2012 St Helens RLFC season

2012 St Helens RLFC season
2012 St Helens RLFC season
Super League XVII Rank	3rd
Challenge Cup	Quarter-finals

In the 2012 rugby league season, St Helens competed in Super League XVII and the 2012 Challenge Cup.

Results

Pre-season friendlies

W Win D Draw L Loss

Friendly match results
Date	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
3 February	–	Widnes Vikings	A	Langtree Park	W	42–24			11,438

Super League

Pre-match away to Catalans Dragons

League table

Super League XVII
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wigan Warriors (L)	27	21	0	6	994	449	+545	42	Play-offs
2	Warrington Wolves	27	20	1	6	909	539	+370	41
3	St Helens	27	17	2	8	795	480	+315	36
4	Catalans Dragons	27	18	0	9	812	611	+201	36
5	Leeds Rhinos (C)	27	16	0	11	823	662	+161	32
6	Hull F.C.	27	15	2	10	696	621	+75	32
7	Huddersfield Giants	27	14	0	13	699	664	+35	28
8	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	27	13	0	14	633	764	−131	26
9	Bradford Bulls	27	14	1	12	633	756	−123	23^[a]
10	Hull Kingston Rovers	27	10	1	16	753	729	+24	21
11	Salford City Reds	27	8	1	18	618	844	−226	17
12	London Broncos	27	7	0	20	588	890	−302	14
13	Castleford Tigers	27	6	0	21	554	948	−394	12
14	Widnes Vikings	27	6	0	21	532	1082	−550	12

Source: superleague.co.uk and BBC Sport.
Rules for classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.
Competition points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners
Notes:

^ Bradford Bulls deducted 6 points on 25 July 2012 for entering administration^[1]

Super League results

W Win D Draw L Loss

Super League results
Date	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Attendance	Report
4 February	1	London Broncos	A	The Stoop	W	34–24	4,924	RLP
10 February	2	Salford City Reds	H	Langtree Park	W	38–10	15,547	RLP
19 February	3	Hull Kingston Rovers	A	Craven Park	D	36–36	7,610	RLP
24 February	4	Catalans Dragons	H	Langtree Park	L	32–34	13,108	RLP
4 March	5	Huddersfield Giants	A	Galpharm Stadium	L	16–17	9,194	RLP
9 March	6	Hull F.C.	H	Langtree Park	L	10–22	14,875	RLP
17 March	7	Bradford Bulls	A	Odsal Stadium	L	8–12	11,360	RLP
25 March	8	Leeds Rhinos	H	Langtree Park	W	46–6	15,199	RLP
30 March	9	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	W	28–16	15,000	RLP
6 April	10	Wigan Warriors	H	Langtree Park	L	10–28	17,980	RLP
9 April	11	Castleford Tigers	A	PROBIZ Coliseum	W	18–12	6,492	RLP
20 April	12	Widnes Vikings	H	Langtree Park	W	62–0	14,253	RLP
4 May	13	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	H	Langtree Park	W	38–12	13,177	RLP
21 May	14	Leeds Rhinos	A	Headingley Stadium	W	31–18	15,343	RLP
27 May	15	Wigan Warriors	N	City of Manchester Stadium	L	16–42	32,953	RLP
3 June	16	Hull F.C.	A	KC Stadium	D	18–18	11,727	RLP
8 June	17	Bradford Bulls	H	Langtree Park	W	54–0	13,025	RLP
22 June	18	Salford City Reds	A	Salford City Stadium	W	32–10	5,447	RLP
29 June	19	Hull Kingston Rovers	H	Langtree Park	W	34–28	12,435	RLP
8 July	20	Widnes Vikings	A	Stobart Stadium	W	24–23	7,023	RLP
20 July	21	Catalans Dragons	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus	W	20–15	10,387	RLP
29 July	22	Huddersfield Giants	H	Langtree Park	W	46–12	12,329	RLP
6 August	23	Warrington Wolves	H	Langtree Park	L	12–22	15,728	RLP
12 August	24	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	A	Rapid Solicitors Stadium	L	32–33	7,876	RLP
17 August	25	Castleford Tigers	H	Langtree Park	W	44–12	12,224	RLP
31 August	26	London Broncos	H	Langtree Park	W	30–0	13,262	RLP
7 September	27	Wigan Warriors	A	DW Stadium	W	26–18	21,522	RLP

Play-offs

Play-off results
Date	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
15 September	Qualifying play-offs	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	W	28–6			10,190	RLP
29 September	Qualifying Semi-finals	Warrington Wolves	H	Langtree Park	L	18–36			12,715	RLP

Team bracket


Qualifying/Elimination playoffs			Preliminary semifinals		Qualifying semifinals		Grand Final



1	Wigan Warriors	46

4	Catalans Dragons	6

			Catalans Dragons	20

			Leeds Rhinos	27	Wigan selected Leeds^[2]

5	Leeds Rhinos	42			Wigan Warriors	12

8	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	20			Leeds Rhinos	13	6 October, Old Trafford

							Leeds Rhinos	26

							Warrington Wolves	18

6	Hull F.C.	46			St Helens	18

7	Huddersfield Giants	10			Warrington Wolves	36

			Hull F.C.	12

			Warrington Wolves	24

2	Warrington Wolves	6

3	St Helens	28

Week 1. Qualifying/Elimination play-offs: Fixtures decided by regular reason finishing positions. Higher ranked teams play lower ranked teams. Higher ranked teams receive home ground advantage.
Week 2. Preliminary semi-finals: Fixtures decided by regular season finishing positions. Higher ranked teams play lower ranked teams. Higher ranked teams receive home ground advantage.
Week 3. Qualifying semi-finals: Winners of Qualifying play-offs play winners of Qualifying semi-finals. Fixtures decided by club call. Winners of Qualifying play-offs receive home ground advantage.

Source:Rugby League Project

Challenge Cup

W Win L Loss

Challenge Cup results
Date	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Attendance	Report
14 April	4	Widnes Vikings	A	Stobart Stadium	W	40–38	3,069	RLP
27 April	5	Oldham	H	Langtree Park	W	76–0	5,746	RLP
12 May	Quarter-final	Wigan Warriors	A	DW Stadium	L	4–18	12,864	RLP

References

^ "Bradford Bulls handed six-point deduction by RFL". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
^ "Wigan Warriors face Leeds Rhinos in semi-finals". BBC Sport. 23 September 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2012.

[table_hth_BRA0.88655189838566-2] Bradford Bulls deducted 6 points on 25 July 2012 for entering administration^[1]

[1] "Bradford Bulls handed six-point deduction by RFL". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 July 2012.

[3] "Wigan Warriors face Leeds Rhinos in semi-finals". BBC Sport. 23 September 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2012.

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