1994–95 Regal Trophy

The 1994–95 Regal Trophy was a British rugby league knockout tournament. This was the 24th season that the competition was held, and was the sixth staging of the competition since it was re-named the Regal Trophy.

1994–95 Regal Trophy
Structure	National knockout championship
Teams	48
Winners	Wigan
Runners-up	Warrington
← 1993–94 1995–96 →

Wigan won the final, beating Warrington 40-10 at the McAlpine Stadium in Huddersfield. The attendance was 19,636.

Background

This season saw no changes from last season's re-vamping, with no new members and no withdrawals, and the number remaining at forty-eight.

The entrants still included two French clubs and eleven junior clubs.

The sixteen first round winners added to the sixteen clubs given byes, gave a total of entrants into the second round as 32.

Competition and results

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Round 1

Round 1 involved 16 matches and 32 clubs.

Game no.	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sat 19 Nov 1994	Hunslet	14-18	AS Saint Estève	Elland Road	521		[a]
2	Sun 20 Nov 1994	Dewsbury	22-4	XIII Catalan	Crown Flatt	1196		[b]
3	Thu 24 Nov 1994	Barrow	138-0	Nottingham City	Craven Park	500		[c]
4	Sat 26 Nov 1994	Huddersfield	142-4	Blackpool Gladiators	Alfred McAlpine Stadium	1111		[d]
5	Sun 27 Nov 1994	Batley	38-8	Queens	Mount Pleasant	607		[e]
6	Sun 27 Nov 1994	Bramley	40-14	Myson (Hull)	McLaren Field	302		[f]
7	Sun 27 Nov 1994	Carlisle	25-12	Bradford Dudley Hill	Gifford Park	206		[g]
8	Sun 27 Nov 1994	Highfield	12-6	Ovenden (Halifax)	Hoghton Road Stadium	285		[h]
9	Sun 27 Nov 1994	Hull Kingston Rovers	48-8	Hensingham	Craven Park (2)	1158		[i]
10	Sun 27 Nov 1994	Keighley Cougars	56-0	Chorley Borough (2)	Cougar Park	2370
11	Sun 27 Nov 1994	Leigh	18-12	Leigh Miners' Welfare	Hilton Park	2561		[j]
12	Sun 27 Nov 1994	London Crusaders	34-16	Hemel Stags	Barnet Copthall	668		[k]
13	Sun 27 Nov 1994	Rochdale Hornets	34-10	Woolston Rovers	Spotland	576		[l]
14	Sun 27 Nov 1994	Ryedale-York	26-9	West Hull	Ryedale Stadium	668		[m]
15	Sun 27 Nov 1994	Swinton	32-26	Saddleworth Rangers	Gigg Lane	380		[n]
16	Sun 27 Nov 1994	Whitehaven	66-0	Thatto Heath	Recreation Ground	686		[o]

Round 2

Round 2 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.

Game no	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sat 3 Dec 1994	Carlisle	16-30	Dewsbury	Gifford Park	287
2	Sat 3 Dec 1994	Castleford	32-26	Halifax	The Jungle	4740
3	Sun 4 Dec 1994	Highfield	2-50	Widnes	Hoghton Road Stadium	1199			[9]
4	Sun 4 Dec 1994	Huddersfield	11-52	St. Helens	Alfred McAlpine Stadium	5534			[10]
5	Sun 4 Dec 1994	Hull F.C.	26-16	Barrow	Boulevard	2325			[11]
6	Sun 4 Dec 1994	Keighley Cougars	28-4	Bramley	Cougar Park	2515
7	Sun 4 Dec 1994	Leeds	54-24	Swinton	Headingley	4867
8	Sun 4 Dec 1994	Oldham	28-0	Hull Kingston Rovers	Watersheddings	2277
9	Sun 4 Dec 1994	Salford	16-14	London Crusaders	The Willows	2088
10	Sun 4 Dec 1994	Sheffield Eagles	46-10	Leigh	Don Valley Stadium	870
11	Sun 4 Dec 1994	Warrington	44-14	Doncaster	Wilderspool	3581			[12]
12	Sun 4 Dec 1994	Whitehaven	18-12	Featherstone Rovers	Recreation Ground	1248
13	Sun 4 Dec 1994	Wigan	34-12	Rochdale Hornets	Central Park	7493			[2]
14	Sun 4 Dec 1994	Workington Town	24-8	Wakefield Trinity	Derwent Park	2349			[13]
15	Wed 7 Dec 1994	Batley	36-8	Ryedale-York	Mount Pleasant	719
16	Wed 7 Dec 1994	Bradford Northern	32-6	Saint Estève	Odsal	2250

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Round 3

Round 3 involved eight matches and 16 clubs.

