2022 Super League Fixtures

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The 2022 Betfred Super League season is set to kick off earlier than usual, with the fixtures for next year's competition revealed.

The season will kick off with a Grand Final re-match on Thursday 10 February. The first two rounds were confirmed a day prior to the November 25 release of the fixtures:

Round 1 - February 10-13

St Helens v Catalans (Totally Wicked Stadium), Thu 8pm - Sky
Castleford v Salford (Mend-A-Hose Jungle), Fri 8pm
Hull KR v Wigan (Hull College Craven Park), Fri 8pm - Sky
Leeds v Warrington (Headingley Stadium), Sat 12:30pm - Ch 4
Toulouse v Huddersfield (Stade Ernest Wallon), Sat 8pm (7pm FR) - Sky
Wakefield v Hull FC (Mobile Rocket Stadium), Sun 3pm

Round 2 - February 17-20

Warrington v Castleford (Halliwell Jones Stadium), Thu 8pm - Sky
Wigan v Leeds (DW Stadium), Fri 8pm - Sky
Hull FC v St Helens (MKM Stadium), Sat 12:30pm - Ch 4
Huddersfield v Hull KR (John Smith's Stadium), Sat 3pm
Catalans v Wakefield (Stade Gilbert Brutus), Sat 5pm (4pm FR)
Salford v Toulouse (AJ Bell Stadium), Sun 3pm

To view the full fixtures, click here for AET (NSW/VIC/ACT) or click here for UK local time.

The season is 27 rounds in length, with each team to play 6 opponents twice, and 5 opponents three times, including Magic Weekend.

Super League has also signed an historic new deal with Channel 4 which will see ten live games broadcast across the season, starting with a Round 1 Saturday afternoon contest between Leeds and Warrington from Headingley on February 12. This is in addition to at least 2-3 games per week on Sky Sports.

Magic Weekend in St. James' Park shifts earlier to a summer event in 2022, with Newcastle's big weekend of action to take place on July 9 and 10, which is Round 18. The fixturing based on finishing positions the previous year - 1 v 3, 2 v 4, 5 v 7 and so on. The fixtures are:

Saturday, July 9
Wakefield v Toulouse (2:30pm)
St Helens v Wigan (4:45pm)
Leeds v Castleford (7pm)

Sunday, July 10
Huddersfield v Salford (1pm)
Catalans v Warrington (3:15pm)
Hull KR v Hull FC (5:30pm)

The Grand Final is locked in to be played at Manchester's Old Trafford on Saturday, September 24. This is two weeks earlier than usual, due to the Rugby League World Cup starting mid-October in England.

A Sky Sports report suggests that Catalans are looking to host a home game in Marseille at Stade Velodrome. Thus far, this match has not been scheduled.

The fixtures for the Betfred Championship were released earlier in November. You can see these here (Note: these fixtures are in Australian Eastern Time - NSW/VIC/ACT/TAS).