2016 Super 8s

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2016 Super 8s
League Rugby League Super 8s
Duration7 Rounds (Followed by 2 rounds of relevant playoffs)
Teams39
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
2016 season
Super League
Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors
Qualifiers
Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos
Championship Shield
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls
League 1
Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets
League 1 Shield
Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder
Biggest home win Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 83 – 0 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham
Biggest away win Hemelcolours.png Hemel Stags 10 – 66 Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder
Man of Steel Awards Hullcolours.svg Danny Houghton (Hull F.C.)
Top try-scorer(s) Castleford colours.svg Denny Solomona (Castleford Tigers) (40)
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from
Championship
League 1
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions
Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets
Relegated to
Championship
League 1
HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers
Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven

The 2016 Super 8s were a feature of the British rugby league system, between 2015 and 2018, and were played in the top three professional divisions.

Contents

After 23 games the league table is frozen and the teams are split into 5 groups called the Super 8s. The top 8 Super League play each other once more before the top 4 team enter the playoffs for a place in the Super League Grand Final .

The bottom 4 Super League teams and top 4 Championship teams play each other in The Qualifiers for a place in next seasons Super League. The bottom 4 Championship teams play each other once more with the top 4 teams entering the playoffs for the Championship Shield with the bottom 2 teams being relegated to League 1.

The top 8 League 1 sides play each other once more before the top 5 teams enter the playoffs with 2 teams being promoted. The bottom 7 teams play each other for the League 1 Shield

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.

Round 1

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueRefereeAttendance
Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 18–20 Saintscolours.svg St. Helens Halliwell Jones Stadium Bentham 10,881
Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. 16–30 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers KCOM Stadium Smith9,936
Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 60–12 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity DW Stadium Mikalauskas10,593
Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 26-10 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings Stade Gilbert Brutus Hicks7,341

Round 2

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueRefereeAttendance
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 0–38 Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. Halton Stadium Thaler 4,359
Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 36-22 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors Wheldon Road Cobb6,325
Saintscolours.svg St. Helens 39-16 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons Langtree Park Child 9,440
Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity 10-38 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves Belle Vue Hicks3,552

Round 3

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueRefereeAttendance
Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. 44-0 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons KCOM Stadium Bentham 10,494
Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 25-0 Saintscolours.svg St. Helens DW Stadium Thaler 15,265
Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 14-11 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers Halliwell Jones Stadium Kendall9,228
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 40–8 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Halton Stadium 4,010

Round 4

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueRefereeAttendance
Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 6-8 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings DW Stadium Bentham 11,495
Saintscolours.svg St. Helens 31-10 Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. Langtree Park Campbell10,086
Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 22-26 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves Stade Gilbert Brutus Smith7,108
Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 46-22 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wheldon Road Hewer6,298

Round 5

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueRefereeAttendance
Saintscolours.svg St. Helens 40–16 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers Langtree Park Smith9,448
Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 30–12 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings Halliwell Jones Stadium Hewer10,488
Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. 12–18 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors KCOM Stadium Thaler 11,686
Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity 10–14 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons Belle Vue Child 2,612

Round 6

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueRefereeAttendance
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 8–21 Saintscolours.svg St. Helens Halton Stadium Child 6,128
Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 28–35 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors Halliwell Jones Stadium Hicks13,044
Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 28–34 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers Stade Gilbert Brutus Bentham 7,802
Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity 12–18 Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. Belle Vue Campbell3,413

Round 7

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueRefereeAttendance
Saintscolours.svg St. Helens 32–12 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Langtree Park Cobb9,516
Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. 6–23 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves KCOM Stadium Thaler 17,453
Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 48–24 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons DW Stadium Bentham 16,140
Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 40–26 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings Wheldon Road Smith7,103

Standings

PosClubPWDLForAgstDiffPointsQualification
1 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves (L)30211885254131143Playoffs
2 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors (C)30210966956010942Playoffs
3 Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. (Q)302001074957917040
4 Saintscolours.svg St. Helens (Q)302001075664111540
5 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers (U)30151148308082231Season Complete
6 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons (U)3015015723716730
7 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings (U)3012018603643-4024
8 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity (U)3010020571902-33120

(C) = Champions

(L) = League Leaders

(Q) = Qualified for playoffs

(U) = Unable to qualify for playoffs

Play-offs

#HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and Time (Local)VenueRefereeAttendance
SEMI-FINALS
SF1 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 18–10 Saintscolours.svg St. Helens 29 September 20:00 Halliwell Jones Stadium Thaler 12,036
SF2 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 28-18 Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. 30 September 20:00 DW Stadium Hicks10,013
GRAND FINAL
F Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 6–12 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 8 October 18:00 Old Trafford, Manchester Hicks70,202

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 2017 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 2017 Super League; the loser, along with teams finishing 6th, 7th and 8th, will be relegated to the Championship.