Game no.	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sat 17 Dec 1994	Salford	24-31	Warrington	The Willows	2189			[12]
2	Sun 18 Dec 1994	Batley	22-22	St. Helens	Mount Pleasant	3017			[10]
3	Sun 18 Dec 1994	Hull F.C.	14-38	Wigan	Boulevard	6203			[2][11]
4	Sun 18 Dec 1994	Keighley Cougars	26-10	Sheffield Eagles	Cougar Park	3914
5	Sun 18 Dec 1994	Whitehaven	14-34	Bradford Northern	Recreation Ground	1962
6	Sun 18 Dec 1994	Widnes	20-6	Oldham	Naughton Park	3517			[9]
7	Sun 18 Dec 1994	Workington Town	14-18	Leeds	Derwent Park	3648
8	Tue 20 Dec 1994	Dewsbury	2-30	Castleford	Crown Flatt	3325

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Round 3 – third round replays

Round 3 's replays involved one match and two clubs.

Game no.	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Tue 20 Dec 1994	St. Helens	50-22	Batley	Knowsley Road	4940			[10]

Round 4 – quarterfinals

Round 4's quarterfinals involved four matches and eight clubs.

Game no.	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sat 7 Jan 1995	Leeds	14-34	Castleford	Headingley	10650
2	Sun 8 Jan 1995	Keighley Cougars	18-20	Warrington	Cougar Park	5685			[12]
3	Sun 8 Jan 1995	Widnes	23-10	Bradford Northern	Naughton Park	4807		[p]	[9]
4	Sun 8 Jan 1995	Wigan	24-22	St. Helens	Central Park	23278			[2][10]

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Round 5 – semifinals

Round 5's semifinals involved two matches and four clubs.

Game no.	Fixture date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Att	Rec	Notes	Ref
1	Sat 14 Jan 1995	Widnes	4-30	Warrington	Naughton Park	6181			[9][12]
2	Sun 15 Jan 1995	Wigan	34-6	Castleford	Central Park	13006			[2]

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Final

28 January 1995

Wigan	40 – 10	Warrington
Tries: Tuigamala (2), Botica, Connolly, McDermott, Offiah Goals: Botica (8)	[18]	Tries: Forster (2) Goals: Davies

Alfred McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield[q] Attendance: 19,636 Referee: Stuart Cummings (Widnes) Player of the Match: Phil Clarke

Teams and scorers

Wigan	№	Warrington
	Teams
Henry Paul	1	Jonathan Davies
Jason Robinson	2	Mark Forster
Va'aiga Tuigamala	3	Allan Bateman
Gary Connolly	4	Iestyn Harris
Martin Offiah	5	Rob Myler[19]
Frano Botica	6	Francis Maloney
Shaun Edwards	7	Greg Mackey
Kelvin Skerrett	8	Gary Tees[20]
Martin Hall	9	Tukere Barlow
Neil Cowie	10	Bruce McGuire
Denis Betts	11	Paul Cullen
Mick Cassidy	12	Paul Darbyshire[21]
Phil Clarke	13	Kelly Shelford
Paul Atcheson (for Va'aiga Tuigamala 56-mins)	14	Andy Bennett[22] (for Tukere Barlow 66-mins)
Barrie McDermott (for Neil Cowie half-time)	15	Gary Sanderson[23] (for Paul Darbyshire 18-mins)
Graeme West	Coach	Reg Bowden[24]

Prize money

As part of the sponsorship deal and funds, the prize money awarded to the competing teams for this season was as follows:^[25]

Finish position	Cash prize	No. receiving prize	Total cash
Winner	£36,000	1	£36,000
Runner-up	£19,000	1	£19,000
Semifinalist	£10,250	2	£20,500
Quarterfinalist	£6,500	4	£26,000
Third round losers	£4,200	8	£33,600
Second round losers	£2,700	16	£43,200
First round (RFL clubs and French clubs)	£2,700	21	£56,700
First round (amateur clubs)	£1,000	11	£11,000
Total prize money			£246,000
Development fund			£164,000
Grand total			£410,000

The road to success

This tree excludes the first round fixtures.

