2026 Super League season

2026 Super League season
League	Super League
Duration	26 rounds
Teams	14
Broadcast partners	Sky Sports BBC Sport SuperLeague+ Fox League Fox Soccer Plus Sport Klub beIN Sports
2026 Season
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The 2026 Super League season, known as the 2026 Betfred Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the 31st season of the Super League and 132nd season of rugby league in Great Britain.

Hull KR are the defending champions, having beaten Wigan Warriors in the Grand Final, to win their first Super League title. ^[1]

Rule changes

Overseas quota

See also: Quota players § Rugby league

In July 2025, it was confirmed by the RFL that each Super League team's overseas player quota, limiting a team's maximum amount of registered players not trained by a Rugby League European Federation member club, would increase from seven to ten for the 2026 season. ^[2]

Structure changes

League expansion

From 2026, the Super League expanded to 14 teams. Teams 1-12 were decided by the current IMG promotion and relegation system, while teams 13 and 14 were chosen from the RFL Championship by an independent panel assessing teams who meet the minimum criteria. ^[3] At a meeting of all twelve Super League teams at the Headingley Rugby Stadium on 28 July 2025 to vote on the expansion proposal, nine voted to approve expanding the league, with only Hull KR and Hull FC voting against while Wigan Warriors abstained from the vote. ^[4]

Broadcasting

BBC Sport are broadcasting matches as well as match highlights in the final year of their three-year deal with the Super League, replacing Channel 4 as the league's free-to-air partner from 2024 season. ^[5] Ten games per season will be shown live on television, with a further five shown on iPlayer, the BBC's streaming platform.

Teams

The league consists of 14 teams, an increase of two from the previous season. The regular season consists of 26 rounds, a reduction of one from the previous season.

Hull KR will be the defending champions after winning the 2025 Grand Final. ^[1] Salford Red Devils, who finished bottom of the Super League table in 2025 following a season marred by financial difficulties, will be relegated to the 2026 RFL Championship after having not applied to join the Super League for 2026. ^[6] They will be replaced by 2025 RFL Championship semi-finalists Bradford Bulls, who were promoted to the Super League after achieving the highest IMG Grade B rating for 2025. ^[7] Bradford will also be joined by fellow Championship teams Toulouse Olympique and York Knights for the 2026 season, each achieving Grade B rankings. ^{[8] [9]}

Bradford

Castleford

Huddersfield

Hull F.C.

Hull KR

Leeds

Leigh

St Helens

Wakefield

Warrington

Wigan

York

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Locations of the 2026 Super League teams in Northern England

Catalans

Toulouse

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Locations of 2026 Super League teams in France

Legend
	Reigning champions
	Previous season runners-up
	Previous season League Leaders
	Promoted

	Team	Head coach	Captain	Stadium	Capacity	Grading
	Bradford Bulls	Kurt Haggerty	vacant	Odsal Stadium	26,019 [10]	B [8]
	Castleford Tigers	Ryan Carr	Alex Mellor	Wheldon Road	12,000 [11]	B [8]
	Catalans Dragons	Joel Tomkins	Benjamin Garcia	Stade Gilbert Brutus	13,000 [12]	A [8]
	Huddersfield Giants	Luke Robinson	vacant	Kirklees Stadium	24,121 [13]	B [8]
	Hull FC	John Cartwright	Aiden Sezer	MKM Stadium	25,400 [14]	A [8]
	Hull Kingston Rovers	Willie Peters	Elliot Minchella	Craven Park	11,000 [15]	A [8]
	Leeds Rhinos	Brad Arthur	Cameron Smith Ash Handley	Headingley Rugby Stadium	21,062 [16]	A [8]
	Leigh Leopards	Adrian Lam	Isaac Liu	Leigh Sports Village	12,000 [17]	A [8]
	St Helens	Paul Rowley	Jonny Lomax	BrewDog Stadium	18,000 [18]	A [8]
	Toulouse Olympique	Sylvain Houles	Anthony Marion	Stade Ernest-Wallon	19,500 [19]	B [8]
	Wakefield Trinity	Daryl Powell	Mike McMeeken	Belle Vue	9,333 [20]	A [8]
	Warrington Wolves	Sam Burgess	George Williams	Halliwell Jones Stadium	15,200 [21]	A [8]
	Wigan Warriors	Matt Peet	Liam Farrell	Brick Community Stadium	25,133 [22]	A [8]
	York Knights	Mark Applegarth	Liam Harris	York Community Stadium	8,500 [23]	B [8]

Fixtures and results

Main article: 2026 Super League season results

Matches decided by golden point

See also: 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. ^[24]

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bradford Bulls	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to playoffs
2	Castleford Tigers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Catalans Dragons	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Huddersfield Giants	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Hull F.C.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Hull Kingston Rovers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Leeds Rhinos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Leigh Leopards	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	St Helens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Toulouse Olympique	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Wakefield Trinity	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Warrington Wolves	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Wigan Warriors	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	York Knights	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source:

Player statistics

Top try scorers Rank Player Club Tries 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Top goal scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals	Missed Goals	Drop Goals	Goal Percentage %
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Top points scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Points
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Discipline

Red cards Rank Player Club Red cards 1

Yellow cards Rank Player Club Yellow cards 1

Attendances

Club attendances Club Home Games Total Average Highest Lowest Bradford Bulls Castleford Tigers Catalans Dragons Huddersfield Giants Hull FC Hull KR Leeds Rhinos Leigh Leopards St Helens Toulouse Olympique Wakefield Trinity Warrington Wolves Wigan Warriors York Knights

Top 10 attendances As of 12 October 2025 Rank Home team Away team Stadium Attendance 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

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