Super League

Super League najvažnija je europska liga u Rugby Leagueu i okuplja klubove iz Velike Britanije i Francuske.
Nastala je 1996. godine, zamijenivši tada RFL Championship – englesko prvenstvo u rugby league, te je također sezona pomaknuta na kalendarsku godinu, umjesto ranijeg sustava - jesen/proljeće.

Sustav natjecanja

Do 2014.

Super League 14 momčadi, a sezona je podijeljena na ligaški dio i doigravanje. U ligaškom dijelu 14 momčadi odigraju 27 utakmica, i to 13 doma i 13 u gostima, te jednu u tzv. Magic Weekend kolu, kada se svi susreti odigravaju na istom stadionu (uglavnom u Cardiffu). Za pobjedu momčad dobiva dva boda, a za neriješeno jedan bod, te se po ostvarenim bodovima formira tablica. Osam najboljih iz ligaškog dijela ulazi u doigravanje koje je sastavljeno od više različitih faza (dosta slično onom u australskom NRL-u. Doigravanje završava susretom velikog finala koje se obično održava na stadionu Old Trafford u Manchesteru.
Iako postoje niže lige - Championship (2. rang), Championship 1 (3. rang) i niže, nema direktne promocije u Super League, nego s ona obavlja putem trogodišnjih licenci.
Prvak Super League igra s prvakom National Rugby League utakmicu World Club Challenge za neslužbenog svjetskog prvaka.

Od 2015.

Super League čini 12 klubova, a sezona je podijeljena na osnovni dio i doigravanje. U osnovnom dijelu klubovi odigraja 23 utakmice - 11 doma, 11 u gostima i jednu u Magic Weekendu.
Po završetku osnovnog dijela sezone osam najboljih klubova nastavlja u tzv. Super League Super 8's, gdje igraju jednokružnu ligu (7 kola) uz sve prenesene rezultate. Na osnovu svih rezultata (30 kola) četiri najbolja kluba idu u doigravanje - Polufinale (Semifinals), a pobjednici ''Semifinals potom u Grand Final
Klubovi plasirani od 9. do 12. mjesta u Super League te prve četiri momčadi iz Championshipa (koji također ima 12 momčadi) igraju The Qualifiers - jednokružnu ligu od osam momčadi iz koje tri najbolje stječu pravo plasmana u Super League za iduću sezonu, momčadi na 4. i 5. mjestu igraju dodatnu utakmicu (Million Pound Game) za plasman u Super League, a preostale tri idu u Championship.

Klubovi u Super League

Klubovi u sezoni 2015.

U sezoni 2015. u Super League sudjeluje 12 klubova - 11 iz Engleske i 1 iz Francuske.

klub	Puni naziv	ostali nazivi u SuperLeague	osnovan	sezona u SuperLeague (do 2015.)	stadion	kapacitet	sjedište	grofovija/departman, regija
Castleford Tigers	Castleford Tigers Rugby League Football Club		1925.	18	The Probiz Coliseum	11 750	Castleford	West Yorkshire, Yorkshire i Humber
Catalans Dragons	Ville de Perpignan Dragons Rugby League Football Club		2000.	10	Stade Gilbert Brutus	13 000	Perpignan	Pyrénées-Orientales, Languedoc-Roussillon
Huddersfield Giants	Huddersfield Giants Rugby League Football Club		1864.	16	Galpharm Stadium	24 500	Huddersfield	West Yorkshire, Yorkshire i Humber
Hull	Hull Rugby League Football Club	Hull Sharks Hull FC	1865.	18	KC Stadium	25 404	Kingston upon Hull	East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire i Humber
Hull Kingston Rovers	Hull Kingston Rovers Rugby Football Club	Hull KR	1882.	9	New Craven Park	10 000	Kingston upon Hull	East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire i Humber
Leeds Rhinos	Leeds Rhinos Rugby League Football Club	Leeds	1864.	20	Headingley Carnegie Stadium	21 200	Leeds	West Yorkshire, Yorkshire i Humber
Salford Red Devils	Salford Red Devils Rugby League Football Club	Salford Reds Salford City Reds	1873.	17	Salford City Stadium	12 000	Salford	Greater Manchester, Sjeverozapad
St Helens	St Helens Rugby Football Club	St Helens RLFC	1873.	20	Langtree Park	18 000	St Helens	Merseyside, Sjeverozapad
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Rugby League Club		1873.	17	Belle Vue	11 000	Wakefield	West Yorkshire, Yorkshire i Humber
Warrington Wolves	Warrington Wolves RLFC		1876.	20	Halliwell Jones Stadium	15 500	Warrington	Cheshire, Sjeverozapad
Widnes Vikings	Widnes Vikings Rugby League Football Club		1875.	8	Stobart Stadium Halton	13 360	Widnes	Cheshire, Sjeverozapad
Wigan Warriors	Wigan Warriors Rugby League Football Club		1872.	20	DW Stadium	24 057	Wigan	Greater Manchester, Sjeverozapad

