1982–83 Rugby Football League season#Second Division
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{{Infobox rugby football league season
| title = 1982–83 Rugby Football League season
| league = Slalom Lager Championship
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| season_champs = {{leagueicon|Hull|16}} Hull
| season_champ_name = Champions
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| premiership_win = {{leagueicon|Widnes|16}} Widnes
| premiership_win_name= Premiership winners
| MVP = {{leagueicon|Featherstone|16}} Allan Agar
| MVP_link = Man of Steel Award
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| top try scorer = {{leagueicon|warrington|16}} Bob Eccles 37
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| promote = {{ubl|Fulham|{{leagueicon|Wakefield|16}} Wakefield Trinity|{{leagueicon|Salford City Reds|16}} Salford|{{leagueicon|Whitehaven|16}} Whitehaven}}
| promote_from = Second Division
| relegate = {{ubl|{{leagueicon|Barrow|16}} Barrow|{{leagueicon|Workington|16}} Workington Town|{{leagueicon|Halifax|16}} Halifax|Carlisle}}
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| season_champ_name2 = Champions
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| top_scorer2 = Steve Diamond (Fulham) 308
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| top try scorer2 = John Crossley (Fulham) 27
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| prevseason_link = 1981–82 Rugby Football League season
| prevseason_year = 1981–82
| nextseason_link = 1983–84 Rugby Football League season
| nextseason_year = 1983–84
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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 County Cup, and Hull F.C. beat Bradford Northern 18–7 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.
League Tables
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=Championship=
Final Standings
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| 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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|1 | style="text-align:center;"|16x16px Hull
|30 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 572 | 293 | +279 | 47 |
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| align=center style="background:#e1e1ff;"
|2 | style="text-align:center;"|16x16px Hull Kingston Rovers
|30 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 496 | 276 | +220 | 43 |
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|3 | style="text-align:center;"|16x16px Wigan
|30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 482 | 270 | +212 | 43 |
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|4 | style="text-align:center;"|16x16px St. Helens
|30 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 516 | 395 | +121 | 39 |
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|5 | style="text-align:center;"|16x16px Widnes
|30 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 534 | 357 | +177 | 38 |
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| align=center style="background:#e1e1ff;"
|6 | style="text-align:center;"|16x16px Leeds
|30 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 480 | 443 | +27 | 38 |
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| align=center style="background:#e1e1ff;"
|7 | style="text-align:center;"|16x16px Castleford
|30 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 629 | 458 | +171 | 37 |
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| align=center style="background:#e1e1ff;"
|8 | style="text-align:center;"|16x16px Oldham
|30 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 346 | 320 | +26 | 32 |
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|9 | style="text-align:center;"|16x16px Bradford Northern
|30 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 381 | 314 | +67 | 30 |
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|10 | style="text-align:center;"|16x16px Leigh
|30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 488 | 374 | +114 | 29 |
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|11 | style="text-align:center;"|16x16px Warrington
|30 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 423 | 410 | +13 | 28 |
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|12 | style="text-align:center;"|16x16px Featherstone Rovers
|30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 350 | 447| | ||
| 97 | 24 | |||||||
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|13 | style="text-align:center;"|16x16px Barrow
|30 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 472 | 505| | ||
| 33 | 23 | |||||||
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|14 | style="text-align:center;"|16x16px Workington Town
|30 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 318 | 696| | ||
| 378 | 14 | |||||||
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|15 | style="text-align:center;"|16x16px Halifax
|30 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 221 | 651| | ||
| 430 | 11 | |||||||
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|16 | style="text-align:center;"|Carlisle
|30 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 251 | 751| | ||
| 500 | 4 | |||||||
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=Second Division=
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! !Club !P !W !D !L !PF !PA !Pts |
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|1 |32 |27 |1 |4 |699 |294 |55 |
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|2 |32 |25 |2 |5 |672 |381 |52 |
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|3 |32 |24 |0 |8 |686 |363 |48 |
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|4 |32 |20 |3 |9 |464 |298 |43 |
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|5 |32 |20 |1 |11 |560 |369 |41 |
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|6 |32 |17 |5 |10 |553 |448 |39 |
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|7 |32 |19 |1 |12 |549 |454 |39 |
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|8 |32 |17 |2 |13 |572 |444 |36 |
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|9 |32 |15 |5 |12 |470 |423 |35 |
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|10 |York |32 |15 |0 |17 |516 |455 |30 |
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|11 |32 |13 |1 |18 |381 |433 |27 |
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|12 |32 |13 |1 |18 |397 |524 |27 |
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|13 |32 |10 |5 |17 |361 |469 |25 |
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|14 |32 |8 |1 |23 |325 |507 |17 |
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|15 |32 |6 |1 |25 |305 |719 |13 |
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|16 |32 |6 |0 |26 |250 |687 |12 |
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|17 |32 |2 |1 |29 |307 |799 |5 |
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|bgcolor="#FFD700" width="20" | |Champions |bgcolor="#e1e1ff" width="20" | |Play-offs |bgcolor="#ccffcc" width="20" | |Promoted |bgcolor="#FFCCCC" width="20" | |Relegated |
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Challenge Cup
{{main|1982–83 Challenge Cup}}
The 1982-83 State Express Challenge Cup was won by underdogs Featherstone Rovers after defeating Hull F.C. 14-12 in the final.{{cite news
| last = Demsteader
| first = Christine
| title = Rugby League's home from home
| work = BBC Sport
| place =UK
| publisher = BBC
| date = 2000-10-01
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/in_depth/2000/wembley/944481.stm
| access-date = 2009-12-04}}
The Final was played at Wembley before a crowd of 84,969.
