1983–84 Rugby Football League season

none 1983–84 Rugby Football League season Slalom Lager Championship First Division: 16 Second Division: 18 First Division Hull Kingston Rovers (4th title) Champions Hull Kingston Rovers Premiership winners ENG Joe Lydon Man of Steel Award ENG John Woods (355) ENG Garry Schofield (38) Barrow Workington Town Hunslet Halifax Second Division Fulham Wakefield Trinity Salford Whitehaven Second Division Second Division Barrow Champions Workington Town ENG Graham King (28) Kent Invicta Joined league 1982–83 Rugby Football League season 1982–83 1984–85 Rugby Football League season 1984–85 The 1983–84 Rugby Football League season was the 89th ever season of professional rugby league football in Britain. Sixteen teams competed from August, 1983 until May, 1984 for the Slalom Lager Championship. The Second Division was increased to 18 clubs with the introduction of Kent Invicta, who played their home fixtures at Maidstone, this season. Rule changes End of possession: A "handover" was introduced after the sixth tackle, replacing the scrum that had previously been formed at that point.de la Riviere Richard August 2009 2009 Top ten: Rugby league rules Rugby League World Brighouse, UK League Publications 340 61 1466-0105 The team receiving possession would now play-the-ball to carry on play. Scrum rules were changed which meant the non offending side had head and ball advantage, effectively making the scrum a non contest. Value of a try: The number of points a team scored from a try increased from three to four. The aim of this change was to "incentivise scoring tries" over kicking penalty goals, which were worth two points, because the tries were more entertaining. Temporary suspension: The 10-minute "sin bin" was introduced. Season summary In September 1983, the ban on international transfers between England and Australia was lifted.International ban lifted The Guardian 30 September 1983 London 24 186513563 This resulted in a big influx of Australian players being signed by clubs on short-term contracts, most notably Test stand-off and future Australia captain Wally Lewis, who signed for Wakefield Trinity. Slalom Lager League Champions: Hull Kingston Rovers Hull Kingston Rovers finished on top of the First Division table to claim their fifth championship, and also the Rugby League Premiership competition, this was the first occasion the 'Championship / Premiership Double' had been achieved. State Express Challenge Cup Winners: Widnes (19-6 v Wigan) John Player Special Trophy Winners: Leeds (18-10 v Widnes). During the competition, Danny Wilson of Swinton scored a record 5 drop goals in the tie against Hunslet on 6 Nov 1983.http://www.therfl.co.uk/about/page.php?id=394&areaid=46 RFL All Time Records 2009-08-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20090226210935/http://www.therfl.co.uk/about/page.php?id=394&areaid=46 2009-02-26 dead Slalom Lager Premiership Trophy Winners: Hull Kingston Rovers (18-10 v Castleford) Barrow beat Widnes 12–8 to win the Lancashire County Cup, and Hull F.C. beat Castleford 13–2 to win the Yorkshire County Cup 1983/84 Queensland Tour At the end of the 1983 seasons in Queensland and New South Wales, the Queensland team also toured Papua New Guinea and England. Their tour of Great Britain saw them play three matches. The first against Hull Kingston Rovers resulted in an 8–6 loss, though the Wally Lewis-led Maroons then easily won their remaining matches against Wigan (40–2) and Leeds (58–2) First Division main WDL HKR HUL WAR CAS WID STH BRA LEE WIG OLD LEI FEA FUL WAK SAL WHI PRE PRE PRE PRE PRE PRE PRE PRE R R R R 22 2 6 795 421 22 1 7 831 401 19 2 9 622 528 18 3 9 686 438 19 1 10 656 457 18 1 11 649 507 17 2 11 519 379 15 3 12 553 514 16 0 14 533 465 15 2 13 544 480 14 0 16 623 599 11 2 17 464 562 9 1 20 401 694 7 0 23 415 780 5 0 25 352 787 3 0 27 325 956 C R R R R Hull Kingston Rovers Hull Warrington Castleford Widnes St Helens Bradford Northern Leeds Wigan Oldham Leigh Featherstone Rovers Fulham Wakefield Trinity Salford Whitehaven 1) Points; 2) Points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded) yes points complete https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/seasons/championship-1983-84/summary.html Championship 1983/84 Rugby League Project 19 March 2026 2 1 0 QR yellow2 Qualification for Premiership play-offs red2 Relegated to Second Division Second Division main WDL BAR WOR HUN HFX BLA SWI YOR BRA KEN HUD CAR ROC BAT DEW CARL HUY KEI DON P P P P 32 0 2 1126 332 24 2 8 714 504 24 0 10 900 597 23 2 9 722 539 20 3 11 615 466 21 0 13 764 437 19 2 13 743 570 16 2 16 584 545 17 0 17 595 700 15 3 16 600 545 15 1 18 710 717 13 3 18 551 667 13 0 21 477 738 12 0 22 526 698 12 0 22 539 780 9 2 23 431 760 7 3 24 425 728 2 1 31 384 1083 CP P P P Barrow Workington Town Hunslet Halifax Blackpool Borough Swinton York Bramley Kent Invicta Huddersfield Cardiff City Blue Dragons Rochdale Hornets Batley Dewsbury Carlisle Huyton Keighley Doncaster 1) Points; 2) Points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded) yes points complete https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/seasons/second-division-1983-84/summary.html Second Division 1983/84 Rugby League Project 19 March 2026 2 1 0 P green2 Promoted to First Division Premiership 1983–84 Rugby League Premiership 12 May 1984 Hull Kingston Rovers (1) 18-10 Castleford (4) T-Smith M, Prohm, Laws, Dorahy G-Dorahy T-Kear G-Beardmore (3) Headingley Stadium 12,515 John Dorahy References Sources 1983-84 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com https://web.archive.org/web/20090826205317/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=403 2009-08-26 Category:1983 in English rugby league Category:1984 in English rugby league Category:Rugby Football League seasons Category:1983 in Welsh rugby league Category:1984 in Welsh rugby league