Round 1

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 6–62 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Post Office Road 6,671
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 34-30 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos Leigh Sports Village 4,041
Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils 34–12 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants Salford City Stadium 2,184
HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers 58–18 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs Craven Park 5,491

Round 2

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 22–18 HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers Headingley Stadium 14,180
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 32–26 Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils Leigh Sports Village 4,547
Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 62-16 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers Kirklees Stadium 3,690
Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 76-16 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs Trailfinders Sports Ground 594

Round 3

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils 12–29 HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers Salford City Stadium 2,074
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 18–30 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions Post Office Road 1,678
Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 28–42 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Trailfinders Sports Ground 3,015
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 28–58 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants Mount Pleasant 1,390

Round 4

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 30-8 Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils Headingley Stadium 13,996
HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers 18–25 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions Craven Park 7,363
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 11–10 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers Mount Pleasant 1,131
Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 40-4 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos Kirklees Stadium 3,794

Round 5

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 32–0 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs Headingley Stadium 15,135
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 48–40 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants Leigh Sports Village 5,934
Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils 70-16 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers Salford City Stadium 1,579
Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 18-58 HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers Trailfinders Sports Ground 1,215

Round 6

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 42-24 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs Leigh Sports Village 10,556
Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils 16-19 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos Salford City Stadium 2,521
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 24–32 HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers Post Office Road 4,034
Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 22–14 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Kirklees Stadium 6,666

Round 7

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 37–12 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions Headingley Stadium 14,747
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 14–42 Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils Mount Pleasant 1,520
Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 46–6 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers Trailfinders Sports Ground 605
HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers 22–23 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants KC Lightstream Stadium 8,024

Standings

PosClubPWDLForAgstDiffPointsQualification
1 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos (Q)76012399414512Super League XXII place
2 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions (Q)76012231933012
3 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants (Q)75022571669110
4 HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers (S)7403235142938Million Pound Game
5 Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils (S)7304208152566
6 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos (R)7304221212962017 Championship place
7 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs (R)710697276-2072
8 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers (R)700796313-2170

(Q) = Qualified for Super League XXII

(S) = Secured spot in Million Pound Game

(R) = Relegated to the Championship

Million Pound Game

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and Time (local)VenueAttendance
Million Pound Game
HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers 18-19 AET Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils 1 October 15:00 KC Lightstream Stadium 6,562

Championship Shield

At the end of the regular season the bottom 8 Championship teams play each other once more, home or away. The bottom two teams are then relegated to League 1 and the top four teams qualify for the play off for the Championship Shield.

Round 1

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 18–46 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls Recreation Ground 675
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 36–24 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions Crown Flatt 647
Faxcolours.svg Halifax 28–48 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles The Shay 1,228
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham R.L.F.C. 30–16 Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town Bower Fold 573

Round 2

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 44–22 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Odsal Stadium 3,498
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 48–16 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven Bawtry Road 412
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 8–30 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham R.L.F.C. Heywood Road 693
Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 34–24 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams Derwent Park 527

Round 3

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 83–0 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham R.L.F.C. Odsal Stadium 3,022
Faxcolours.svg Halifax 22–24 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams The Shay 1,133
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 38–40 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions Bawtry Road 466
Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 24–28 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven Derwent Park 1,058

Round 4

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 10–30 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Recreation Ground 718
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 26–36 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls Crown Flatt 1,807
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham R.L.F.C. 24–54 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles Bower Fold 680
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 19–12 Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town Heywood Road 546

Round 5

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 46–28 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions Odsal Stadium 4,030
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 12–56 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven Crown Flatt 524
Faxcolours.svg Halifax 32–18 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham R.L.F.C. The Shay 1,182
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 62–0 Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town Bawtry Road 380

Round 6

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham R.L.F.C. 18-20 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven Bower Fold 843
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 22-38 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams Bawtry Road 564
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 28-26 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Heywood Road 582
Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 30-26 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls Derwent Park 596

Round 7

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 40-18 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions Recreation Ground 733
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 80-0 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles Odsal Stadium 4,035
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 30-12 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham R.L.F.C. Crown Flatt 628
Faxcolours.svg Halifax 46-26 Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town The Shay 1,217

