Super League VII

Super League VII (styled Tetley's Super League VII due to sponsorship from Tetley's Brewery) was the year 2002's Super League championship season, the 108th season of top-level professional rugby league in Britain, and the seventh run by Super League. Twelve clubs from across England competed during the season, culminating in the 2002 Super League Grand Final between St. Helens and Bradford Bulls, which St Helens won, claiming their third premiership in four seasons.

Super League VII
LeagueSuper League
Duration28 Rounds
Teams12
Highest attendance18,789
Wigan Warriors vs St. Helens (8 Sept)
Lowest attendance2,211
Salford City Reds vs London Broncos (19 May)
Broadcast partners Sky Sports
2002 Season
Champions St. Helens
4th Super League title
11th English title
League Leaders St. Helens
Man of Steel Paul Sculthorpe
Top point-scorer(s) Paul Deacon (301)
Top try-scorer(s) Dennis Moran (22)
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from National League One Huddersfield Giants
Relegated to National League One Salford City Reds

Lee Briers of Warrington Wolves scored a record-equalling 5 drop goals against Halifax Blue Sox in the Super League match on 25 May 2002.[1]

Operational rules

Salary cap limits were adjusted in an attempt to make Super League more competitive:[2]

  • The cap for money spent on players' salaries was set at £1.8 million per club from the 2002 season.[2] The previous limit had allowed the clubs to spend either £0.75 million per year or a higher amount as long as it was no more than 50% of the clubs "salary cap relevant income".[2]
  • The cap change allowed some clubs in Super League to spend more money on players than they had previously but forced a reduction in spending at others. Wigan Warriors were given 12 months' dispensation to spend up to £2.3 million due to existing contract commitments.[3]

Table

Super League VII
Pos. Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qual.
1 St. Helens 282305927522+40546Play-off Semi Final
2 Bradford Bulls 282305910519+39146
3 Wigan Warriors 281918817475+34239Play-off Elimination Final
4 Leeds Rhinos 2817011865700+16534
5 Hull 2816012742674+6832
6 Castleford Tigers 2814212736615+12130
7 Widnes Vikings 2814113590716−12629
8 London Broncos 2813114661635+2627
9 Halifax Blue Sox 288020558856−29816
10 Warrington Wolves 287021483878−39514
11 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 285221566899−33312
12 Salford City Reds 285122490856−36611Relegated to National League 1

Source: Rugby League Project.
Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.
Competition points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.

Play-offs

Grand Final

References

  1. "RFL All Time Records". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  2. Michael Fisher (2001-01-12). "Salary cap to be squeezed to £1.8m". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
  3. John Whalley and Rob Wildman (2001-07-29). "RFL move to keep players". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
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