2002 Super League season

Season in rugby league Super League VII Super League 90px The Tetley's Super League competition logo 28 Rounds 12 18,789 Wigan Warriors vs St. Helens (8 Sept) 2,211 Salford City Reds vs London Broncos (19 May) Sky Sports 2002 Season St. Helens4th Super League title11th British title Champions St. Helens League Leaders ENG Paul Sculthorpe Man of Steel AwardsMan of Steel ENG Paul Deacon (301) AUS Dennis Moran (22) Huddersfield Giants National League One Salford City Reds National League One Super League VI 2001 Super League VIII 2003 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 the 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. 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.http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=64 RFL All Time Records 2009-08-07 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090403144104/http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=64 2009-04-03 Operational rules Salary cap limits were adjusted in an attempt to make Super League more competitive: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyleague/2996280/Salary-cap-to-be-squeezed-to-1.8m.html The Telegraph Salary cap to be squeezed to £1.8m Michael Fisher 2001-01-12 2009-05-07 The cap for money spent on players' salaries was set at £1.8 million per club from the 2002 season. 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". 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. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyleague/3009792/RFL-move-to-keep-players.html The Telegraph RFL move to keep players John Whalley and Rob Wildman 2001-07-29 2009-05-06 Table Play-offs Grand Final 2002 Super League Grand Final References External links Super League VII at wigan.rlfans.com https://web.archive.org/web/20150925152143/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=153 2015-09-25 Super League VII at rugbyleagueproject.com