1992–93 Rugby Football League season

The 1992–93 Rugby Football League season was the 98th ever season of professional rugby league football in Britain. Sixteen teams competed from August, 1992 until May, 1993 for the Stones Bitter Championship, Premiership Trophy and Silk Cut Challenge Cup.

Season summary

 * Stones Bitter League Champions: Wigan
 * Silk Cut Challenge Cup Winners: Wigan (20-14 v Widnes)
 * Stones Bitter Premiership Trophy Winners: St. Helens (10-4 v Wigan)
 * Harry Sunderland Trophy: Chris Joynt
 * 1992–93 Regal Trophy Winners: Wigan (15-8 v Bradford Northern)
 * 2nd Division Champions: Featherstone Rovers

The 1993 Man of Steel Award for player of the season went to Wigan's Andy Platt.

In March 1993, clubs voted to return to a two-division structure from the start of the 1993–94 season, which also included the scrapping of the county cup competitions. The vote also controversially meant that the bottom three Third Division clubs would be expelled from the League, with several clubs threatening legal action against the decision. The three relegated teams (Chorley Borough, Blackpool Gladiators and Nottingham City) were accepted into the National Conference League.

Challenge Cup
The 1993 Silk Cut Challenge Cup Final was played by Wigan and Widnes on 2:30 on a warm and sunny Saturday afternoon, 1 May 1993 at Wembley Stadium, London in front of 77,684. By coming on as a substitute in this game at 17 years and 11 months of age, Andy Farrell become the youngest player to win a Challenge Cup final. The winner of the Lance Todd Trophy was Wigan's Dean Bell.

County cups
Wigan beat St. Helens 5–4 to win the 1992 Lancashire Cup, and Wakefield Trinity beat Sheffield Eagles 29–16 to win the Yorkshire Cup. To date this was final season of the Lancashire Cup and Yorkshire Cup competitions that, except for the break for World War I and World War II (Lancashire Cup only), had taken place annually since their inaugural 1905–06 season.

Rugby League World Cup final
On 24 October, the Final of the 1989-92 Rugby League World Cup took place at Wembley Stadium between Great Britain and Australia. In front of a record international attendance of 73,631, The Kangaroos triumphed 10–6.

Prior to the Final, the Australian team embarked on a mini 3 game tour as a warm up and selection trial.