	Second round					Third round					Fourth round					Semifinals					Final
	Hull F.C.		26
	Barrow		16
						Hull F.C.		14
						Wigan		38
	Wigan		34
	Rochdale Hornets		12
											Wigan		24
											St. Helens		22
	Batley		36
	Ryedale-York		8
						Batley		22 (22)
						St. Helens		22 (50)
	Huddersfield		11
	St. Helens		52
																Wigan		34
																Castleford		6
	Workington Town		24
	Wakefield Trinity		8
						Workington Town		14
						Leeds		18
	Leeds		54
	Swinton		24
											Leeds		14
											Castleford		34
	Carlisle		16
	Dewsbury		30
						Dewsbury		2
						Castleford		30
	Castleford		36
	Halifax		26
																					Wigan		40
																					Warrington		10
	Highfield		2
	Widnes		50
						Widnes		20
						Oldham		6
	Oldham		28
	Hull Kingston Rovers		0
											Widnes		23
											Bradford Northern		10
	Whitehaven		18
	Featherstone Rovers		12
						Whitehaven		14
						Bradford Northern		34
	Bradford Northern		32
	Saint Estève		6
																Widnes		4
																Warrington		30
	Keighley Cougars		28
	Bramley		4
						Keighley Cougars		26
						Sheffield Eagles		10
	Sheffield Eagles		46
	Leigh		10
											Keighley Cougars		18
											Warrington		20
	Salford		16
	London Crusaders		14
						Salford		24
						Warrington		31
	Warrington		44
	Doncaster		14

Notes and comments

1. AS Saint Estève was a French rugby league team from Perpignan, which in 2000 merged with nearby neighbours XIII Catalan to form Union Treiziste Catalaneto compete in the Super Leagueas the Catalans Dragons.
2. XIII Catalan were a French rugby league team from Perpignan, founded in 1935, founding members of the French rugby league championship. In 2000 they merged with AS Saint Estève to form Union Treiziste Catalane (or Catalans Dragons).
3. This was the highest score and the highest winning margin, at the time. The record stood for approximately two days before it was beaten. This record includes club records of (1) joint highest try scorer in a match by Steve Rowan with 6 tries, (2) highest number of goals kicked in a match by Darren Carter with 17, and (3) the highest number of points in a match also by Darren Carter with 17 goals and 2 tries, making a total of 42.
4. This beat the record for the highest score, and equalled the at^{[clarification needed]} of the highest aggregate win, set two days earlier. This record included the all time British record of most tries by a centre in a match when Greg Austin scored 9 tries.
5. Queens are a junior (amateur) club from Leeds.
6. Myson are a junior (amateur) club from Hull.
7. Bradford Dudley Hill are a Junior (amateur) club from Bradford.
8. Ovenden are a junior (amateur) club from Halifax
9. Hensingham are a junior (amateur) club from Whitehaven.^[3]
10. Leigh Miners' Welfare are a junior (amateur) club from Leigh (formed by merger of Astley & Tyldesley and Hope Rangers - and now Leigh Miners Rangers).^[4]
11. Hemel Stags are a semiprofessional club based in Hemel Hempstead and playing at the Pennine Way stadium (capacity 2000).^[5]
12. 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.^[6][7]
13. West Hull are a junior (amateur) club from Hull.
14. Saddleworth Rangers are a junior (amateur) club from Oldham.
15. Thatto Heath are a junior (amateur) club from St Helens.^[8]
16. RUGBYLEAGUEproject^[1] gives the attendance as 4,807 but Widnes official archives^[9] gives it as 4,831.
17. The McAlpine Stadium is the home ground of Huddersfield Town and Super League side, Huddersfield Giants. The stadium is 40% owned by Kirklees Metropolitan Council and 60% by the two clubs. It hosted its first match in August 1994 and seats 24,499 people along with hospitality boxes and conference rooms. Since opening the stadium has been sponsored as the John Smith's Stadium, originally the Alfred McAlpine Stadium and more lately the Galpharm Stadium. It is a multi-use sports stadium in Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England.

See also

• 1994-95 Rugby Football League season
• Regal Trophy