Super League is the top-level professional rugby league club competition in Europe. The League has fourteen teams: thirteen from England and one from France. The current champions are Wigan.

Super League began in 1996, replacing the RFL Championship and switching from a winter to a summer season. Each team plays 27 games between February and September: 13 home games, 13 away games and a Magic Weekend game at a neutral venue. At the end of the season, the top eight teams enter play-offs leading to the Grand Final which determines the champions.

The Super League champions play against the winners of the Australia/New Zealand Competition National Rugby League in the World Club Challenge.

Current Clubs[edit]

LSuper League clubs
Colors	Club	Established	City	Stadium	Capacity*	Titles (Last)
	Bradford Bulls	1907	Bradford, West Yorkshire	Provident Stadium	27,491	6 (2005)
	Castleford Tigers	1925	Castleford, West Yorkshire	Wish Communications Stadium	12,000	0 (N/A)
	Catalans Dragons	2000	Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, France	Stade Gilbert Brutus	13,000	0 (N/A)
	Huddersfield Giants	1864	Huddersfield, West Yorkshire	John Smith's Stadium	24,500	7 (1962)
	Hull Football Club	1865	Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire	Kingston Communications Stadium	25,404	6 (1983)
	Hull Kingston Rovers	1882	Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire	MS3 Craven Park	12,000	5 (1985)
	Leeds Rhinos	1864	Leeds, West Yorkshire	Headingley Carnegie Stadium	20,500	9 (2012)
	London Broncos	1980	Twickenham, London	Twickenham Stoop	14,816	0 (N/A)
	Salford City Reds	1873	Salford, Greater Manchester	AJ BellStadium	12,000	6 (1976)
	St Helens	1873	St. Helens,Merseyside	Langtree Park	18,000	12 (2006)
	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	1873	Wakefield, West Yorkshire	Rapid Solicitors stadium	12,000	2 (1968)
	Warrington Wolves	1876	Warrington, Cheshire	Halliwell Jones Stadium	15,500	3 (1955)
	Widnes Vikings	1875	Widnes, Cheshire	Select Security Stadium	13,500	3 (1989)
	Wigan Warriors	1872	Wigan, Greater Manchester	DW Stadium	24,057	20 (2013)

• capacity for Rugby League games may differ from official stadium capacity.

History[edit]

Tetley's was the League's major sponsor from 2001–2005

1996–2001 – Establishment[edit]

The competition was first mooted during the Australian Super League war as a way for Rupert Murdoch to gain the upper hand during the battle for broadcasting supremacy with the Australian Rugby League. Murdoch also approached the British clubs to form Super League. A large sum of money aided the decision, and the competition got under way in 1996. Part of the deal saw rugby league switch from a winter to a summer season.

"Supporters will see a better game in better surroundings, and the deal will see their sport receive a greater profile nationally and internationally."
Rodney Walker, RFL chairman, welcomes Super League, 5 April 1995

Initially, several mergers between existing clubs were proposed:

• Castleford, Wakefield Trinity and Featherstone Rovers would form Calder
• Hull and Hull Kingston Rovers would form Hull
• Whitehaven, Workington Town, Barrow and Carlisle would form Cumbria
• Warrington and Widnes were to form Cheshire
• Salford and Oldham were to form Manchester
• Sheffield and Doncaster were to form South Yorkshire

They were to be included with the following stand-alone clubs: St. Helens, Wigan, Leeds, Bradford Northern, Halifax, London Broncos and Paris Saint-Germain.

However this proved so unpopular that only existing clubs were selected for the competition. The clubs finishing below 10th in the existing top flight were excluded, which meant Featherstone Rovers, Hull, Wakefield Trinity and Widnes were left out, as were pioneering club Keighley Cougars who had just won the Second Division Championship. London Broncos, who had come fourth in the Second Division, were “fast-tracked” in on commercial grounds. A new team, Paris Saint-Germain, was created to give a French dimension.

