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Super League VII
League	Super League
Duration	28 Rounds
Teams	12
Highest attendance	18,789 Wigan Warriors vs St. Helens (8 Sept)
Lowest attendance	2,211 Salford City Reds vs London Broncos (19 May)
Broadcast partners	Sky Sports
2002 Season
Champions	St. Helens 4th Super League title 11th British title
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 One	Huddersfield Giants
Relegated to National League One	Salford City Reds
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Super League VII (styled Tetley's Super League VII due to sponsorship from Tetley's Brewery) was the year 2002's Super League championship season, the 108th season of top-level professional rugby league in Britain, and the seventh run by the Super League. Twelve clubs from across England competed during the season, culminating in the 2002 Super League 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.

Operational rules

Salary cap limits were adjusted in an attempt to make Super League more competitive:

The cap for money spent on players' salaries was set at £1.8 million per club from the 2002 season. 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".
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.

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	St Helens (L, C)	28	23	0	5	927	522	+405	46	Semi-final
2	Bradford Bulls	28	23	0	5	910	519	+391	46	Semi-final
3	Wigan Warriors	28	19	1	8	817	475	+342	39	Elimination play-offs
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 (R)	28	5	1	22	490	856	−366	11	Relegation to National League One

Source: Rugby League Project
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners; (R) Relegated

Play-offs

Grand Final

Main article: 2002 Super League Grand Final

References

"RFL All Time Records". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
^ Michael Fisher (2001-01-12). "Salary cap to be squeezed to £1.8m". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
John Whalley and Rob Wildman (2001-07-29). "RFL move to keep players". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links

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v t e St Helens R.F.C.
St Helens Rugby Football Club Est. 1873 in St Helens, England
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Affiliation	Rugby Football League (1895) St Helens Ladies

v t e Super League Dream Team – 2002
1 Kris Radlinski 2 Tevita Vaikona 3 Keith Senior 4 Martin Gleeson 5 Darren Albert 6 Danny Orr 7 Adrian Lam 8 Terry O'Connor 9 Keiron Cunningham 10 Stuart Fielden 11 Michael Smith 12 Jamie Peacock 13 Paul Sculthorpe

2002 in rugby league

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International Rugby League

British Rugby League

Competitions	Super League Grand Final Northern Ford Premiership Challenge Cup Final Northern Rail Cup
SL Teams	Bradford Bulls Castleford Tigers Halifax RLFC Hull FC Leeds Rhinos London Broncos Salford City Reds St Helens Wakefield Wildcats Warrington Wolves Widnes Vikings Wigan Warriors

Australian Rugby League

Competitions	State of Origin NRL season Grand Final Queensland Cup NSWRL First Division
By club	Brisbane Broncos Bulldogs Canberra Raiders Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Melbourne Storm Newcastle Knights New Zealand Warriors Northern Eagles North Queensland Cowboys Parramatta Eels Penrith Panthers South Sydney Rabbitohs Sydney Roosters St. George Illawarra Dragons Wests Tigers

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