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.
2024 Super League season | |
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League | Super League |
Duration | 27 Rounds |
Teams | 12 |
Matches played | 95 |
Points scored | 3,758 |
Highest attendance | 20,014 (15 February) |
Lowest attendance | 2,300 (31 March) |
Average attendance | 9,314 |
Attendance | 884,833 |
Broadcast partners | |
2024 Season | |
Biggest home win | St Helens 58–0 Hull FC (19 April) |
Biggest away win | Castleford Tigers
(10 May) |
Top point-scorer(s) | Marc Sneyd (121) |
Top try-scorer(s) | Liam Marshall (17) |
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.
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.
Game 1 (Leigh Leopards v Castleford Tigers)
The round 10 game between Leigh Leopards and Castleford Tigers on 4 May 2024, finished 28–28 after 80 minutes, after Castleford scored a last minute try to level the scores. The game then went to extra time, with the only real chance coming in the 8th added minute, as Matt Moylan's drop goal attempt hit the post. Neither team could score any points, so the game ended as a draw.
Game 2 (Leeds Rhinos v London Broncos
The round 16 game between Leeds Rhinos and London Broncos on 6 July 2024, finished 16–16 after 80 minutes, after Leeds scored a late try to level the scores. The game then went to extra time, with the only chance coming in the 4th added minute, as Brodie Croft kicked the winning drop goal to win the match for Leeds 17–16.
Game 3 (Hull KR v Catalans Dragons
The round 16 fixture between Hull Kingston Rovers and Catalans Dragons on 6 July 2024, finished 14–14 after 80 minutes, as rovers kicked a late penalty goal to level the scores.The game then went to extra time, but neither team could score any points during the first period. With less than 3 minutes of the second period remaining, Theo Fages kicked the winning drop goal to win the match for Catalans 15–14.
Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Wigan Warriors | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 427 | 170 | +257 | 26 | Advance to Semi-finals |
2 | St Helens | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 429 | 170 | +259 | 22 | |
3 | Warrington Wolves | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 404 | 211 | +193 | 22 | Advance to Eliminators |
4 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 397 | 216 | +181 | 22 | |
5 | Salford Red Devils | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 315 | 306 | +9 | 22 | |
6 | Catalans Dragons | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 303 | 234 | +69 | 20 | |
7 | Leeds Rhinos | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 291 | 286 | +5 | 18 | |
8 | Huddersfield Giants | 16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 298 | 365 | −67 | 12 | |
9 | Leigh Leopards | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 270 | 250 | +20 | 11 | |
10 | Castleford Tigers | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 246 | 435 | −189 | 9 | |
11 | Hull FC | 16 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 218 | 496 | −278 | 4 | |
12 | London Broncos | 16 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 156 | 615 | −459 | 2 |
Player statistics
Top 10 try scorers
Top 10 goal scorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals | Missed Goals | Drop Goals | Goal Percentage % |
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1 | Marc Sneyd | Salford Red Devils | 50 | 8 | 3 | 86% |
2 | Mark Percival | St Helens | 49 | 16 | 0 | 75% |
3 | Rhyse Martin | Leeds Rhinos | 45 | 8 | 86% | |
4 | Arthur Mourgue | Catalans Dragons | 44 | 7 | ||
5 | Matt Moylan | Leigh Leopards | 36 | 12 | 75% | |
6 | Mikey Lewis | Hull KR | 34 | |||
7 | Harry Smith | Wigan Warriors | 33 | 11 | 1 | |
8 | Josh Thewlis | Warrington Wolves | 29 | 7 | 0 | 80% |
9 | Stefan Ratchford | 24 | 5 | 87% | ||
Adam Keighran | Wigan Warriors | 2 | 91% |
Top 10 points scorers
Rank | Player | Club | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Mark Percival | St Helens | 118 |
2 | Marc Sneyd | Salford Red Devils | 111 |
3 | Arthur Mourgue | Catalans Dragons | 104 |
4 | Rhyse Martin | Leeds Rhinos | 102 |
5 | Mikey Lewis | Hull KR | 96 |
6 | Josh Thewlis | Warrington Wolves | 90 |
7 | Matt Moylan | Leigh Leopards | 88 |
8 | Harry Smith | Wigan Warriors | 75 |
9 | Adam Keighran | 64 | |
Liam Marshall |
Updated to match(es) played on 23 June 2024 (Round 14)
Discipline
Yellow cards
- As of 2 June 2024
Rank | Player | Club | Yellow cards |
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1 | Ryan Brierley | Salford Red Devils | 3 |
1 | Ligi Sao | Hull FC | 2 |
Peta Hiku | Hull KR | ||
Justin Sangare | Leeds Rhinos | ||
John Asiata | Leigh Leopards | ||
Brad Dwyer | |||
Amir Bourouh | Salford Red Devils | ||
Harry Smith | Wigan Warriors |
Attendances
Top 10 attendances
- As of 2 June 2024 (Round 13)
Rank | Home team | Away team | Stadium | Attendance |
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1 | Hull FC | Hull KR | MKM Stadium | 20,014 |
2 | St Helens | Wigan Warriors | Totally Wicked Stadium | 17,980 |
3 | Wigan Warriors | Huddersfield Giants | DW Stadium | 15,357 |
4 | Leeds Rhinos | St Helens | AMT Headingley Stadium | 15,284 |
5 | Salford Red Devils | 15,126 | ||
6 | Castleford Tigers | 14,529 | ||
7 | Wigan Warriors | Catalans Dragons | DW Stadium | 14,481 |
8 | Leeds Rhinos | AMT Headingley Stadium | 14,168 | |
9 | St Helens | London Broncos | Totally Wicked Stadium | 14,058 |
10 | Leeds Rhinos | Huddersfield Giants | AMT Headingley Stadium | 13,128 |