2002 Northern Ford Premiership

{{Infobox rugby football league season

| title = Premiership

| league = Northern Ford Premiership

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| duration = 27 Rounds

| no_of_teams = 18

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| season2 = 2002 Season

| season_champs2 = {{leagueicon|Huddersfield|16}} Huddersfield Giants

| season_champ_name2 = Grand Final winners

| league_leaders2 = {{leagueicon|Huddersfield|16}} Huddersfield Giants

| league_leaders_name2= League leaders

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| prevseason_link = 2001 Northern Ford Premiership

| prevseason_year = 2001

| nextseason_link = 2003 Rugby League National Leagues

| nextseason_year = 2003

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The 2002 Northern Ford Premiership season was the second tier British rugby league during the 2002 season. The competition began with nineteen teams, but York Wasps folded early in the season. Huddersfield Giants winning the Grand Final. This was the last season of the Premiership as for 2003 the teams were split into two divisions of the National League.

Championship

The league was won by the Huddersfield Giants, who beat the Leigh Centurions in the Grand Final. Huddersfield Giants were promoted to the Super League.

=League table=

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" \|Pts
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style="background:#CCFFCC;" \|1	style="text-align:left;"\|Huddersfield Giants \|27	26	1	0	1156	356	53
style="background:#CCFFCC;" \|2	style="text-align:left;"\|Leigh Centurions \|27	21	1	5	1021	426	43
style="background:#CCFFCC;" \|3	style="text-align:left;"\|Rochdale Hornets \|27	19	1	7	809	582	39
style="background:#CCFFCC;" \|4	style="text-align:left;"\|Hull Kingston Rovers \|27	18	1	8	715	468	37
style="background:#CCFFCC;" \|5	style="text-align:left;"\|Featherstone Rovers \|27	18	1	8	836	604	37
style="background:#CCFFCC;" \|6	style="text-align:left;"\|Doncaster Dragons \|27	16	1	10	741	603	33
style="background:#CCFFCC;" \|7	style="text-align:left;"\|Batley Bulldogs \|27	16	1	10	658	666	33
style="background:#CCFFCC;" \|8	style="text-align:left;"\|Whitehaven Warriors \|27	15	1	11	647	600	31
style="background:#CCFFCC;" \|9	style="text-align:left;"\|Oldham \|27	13	3	11	748	553	29
10	style="text-align:left;"\|Dewsbury Rams \|27	14	1	12	723	616	29
11	style="text-align:left;"\|Workington Town \|27	13	0	14	677	677	26
12	style="text-align:left;"\|Sheffield Eagles \|27	13	0	14	597	648	26
13	style="text-align:left;"\|Barrow Raiders \|27	12	1	14	707	670	25
14	style="text-align:left;"\|Keighley Cougars \|27	7	0	20	488	906	14
15	style="text-align:left;"\|Swinton Lions \|27	6	1	20	473	918	13
16	style="text-align:left;"\|Chorley Lynx \|27	5	0	22	477	994	10
17	style="text-align:left;"\|Hunslet Hawks \|27	3	1	23	438	954	7
18	style="text-align:left;"\|Gateshead Thunder \|27	0	1	26	338	1108	1

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|bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|Play-offs

York Wasps started this season but ceased to exist after 11 games. Their results were expunged from the records.

Play-offs

Week 1:

Hull Kingston Rovers 11 Oldham 19.
Featherstone Rovers 42 Whitehaven Warriors 14.
Doncaster Dragons 14 Batley Bulldogs 27.

Week 2:

Huddersfield Giants 36 Leigh Centurions 10.
Rochdale Hornets 6 Oldham 20.
Featherstone Rovers 30 Batley Bulldogs 32.

Week 3:

Batley Bulldogs 26 Oldham 16.

Week 4:

Leigh Centurions 35 Batley Bulldogs 28.

=Grand Final=

{{rugbyleaguebox

| date = 12 October 2002

| time =

| team1 = Huddersfield Giants

| score = 38 – 16

| report = {{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=Andy |title=Giants in the ascendant |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2002/oct/14/rugbyleague.huddersfieldgiants |website=The Guardian |access-date=19 February 2024 |date=14 October 2002}}

| team2 = Leigh Centurions

| points1 = Try: O'Hare (2), St Hilaire (2), Thorman, Gene
Goal: McNamara (7)

| points2 = Try: Cardoza, Marns, Hamilton
Goal: Turley (2)

| stadium = Halton Stadium, Widnes

| attendance= 9,051

| referee = Karl Kirkpatrick (Warrington)

| manofmatch= Chris Thorman

}}