The 1981–82 Yorkshire Cup was the seventy-fourth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Castleford won the trophy by beating Bradford Northern by the score of 10–5 The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 5,852 and receipts were £10,359 1981 is the start of an incredible eleven years in which Castleford. previously only once winners in 1977, will make eight appearances in the Yorkshire Cup final, winning four and ending as runner-up in four occasions.