Harlequins RL vs St Helens in 2006

2002–2008 – Promotion and Relegation[edit]

After two years Paris were dropped from the competition. Promotion and relegation between Super League and the Rugby League National Leagues was re-introduced, and in 2002 the SLE governing body re-integrated fully into the Rugby Football League. For most intents and purposes, Super League became a re-titled first division of British rugby league. In 2006, French side Catalans Dragons (also known as UTC or Les Catalans) from Perpignan joined the league, becoming the second non-English team to compete. In order to facilitate this move, two clubs were relegated from Super League at the end of the 2005 season, Leigh who finished bottom of the league were replaced by the one club coming up from the National Leagues and Widnes who finished 11th (and would have stayed up any other year) were dropped for Les Catalans, thus the number of clubs in Super League remained at 12.

2009–2014 – Licensing[edit]

Super League licences were announced in May 2005 by the Rugby Football League (RFL) as the new determinant of the Super League competition's participants from 2009 in place of promotion and relegation. The licences were awarded after consideration of more factors than just the on-the-field performance of a club. After 2007 automatic promotion and relegation was suspended for Super League with new teams to be admitted on a licence basis with the term of the licence to start in 2009.

The RFL stated that clubs applying to compete in Super League would be assessed by criteria in four areas (stadium facilities, finance and business performance, commercial and marketing and playing strength, including junior production and development) with the final evaluations and decisions being taken by the RFL Board of Directors.

Successful applicants would be licensed for three years of Super League competition. Three-yearly reviews of Super League membership will take place to ensure ambitious clubs lower down the leagues can still be successful.

Points attained by each club's application are translated into license grades A, B or C. Clubs who achieved an A or B Licence would be automatically awarded a place in Super League, while those who achieve a C Licence will undergo further scrutiny before the RFL decide who makes the final cut.

First Licensing Period[edit]

In June 2008, the RFL confirmed that Super League would be expanded from 12 teams to 14 in 2009, and on July 22, 2008 the RFL confirmed the teams awarded licenses. The teams announced were the 12 existing Super League teams along with National League 1 teams, Celtic Crusaders and Salford City Reds. Celtic Crusaders becoming the first Welsh team to play in Super League and the only team awarded licenses who had never played in the Super League previously.

Leigh Centurions, Featherstone Rovers, Widnes Vikings and Halifax all failed to attain a licence. Leigh and Widnes, especially, were disappointed with their exclusions with Leigh's chairman being extremely critical of the RFL.

Second Licensing Period[edit]

Logistics company Stobart Group was the League's major sponsor in 2012.

For the 2012–2014 seasons Championship sides Widnes Vikings, Halifax RLFC, Barrow Raiders, Featherstone Rovers, and Batley Bulldogs all met the on-field criteria needed to submit an application, but despite this only Widnes, Halifax and Barrow decided to submit an application. On March 31, 2011 Widnes Vikings were awarded a Super League licence; Barrow Raiders, did not meet the criteria and were refused a licence; and Halifax's application would be further considered alongside the other Super League clubs.

The Rugby Football League's final decision was announced on July 26, 2011, Widnes would be joining thirteen existing Super League teams, Crusaders RL having withdrawn their application and Halifax not meeting the criteria. Crusaders CEO Rod Findlay stated that the clubs finances were not in a good enough condition to justify their place in Super League. Halifax chairman Mark Steele was critical of the decision to award Wakefield a licence over themselves, saying "If you compare Belle Vue with The Shay, it's no contest; if you compare playing records, it's no contest; and if you compare the financial position, we have kept our head above water and they haven't." Wakefield had been favourites to lose their licence before Crusaders' withdrawal.

2015-onward – Promotion and Relegation[edit]

At the 2013 Annual General Meeting at Bradford, the Super League clubs agreed for a reduction in the number of clubs to 12 starting with season 2015, and also for a return of Promotion and Relegation with a 12 club Championship. The structure of the two competitions and method of promotion and relegation is yet to be decided.

