2012 Super League season

Last updated
Super League XVII
League Super League
Duration27 Rounds
Teams14
Highest attendance21,522
Wigan Warriors vs St Helens
(7 September)
Lowest attendance1,517
London Broncos vs Salford City Reds (4 August)[ citation needed ]
Average attendance10,151[ citation needed ]
Broadcast partners Sky Sports
BBC Sport
Eurosport
beIN Sports
Fox Soccer Plus
Sport Klub
2012 season
Champions Leeds Rhinos
6th Super League title
9th British title
League Leaders Wigan Warriors
Runners-up Warrington Wolves
Man of Steel Flag of England.svg Sam Tomkins
Top point-scorer Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Dureau (281)[ citation needed ]
Top try-scorer Flag of England.svg Josh Charnley (31) [1]

The Stobart Super League XVII was the official name of the 2012 Super League season. [2] Fourteen teams competed over 27 rounds, after which the 8 highest finishing teams entered the play-offs to compete for a place in the Grand Final and a chance to win the championship and the Super League Trophy.

Contents

The season kicked off on 3 February with two Round 1 fixtures being played: the Widnes Vikings, in their first Super League match since 2005, lost to the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, while defending champions the Leeds Rhinos defeated the Hull Kingston Rovers and ended on 6 October with Leeds Rhinos beating Warrington Wolves 26-18 in the 2012 Super League Grand Final. [3]

Teams

Super League XVII was the first year of the second round of Super League licences. Under this system, promotion and relegation between Super League and Championship was abolished, and 14 teams were granted licences subject to certain criteria. All existing Super League teams except Crusaders (who pulled out of the application process) earned a place in the 2012 season, Championship team Widnes Vikings were given a licence after their application was deemed better than Halifax and Barrow Raiders.

Geographically, the vast majority of teams in Super League are based in the north of England, five teams – Warrington, St. Helens, Salford, Wigan and Widnes – to the west of the Pennines in Cheshire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside, and seven teams to the east in Yorkshire – Huddersfield, Bradford, Wakefield Trinity, Leeds, Castleford, Hull F.C. and Hull Kingston Rovers. Catalans Dragons are the only team based in France and are outside of the UK and London Broncos are the only team to be based in a capital city (London).

The maps below indicate the locations of teams that competed in Super League XVII.

TeamStadiumCapacityCity/Area
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls (2012 season) Odsal Stadium 27,000 Bradford, West Yorkshire
Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers (2012 season) PROBIZ Coliseum 11,750 Castleford, West Yorkshire
Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons (2012 season) Stade Gilbert Brutus 14,000 Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants (2012 season) John Smith's Stadium 24,544 Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. (2012 season) Kingston Communications Stadium 25,404 Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers (2012 season) MS3 Craven Park 9,471 Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos (2012 season) Headingley Carnegie Stadium 22,250 Leeds, West Yorkshire
Broncoscolours.png London Broncos (2012 season) Twickenham Stoop 12,700 Twickenham, London
Redscolours.svg Salford City Reds (2012 season) Salford City Stadium 12,000 Salford, Greater Manchester
Saintscolours.svg St Helens R.F.C. (2012 season) Langtree Park 18,000 St. Helens, Merseyside
Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (2012 season) Rapid Solicitors Stadium 12,600 Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves (2012 season) Halliwell Jones Stadium 15,500 Warrington, Cheshire
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings (2012 season) Stobart Stadium 11,500 Widnes, Cheshire, England
Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors (2012 season) DW Stadium 25,138 Wigan, Greater Manchester
Legend
 Reigning Super League champions
 Defending Challenge Cup Champions

Rules

Rule changes

Operational rules

Table

Super League XVII
PosTeam
PldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors (L)272106994449+54542Play-offs
2 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 272016909539+37041
3 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 271728795480+31536
4 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 271809812611+20136
5 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos (C)2716011823662+16132
6 Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. 2715210696621+7532
7 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 2714013699664+3528
8 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 2713014633764−13126
9 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 2714112633756−12323 [a]
10 HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers 2710116753729+2421
11 Redscolours.svg Salford City Reds 278118618844−22617
12 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 277020588890−30214
13 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 276021554948−39412
14 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 2760215321082−55012
Source: superleague.co.uk and BBC Sport.
Rules for classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.
Competition points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners
Notes:
  1. ↑ Bradford Bulls deducted 6 points on 25 July 2012 for entering administration [4]