John Player Trophy
{{main|1982–83 John Player Trophy}}
Premiership
{{main|1982–83 Rugby League Premiership}}
Kangaroo Tour
{{main|1982 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France}}
The months of October and November also saw the appearance of the Australian team in England on their 1982 Kangaroo Tour. Other than the three test Ashes series against Great Britain (won 3–0 by Australia), The Kangaroos played and won matches against 9 Championship teams (Hull KR, Wigan, Barrow, St Helens, Leeds, Leigh, Bradford Northern, Hull and Widnes), 1 Second Division side (Fulham) and 1 county side (Cumbria).
The 1982 Kangaroos were coached by Balmain Tigers head coach Frank Stanton who had previously toured as a player in 1963–64 and as coach of the 1978 Kangaroos. The team captain was veteran Manly-Warringah hooker Max Krilich who had also toured in 1978.
South Brisbane centre Mal Meninga, making the first of a record 4 Kangaroo Tours as a player, was the leading point scorer on the tour with 166 from 10 tries and 68 goals including 48 points in the three Tests against Great Britain (2 tries, 21 goals). Manly-Warringah's Queensland winger John Ribot was the leading try scorer on the tour with 25.
The 1982 Kangaroos became known as The Invincibles after becoming the first team to go undefeated on a Kangaroo Tour.
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! game !! Date !! Result !! Venue !! Attendance | ||||
| 1 | 10 October | {{leagueicon|Australia|16}} Australia def. {{leagueicon|Hull KR|16}} Hull Kingston Rovers 30–10 | Craven Park, Hull | 10,742 |
| 2 | 13 October | {{leagueicon|Australia|16}} Australia def. {{leagueicon|Wigan|16}} Wigan 13–9 | Central Park, Wigan | 12,158 |
| 3 | 15 October | {{leagueicon|Australia|16}} Australia def. {{leagueicon|Barrow|16}} Barrow 29–2 | Craven Park, Barrow | 6,282 |
| 4 | 17 October | {{leagueicon|Australia|16}} Australia def. {{leagueicon|St Helens|16}} St Helens 32–0 | Knowsley Road, St Helens | 8,190 |
| 5 | 20 October | {{leagueicon|Australia|16}} Australia def. {{leagueicon|Leeds|16}} Leeds 31–4 | Headingley, Leeds | 11,570 |
| 6 | 24 October | {{rl|AUS}} def. {{rl|WAL}} 37–7 | Ninian Park, Cardiff | 5,617 |
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|7 | 30 October | {{rl|AUS}} def. {{rl|GBR}} 40–4 | Boothferry Park, Hull | 26,771 |
| 8 | 3 November | {{leagueicon|Australia|16}} Australia def. {{leagueicon|Leigh|16}} Leigh 44–4 | Hilton Park, Leigh | 7,680 |
| 9 | 7 November | {{leagueicon|Australia|16}} Australia def. {{leagueicon|Bradford|16}} Bradford Northern 13–6 | Odsal, Bradford | 10,506 |
| 10 | 9 November | {{leagueicon|Australia|16}} Australia def. {{flagicon|Cumbria}} Cumbria 41–2 | Brunton Park, Carlisle | 5,748 |
| 11 | 14 November | {{leagueicon|Australia|16}} Australia def. {{leagueicon|London Broncos|16}} Fulham 22–5 | Craven Cottage, London | 10,432 |
| 12 | 16 November | {{leagueicon|Australia|16}} Australia def. {{leagueicon|Hull|16}} Hull F.C. 13–7 | The Boulevard, Hull | 16,049 |
| bgcolor=Gold
|13 | 20 November | {{rl|AUS}} def. {{rl|GBR}} 27–6 | Central Park, Wigan | 23,126 |
| 14 | 23 November | {{leagueicon|Australia|16}} Australia def. {{leagueicon|Widnes|16}} Widnes 19–6 | Naughton Park, Widnes | 9,790 |
| bgcolor=Gold
|15 | 28 November | {{rl|AUS}} def. {{rl|GBR}} 32–8 | Headingley, Leeds | 17,318 |
References
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Sources
- [http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=402 1982-83 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com]
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