Super League XX | |
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League | Super League |
Duration | 30 Rounds |
Teams | 12 |
Lowest attendance | 2,712 Salford City Reds vs Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, (15 March) |
Average attendance | 10,019 |
Broadcast partners | Sky Sports BBC Sport Fox Sports beIN Sports Fox Soccer Plus Sport Klub |
2015 season | |
Champions | Leeds Rhinos 7th Super League 10th British title |
League Leaders | Leeds Rhinos |
Runners-up | Wigan Warriors |
Biggest home win | Warrington Wolves 80-0 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (11 April) |
Biggest away win | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 20-58 Castleford Tigers (19 July) |
Man of Steel | Zak Hardaker |
Top point-scorer(s) | Luke Gale (247) |
Top try-scorer(s) | Jermaine McGillvary (27) |
The Super League XX, known as the First Utility Super League XX for sponsorship reasons, [1] was the 2015 season of Super League.
Twelve teams competed over 23 rounds, including the Magic Weekend, after which the eight highest entered the play-offs for a place in the Grand Final. The four lowest teams entered the Super League Qualifying Play-off, along with the four highest Championship teams, to decide which will play in Super League XXI.
Leeds Rhinos became only the 3rd team to complete the Treble after defeating Wigan Warriors 22-20 in front of a new record attendance of 73,512 at Old Trafford to win their 7th Super League title.
Super League XX is the first year since 2008 in which there is a promotion and relegation with the Championship. Super League has been reduced to 12 teams as part of the re-structuring of Super League and the Championship. [2]
Eleven teams in Super League are from the North of England: five teams, Warrington, St. Helens, Salford, Wigan and Widnes, west of the Pennines in the historic county of Lancashire and six teams, Huddersfield, Wakefield Trinity, Leeds, Castleford, Hull F.C. and Hull Kingston Rovers, to the east in Yorkshire. Catalans Dragons, in Perpignan, France, are the only team outside the North of England. With Bradford Bulls and London Broncos being relegated last season, this leaves St Helens, Wigan Warriors, Warrington Wolves and Leeds Rhinos as the only teams to have played in every season of Super League since 1996.
The regular season sees teams play each other home and away, and one team for a third time at the Magic Weekend. After 23 games, the "Super 8's" begin and the league is split into two mini leagues. Teams finishing in the top 8 compete in the Super League Super 8s while teams finishing in the bottom four will join the top 4 teams from the Championship in The Qualifiers to determine who will play in next seasons Super League.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Leeds Rhinos | 23 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 758 | 477 | +281 | 33 | Super League Super 8s |
2 | St Helens | 23 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 598 | 436 | +162 | 32 | |
3 | Wigan Warriors | 23 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 589 | 413 | +176 | 31 | |
4 | Huddersfield Giants | 23 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 538 | 394 | +144 | 28 | |
5 | Castleford Tigers | 23 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 547 | 505 | +42 | 26 | |
6 | Warrington Wolves | 23 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 552 | 456 | +96 | 24 | |
7 | Hull F.C. | 23 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 452 | 484 | −32 | 22 | |
8 | Catalans Dragons | 23 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 561 | 574 | −13 | 20 | |
9 | Widnes Vikings | 23 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 518 | 565 | −47 | 19 | The Qualifiers |
10 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 23 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 534 | 646 | −112 | 18 | |
11 | Salford City Reds | 23 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 447 | 617 | −170 | 17 | |
12 | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | 23 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 402 | 929 | −527 | 6 |
The Super League Super 8's sees the top 8 Super League teams play 7 games each. Each team's points are carried over with top 4 teams entering the playoffs for the Super League Grand Final.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Leeds Rhinos (L, C) | 30 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 944 | 650 | +294 | 41 | Semi-finals |
2 | Wigan Warriors | 30 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 798 | 530 | +268 | 41 | |
