2001 Super League season

Last updated
Super League VI
League Super League
Duration28 Rounds
Teams12 [1]
Highest attendance21,073
Wigan Warriors vs St. Helens (13 April)
Lowest attendance1,800
London Broncos vs Huddersfield Giants (26 Aug)
Broadcast partners Sky Sports
2001 Season
Champions Bradford Bulls
2nd Super League title
4th British title
League Leaders Bradford Bulls
Man of Steel Flag of England.svg Paul Sculthorpe
Top point-scorer(s) Flag of England.svg Andrew Farrell (388)
Top try-scorer(s) Flag of England.svg Kris Radlinski (27)
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from Northern Premiership Widnes Vikings
Relegated to Northern Premiership Huddersfield Giants

Tetley's Super League VI was the official name for the year 2001's Super League championship season, the 107th season of top-level professional rugby league football in Britain, and the sixth championship run by the Super League. The season began on the first weekend in March and culminated after twenty-eight rounds in a six-game playoff series, involving the top 5 teams.

Contents

Rule changes

Refereeing focus

The play-the-ball was to be more strictly refereed:

Rule deviation

Operational rules

Table

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls (L, C)2822151120474+64645Semi Final
2 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 282215989494+49545Qualifying Semi Final
3 Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. 282026772630+14242
4 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 281729924732+19236Elimination Semi Final
5 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 2816111774721+5333
6 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 2813114644603+4127
7 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 2811215646860−21424
8 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 2810117581777−19621
9 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Blue Sox 289019630819−18918
10 Redscolours.svg Salford City Reds 288020587956−36916
11 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 288020529817−28814 [lower-alpha 1]
12 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants (R)286121613926−31313Relegation to Northern Ford Premiership
Source: Rugby League Project
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ Wakefield deducted 2 points for salary cap breaches.

Play-offs

Wigan vs St Helens in the preliminary final St Helens 2001.jpg
Wigan vs St Helens in the preliminary final

Grand Final

The Grand Final, played on October 13 at Old Trafford, was won by Bradford Bulls who defeated Wigan Warriors to become champions. This was legendary Australian centre Steve Renouf's last game of top-level football before retirement.

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References

  1. ↑ "Super League Team-by-team guide". telegraph.co.uk. UK: Telegraph Media Group Limited. 1 March 2001. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 BBC Sport (2001-03-02). "Super League rules revamp". BBC. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
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