Standings

PosClubPWDLForAgstDiffPointsQualification
1 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls (Q)30192999757050740PlayOffs
2 Faxcolours.svg Halifax (Q)301611377565613933
3 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles (Q)30120188557631224
4 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams (Q)3012018646797-13324
5 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions (S)30101195961001-42721Season Complete
6 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham R.L.F.C. (S)3010020523888-38320
7 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven (R)308121571945-36517Relegation to 2017 League 1
8 Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town (R)307122541919-39415

(Q) = Qualified for Play-offs

(S) = Secured spot in Championship

(R) = Relegated to League 1

Play-offs

#HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and Time (Local)VenueRefereeAttendance
SEMI-FINALS
SF1 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 32-46 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles The Shay 946
SF2 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 36-22 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams Odsal Stadium 2,189
CHAMPIONSHIP SHIELD FINAL
F Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 27-16 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles Odsal Stadium 3,518

League 1 Super 8s

The top 8 teams in League 1 carry points forward and play each other once more home or away. The top five teams after 7 games will enter the playoffs.

Round 1

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 30 – 26 Skolscolours.svg London Skolars South Leeds Stadium 414
ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 40 – 4 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars Stade Ernest-Argelès 1,214
Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 34–12 Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets Craven Park 913
Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 28–36 Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster Bootham Crescent 540

Round 2

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 12–40 Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders Keepmoat Stadium 622
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 8–18 Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks Cougar Park 384
Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 28–38 Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets New River Stadium 308
ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 46–16 Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights Stade Ernest-Argelès 1,314

Round 3

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 24–36 Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster South Leeds Stadium 379
Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 18–4 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars Spotland 510
Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 14–58 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique New River Stadium 974
Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 6–20 Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders Bootham Crescent 664

Round 4

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 30–10 Skolscolours.svg London Skolars Cougar Park 297
Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 44–26 Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks Craven Park 1,003
Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 18–38 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique Keepmoat Stadium 573
Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 16–36 Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights Spotland 413

Round 5

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 46–6 Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets Stade Ernest-Argelès 1,772 [1]
Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 12–33 Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks Bootham Crescent 702
Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 4–54 Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders New River Stadium
Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 26–24 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars Keepmoat Stadium 609

Round 6

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 26–18 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars Craven Park 1,173
Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 38–22 Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster Spotland 393
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 12–16 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique South Leeds Stadium 541
Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 30–4 Skolscolours.svg London Skolars Bootham Crescent 448

Round 7

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 34–18 Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks Spotland 690
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 50–8 Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights Cougar Park 658
ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 44–22 Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders Stade Ernest-Argelès 1,161
Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 34–30 Skolscolours.svg London Skolars Keepmoat Stadium 587

Standings

PosClubPWDLForAgDiffPtsQualification
1 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique (PP)21201099027671441Promotion Final
2 Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets (PP)21161470944026933
3 Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders (Q)21151576937539431Playoffs
4 Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster (Q)21140768352615728
5 Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights (Q)21121861846115725
6 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars (F)211101065851414422Season Complete
7 Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet (F)2111010544550-622
8 Skolscolours.svg London Skolars (F)218013470650-18016

(C) = Champions

(PP) = Qualified for Promotion Playoff

(Q) = Qualified for Play-offs

(F) = Failed to reach Playoffs

Play-offs

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
PROMOTION FINAL
ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 22-24 Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets Stade Ernest-Argelès
#HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
SEMI-FINALS
SF1 Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 46-6 Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster Craven Park
SF2 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 62-10 Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights Stade des Minimes
LEAGUE 1 PLAYOFF FINAL
F ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 32-22 Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders Stade des Minimes

League 1 Shield

The bottom 7 teams compete in the League 1 Shield where they play each other once more home or away. The top 2 teams compete for the League 1 Shield.

Round 1

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders 30–26 Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions Hare Lane 343
Coventrycolours.png Coventry Bears 48–6 Oxfordcolours.png Oxford Butts Park Arena 366
Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 50–24 New South Wales colours.svg Gloucestershire All Golds Kingston Park 482

Round 2

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Hemelcolours.png Hemel Stags 18–42 NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders Pennine Way 147
New South Wales colours.svg Gloucestershire All Golds 16–28 Oxfordcolours.png Oxford Prince of Wales Stadium 105
Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions 26–28 Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder Virginia Park 410

Round 3

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Coventrycolours.png Coventry Bears 14–18 Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions Butts Park Arena 497
Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 30–14 NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders Kingston Park 408
Oxfordcolours.png Oxford 46–10 Hemelcolours.png Hemel Stags Tilsey Park103

