Teams 48 Runners-up Warrington | Winners Wigan | |
Structure National knockout championship | ||
This was the twenty-fourth season of the League Cup, rugby league's secondary cup competition known as the Regal Trophy due to sponsorship.
Contents
- Background
- Round 1 First Round a Preliminary Round
- Round 2 Second Round
- Round 3 Third Round
- Round 3 Third Round Replays
- Round 4 Quarter Finals
- Round 5 Semi Finals
- Teams and Scorers
- Prize Money
- The road to success
- References
Wigan won the final, beating Warrington 40-10 at the McAlpine Stadium in Huddersfield. The attendance was 19,636.
Background
This season saw no changes from last season's re-vamping, with no new members and no withdrawals, the number remaining at forty-eight.
The entrants still included two French clubs and eleven junior clubs
The sixteen First Round winners added to the sixteen clubs given byes, gave a total of entrants into the second round as thirty-two.
Round 1 - First Round - (a Preliminary Round)
Involved 16 matches and 32 clubs, with 16 byes
Round 2 Second Round
Involved 16 matches and 32 Clubs
Round 3 - Third Round
Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs
Round 3 - Third Round Replays
Involved 1 match and 2 clubs
Round 4 -Quarter Finals
Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs
Round 5 – Semi-Finals
Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Teams and Scorers
Scoring - Try = four (4) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point
Prize Money
As part of the sponsorship deal and funds, the prize money awarded to the competing teams for this season is as follows :-
Note - the author is unable to trace the award amounts for this season. Can anyone help ?
The road to success
This tree excludes the First Round fixtures