Super League VII
League | Super League | |||
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Duration | 28 Rounds | |||
Number of teams | 12 | |||
Highest attendance | 18,789 Wigan Warriors vs St Helens (8 Sept) |
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Lowest attendance | 2,211 Salford City Reds vs London Broncos (19 May) |
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Broadcast partners | Sky Sports | |||
2002 Season | ||||
Champions | File:Saintscolours.svg St Helens 4th Super League title 11th English title |
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League Leaders | File:Saintscolours.svg St Helens | |||
Man of Steel | File:Saintscolours.svg Paul Sculthorpe | |||
Top point-scorer(s) | Paul Deacon (301) | |||
Top try-scorer(s) | File:Quinscolours.svg Dennis Moran (22) | |||
Promotion and relegation | ||||
Promoted from National League 1 | File:Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants | |||
Relegated to National League 1 | Salford City Reds | |||
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Tetley's Super League VII was the official name for the year 2002's Super League championship season, the 108th season of top-level professional rugby league held in Britain, and the seventh championship run by Super League. Twelve clubs from across England competed during the season, culminating in the 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.[1]
Table
Super League VII
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# | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
1 | File:Saintscolours.svg St. Helens | 28 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 927 | 522 | +405 | 46 | |
2 | Bradford Bulls | 28 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 910 | 519 | +391 | 46 | |
3 | File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors | 28 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 817 | 475 | +342 | 39 | |
4 | File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos | 28 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 865 | 700 | +165 | 34 | |
5 | Hull | 28 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 742 | 674 | +68 | 32 | |
6 | Castleford Tigers | 28 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 736 | 615 | +121 | 30 | |
7 | File:Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings | 28 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 590 | 716 | −126 | 29 | |
8 | London Broncos | 28 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 661 | 635 | +26 | 27 | |
9 | Halifax Blue Sox | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 558 | 856 | −298 | 16 | |
10 | File:Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves | 28 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 483 | 878 | −395 | 14 | |
11 | File:Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | 28 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 566 | 899 | −333 | 12 | |
12 | Salford City Reds | 28 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 490 | 856 | −366 | 11 |
Teams qualifying for the Play-offs | |
Relegated |
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
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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]