2024 Super League season

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Super League XXIX, known as the 2024 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
LeagueSuper League
Duration27 Rounds
Teams12
Matches played120
Points scored4,632
Highest attendance20,152
(12 July)
Lowest attendance1,900
(4 August)
Average attendance9,078
Attendance1,089,340
Broadcast partners
2024 Season
Biggest home winSt Helens 58–0 Hull FC
(19 April)
Biggest away winCastleford Tigers
  • 4–60
St Helens
(10 May)
Top point-scorer(s)Marc Sneyd (145)



Top goal scorer = Marc Sneyd (67)
Top try-scorer(s)Liam Marshall (20)
2025 →

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]

Structure changes

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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

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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

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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.

Locations of the 2024 Super League teams in Northern England
Locations of 2024 Super League teams in Greater London
Locations of 2024 Super League teams in France
Team 2023 position Grading[6] Stadium
(Capacity)
City/Town
  Castleford Tigers
(2024 season)
11th B Mend-A-Hose Jungle (12,000)[7] Castleford, West Yorkshire
  Catalans Dragons
(2024 season)
2nd (Runner-up) A Stade Gilbert Brutus (13,000)[8] Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
  Huddersfield Giants
(2024 season)
9th B John Smith's Stadium

(24,121)[9]

Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
  Hull FC
(2024 season)
10th A MKM Stadium (25,400)[10] Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
  Hull Kingston Rovers
(2024 season)
4th (Eliminated in Semi final) A Sewell Group Craven Park (12,225)[11] Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
  Leeds Rhinos
(2024 season)
8th A Headingley Rugby Stadium

(21,062)[12]

Leeds, West Yorkshire
  Leigh Leopards
(2024 season)
5th (Eliminated in Eliminator play off) B Leigh Sports Village (11,000) Leigh, Greater Manchester
  London Broncos
(2024 season)
5th in Championship, Promoted B Cherry Red Records Stadium (9,215) Wimbledon, London
  Salford Red Devils
(2024 season)
7th B Salford Community Stadium (12,000)[13] Salford, Greater Manchester
  St Helens
(2024 season)
3rd (Eliminated in Semi final) A Totally Wicked Stadium (18,000)[14] St Helens, Merseyside
  Warrington Wolves
(2024 season)
6th (Eliminated in Eliminator play off) A Halliwell Jones Stadium

(15,200)[15]

Warrington, Cheshire
   Wigan Warriors
(2024 season)
1st (Champions) A Brick Community Stadium

(25,133)[16]

Wigan, Greater Manchester

Fixtures and results

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Matches decided by golden point

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Wigan Warriors 20 16 0 4 525 266 +259 32 Advance to Semi-finals
2   Hull KR 20 15 0 5 503 258 +245 30
3   Warrington Wolves 20 14 0 6 502 265 +237 28 Advance to Eliminators
4   Salford Red Devils 20 13 0 7 377 382 −5 26
5   St Helens 20 12 0 8 501 262 +239 24
6   Catalans Dragons 20 12 0 8 375 286 +89 24
7   Leeds Rhinos 20 10 0 10 371 364 +7 20
8   Leigh Leopards 20 9 1 10 398 314 +84 19
9   Huddersfield Giants 20 7 0 13 350 455 −105 14
10   Castleford Tigers 20 6 1 13 336 523 −187 13
11   Hull FC (U) 20 3 0 17 274 612 −338 6
12   London Broncos (U) 20 2 0 18 210 735 −525 4
Updated to match(es) played on 6 August 2024. Source: [1]
(U) Unable to qualify for the playoffs

Player statistics

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Top 10 try scorers

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Rank Player (s) Club Tries
1   Liam Marshall   Wigan Warriors 20
2   Ash Handley   Leeds Rhinos 14
  Josh Charnley   Leigh Leopards
  Matt Dufty   Warrington Wolves
5   Innes Senior   Huddersfield Giants 13
  Mikey Lewis   Hull KR
7   Peta Hiku 12
  Jack Welsby   St Helens
9   Adam Swift   Huddersfield Giants 11
  Bevan French   Wigan Warriors

Top 10 goal scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals Missed Goals Drop Goals Goal Percentage %
1   Marc Sneyd   Salford Red Devils 67 9 3 88%
2   Arthur Mourgue   Catalans Dragons 59 0
3   Rhyse Martin   Leeds Rhinos 57 14 80%
4   Mark Percival   St Helens 53 19 73%
5   Mikey Lewis   Hull KR 44 15 75%
6   Matt Moylan   Leigh Leopards 40 13
7   Stefan Ratchford   Warrington Wolves 39 6 87%
8   Rowan Milnes   Huddersfield Giants 38 13 75%
9   Adam Keighran   Wigan Warriors 37 4 90%
10   Josh Thewlis   Warrington Wolves 35 10 80%
  Harry Smith   Wigan Warriors 13 1 73%

Top 10 points scorers

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Rank Player Club Points
1   Marc Sneyd   Salford Red Devils 145
2   Mikey Lewis   Hull KR 140
3   Arthur Mourgue   Catalans Dragons 138
4   Rhyse Martin   Leeds Rhinos 134
5   Mark Percival   St Helens 126
6   Josh Thewlis   Warrington Wolves 106
7   Matt Moylan   Leigh Leopards 100
8   Rowan Milnes   Huddersfield Giants 96
9   Adam Keighran   Wigan Warriors 94
10   Stefan Ratchford   Warrington Wolves 90

Updated to match(es) played on 4 August 2024 (Round 20)

Discipline

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Attendances

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References

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  1. ^ "Wigan seal 6th super league title with win over Catalans". BBC Sport. 14 October 2023.
  2. ^ "London Broncos promoted to super league". BBC Sport. 15 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Launching SuperLeague+". Super League. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  4. ^ "2024 Fixtures Released". Super League. 23 November 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Super League: BBC to show live games for first time after signing three-year broadcast deal". BBC Sport. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Seven Betfred Super League clubs awarded Grade A status". Rugby-League.com. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  7. ^ "The Jungle (Wheldon Road)". castlefordtigers.com.
  8. ^ "Stade Gilbert Brutus". catalan dragons.com.
  9. ^ "Kirklees Stadium". johnsmithsstadium.com.
  10. ^ "KCOM Stadium". kcomstadium.com/.
  11. ^ "Craven Park, Hull". hullkr.co.uk.
  12. ^ "Headingley Rugby Stadium". therhinos.co.uk. 14 December 2016.
  13. ^ "AJ Bell Stadium". ajbellstadium.co.uk/.
  14. ^ "Totally Wicked Stadium". saintsrlfc.com.
  15. ^ "Halliwell Jones Stadium". halliwelljonesstadium.co.uk/.
  16. ^ "DW Stadium". wiganwarriors.com.