Duration 6 Rounds Winners Hull Lance Todd Trophy Eddie Cunningham | Number of teams 33 Runners-up Widnes | |
The 1982 Challenge Cup was the 81st staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. Known as the State Express Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons, the final was contested by Widnes and Hull at Wembley. The match ended as a draw, resulting in a replay being staged at Elland Road, which Hull won 18–9.
Final
Widnes returned to Wembley as defending champions, having won the Challenge Cup for the sixth time in their history in the previous year.
Widnes led by eight points with 15 minutes of the game remaining, but Hull came back to draw the match 14–14, meaning the final would be replayed for the first time since 1954.
References
1982 Challenge Cup Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA