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Super League VII
Sport	Rugby league
League	Super League
Number of teams	12
	2002 Season
Champions	St Helens
League Leaders	St Helens
Man of Steel	Paul Sculthorpe
Top point-scorer(s)	Paul Deacon (301)
Top try-scorer(s)	Dennis Moran (22)
	Promotion and Relegation
Promoted from National League 1	Huddersfield Giants
Relegated to National League 1	Salford City Reds

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]

[edit] Table

Regular season final standings

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	St Helens	28	23	0	5	927	522	+405	46
2	Bradford Bulls	28	23	0	5	910	519	+391	46
3	Wigan Warriors	28	19	1	8	817	475	+342	39
4	Leeds Rhinos	28	17	0	11	865	700	+165	34
5	Hull F.C.	28	16	0	12	742	674	+68	32
6	Castleford Tigers	28	14	2	12	736	615	+121	30
7	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	Warrington Wolves	28	7	0	21	483	878	-395	14
11	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	28	5	2	21	566	899	-333	12
12	Salford City Reds	28	5	1	22	490	856	-366	11

Play-offs	Relegated

[edit] Play-offs

[edit] Grand Final

Main article: 2002 Super League Grand Final

[edit] 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]

[edit] External links

[edit] References

^ "RFL All Time Records". http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=64. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
^ ^a ^b ^c Michael Fisher (2001-01-12). "Salary cap to be squeezed to £1.8m". The Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyleague/2996280/Salary-cap-to-be-squeezed-to-1.8m.html. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
^ John Whalley and Rob Wildman (2001-07-29). "RFL move to keep players". The Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyleague/3009792/RFL-move-to-keep-players.html. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

[0] "RFL All Time Records". http://www.therfl.co.uk/challengecup/page.php?areaid=64. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

[fisher02rules-1] Michael Fisher (2001-01-12). "Salary cap to be squeezed to £1.8m". The Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyleague/2996280/Salary-cap-to-be-squeezed-to-1.8m.html. Retrieved 2009-05-07.

[whalley02rules-2] John Whalley and Rob Wildman (2001-07-29). "RFL move to keep players". The Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyleague/3009792/RFL-move-to-keep-players.html. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

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