Wigan 20-14 Widnes — 1992/93 Challenge Cup Final

Wembley Stadium, London · Attendance: 77,684

Data last verified: 11 August 2026.

1992/93 Challenge Cup Final: Wigan 20-14 Widnes, at Wembley Stadium, London.

Sourcing caveat: Try/goal minutes not confirmed by sources checked. Full lineups, benches and coaches for both sides were subsequently confirmed via Rugby League Project.

Scorers

Wigan	Tries: Dean Bell; Sam Panapa; Kelvin Skerrett Goals: Frano Botica (4 goals)
Widnes	Tries: Richie Eyres; Kurt Sorensen Goals: Jonathan Davies (3 goals)

Teams

Wigan			Widnes
1	Steve Hampson	Fullback	Stuart Spruce	1
2	Jason Robinson	Wing	John Devereux	2
3	Joe Lydon	Centre	Andy Currier	3
4	Andrew Farrar	Centre	Darren Wright	4
5	Martin Offiah	Wing	David Myers	5
6	Frano Botica	Five-eighth	Jonathan Davies	6
7	Shaun Edwards	Halfback	Bobbie Goulding	7
8	Kelvin Skerrett	Front row	Kurt Sorensen	8
9	Martin Dermott	Hooker	Paul Hulme	9
10	Andy Platt	Front row	Harvey Howard	10
11	Denis Betts	Second row	Richie Eyres	11
12	Phil Clarke	Second row	Esene Faimalo	12
13	Dean Bell	Lock	David Hulme	13
Substitutes
14	Sam Panapa		Steve McCurrie	14
15	Andy Farrell		Julian O'Neill	15

John Monie		Coach	Phil Larder

Match officials

Referee	Russell Smith (Castleford)
Lance Todd Trophy	Dean Bell (Wigan) — Lance Todd Trophy

Match report

Played 1 May 1993 in front of 77,684 at Wembley, Wigan captain Dean Bell led from the front, scoring a try and winning the Lance Todd Trophy in a 20-14 win over Widnes. Wigan's tries came from Bell, Sam Panapa and prop Kelvin Skerrett, with Frano Botica among the points off the tee. Widnes, featuring Welsh rugby union convert Jonathan Davies at fly-half and kicking three goals, scored through veteran Kiwi forward Kurt Sorensen and Richie Eyres but could not stop Wigan extending their remarkable winning streak to a sixth consecutive Challenge Cup final. For much of the competition's early history the final rotated around northern club and representative grounds such as Headingley, Fartown, Central Park and the Athletic Ground, Rochdale, before Wembley Stadium became the final's permanent home from 1928/29 onward (with a short break during Wembley's 2000-2007 reconstruction, when finals were staged at Murrayfield, Twickenham and the Millennium Stadium instead). Since 1946/47, the competition's individual award, the Lance Todd Trophy, has been presented to the final's outstanding player, voted for by a panel of media representatives at the final whistle — on several notable occasions the trophy has gone to a player on the losing side, an unusual honour that reflects the award's focus on individual performance rather than simply reflecting the final scoreline. This was the 92nd Challenge Cup final played, and, under the name “Wigan,” the 14th Challenge Cup title for the club. The result is recorded in this site's full results table alongside every other Challenge Cup final played since the competition's 1896/97 inception, cross-referenced against the venue and attendance figures gathered for that table. As with all of this site's rugby league match reports, any statistic that couldn't be confirmed from an accessible source — a scorer's name, an exact minute, a goal-kicking split — has been left out entirely rather than estimated, in line with the sourcing standard applied across the Challenge Cup, World Cup, World Club Challenge and domestic finals coverage on this site.

Round by round

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Preliminary Round

Result	Venue	Attendance	Date
Widnes 62–14 Swinton	Naughton Park	2154	1993-01-13
Batley 20–10 Blackpool	Mount Pleasant	628	1993-01-17
Wigan 40–2 Hull F.C.	Central Park	12420	1993-01-17

Round 1

Result	Venue	Attendance	Date
Warrington 6–21 Castleford	Wilderspool	2795	1993-01-30
Bradford Northern 28–18 Workington Town	Odsal	3323	1993-01-31
Chorley Borough 6–20 Batley	Grundy Hill	475	1993-01-31
Dewsbury 4–20 Wigan	Mount Pleasant	4156	1993-01-31
Featherstone Rovers 22–24 St Helens	Post Office Road	5854	1993-01-31
Halifax 66–16 Carlisle	Thrum Hall	4348	1993-01-31
Huddersfield 66–1 Nottingham City	Leeds Road	1765	1993-01-31
Hull Kingston Rovers 30–0 Bramley	Craven Park	2017	1993-01-31
Hunslet 27–22 Ryedale-York	Elland Road	864	1993-01-31
Keighley 86–0 Highfield	Lawkholme Lane	1100	1993-01-31
Leeds 54–18 Barrow	Headingley	7492	1993-01-31
Oldham 34–6 London Crusaders	Watersheddings	2653	1993-01-31
Rochdale Hornets 34–13 Doncaster	Spotland	1072	1993-01-31
Salford 12–20 Wakefield Trinity	The Willows	3732	1993-01-31
Sheffield Eagles 32–5 Leigh	Don Valley Stadium	2408	1993-01-31
Whitehaven 8–20 Widnes	Recreation Ground	3791	1993-01-31

Round 2

Result	Venue	Attendance	Date
Wigan 23–3 St Helens	Central Park	21191	1993-02-13
Castleford 34–16 Hunslet	Wheldon Road	3719	1993-02-14
Hull Kingston Rovers 30–28 Keighley	Craven Park	3109	1993-02-14
Leeds 68–6 Rochdale Hornets	Headingley	8219	1993-02-14
Oldham 20–17 Huddersfield	Watersheddings	4583	1993-02-14
Sheffield Eagles 6–52 Widnes	Don Valley Stadium	3407	1993-02-14
Wakefield Trinity 18–20 Bradford Northern	Belle Vue	6107	1993-02-14
Halifax 50–20 Batley	Thrum Hall	5243	1993-02-17

Quarter-Finals

Result	Venue	Attendance	Date
Leeds 12–8 Castleford	Headingley	12757	1993-02-27
Halifax 18–19 Wigan	Thrum Hall	9841	1993-02-28
Hull Kingston Rovers 4–4 Widnes	Craven Park	6286	1993-02-28
Oldham 4–42 Bradford Northern	Watersheddings	5405	1993-03-03
Widnes 16–11 Hull Kingston Rovers	Naughton Park	7486	1993-03-03

Semi-Finals

Result	Venue	Attendance	Date
Widnes 39–4 Leeds	Central Park	13823	1993-03-13
Wigan 15–6 Bradford Northern	Elland Road	20085	1993-03-27

Final

Result	Venue	Attendance	Date
Wigan 20–14 Widnes	Wembley Stadium	77684	1993-05-01

Early rounds feature amateur and community clubs alongside professional ones; team names are linked only where this site has a team page for that exact club, matching the same safety-first approach used for the Final's own results table.

Sources

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