3 | Huddersfield Giants | 30 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 750 | 534 | +216 | 38 | |
4 | St Helens | 30 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 766 | 624 | +142 | 38 | |
5 | Castleford Tigers | 30 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 731 | 746 | −15 | 32 | |
6 | Warrington Wolves | 30 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 714 | 636 | +78 | 30 | |
7 | Catalans Dragons | 30 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 739 | 770 | −31 | 28 | |
8 | Hull F.C. | 30 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 620 | 716 | −96 | 24 |
The Qualifiers sees the bottom 4 teams from Super League 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 gain qualification to Super League XXI in 2016. The teams finishing 4th and 5th playoff in the Million Pound Game for the final spot in next seasons Super League. The loser of the Million Pound Game along with the teams finishing 6th, 7th and 8th will play in next seasons Championship
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 234 | 118 | +116 | 14 | 2016 Super League |
2 | Widnes Vikings | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 232 | 70 | +162 | 10 | |
3 | Salford City Reds | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 239 | 203 | +36 | 10 | |
4 | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (W) | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 153 | 170 | −17 | 6 | Million Pound Game |
5 | Bradford Bulls | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 167 | 240 | −73 | 6 | |
6 | Halifax | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 162 | 186 | −24 | 4 | 2016 Championship |
7 | Sheffield Eagles | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 152 | 267 | −115 | 4 | |
8 | Leigh Centurions | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 146 | 231 | −85 | 2 |
# | Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
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Date and Time (Local) | Venue | Referee | Attendance | ||||||
SEMI-FINALS | |||||||||
SF1 | Wigan Warriors | 32 – 8 | Huddersfield Giants | 1 October, 20:00 BST | DW Stadium | Ben Thaler | 10,035 | ||
SF2 | Leeds Rhinos | 20 – 13 | St. Helens | 2 October, 20:00 BST | Headingley Carnegie Stadium | Robert Hicks | 17,192 | ||
GRAND FINAL | |||||||||
F | Leeds Rhinos | 22 – 20 | Wigan Warriors | 10 October, 18:00 BST | Old Trafford, Manchester | Ben Thaler | 73,512 |
# | Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
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Date and Time (Local) | Venue | Referee | Attendance | ||||||
Million Pound Game | |||||||||
F | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | 24 – 16 | Bradford Bulls | 3 October, 14:50 BST | Belle Vue | R. Silverwood | 7,246 |
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End-of-season awardsAwards are presented for outstanding contributions and efforts to players and clubs in the week leading up to the Super League Grand Final: [3]
MediaTelevision2015 is the fourth year of a five-year contract with Sky Sports to televise 70 matches per season. [4] The deal which runs until 2016 is worth £90million. Sky Sports coverage in the UK will see two live matches broadcast each week, usually at 8:00 pm on Thursday and Friday nights. [5] Regular commentators will be Eddie Hemmings and Mike Stephenson with summarisers including Phil Clarke, Brian Carney, Barrie McDermott and Terry O'Connor. Sky will broadcast highlights on Sunday nights on Super League - Full Time at 10 p.m. BBC Sport will broadcast a highlights programme called the Super League Show , presented by Tanya Arnold. The BBC show two weekly broadcasts of the programme, the first to the BBC North West, Yorkshire, North East and Cumbria, and East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire regions on Monday evenings at 11:35 p.m. on BBC One, [6] while a repeat showing is shown nationally on BBC Two on Tuesday afternoons at 1.30 p.m. The Super League Show is also available for one week after broadcast for streaming or download via the BBC iPlayer in the UK only. [7] End of season play-offs are shown on BBC Two across the whole country in a weekly highlights package on Sunday afternoons. [8] Internationally, Super League is shown live or delayed on Showtime Sports (Middle East), Sky Sport (New Zealand), TV 2 Sport (Norway), Fox Soccer Plus (United States), Fox Sports (Australia) and Sportsnet World (Canada). RadioBBC Coverage:
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