Super League Championships[edit]

See Rugby Football League Championship for the all-time list of champions since 1895.

The league format changed in 1998 and the championship became a play-off series to determine the Super League champions. This meant a reintroduction of a final to determine the European champions, the first since the 1972–73 season.

Season	Grand Final Information			League Leaders
	Champions	Score	Runners-Up
1996	N/A	N/A	N/A	St Helens
1997	N/A	N/A	N/A	Bradford Bulls
1998	Wigan Warriors	10–4	Leeds Rhinos	Wigan Warriors
1999	St Helens	8–6	Bradford Bulls	Bradford Bulls
2000	St Helens	29–16	Wigan Warriors	Wigan Warriors
2001	Bradford Bulls	37–6	Wigan Warriors	Bradford Bulls
2002	St Helens	19–18	Bradford Bulls	St Helens
2003	Bradford Bulls	25–12	Wigan Warriors	Bradford Bulls
2004	Leeds Rhinos	16–8	Bradford Bulls	Leeds Rhinos
2005	Bradford Bulls	15–6	Leeds Rhinos	St Helens
2006	St Helens	26–4	Hull F.C.	St Helens
2007	Leeds Rhinos	33–6	St Helens	St Helens
2008	Leeds Rhinos	24–16	St Helens	St Helens
2009	Leeds Rhinos	18–10	St Helens	Leeds Rhinos
2010	Wigan Warriors	22–10	St Helens	Wigan Warriors
2011	Leeds Rhinos	32–16	St Helens	Warrington Wolves
2012	Leeds Rhinos	26–18	Warrington Wolves	Wigan Warriors
2013	Wigan Warriors	30–16	Warrington Wolves	Huddersfield Giants

Rules[edit]

Below are some of the rules used in Super League

Club trained player[edit]

The ‘club trained player’ rule stipulates that each club must have a minimum number of players who are aged under 21 years or are graduates from their own academy system in their 25 man first team squad. Clubs are also required to have a minimum number of UK-trained players (or in the case of the Dragons, France-trained players) in their squads, and also are limited to a maximum number of "overseas" trained players.

The table below shows how the figures for the ruling from 2008–2011.

Dual registration[edit]

Clubs in both the Engage Super League and the Co-operative Championships are to benefit from the new dual registration system which was been introduced for the 2010 season.

Dual registration refers to an arrangement between clubs whereby a player continues to be registered to his current Super League club and is also registered to play for a club in the Championship or Championship 1.

The dual registration system is aimed at young Super League players who are thought to be not quite ready to make the step up to ‘week in, week out’ Super League first team duties but for whom first team match experience is likely to be beneficial for their development.

• Only Engage Super League players can be dual registered and the receiving club must be a club in the Championships, meaning that Super League to Super League club dual registrations are not available.
• The player must be under 23 on August 31 in the year preceding the season in which the proposed dual registration will apply so for 2010, players who were not yet 23 on August 31, 2009 can be dual registered.
• A dual registered player will be eligible to play and train with both clubs in a format agreed between the clubs, subject to registration, salary cap and competition eligibility rules.
• The player is restricted to playing in one fixture per scheduled round of fixtures in any given week and would not be eligible to play in a Championships fixture on a Thursday and for his Super League club at the weekend.

The new ‘dual registration’ system is intended to complement the existing player loan system.

The current limit on the number of players a receiving club can utilise will also apply to ‘dual registered’ players. Therefore a receiving club will be limited to a total of four loaned and/or dual registered players, and no more than three loaned and/or dual registered players from the same club.

Salary cap[edit]

The Super League operates under a salary cap system that will calculate a club’s salary cap position at the start of and throughout the season.

• The combined earnings of the top 25 players must not exceed £1.65 million.
• Clubs will only be allowed to sign a new player if they have room under the cap.
• Clubs are allowed to spend a maximum of £50,000 on players outside the top 25 earners who have made at least one first grade appearance for the club during the year.
• Costs for players outside of the top 25 earners who do not make a first team appearance will be unregulated.
• Any player who has played for the same club for at least 10 consecutive seasons will have half their salary excluded from the salary cap for his 11th and subsequent seasons. This is subject to a maximum of £50,000 for any one club.

