1993–94 Regal Trophy

The 1993–94 Regal Trophy was a British rugby league knockout tournament. It was the 23rd season that the competition was held, and was the fifth staging of the competition since it was re-named the Regal Trophy.

Castleford won the final, beating the pre-match favourites Wigan by the score of 33-2. The match was played at Headingley, Leeds in front of an attendance of 15,626.

Background
This season saw virtually a complete re-vamping of the competition for instance; The Preliminary round was renamed "First Round", with every other succeeding round being renamed. The (newly named) First Round now consisted of 16 matches involving 32 clubs, with a further 16 clubs being given byes into the Second Round. The number of entrants was further increased by inviting eleven of the top junior clubs. The inclusion of two French clubs continued with the inclusion of AS Saint Estève. The sixteen First Round winners added to the sixteen clubs given byes, gave a total of entrants into the  second round as thirty-two. There were no drawn matches in the competition this season.

Round 1 - First Round
Involved 16 matches and 32 clubs, with 16 byes

Round 2 Second Round
Involved 16 matches and 32 clubs. The 16 winners of the first round were joined by the 16 First Division clubs in the second round.

Round 3 - Third Round
Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs

Round 4 -Quarter Finals
Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs

Round 5 – Semi-Finals
Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Prize money
As part of the sponsorship deal and funds, the prize money awarded to the competing teams for this season is as follows:

The road to success
This tree excludes the First Round fixtures

Notes and comments
1 * West Bowling are a junior (or amateur) club from Bradford

2 * Leigh Miners' Welfare are a Junior (amateur) club from Leigh (formed by merger of Astley & Tyldesley and Hope Rangers - and now Leigh Miners Rangers)

3 * Queens are a Junior (amateur) club from Leeds

4 * Woolston Rovers are a Junior (amateur) club from Warrington, becoming Warrington Woolston Rovers in 2003 and Warrington Wizards in 2002. the ground is the old Warrington Home Ground of Wilderspool

5 * Carcassonne played in the French League at Stade Albert Domec

6 * Myson are a Junior (amateur) club from Hull

7 * Ellenborough Rangers are a Junior (amateur) club from the Ellenborough suburb of Maryport, Cumbria

8 * Irlam Hornets ARLFC are a junior club from Irlam, Salford, playing at Cutnook Lane

9 * Wigan official archives gives the club name as Nottingham Borough. There appear to be no other references anywhere to this name and assume it is an misprint

10 * AS Saint Estève was a French rugby league team from Perpignan, which in 2000 it merged with nearby neighbours XIII Catalan to form Union Treiziste Catalaneto compete in the Super Leagueas the Catalans Dragons.

11 * Hemel Stags are a semi professional club based in Hemel Hempstead and playing at the Pennine Way stadium (capacity 2000)

12 * Saddleworth Rangers are a Junior (amateur) club from Oldham

13 * Egremont are a Junior (amateur) club from Cumbria

14 * Wigan St Patricks are a Junior (amateur) club from Wigan

15 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject gives the attendance as 851 but Hull official archives gives it as 819

16 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject gives the attendance as 5,185 but Wigan official archives gives it as 5,128

17 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject gives the attendance as 3,075 but Widnes official archives gives it as 3,074

18 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject and Widnes official archives gives the attendance as 3,412 but Hull official archives gives it as 3,421

19 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject gives the attendance as 6,342 but Wigan official archives gives it as 6,500

20 * Wigan official archives - special details give this as the third round, obviously a mis-print

21 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject gives the attendance as 7,321 but Wigan official archives gives it as 7,231

22 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject and Wigan official archives gives the score as 26-6 but Hull official archives gives it as 24-6

23 * Headingley, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000. The record attendance was 40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947.