The 1991–92 Regal Trophy was a British rugby league knockout tournament. It was the 21st season that the competition was held, and was the third staging of the competition since it was re-named the Regal Trophy.

Widnes won the final, beating Leeds by the score of 24–0.

Background This season saw two "name" changes and one of the three junior clubs being replaced by a new league club. The number of entrants remained the same at thirty-eight. The changes were :- 1 Runcorn Highfield became Highfield and now played at Hoghton Road Stadium in Sutton, a suburb of St. Helens and home to St Helens Town A.F.C. (although signing a 99-year lease, the club moved on after 4½ years after a proposed rent increase made a stay unviable - Fulham became London Crusaders but were still nomadic, although playing many home matches at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre before settling at Barnet Copthall for season 1993-94 2 Scarborough Pirates joined the league and the competition (albeit for a very brief one season stay before going into administration), taking the place of one of the junior teams- The preliminary round involved twelve clubs, to reduce the numbers to entrants to the first round proper to thirty-two.

Competition and results

Preliminary round Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Tue 29 Oct 1991Rochdale Hornets14–24WidnesSpotland22782Tue 29 Oct 1991Wigan34–14DewsburyCentral Park50203Thu 31 Oct 1991Hull F.C.22–7LeighBoulevard22194Sun 3 Nov 1991Saddleworth0–30Workington TownWatersheddings16501, 25Sun 3 Nov 1991Sheffield Eagles36–8Scarborough PiratesDon Valley Stadium12266Mon 4 Nov 1991Leigh East20–10Chorley BoroughHilton Park13933, 4

First Round Involved 16 matches and 32 Clubs Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Sat 16 Nov 1991Warrington8–17LeedsWilderspool43532Sun 17 Nov 1991Bradford Northern76–0Leigh EastOdsal161333Sun 17 Nov 1991Doncaster21–20WhitehavenBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield6934Sun 17 Nov 1991Halifax46–4BarrowThrum Hall47915Sun 17 Nov 1991Highfield10–28CarlisleHoghton Road Stadium1806Sun 17 Nov 1991Huddersfield10–32St. HelensFartown42397Sun 17 Nov 1991Hull Kingston Rovers10–22CastlefordCraven Park (2)34068Sun 17 Nov 1991Keighley Cougars25–10HunsletCougar Park11559Sun 17 Nov 1991Nottingham City11–42Wakefield TrinityHarvey Hadden Stadium91610Sun 17 Nov 1991Oldham16–10London CrusadersWatersheddings218211Sun 17 Nov 1991Ryedale-York6–13Sheffield EaglesRyedale Stadium113812Sun 17 Nov 1991Salford74–10Trafford BoroughThe Willows178313Sun 17 Nov 1991Swinton8–34WiganStation Road467614Sun 17 Nov 1991Widnes26–8Workington TownNaughton Park491715Mon 18 Nov 1991Hull F.C.12–8BatleyBoulevard214916Tue 19 Nov 1991Bramley18–18Featherstone RoversMcLaren Field1643

Replay Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Thu 21 Nov 1991Featherstone Rovers44–8BramleyPost Office Road1617

Second Round Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Sat 23 Nov 1991Hull F.C.4–12LeedsBoulevard43592Sun 24 Nov 1991Bradford Northern44–10Sheffield EaglesOdsal31183Sun 24 Nov 1991Carlisle16–30WidnesGifford Park187454Sun 24 Nov 1991Featherstone Rovers64–18HalifaxPost Office Road54625Sun 24 Nov 1991Oldham18–24St. HelensWatersheddings58146Sun 24 Nov 1991Wakefield Trinity10–30SalfordBelle Vue45777Sun 24 Nov 1991Wigan32–8Keighley CougarsCentral Park60528Mon 25 Nov 1991Castleford38–6DoncasterWheldon Road 4145

Third Round Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs

Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Sat 30 Nov 1991Salford24–14WiganThe Willows46082Sun 1 Dec 1991Leeds24–4CastlefordHeadingley154093Sun 1 Dec 1991St. Helens30–12Bradford NorthernKnowsley Road86414Sun 1 Dec 1991Widnes34–22Featherstone RoversNaughton Park6551

Semi final Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs Game NoFixture DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Sat 7 Dec 1991Leeds22–15SalfordValley Parade727562Sat 21 Dec 1991Widnes18–10St. HelensCentral Park6376

Final The match was played at Central Park, Wigan. The attendance was 15,070.

Teams WidnesNo.Leeds Teams Alan Tait1Morvin EdwardsJohn Devereux2Phil FordAndy Currier3David CreasserDarren Wright4Simon IrvingMark Sarsfield5John BentleyJonathan Davies (c)6Garry Schofield (c)Barry Dowd7Bobbie GouldingKurt Sorensen8Shaun WanePaul Hulme9Richard GunnDavid Smith10Mike O'NeillHarvey Howard11Roy PowellRichard Eyres12Paul DixonLes Holliday13Gary Divorty Substitutes Paul Atcheson (for Sarsfield, 73 min.)14Carl Gibson (for Irving, 53 min.)Joe Grima (for Holliday, 59 min.)15Steve Molloy (for Wane, 46 min.)Frank MylerCoachDoug Laughton

Prize money As part of the sponsorship deal and funds, the prize money awarded to the competing teams for this season is as follows: Finish PositionCash prizeNo. receiving prizeTotal cashWinner£32,0001£32,000Runner-up£17,0001£17,000Semi-finalist£9,0002£18,000Loser in Rd 3£5,5004£22,000Loser in Rd 2£3,5008£28,000Loser in Rd 1£2,25016£36,000All clubs in Prelim Round£2,25012£27,000Total Prize Money£180,000Capital Development Fund£120,000Grand Total£300,000

The road to success This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures

See also 1991-92 Rugby Football League season 1991 Lancashire Cup 1991 Yorkshire Cup Regal Trophy Rugby league county cups

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