Round 4

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Oxfordcolours.png Oxford 18–62 Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder Tilsey Park 121
NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders 28–30 Coventrycolours.png Coventry Bears Racecourse Ground 297
New South Wales colours.svg Gloucestershire All Golds 74–18 Hemelcolours.png Hemel Stags Prince of Wales Stadium 101

Round 5

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions 12–20 Oxfordcolours.png Oxford Virginia Park 178
Hemelcolours.png Hemel Stags 10–66 Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder Pennine Way 112
Coventrycolours.png Coventry Bears 33–20 New South Wales colours.svg Gloucestershire All Golds Butts Park Arena 392

Round 6

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 46–10 Coventrycolours.png Coventry Bears Kingston Park 456
NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders 18–4 New South Wales colours.svg Gloucestershire All Golds Racecourse Ground 270
Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions 16–8 Hemelcolours.png Hemel Stags Virginia Park 151

Round 7

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
Oxfordcolours.png Oxford 6–37 NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders Tilsey Park120
New South Wales colours.svg Gloucestershire All Golds 33–18 Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions Prince of Wales Stadium 80
Hemelcolours.png Hemel Stags 12–22 Coventrycolours.png Coventry Bears Pennine Way 307

Standings

PosClubPWDLForAgDiffPtsQualification
1 Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder (Q)20131655842613227League 1 Shield Final
2 NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders (Q)209294404333620
3 Coventrycolours.png Coventry Bears (F)208111383542-15917
4 New South Wales colours.svg Gloucestershire All Golds (F)205015411607-19610
5 Oxfordcolours.png Oxford (F)204016312732-4878
6 Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions (F)202018254697-4434
7 Hemelcolours.png Hemel Stags (W)202018230828-5984 Wooden Spoon

(Q) = Qualified for Shield Final

(F) = Unable to qualify for Shield Final

(W) = Wooden Spoon

Final

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
VenueAttendance
League 1 Shield Final
Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 31-26 NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders Kingston Park

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Million Pound Game</span>

Million Pound Game was an annual rugby league game that decides which Championship teams will be promoted to Super League, and which Super League teams would be relegated for the following season. Instituted in 2015 and played until 2018, the game was played as the final of The Qualifiers replacing the playoffs and Championship Grand Final.

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.

The 2016 Rugby Football League Championship, known as Kingstone Press Championship due to sponsorship by Kingstone Press Cider, was a rugby league football competition played in the UK, one tier below the first tier Super League. The 2016 season was the second to consist of a new structure combining the championship and super league divisions three quarters of the way through the season.

The 2016 League 1, known as the Kingstone Press League 1 for sponsorship reasons, was a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in England, the third tier of the sport in the country.

Super League XXI commenced on 4 February 2016 and ended on 8 October with the Super League Grand Final. It consisted of 23 regular season games, 9 rounds of relevant play-offs which included the Grand Final. Wigan Warriors are the current champions after successfully defeating Warrington Wolves 12–6 in front of a capacity crowd of 70,202 at Old Trafford.

The 2017 Rugby Football League Championship, known as Kingstone Press Championship due to sponsorship by Kingstone Press Cider, is a rugby league football competition predominantly played in the UK, one tier below the first tier Super League. The 2017 season was the third to consist of a new structure combining the championship and super league divisions three quarters of the way through the season.

The 2017 League 1, known as the Kingstone Press League 1 for sponsorship reasons, was a professional rugby league football competition played in England, Wales and Canada, the third tier of the sport for RFL affiliated clubs.

The 2017 Super 8s were the third season of the Rugby Football League domestic competition in which the format of splitting teams after a certain number of games have been played.

The 2015 London Broncos season was the thirty-sixth in the club's history and their first season in the RFL Championship. Competing in 2015 Kingstone Press Championship, the club was coached by Joey Grima, before being replaced by his assistant Andrew Henderson in March. They finishing in 7th place, reaching the Championship Shield Final and reaching the Fourth Round of the 2015 Challenge Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 RFL Championship</span> Rugby league football competition played primarily in the United Kingdom

The 2018 Rugby Football League Championship is a rugby league football competition played primarily in the United Kingdom, one tier below the first tier Super League. The 2018 season is the fourth to consist of the Super 8s structure combining the Championship and Super League three-quarters of the way through the season.

The 2019 season saw Wigan Warriors compete in the Super League, Grand Final Playoffs, Challenge Cup, and the World Club Challenge.

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