2024 Super League season

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2024 Super League season
League Super League
Duration27 Rounds
Teams12
Matches played47
Points scored1,957
Highest attendance20,014
(15 February)
Lowest attendance2,450
(20 April)
Average attendance9,501
Attendance446,527
Broadcast partners
2024 Season
Biggest home win
(19 April)
Biggest away win
(17 March)
Top point-scorer(s) Arthur Mourgue (68)
Top try-scorer(s)
2025 →

The 2024 Super League season (referred to as the Betfred Super League for sponsorship reasons) is the 29th season of the Super League and 130th season of rugby league in Great Britain.

Contents

Wigan Warriors are the defending champions, having beaten Catalans Dragons in the Grand Final, to win their sixth Super League title. [1]

London Broncos were promoted from the Championship, having beaten Toulouse Olympique in the Championship Grand Final. [2]

During the opening round of fixtures on 15–17 February, a total of 13 cards (4 red and 9 yellow) were issued across the six games, which set a new record for most cards shown during the first round. Another record saw a total combined attendance of 76,782 fans which was 10% higher than last season's opening games.

Structure changes

At the end of the 2023 season, IMG and the Rugby Football League (RFL) released initial gradings, indicating which league clubs would likely be playing in from the 2025 system. This transition to the new gradings-based system means there will be no automatic relegation as a result of finishing 12th from 2024.

Broadcasting

In a major change for the 2024 season for the first time every fixture from the 27 regular rounds as well as the play-offs will be broadcast live on Sky Sports who have exclusive rights to two fixtures per round 4 being shown on a new streaming service, SuperLeague+. [3] The games televised by Sky Sports between round 1 and round 15 were confirmed prior to the start of the season. [4] On 7 February, BBC Sport announced a three-year deal with the league, replacing Channel 4 as the league's free-to-air partner. [5] Ten games per season will be shown live on television, with a further five shown on iPlayer, the BBC's streaming platform. The deal ended the BBC's Super League Show after 25 years, with condensed highlights of all games being added to iPlayer within 24 hours.

Teams

The league comprises 12 teams. The regular season comprises 27 rounds. Wigan Warriors are the defending champions after winning the 2023 Grand Final. Wakefield Trinity finished bottom in 2023 and were relegated to the Championship for 2024, they were replaced by promoted London Broncos who won the 2023 Championship Grand Final after finishing 5th in the table.

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Locations of the 2024 Super League teams in Northern England
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Locations of Super League XXIX teams in France
Team2023 positionGrading [6] Stadium
(Capacity)		City/Town
Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers
(2024 season)		11thB Mend-A-House Jungle (12,000) [7] Castleford, West Yorkshire
Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons
(2024 season)		2nd (Runner-up)A Stade Gilbert Brutus (13,000) [8] Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants
(2024 season)		9thB John Smith's Stadium

(24,121) [9]

Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
Hullcolours.svg Hull FC
(2024 season)		10thA MKM Stadium (25,400) [10] Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers
(2024 season)		4th (Eliminated in Semi final)A Sewell Group Craven Park (12,225) [11] Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos
(2024 season)		8thA Headingley Rugby Stadium

(21,062) [12]

Leeds, West Yorkshire
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Leopards
(2024 season)		5th (Eliminated in Eliminator Play off)B Leigh Sports Village (11,000) Leigh, Greater Manchester
Broncoscolours.png London Broncos
(2024 season)		5th in Championship, PromotedB Cherry Red Records Stadium (9,215) Wimbledon, London
Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils
(2024 season)		7thB Salford Community Stadium (12,000) [13] Salford, Greater Manchester
Saintscolours.svg St Helens
(2024 season)		3rd (Eliminated in Semi final)A Totally Wicked Stadium (18,000) [14] St Helens, Merseyside
Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves
(2024 season)		6th (Eliminated in Eliminator play off)A Halliwell Jones Stadium

(15,200) [15]

Warrington, Cheshire
  Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors
(2024 season)		1st (Champions)A DW Stadium

(25,133) [16]

Wigan, Greater Manchester

Fixtures and results

Matches decided by golden point

If a match ends in a draw after 80 minutes, then a further 10 minutes of golden point extra time is played, to determine a winner (five minutes each way). The first team to score either a try, penalty goal or drop goal during this period, will win the match. However, if there are no further scores during the additional 10 minutes period, then the match will end in a draw.

Table

PosTeam
PldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 870120892+11614Advance to Semi-finals
2 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 860219658+13812
3 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 760122492+13212Advance to Eliminators
4 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 8602230112+11812
5 HKRcolours.svg Hull KR 8503188119+6910
6 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 8503206150+5610
7 Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils 8503163158+510
8 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 8404140152−128
9 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Leopards 7106130142−122
10 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 8107112264−1522
11 Hullcolours.svg Hull FC 810786310−2242
12 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 800874308−2340
Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2024. Source:

Player statistics


Top 10 try scorers

RankPlayer (s)ClubTries
1 Flag of England.svg Adam Swift Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 9
Flag of England.svg Liam Marshall Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors
3 Flag of Ireland.svg Innes Senior Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 7
Flag of England.svg Ash Handley Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Dufty Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves
6 Flag of New Zealand.svg Peta Hiku HKRcolours.svg Hull KR 6
Flag of England.svg Jack Welsby Saintscolours.svg St Helens
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bevan French Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors
9 Flag of England.svg Umyla Hanley Leigh colours.svg Leigh Leopards 5
Flag of England.svg Tommy Makinson Saintscolours.svg St Helens
Flag of England.svg Josh Thewlis Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves

Top 10 goal scorers

RankPlayerClubGoalsMissed GoalsDrop GoalsGoal Percentage %
1 Flag of England.svg Marc Sneyd Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils 29197%
2 Flag of France.svg Arthur Mourgue Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 243088%
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Rhyse Martin Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 484%
4 Flag of England.svg Stefan Ratchford Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 19290%
Flag of England.svg Harry Smith Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 870%
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Moylan Leigh colours.svg Leigh Leopards 16672%
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Keighran Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 15195%
8 Flag of England.svg Jez Litten HKRcolours.svg Hull KR 12763%
9 Flag of England.svg Oliver Russell Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 11569%
Flag of England.svg Josh Thewlis Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves

Top 10 points scorers

RankPlayerClubPoints
1 Flag of England.svg Marc Sneyd Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils 63
2 Flag of France.svg Arthur Mourgue Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 60
3 Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Rhyse Martin Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 52
5 Flag of England.svg Stefan Ratchford Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 42
Flag of England.svg Josh Thewlis
Flag of England.svg Harry Smith Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors
8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Keighran 38
9 Flag of England.svg Adam Swift Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 36
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Moylan Leigh colours.svg Leigh Leopards
Flag of England.svg Liam Marshall Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors
As of 19 April 2024: (Round 8)

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