Play-offs

The play-offs commenced following the conclusion of the 27-round regular season. To decide the grand finalists from the top eight finishing teams, Super League uses its unique play-off system. The finals concluded with the 2012 Super League Grand Final. [5]

#HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and Time (Local)VenueRefereeAttendance
QUALIFYING AND ELIMINATION FINALS
Q1 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 46–6 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 14 September 2012, 20:00 BST DW Stadium Richard Silverwood7,232
Q2 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 6–28 Saintscolours.svg St. Helens 15 September 2012, 18:00 BST Halliwell Jones Stadium Ben Thaler10,190
E1 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 42–20 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 15 September 2012, 20:00 BST Headingley Carnegie Stadium Steve Ganson9,044
E2 Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. 46–10 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 16 September 2012, 18:00 BST KC Stadium James Child8,662
PRELIMINARY SEMI-FINALS
P1 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 20–27 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 21 September 2012, 20:45 CEST Stade Gilbert Brutus Ben Thaler11,523
P2 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 24–12 Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. 22 September 2012, 18:45 BST Halliwell Jones Stadium Richard Silverwood7,323
SEMI-FINALS
SF1 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 12–13 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 28 September 2012, 20:00 BST DW Stadium Richard Silverwood8,235
SF2 Saintscolours.svg St. Helens 18–36 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 29 September 2012, 18:15 BST Langtree Park Ben Thaler12,715
GRAND FINAL
F Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 26–18 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 6 October 2012, 18:00 BST Old Trafford, Manchester Richard Silverwood70,676
2012 Super League play-offs bracket
Qualifying/Elimination playoffsPreliminary semifinalsQualifying semifinals Grand Final
1 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 46
4 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 6
Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 20
Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 27Wigan selected Leeds [6]
5 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 42 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 12
8 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 20 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 136 October, Old Trafford
Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 26
Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 18
6 Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. 46 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 18
7 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 10 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 36
Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. 12
Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 24
2 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 6
3 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 28

Week 1. Qualifying/Elimination play-offs: Fixtures decided by regular reason finishing positions. Higher ranked teams play lower ranked teams. Higher ranked teams receive home ground advantage.
Week 2. Preliminary semi-finals: Fixtures decided by regular season finishing positions. Higher ranked teams play lower ranked teams. Higher ranked teams receive home ground advantage.
Week 3. Qualifying semi-finals: Winners of Qualifying play-offs play winners of Qualifying semi-finals. Fixtures decided by club call. Winners of Qualifying play-offs receive home ground advantage.

Season statistics

Discipline

RankPlayerClub Yellow card.svg [7] Red card.svg [7]
1 Flag of England.svg Michael McIlorum Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors02
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke O'Donnell Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants11
3= Flag of England.svg Bryn Hargreaves Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls01
Flag of England.svg Gareth Hock Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors
Flag of England.svg Shaun Magennis Saintscolours.svg St Helens RLFC
Flag of Tonga.svg Sam Moa Hullcolours.svg Hull FC
Flag of New Zealand.svg Tony Puletua Saintscolours.svg St Helens RLFC
Flag of England.svg Chris Tuson Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors
9= Flag of France.svg Jason Baitieri Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons20
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ben Cross Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Dobson HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers
Flag of France.svg Olivier Elima Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls
12= Flag of New Zealand.svg Vinnie Anderson Redscolours.svg Salford City Reds10
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Chan Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants
Flag of England.svg Jon Clarke Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings
Flag of England.svg Tony Clubb Broncoscolours.png London Broncos
Flag of England.svg Leroy Cudjoe Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gil Dudson Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Jacob Emmitt Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers
Flag of England.svg Brett Ferres Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers
Flag of England.svg Paddy Flynn Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings
Flag of England.svg Jamie Foster Saintscolours.svg St Helens RLFC
Flag of England.svg Luke Gale Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls
Flag of Ireland.svg Gareth Haggerty Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings
Flag of England.svg Ian Henderson Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons
Flag of England.svg Chris Hill Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Holdsworth Redscolours.svg Salford City Reds
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ben Jeffries Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Heath L'Estrange Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls
Flag of Tonga.svg Willie Manu Hullcolours.svg Hull FC
Flag of England.svg Stephen Nash Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark O'Meley Hullcolours.svg Hull FC
Flag of England.svg Richard Owen Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Patten Redscolours.svg Salford City Reds
Flag of England.svg Steve Pickersgill Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings
Flag of England.svg Karl Pryce Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Robertson Broncoscolours.png London Broncos
Flag of England.svg Michael Shenton Saintscolours.svg St Helens RLFC
Flag of England.svg Kevin Sinfield Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos
Flag of England.svg Scott Taylor HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anthony Watts Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings
Flag of England.svg Paul Wood Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves

Awards

Awards are presented for outstanding contributions and efforts to players and clubs in the week leading up to the Super League Grand Final: [8]

Media

Television

2012 is the first year of a five-year contract with Sky Sports to televise 70 matches per season. [10] The deal which runs until 2016 is worth £90million.

Sky Sports coverage in the UK see two live matches broadcast each week – one on Friday night, which kicks-off at 8:00 pm and another usually on Saturday evenings at 5:45 pm, [11] although for 2012, some matches between May and August will be scheduled for Monday nights [12] at 8:00 pm, filling the gap vacated by the summer break of Premier League football. Regular commentators were Eddie Hemmings and Mike Stephenson with summarisers including Phil Clarke, Shaun McRae, Brian Carney, Barrie McDermott and Terry O'Connor. Sky will broadcast highlights this season in a new show on Sunday Nights called Super League - Full Time, usually airing at 10pm.

BBC Sport broadcast a highlights programme called the Super League Show , presented by Tanya Arnold. The BBC show two weekly broadcasts of the programme. The first is only to the BBC North West, Yorkshire & North Midlands, North East & Cumbria, and East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire regions on Monday evenings at 11:35pm on BBC One, [13] while a repeat showing is shown on BBC Two in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The Super League Show is also available for one week after broadcast for streaming or download via the BBC iPlayer in the UK only. [14] End of season play-offs are shown on BBC Two across the whole country in a weekly highlights package.

Internationally, Super League is shown live or delayed on Showtime Sports (Middle East), Māori Television (New Zealand), TV 2 Sport (Norway), NTV+ (Russia), Fox Soccer Plus (United States), Eurosport (Australia) or SportsNet World (Canada).

Radio

BBC Coverage:

Commercial Radio Coverage:

All Super League commentaries on any station are available via the particular stations on-line streaming.

Internet

ESPN3 has worldwide broadband rights.

Starting from Thursday 9 April 2009, all of the matches shown on Sky Sports will also be 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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Stats - Player Stats". Super League. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "engage extends Super League deal". engagesl.com (Engage Mutual Assurance). Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2009.
  3. ↑ "Grand Final: Warrington 18-26 Leeds". BBC Sport. 6 October 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  4. ↑ "Bradford Bulls handed six-point deduction by RFL". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "Play-offs". Super League. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  6. ↑ "Wigan Warriors face Leeds Rhinos in semi-finals". BBC Sport. 23 September 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  7. 1 2 "Stats Centre". Love Rugby League. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  8. ↑ "Man of Steel on SLTV". Super League. 6 October 2009. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Tomkins crowned 2012 Super League Man of Steel". Super League. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  10. ↑ Sky Sports (4 August 2011). "Super League deal" (PDF). Sky Sports. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  11. ↑ Sky Sports (18 February 2012). "Rugby League live on Sky". Sky Sports. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  12. ↑ Super League Fans (6 February 2012). "Monday Night Super League fixtures announced". Super League Fans. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  13. ↑ BBC Sport (3 February 2012). "BBC's Super League Show returns". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  14. ↑ BBC. "BBC One - Super League Show". BBC. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
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