Squad announcement system[edit]

Before each Super League and Challenge Cup fixture, each club must announce the squad of 19 players it will choose from by 2.00pm on the second day before the match day.

Season structure[edit]

League regular season[edit]

From 2009, 14 teams compete in Super League. They play each other twice on a home-and-away basis, interrupted by the Magic Weekend round. Before the expansion from 12 teams, an additional four fixtures were played (before the introduction of Millennium Magic in 2007, an additional six fixtures were added). After the 27 rounds, a play-off structure is used to determine the two teams who will meet in the Super League Grand Final to decide the championship.

Play-off Finals[edit]

The Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford

The Super League play-offs are contested by the eight sides finishing highest in the league. The structure is designed to reward the teams finishing nearer the top. From 2009, the winning team from Week One with the highest League placing will be allowed to select their next opponents in Week Three. The Grand Final is played at Old Trafford. The current Super League Play-off structure:

Week 1

Four matches will take place on Week One, effectively in two pools: the Qualifying Play-offs and the Elimination Play-offs

Qualifying Play-Offs

These matches involve the teams who finish in the top four. They are:

1st v 4th 2nd v 3rd

The winners of these two games will progress directly to Week 3. The highest ranked winning club will have Club Call, whereby they choose their opponents in Week 3

The losers of these two matches will have another chance in Week 2 when they will be at home to the winners of the Week 1 Elimination Play-Offs.

Elimination Play-Offs

5th v 8th 6th v 7th

• The winners of both matches will progress to Week 2, losers are eliminated.

Week 2

There are two matches in Week 2, called the Preliminary Semi-finals.

Preliminary Semi-Final One

Highest ranked Qualifying Play-off Loser (1st, 2nd or 3rd) v lowest ranked Elimination Play-off Winner (6th, 7th or 8th)

• Winners to Club Call • Loser eliminated

Preliminary Semi-Final Two

Lowest ranked Qualifying Play-off Loser (2nd, 3rd or 4th) v Highest ranked Elimination Play-off Winner (5th, 6th or 7th)

• Winners to Club Call • Loser eliminated

Club Call

Club Call will take place on the second weekend of the play-offs and will be hosted by the highest ranked winning club from Week 1.

The host club will select who they play in Week 3 and can only select from the winners of the two Preliminary Semi-finals (Week 2) – they cannot choose the other Qualifying Play-offs winner.

The highest ranked club from the Qualifying Play-offs (Week one) must choose their opponents – they cannot cede the responsibility to the other Qualifying Play-offs winner.

The team with Club Call and the other Qualifying Play-off winners from Week 1 are guaranteed home advantage in Week 3. For example, should the teams that ended the regular season in 1st and 2nd place lose their opening play-off match, they could still find themselves playing away to the 3rd or 4th placed teams in Week 3.

Week 3

Two matches again, losers eliminated from each, winners go through to contest the Grand Final.

Qualifying Semi-Final One Highest ranked QPO Winner v Club Call selected PSF winner

Qualifying Semi-Final Two Second ranked QPO Winner v Club Call Non Selected PSF Winner

Week 4

Super League Grand Final

FAQs

Can any team have Club Call?

No. The highest ranked winning club from Week 1 will have Club Call, whereby they choose their opponents in Week 3. Only a team that ended the regular season in 1st, 2nd or 3rd can win Club Call.

Will the teams who finished 1st or 2nd at the end of the regular season be guaranteed home advantage in Week 3 should they progress?

No. The two highest rank teams after Week 1 (the team with Club Call and the other Qualifying Play-off winners) are guaranteed home advantage in Week 3. For example, should the teams that ended the regular season in 1st and 2nd place lose their opening play-off match, they could still find themselves playing away to the 3rd or 4th placed teams in Week 3.

