" \|7	style="text-align:left;"\|St Helens \|30	17	1	12	465	415	+50	35
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align=center style="background:#e1e1ff;" \|8	style="text-align:left;"\|Warrington \|30	14	2	14	403	468	+65	30
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align=center style="background:" \|9	style="text-align:left;"\|Barrow \|30	13	0	17	408	445\|
37	26
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align=center style="background:" \|10	style="text-align:left;"\|Featherstone Rovers \|30	12	1	17	482	493\|
11	25
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align=center style="background:" \|11	style="text-align:left;"\|Wigan \|30	12	0	18	424	435\|
11	24
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align=center style="background:" \|12	style="text-align:left;"\|Castleford \|30	10	1	19	486	505\|
19	21
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align=center style="background:#FFCCCC" \|13	style="text-align:left;"\|Fulham \|30	9	1	20	365	539\|
174	19
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align=center style="background:#FFCCCC" \|14	style="text-align:left;"\|Wakefield Trinity \|30	9	1	20	341	526\|
185	19
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align=center style="background:#FFCCCC" \|15	style="text-align:left;"\|York \|30	4	2	24	330	773\|
443	10
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align=center style="background:#FFCCCC" \|16	style="text-align:left;"\|Whitehaven \|30	2	3	25	224	565\|
341	7
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=Second Division=

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!Club

!P

!W

!D

!L

!PF

!PA

!Pts

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|1

|style="text-align:left;"|Oldham

|32

|30

|0

|2

|734

|276

|60

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|2

|style="text-align:left;"|Carlisle

|32

|28

|0

|4

|649

|296

|56

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|3

|style="text-align:left;"|Workington Town

|32

|24

|0

|8

|777

|311

|48

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|4

|style="text-align:left;"|Halifax

|32

|22

|0

|10

|516

|340

|44

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|5

|style="text-align:left;"|Salford

|32

|20

|1

|11

|656

|433

|41

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|6

|style="text-align:left;"|Hunslet

|32

|18

|1

|13

|481

|452

|37

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|7

|style="text-align:left;"|Keighley

|32

|18

|0

|14

|514

|426

|36

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|8

|style="text-align:left;"|Cardiff

|32

|17

|1

|14

|566

|549

|35

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|9

|style="text-align:left;"|Dewsbury

|32

|16

|0

|16

|357

|464

|32

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|10

|style="text-align:left;"|Swinton

|32

|15

|0

|17

|514

|418

|30

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|11

|style="text-align:left;"|Huddersfield

|32

|13

|1

|18

|370

|523

|27

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|12

|style="text-align:left;"|Bramley

|32

|13

|0

|19

|381

|513

|26

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|13

|style="text-align:left;"|Rochdale Hornets

|32

|10

|1

|21

|361

|484

|21

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|14

|style="text-align:left;"|Batley

|32

|8

|0

|24

|357

|596

|16

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|15

|style="text-align:left;"|Blackpool Borough

|32

|7

|0

|25

|341

|608

|14

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|16

|style="text-align:left;"|Doncaster

|32

|5

|1

|26

|319

|793

|11

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|17

|style="text-align:left;"|Huyton

|32

|5

|0

|27

|296

|707

|10

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|Champions

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|Play-offs

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|Promoted

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|Relegated

Challenge Cup

The 1981-82 State Express Challenge Cup was won by Hull F.C. after defeating Widnes 18–9 in the final after a replay.

The Final was played at Wembley before a crowd of 92,147 and ended in a 14–14 draw. The replay was played at Elland Road before a crowd of 41,171.

John Player Trophy

Premiership

References

{{cite book |editor-last1=Fletcher |editor-first1=Raymond |editor-last2=Howes |editor-first2=David |title=Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1982-83 |date=1982 |publisher=Rothmans Publications |isbn=978-0-907574-15-6}}
[http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=401 1981-82 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com]

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