1993 NSWRL season
| 1993 New South Wales Rugby League | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 16 |
| Premiers |
 Brisbane (2nd title) |
| Minor premiers |
 Canterbury (5th title) |
| Matches played | 182 |
| Points scored | 6173 |
| Attendance | 2625467 |
| Top points scorer(s) |
 Daryl Halligan (180) |
| Player of the year |
 Ricky Stuart (Rothmans Medal) |
| Top try-scorer(s) |
Noa Nadruku (22) |
The 1993 NSWRL season (known as the 1993 Winfield Cup Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the eighty-sixth season of professional rugby league football in Australia. The New South Wales Rugby League's sixteen teams competed for the J. J. Giltinan Shield during the season, which culminated in a replay of the previous year's grand final for the Winfield Cup trophy between the Brisbane Broncos and St. George Dragons. As Sydney celebrated winning the 2000 Olympic Games, Brisbane spoiled the party by retaining the NSWRL premiership.
This season the 10-metre rule was introduced, which required the defensive team to retreat 10 metres from where the ball is being played, allowing more room for attacking players.
On 16 June the Gold Coast club was fined $50,000 for exceeding their 1992 salary cap by $150,000.
On 22 August, the Canberra Raiders beat the Parramatta Eels 68-nil. As of 2013 this is still the biggest winning margin where the losing team has been kept scoreless.
The Canberra Raiders' Ricky Stuart won both the Rothmans Medal and Dally M Medal as the best and fairest player in the League in 1993, while Steve Walters, also from the Raiders, was named Rugby League Week's player of the year.
A total of twenty-two regular season rounds were played from March till August, resulting in a top five of Canterbury, St. George, Canberra, Manly and Brisbane who would go on to battle it out in the finals.
The lineup of teams remained unchanged from the previous season, with sixteen clubs contesting the premiership, including five Sydney-based foundation teams, another six from Sydney, two from greater New South Wales, two from Queensland, and one from the Australian Capital Territory.
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