2015 Super 8s

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2015 Super 8s
League Rugby League Super 8s
Duration7 Rounds (Followed by 2 rounds of relevant playoffs)
Teams24
Broadcast partners Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sky Sports
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg BBC Sport
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg SLTV
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Fox Sports (Australia)
Flag of France.svg beIN Sport
Flag of the United States.svg Fox Soccer Plus
Flag of Europe.svg Sport Klub
2015 season
WinnersSuper League
Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos
Qualifiers
HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers
Championship Shield
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers
Promotion and relegation
Relegated to
Championship
League 1
None
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet
Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster

After 23 games the league table is frozen and the teams are split up into 2 of the 3 "Super 8's". Teams finishing in the top 8 will go on to contest "Super League" and will all retain a place in the competition for the next season, as they go on to play 7 more games each, as they compete for a place in the Grand Final. Teams finishing in the bottom four (9-12) will be put alongside the top 4 teams from the Championship, in "The Qualifiers" Super 8 group. Where these teams will reset their season standings to 0 and also play 7 extra games each, as they attempt to earn a place in the following Super League competition.

Contents

Super League

The Super League Super 8s sees the top 8 teams from the Super League play 7 games each. Each team's points are carried over and after 7 additional games the top 4 teams will contest the play off semi-finals with the team in 1st hosting the team in 4th, and the team finishing 2nd hosting the 3rd placed team; the winners of these semi-finals will contest the Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford. Teams finishing 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th after the 7 additional games will take no further part in the 2015 season but will play in Super League again in 2016.

Round 1

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 30–22 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants DW Stadium 11,448
Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 49–10 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves Headingley Stadium 13,118
Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 36–30 Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. Wheldon Road 6,760
Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 26–16 Saintscolours.svg St. Helens 7,392

Round 2

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 17–16 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves Wheldon Road 5,212
Saintscolours.svg St. Helens 22–32 Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. Langtree Park 10,203
Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 25–18 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors Headingley Stadium 15,026
Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 24–12 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons John Smith's Stadium 4,251

Round 3

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. 22–36 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos KC Stadium 10,649
Saintscolours.svg St. Helens 22–28 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants Langtree Park 10,926
Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 0–28 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors Halliwell Jones Stadium 10,095
Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 44–26 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 7,473

Round 4

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 40–26 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers John Smith's Stadium 5,350
Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 18–32 Saintscolours.svg St. Helens Headingley Stadium 16,142
Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 42– 16 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons DW Stadium 8,101
Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 46–16 Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. Halliwell Jones Stadium 8,076

Round 5

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 38–42 Saintscolours.svg St. Helens Wheldon Road 5,253
Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 30–24 Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. DW Stadium 12,028
Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 46–16 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 8,851
Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 48–10 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves John Smith's Stadium 5,563

Round 6

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 22–29 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers Headingley Stadium 15,069
Saintscolours.svg St. Helens 18–14 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors Langtree Park 15,808
Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. 20–34 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants KC Stadium 9,332
Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 48–6 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons Halliwell Jones Stadium 7,862

Round 7

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Saintscolours.svg St. Helens 16–32 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves Langtree Park 10,966
Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 47–12 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers DW Stadium 15,070
Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 16–20 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos John Smith's Stadium 9,326
Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. 24–28 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons KC Stadium 10,832

Standings

PosTeam
PldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos (L, C)302019944650+29441Semi-finals
2 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 302019798530+26841
3 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 3018210750534+21638
4 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 3019011766624+14238
5 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 3016014731746−1532
6 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 3015015714636+7830
7 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 3013215739770−3128
8 Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. 3012018620716−9624
Source: Rugby League Project
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners

Play-offs

#HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and Time (Local)VenueRefereeAttendance
SEMI-FINALS
SF1 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 32 – 8 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 1 October, 20:00 BST DW Stadium Ben Thaler10,035
SF2 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 20–13 Saintscolours.svg St. Helens 2 October, 20:00 BST Headingley Carnegie Stadium 17,192
GRAND FINAL
F Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 20– 22 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 10 October, 18:00 BST Old Trafford, Manchester 73,032

The Qualifiers

The Qualifiers Super 8s sees the bottom 4 teams from Super League table join the top 4 teams from the Championship. The points totals are reset to 0 and each team plays 7 games each, playing every other team once. After 7 games each the teams finishing 1st, 2nd, and 3rd will gain qualification to the 2016 Super League season. The teams finishing 4th and 5th will play in the "Million Pound Game" at the home of the 4th place team which will earn the winner a place in the 2016 Super League; the loser, along with teams finishing 6th, 7th and 8th, will be relegated to the Championship.

Round 1

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 42–10 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles Odsal Stadium 6,032
Faxcolours.svg Halifax 0–14 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings The Shay 3,022
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 26– 36 HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers Leigh Sports Village 4,459
Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils 34– 26 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats AJ Bell Stadium 3,490

Round 2

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils 46–18 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions AJ Bell Stadium 4,547
Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 48–18 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls Belle Vue 3,985
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 48–12 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles Stobart Stadium 4,567
HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers 34–12 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Craven Park 6,837

Round 3

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 8–12 HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers Stobart Stadium 5,461
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 16– 17 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Leigh Sports Village 4,376
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 41–10 Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils Odsal Stadium 6,593
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 28– 24 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Keepmoat Stadium 854

Round 4

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers 20– 18 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Craven Park 7,495
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 12–56 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings Odsal Stadium 6,881
Faxcolours.svg Halifax 28– 50 Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils The Shay 2,186
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 52– 16 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles Leigh Sports Village 4,021

Round 5

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers 48–4 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls Craven Park 6,605
Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 4–46 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings Belle Vue 3,365
Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils 53–34 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles AJ Bell Stadium 3,000
Faxcolours.svg Halifax 34–12 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions The Shay 3,010

Round 6

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 30– 12 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Belle Vue 3,086
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 16–32 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls Leigh Sports Village 4,621
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 28– 38 HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers Bramall Lane 2,017
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 10 –24 Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils Stobart Stadium 3,876

Round 7

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 18–52 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Odsal Stadium 5,163
HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers 46–22 Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils Craven Park 7,543
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 24–10 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Bramall Lane 1,712
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 50– 6 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions Stobart Stadium 5,550

Standings

PosTeam
PldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers 7700234118+11614 2016 Super League
2 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 750223270+16210
3 Redscolours.svg Salford City Reds 7502239203+3610
4 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (W)7304153170−176 Million Pound Game
5 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 7304167240−736
6 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 7205162186−244 2016 Championship
7 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 7205152267−1154
8 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 7106146231−852
Source: Rugby League Project
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
(W) Million Pound Game Winner

Million Pound Game

#HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and Time (Local)VenueAttendance
Million Pound Game
F Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 24 – 16 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 3 October, 14:50 BST Belle Vue 5,333

Championship Shield

The third of the three "Super 8" groups sees teams finishing 5th to 12th in the regular Championship table. Like the Super League 8s, these teams retain their original points and play 7 extra games, with the teams finishing in the top 4 places after these extra games contesting play-offs similar to Super League, with 1st v 4th and 2nd vs 3rd, with the winners contesting the Championship Shield Grand Final.

The two teams finishing at the bottom of this Super 8s group (7th and 8th) will be relegated to League One and be replaced by two promoted sides.

PosClubPWDLForAgstPtsQualification
1 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 301901180970138Playoff Place
2 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 301711268662435
3 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 301501575667430
4 Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 301111858778223
5 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 301002064570720Season Complete
6 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 301002061892120
7 Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 30802251895716Relegation to 2016 League 1
8 Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 30202840111284

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