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2017 Super League season

The Betfred Super League XXII,[2] was the year 2017 Super League season and 123rd season of rugby league in Britain.

Super League XXII
LeagueSuper League
Duration30 Rounds
Teams12
Highest attendance23,390
Wigan Warriors vs St Helens (14 April)
Lowest attendance2,678 Salford Red Devils Vs Hull F.C. (9 June)
Average attendance8,568
Attendance1,182,437
Broadcast partnersSky Sports
BBC Sport
Fox League
beIN Sports
Fox Soccer Plus
Sport Klub
2017 season
ChampionsLeeds Rhinos
8th Super League
11th British title
League LeadersCastleford Tigers
Runners-upCastleford Tigers
Biggest home winCastleford Tigers 66–10 Leeds Rhinos (2 March)
Biggest away winCatalans Dragons 12–56 Huddersfield Giants (10 June)
Man of SteelEngland Luke Gale[1]
Top try-scorer(s)England Greg Eden (38)
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from ChampionshipHull Kingston Rovers
Relegated to ChampionshipLeigh Centurions

Super League XXII featured twelve teams, the third year in which this number has taken part. This was also the third year since promotion and relegation was reintroduced into the competition, seeing Leigh promoted and Hull KR relegated from last season.

Teams

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Eleven teams in Super League are from the North of England. Six teams hail from the historic county of Lancashire, west of the Pennines: Warrington, St. Helens, Salford, Wigan, Leigh, and Widnes. Five teams hail from the historic county of Yorkshire, east of the Pennines: Huddersfield, Wakefield Trinity, Leeds, Castleford, and Hull F.C. Catalans Dragons, located in Perpignan, France, are the only team outside the North of England. St Helens, Wigan Warriors, Warrington Wolves, and Leeds Rhinos are the only teams to have played in every season of Super League since 1996.

Leigh were promoted from the Kingstone Press Championship after finishing in 2nd place in The Qualifiers for 2016. Leigh became the first club promoted to the Super League under the Super 8s system, and the first club promoted to Super League since Widnes received a license for Super League XVII. Leigh last competed in the top flight in Super League X. Hull Kingston Rovers were relegated to the Championship after losing the 2016 Million Pound Game to Salford.

 
 
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Locations of Super League XXII teams
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Locations of Super League XXII teams
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Locations of Super League XXII teams in West Yorkshire
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Locations of Super League XXII teams in Greater Manchester
Team 2016 position Stadium Capacity City/Area
  Castleford Tigers
(2017 season) 		5th The Mend-O-Hose Jungle 11,750 Castleford, West Yorkshire
  Catalans Dragons
(2017 season) 		6th Stade Gilbert Brutus 14,000 Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
  Huddersfield Giants
(2017 season) 		12th John Smith's Stadium 24,544 Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
  Hull
(2017 season) 		3rd KCOM Stadium 25,404 Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
  Leigh Centurions
(2017 season) 		Promoted Leigh Sports Village 12,700 Leigh, Greater Manchester
  Leeds Rhinos
(2017 season) 		9th Headingley Carnegie Stadium 22,250 Leeds, West Yorkshire
  Salford Red Devils
(2017 season) 		10th AJ Bell Stadium 12,000 Salford, Greater Manchester
  St. Helens
(2017 season) 		4th Totally Wicked Stadium 18,000 St. Helens, Merseyside
  Wakefield Trinity
(2017 season) 		8th Beaumont Legal Stadium 11,000 Wakefield, West Yorkshire
  Warrington Wolves
(2017 season) 		1st Halliwell Jones Stadium 15,500 Warrington, Cheshire
  Widnes Vikings
(2017 season) 		7th The Select Security Stadium 13,500 Widnes, Cheshire
  Wigan Warriors
(2017 season) 		2nd (Champions) DW Stadium 25,138 Wigan, Greater Manchester

Regular season

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Main article: Super League XXII results

Standings at end of regular season

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Castleford Tigers 23 20 0 3 769 378 +391 40 Super League Super 8s
2   Leeds Rhinos 23 15 0 8 553 477 +76 30
3   Hull F.C. 23 13 1 9 541 483 +58 27
4   Salford Red Devils 23 13 0 10 576 500 +76 26
5   Wakefield Trinity 23 13 0 10 572 509 +63 26
6   St. Helens 23 12 1 10 516 420 +96 25
7   Wigan Warriors 23 10 3 10 539 518 +21 23
8   Huddersfield Giants 23 9 3 11 519 486 +33 21
9   Warrington Wolves 23 9 2 12 426 557 −131 20 The Qualifiers
10   Catalans Dragons 23 7 1 15 469 689 −220 15
11   Leigh Centurions 23 6 0 17 425 615 −190 12
12   Widnes Vikings 23 5 1 17 359 632 −273 11
Source: Rugby League Project
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;

Super 8s

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Main article: 2017 Super 8s

Super League

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Main article: Super League XXII Super 8s results

Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Castleford Tigers (L) 30 25 0 5 965 536 +429 50 Semi-finals
2   Leeds Rhinos (C) 30 20 0 10 749 623 +126 40
3   Hull F.C. 30 17 1 12 714 655 +59 35
4   St Helens 30 16 1 13 663 518 +145 33
5   Wakefield Trinity 30 16 0 14 714 679 +35 32
6   Wigan Warriors 30 14 3 13 691 668 +23 31
7   Salford Red Devils 30 14 0 16 680 728 −48 28
8   Huddersfield Giants 30 11 3 16 663 680 −17 25
Source: [1]
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders Shield

The Qualifiers

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Warrington Wolves 7 7 0 0 288 138 +150 14 Super League XXIII
2   Widnes Vikings 7 5 0 2 188 96 +92 10
3   Hull Kingston Rovers (P) 7 5 0 2 166 158 +8 10
4   Leigh Centurions (R) 7 4 0 3 203 104 +99 8 Million Pound Game
5   Catalans Dragons 7 4 0 3 130 143 −13 8
6   London Broncos 7 1 1 5 174 220 −46 3 2018 Championship
7   Featherstone Rovers 7 1 1 5 110 272 −162 3
8   Halifax 7 0 0 7 82 210 −128 0
Source: [2]
(P) Promoted to Super League; (R) Relegated

Playoffs

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Super League

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See also: 2017 Super League Grand Final
# Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time (Local) Venue Referee Attendance
Semi-finals
SF1   Castleford Tigers 23–22[a]   St. Helens 28 September 2017, 19:45 BST Mend-A-Hose Jungle James Child 11,235
SF2   Leeds Rhinos 18–16   Hull 29 September 2017, 19:45 BST Headingley Carnegie Phil Bentham 12,500
Source:[3]
Grand final
F   Castleford Tigers 6–24   Leeds Rhinos 7 October 2017, 18:00 BST Old Trafford James Child 72,827
Source:[4]
  1. ^ After extra time

Million Pound Game

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Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
  Leigh Centurions 10–30   Catalans Dragons 30 September 2017, 15:00 Leigh Sports Village Ben Thaler 6,888

Player statistics

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Attendances

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  • Statistics correct as of 23 July 2017 (round 23)

End-of-season awards

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Awards are presented for outstanding contributions and efforts to players and clubs in the week leading up to the Super League Grand Final:[5]

Media

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Television

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2017 is the first of a five-year contract with Sky Sports to televise 100 matches per season.[6]

Sky Sports coverage in the UK will see two live matches broadcast each week, usually at 8:00 pm on Thursday and Friday nights.[7]

Regular commentators will be Eddie Hemmings with summarisers including Phil Clarke, Brian Carney, Barrie McDermott and Terry O'Connor. Sky will broadcast highlights on Sunday nights on Super League - Full Time at 10 p.m.

BBC Sport will broadcast a highlights programme called the Super League Show, presented by Tanya Arnold. The BBC show two weekly broadcasts of the programme, the first to the BBC North West, Yorkshire, North East and Cumbria, and East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire regions on Monday evenings at 11:35 p.m. on BBC One,[8] while a repeat showing is shown nationally on BBC Two on Tuesday afternoons at 1.30 p.m. The Super League Show is also available for one week after broadcast for streaming or download via the BBC iPlayer in the UK only.[9] End of season play-offs are shown on BBC Two across the whole country in a weekly highlights package on Sunday afternoons.[10]

Internationally, Super League is shown live or delayed on Showtime Sports (Middle East), Sky Sport (New Zealand), TV 2 Sport (Norway), Fox Soccer Plus (United States), Fox Sports (Australia) and Sportsnet World (Canada).

Radio

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BBC Coverage:

Commercial Radio Coverage:

  • 102.4 Wish FM will carry commentaries of Wigan & St Helens matches.
  • 107.2 Wire FM will carry commentaries on Warrington Home and Away.
  • Radio Yorkshire will launch in March carrying Super League commentaries.
  • Radio Warrington (Online Station) all Warrington home games and some away games.
  • Grand Sud FM covers every Catalans Dragons Home Match (in French).
  • Radio France Bleu Roussillon covers every Catalans Dragons Away Match (in French).

All Super League commentaries on any station are available via the particular stations on-line streaming.

References

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  1. ^ "Luke Gale crowned Man of Steel". Super League. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  2. ^ "First Utility powers title sponsorship of Super League". Super League. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Betfred Super League semi-finals". Rugby Leaguer & League Express. No. 3090. 2 October 2017. p. 39.
  4. ^ "McGuire leads Rhinos to a stunning win". Rugby Leaguer & League Express. No. 3091. 9 October 2017. p. 16.
  5. ^ "Man of Steel on SLTV". Super League. 6 October 2009. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
  6. ^ Sky Sports (31 January 2014). "Super League deal". Sky Sports. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  7. ^ Sky Sports (18 February 2012). "Rugby League live on Sky". Sky Sports. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  8. ^ BBC Sport (3 February 2012). "BBC's Super League Show returns". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  9. ^ BBC. "BBC One - Super League Show". BBC. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  10. ^ "BBC Two - Rugby League: Super League Play-Offs - Highlights". BBC. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
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