Does the Club Call team have to choose their opponents or can they relinquish the responsibility to the other Qualifying Play-offs winner?

The highest ranked club from the Qualifying Play-offs (Week 1) must choose their opponents – they cannot relinquish the responsibility to the other Qualifying Play-offs winner. In addition, they can only select from the winners of the two Preliminary Semi-finals (Week 2) – they cannot choose the other Qualifying Play-offs winner.

Trophies and awards[edit]

Luke Burgess with the Super League trophy in 2009 following the Leeds Rhinos becoming Super League champions for the third successive year.

The League Leader's Shield is a trophy awarded to the team finishing the season top of Super League which is also known as a minor premiership. League Leader's Shield was introduced only in 2003, previously no prize was awarded to the team finishing top following the introduction of the Super League Grand Final.

Each season a Super League Dream Team is also named. The best thirteen players in their respective positions are voted for by members of the sports press.

The Man of Steel Award is an annual award for the best player of the season in Super League. It has continued from pre-Super League times, with the first such award given in 1977.

The winner of the Grand Final is given the Super League Trophy as Super League Champions. This is considered more prestigious than a minor premiership. Each year, the year of a champion team's triumph, team name and team captain are engraved.

The record for most Super League titles won is held by Leeds Rhinos who have won the title 6 times in 2004, '07, '08, '09, '11 & '12. Leeds captain Kevin Sinfield holds the record for captaining the most Super League title winning sides as he captained Leeds in all 6 of their grand final successes. St Helens contested the final 6 years in a row (from 2006 until 2011) during which time they succeeded only once in lifting the trophy against Hull in 2006; after which they suffered consecutive defeats against Leeds Rhinos in 2007, 2008, 2009, Wigan Warriors in 2010 and Leeds Rhinos once again in 2011.

Competition Sponsorship[edit]

• Stones Bitter 1996–1997
• JJB Sports 1998–1999
• Tetley's Bitter 2000–2004
• Engage Mutual Assurance 2005–2011
• Stobart Group 2012

Media[edit]

Television[edit]

Sky Sports have been the primary broadcast partner of Super League since its inaugural season in 1996. Sky Sports continue to have the rights to show live Super League games in both Ireland and the United Kingdom; two live matches are broadcast each week – one on Friday Night at 7:30pm and another at 6pm on Saturdays. Each time a Super League match is televised on Sky Sports, title sponsor Engage Mutual donates £100 to The Steve Prescott Foundation and a further £100 to a charity of the player's choice.

Since 9 April 2009, all of the matches shown on Sky Sports have also been available live online via Livestation everywhere in the world excluding the US, Puerto Rico, UK, Ireland, France, Monaco, Australia and New Zealand. List of Super League games available on Livestation.com

In the United Kingdom, a number of commercial radio stations, along with many local BBC radio stations simulcast commentary of Super League games on the internet.

Teams that have played in Super League[edit]

Bradford Bulls Castleford Tigers Catalans Dragons Crusaders Rugby League (formerly Celtic Crusaders) Gateshead Thunder Halifax (formerly Halifax Blue Sox) Huddersfield Giants Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants Hull (formerly Hull Sharks) Hull Kingston Rovers Leeds Rhinos Leigh Centurions	London Broncos (known as Harlequins RL from 2006–2011) Oldham Roughyeds (formerly Oldham Bears) Paris Saint-Germain Salford City Reds Sheffield Eagles St Helens Wakefield Trinity Warrington Wolves Widnes Vikings Wigan Warriors Workington Town

Venues[edit]

Further information: List of current and former Super League venues

In an attempt to expand out of the traditional rugby league "heartlands", and market the game to a wider audience, the RFL has staged games in large stadia, in places without a strong rugby league presence. The "Magic Weekends" concept, which involves staging an entire round of Super League in such a stadium, was first staged in Cardiff in 2007. Dubbed "Millennium Magic", and played in the Millennium Stadium, the concept was held in Cardiff again in 2008. In 2009 and 2010, the event was held in Edinburgh at the Scottish national rugby union stadium, giving rise to the name changing to "Murrayfield Magic". Generally held during the May Day weekend, 2011 saw the Magic Weekend return to Cardiff, and was held during the weekend 12–13 February, and serving as the season opener.

