1982–83 Rugby Football League season

1982–83 Rugby Football League season
LeagueSlalom Lager Championship
TeamsFirst Division: 16
Second Division: 17
First Division
ChampionsHull (6th title)
Premiership winnersWidnes
Man of Steel Award Allan Agar
Top try-scorer Bob Eccles (37)
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from Second Division
Relegated to Second Division
Second Division
ChampionsFulham
Runners-upWakefield Trinity
Top point-scorer Steve Diamond (308)
Top try-scorer John Crossley (27)

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 Championship.

Season summary

Hull finished on top of the First Division table to claim their sixth championship, before Widnes deafeated them in the Premiershio. Fulham, Wakefield Trinity, Salford and Whitehaven were promoted to the First Division.

First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PP Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Hull (C) 30 23 1 6 572 293 195.2 47 Qualification for Premiership play-offs
2 Hull Kingston Rovers 30 21 1 8 496 276 179.7 43
3 Wigan 30 20 3 7 482 270 178.5 43
4 St Helens 30 19 1 10 516 395 130.6 39
5 Widnes 30 18 2 10 534 357 149.6 38
6 Leeds 30 18 2 10 480 443 108.4 38
7 Castleford 30 18 1 11 629 458 137.3 37
8 Oldham 30 15 2 13 346 320 108.1 32
9 Bradford Northern 30 14 2 14 381 314 121.3 30
10 Leigh 30 13 3 14 488 374 130.5 29
11 Warrington 30 13 2 15 423 410 103.2 28
12 Featherstone Rovers 30 10 4 16 350 447 78.3 24
13 Barrow (R) 30 11 1 18 472 505 93.5 23 Relegated to Second Division
14 Workington Town (R) 30 6 2 22 318 696 45.7 14
15 Halifax (R) 30 5 1 24 221 651 33.9 11
16 Carlisle (R) 30 2 0 28 252 751 33.6 4
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded)
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Second Division

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PP Pts Promotion
1 Fulham (C, P) 32 27 1 4 699 294 237.8 55 Promoted to Championship
2 Wakefield Trinity (P) 32 25 2 5 672 381 176.4 52
3 Salford (P) 32 24 0 8 686 363 189.0 48
4 Whitehaven (P) 32 20 3 9 464 298 155.7 43
5 Bramley 32 20 1 11 560 369 151.8 41
6 Hunslet 32 17 5 10 553 448 123.4 39
7 Swinton 32 19 1 12 549 454 120.9 39
8 Cardiff 32 17 2 13 572 444 128.8 36
9 Keighley 32 15 5 12 470 423 111.1 35
10 York 32 15 0 17 516 455 113.4 30
11 Blackpool Borough 32 13 1 18 381 433 88.0 27
12 Huddersfield 32 13 1 18 397 524 75.8 27
13 Rochdale Hornets 32 10 5 17 361 469 77.0 25
14 Dewsbury 32 8 1 23 325 507 64.1 17
15 Batley 32 6 1 25 305 719 42.4 13
16 Huyton 32 6 0 26 250 687 36.4 12
17 Doncaster 32 2 1 29 307 799 38.4 5
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded)
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Premiership

Main article: 1982–83 Rugby League Premiership
14 May 1983
Widnes (5) 22-10 Hull F.C. (1)
G-Lydon (5)
T-Basnett (2), Myler, Gregory 		G-Crooks(2)
T-O'Hara, Topliss
Headingley Stadium
Attendance: 17,813
Referee: Fred Lindop
Player of the Match: Tony Myler

References

  1. ^ "Championship 1982/83". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  2. ^ "Second Division 1982/83". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 19 March 2026.

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