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Super League
The Super League (also known as the Betfred Super League for sponsorship reasons, and legally Super League Europe Ltd.) is a professional rugby league competition, and the highest level of the British rugby league system, which consists of fourteen teams, twelve from Northern England, the sport's heartland, and two from southern France.
Super League began in 1996, replacing the First Division, and switching from a winter to a summer season.
The regular season runs from February to September, with each team playing 27 games; 11 home games, 11 away games, Magic Weekend, and an additional four fixtures decided by league positions. The top six then enter play-offs leading to the Super League Grand Final which determines the champions. As of 2024, there is no relegation to the Championship.
The Super League champions take on the champions of the Australian National Rugby League in the World Club Challenge.
Twenty-four clubs have competed since the inception of the Super League since 1996: nineteen from England, three from France, one from Wales and one from Canada. Five of them have won the title: St Helens (10), Leeds Rhinos (8), Wigan Warriors (7), Bradford Bulls (4) and Hull Kingston Rovers (1).
During the 1950s, British rugby league experienced a boom in popularity. However the twenty years that followed saw attendances and popularity decline. A "Super League" was first suggested as far back as the 1970s as a way to address the decline. By the early 1990s the sport was still struggling with dwindling attendances, poor facilities and was dominated by one club, Wigan, who were the only full time professional team.[citation needed]
In 1992, the then Chief Executive of the Rugby Football League, Maurice Lindsay reopened the idea for a Super League. He wanted the new league to break the stereotype of rugby league being a sport only played in Northern England, and had a vision for clubs to play out of new facilities under a set of minimum standards in an unpublished document called "Framing the Future".[citation needed]
Lindsay's Super League was given a boost during the mid 90s Australian Super League war. A Rupert Murdoch backed Super League in Australia was trying to gain broadcasting supremacy over the Australian Rugby League. In an attempt to gain the upper hand, Murdoch, whose broadcasting company BSkyB already had the rights to the First Division, approached the RFL.[citation needed]
Super League
The Super League (also known as the Betfred Super League for sponsorship reasons, and legally Super League Europe Ltd.) is a professional rugby league competition, and the highest level of the British rugby league system, which consists of fourteen teams, twelve from Northern England, the sport's heartland, and two from southern France.
Super League began in 1996, replacing the First Division, and switching from a winter to a summer season.
The regular season runs from February to September, with each team playing 27 games; 11 home games, 11 away games, Magic Weekend, and an additional four fixtures decided by league positions. The top six then enter play-offs leading to the Super League Grand Final which determines the champions. As of 2024, there is no relegation to the Championship.
The Super League champions take on the champions of the Australian National Rugby League in the World Club Challenge.
Twenty-four clubs have competed since the inception of the Super League since 1996: nineteen from England, three from France, one from Wales and one from Canada. Five of them have won the title: St Helens (10), Leeds Rhinos (8), Wigan Warriors (7), Bradford Bulls (4) and Hull Kingston Rovers (1).
During the 1950s, British rugby league experienced a boom in popularity. However the twenty years that followed saw attendances and popularity decline. A "Super League" was first suggested as far back as the 1970s as a way to address the decline. By the early 1990s the sport was still struggling with dwindling attendances, poor facilities and was dominated by one club, Wigan, who were the only full time professional team.[citation needed]
In 1992, the then Chief Executive of the Rugby Football League, Maurice Lindsay reopened the idea for a Super League. He wanted the new league to break the stereotype of rugby league being a sport only played in Northern England, and had a vision for clubs to play out of new facilities under a set of minimum standards in an unpublished document called "Framing the Future".[citation needed]
Lindsay's Super League was given a boost during the mid 90s Australian Super League war. A Rupert Murdoch backed Super League in Australia was trying to gain broadcasting supremacy over the Australian Rugby League. In an attempt to gain the upper hand, Murdoch, whose broadcasting company BSkyB already had the rights to the First Division, approached the RFL.[citation needed]