In 2009, a match between Catalans Dragons and Warrington Wolves was staged at Barcelona's Olympic Stadium.

Academy[edit]

In 2013 the following teams will run in each of the Senior Academy divisions:

Academy U19: Bradford Bulls Castleford Tigers Featherstone Rovers Huddersfield Giants Hull F.C. Hull Kingston Rovers Leeds Rhinos London Broncos Saint Helens Sheffield Eagles Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Warrington Wolves Widnes Vikings Wigan Warriors

Championships U20s: Featherstone Rovers Halifax Hemel Stags Keighley Cougars Leigh Centurions Oldham Roughyeds Rochdale Hornets Salford City Reds York City Knights

NB:

• The Academy U19s competition is primarily for Super League clubs. Catalans Dragons and Salford City Reds do not have teams in the leagues. Catalans Dragons run their lower grade sides in the French league whereas Salford City Reds have a team in the Championships U20s. To fill the league, Featherstone Rovers and Sheffield Eagles compete in the competition and are the only Championship academy sides to do so.
• Featherstone Rovers have two academy teams – one in the Super League Academy U19 and one in the Championships U20s.
• The Academy U19 competition has a 6 team play-off with a Grand Final at the end of the play-off series.
• The Championships U20s have a 3 team play-off with a Grand Final at the end of the play-off series.
• Many Super League, Championship and Championship 1 sides also have Academy U16 teams. They compete in a small number of games throughout the season and all such games are seen as friendly matches.

Match Officials[edit]

Former Hull FC player and Huddersfield Head Coach Jon Sharp is the current Head of the Match Officials Department of the Rugby Football League. He assumed this role following Stuart Cummings' departure in March 2013 having previously held the role of Match Officials Coach & Technical Director.

Coaching Staff[edit]

• Jon Sharp – Head of the Match Officials Department
• Steve Ganson – Match Officials Coach & Technical Director
• Ian Smith – Match Officials Coach

Full-Time Referees[edit]

Country	Name	First Super League Game	Date	Venue	Attendance
	Thierry Alibert	St Helens v Salford City Reds	01/06/2007	Knowsley Road	7,801
	Phil Bentham	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats v Hull FC	11/09/2005	Belle View	5,721
	James Child*	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats v Catalans Dragons	15/03/2009	Belle View	4,807
	Robert Hicks*	Leeds Rhinos v Crusaders RL	20/06/2010	Headingley Carnegie Stadium	14,371
	Tim Roby*	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats v Harlequins RL	10/04/2011	Belle View	5,412
	Richard Silverwood	Halifaxv v Salford City Reds	06/05/2001	The Shay	4,118
	Ben Thaler	London Broncos v Leigh Centurions	29/05/2005	Griffin Park	3,522

Part-Time Referees[edit]

Peter Brooke* Gareth Hewer Ron Laughton Chris Leatherbarrow* Dave Merrick Clint Sharrad* George Stokes*

Warren Turley* Jamie Bloem Joseph Cobb* Tom Crashley* Matthew Thomason* David Sharpe*

(*) Denotes match officials who also Touch Judge in the Super League.

See also[edit]

Rugby league portal

• Super League records
• Super League war
• British rugby league system
• Rugby League Challenge Cup
• World Club Challenge
• Rugby League National Leagues
• List of sports attendance figures
• Super League Dream Team
• Super League Ultimate 13: Grand Final Team
• Super League Reserve Team Championship
• Engage Charity Man of the Match Award
• ARL final series

References[edit]

Inline[edit]

• superleague.co.uk
• RFL Super League coverage
• Scores from Sky Sports

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