Prijašnji klubovi

klub	Puni naziv	ostali nazivi u SuperLeague	osnovan	sezona u SuperLeague (do 2014.)	sjedište	grofovija/departman, regija	trenutno (2015.)
Bradford Bulls	Bradford Bulls Rugby League Club		1907.	19	Bradford	West Yorkshire, Yorkshire i Humber	RFL Championship
Crusaders RL	Crusaders Rugby League	Celtic Crusaders Crusaders	2005.	3	Wrexham Bridgend	Clwyd Mid Glamorgan	rasformiran 2011. klub North Wales Crusaders je naslijedio Crusaders
Halifax	Halifax Rugby League Football Club	Halifax RLFC Halifax Blue Sox	1873.	8	Halifax	West Yorkshire, Yorkshire i Humber	RFL Championship
Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants		Huddersfield-Sheffield	1999.	1	Huddersfield Sheffield	West Yorkshire, Yorkshire i Humber South Yorkshire, Yorkshire i Humber	raspušteni krajem 2000. Unija klubova Huddersfield Giants i Sheffield Eagles
Leigh Centurions	Leigh Centurions Rugby League Club		1878.	1	Leigh	Greater Manchester, Sjeverozapad	RFL Championship
London Broncos	London Broncos	Harlequins RL	1980.	19	London	Greater London	RFL Championship
Newcastle Thunder	Gateshead Thunder Rugby League Football Club	Gateshead Thunder	1999.	1	Newcastle upon Tyne	Tyne and Wear, Sjeveroistok	RFL Championship
Oldham Roughyeds	Oldham Roughyeds Rugby League Football Club	Oldham Bears	1876.	2	Oldham	Greater Manchester, Sjeverozapad	Championship One
Paris Saint-Germain	Paris Saint-Germain Rugby League	PSG <PSG-RL	1995.	2	Pariz	Paris, Île-de-France	raspušten 1997.
Sheffield Eagles	Sheffield Eagles Rugby Football Club		1984.	4	Sheffield	South Yorkshire, Yorkshire i Humber	RFL Championship
Workington Town	Workington Town Rugby League Football Club		1945.	1	Workington	Cumbria, Sjeverozapad	RFL Championship

Pregled prvaka i doprvaka (doigravanje i ligaški dio)

sezona	grad, stadion	prvak	rezultat	doprvak	prvoplasirani	drugoplasirani	trećeplasirani
	doigravanje				ligaški dio
1996.					St Helens	Wigan Warriors	Bradford Bulls
1997.					Bradford Bulls	London Broncos	St Helens
1998.	Manchester, Old Trafford	Wigan Warriors	10:4	Leeds Rhinos	Wigan Warriors	Leeds Rhinos	Halifax
1999.	Manchester, Old Trafford	St Helens	8:6	Bradford Bulls	Bradford Bulls	St Helens	Leeds Rhinos
2000.	Manchester, Old Trafford	St Helens	29:16	Wigan Warriors	Wigan Warriors	St Helens	Bradford Bulls
2001.	Manchester, Old Trafford	Bradford Bulls	37:6	Wigan Warriors	Bradford Bulls	Wigan Warriors	Hull
2002.	Manchester, Old Trafford	St Helens	19:18	Bradford Bulls	St Helens	Bradford Bulls	Wigan Warriors
2003.	Manchester, Old Trafford	Bradford Bulls	25:12	Wigan Warriors	Bradford Bulls	Leeds Rhinos	Wigan Warriors
2004.	Manchester, Old Trafford	Leeds Rhinos	16:8	Bradford Bulls	Leeds Rhinos	Bradford Bulls	Hull
2005.	Manchester, Old Trafford	Bradford Bulls	16:5	Leeds Rhinos	St Helens	Leeds Rhinos	Bradford Bulls
2006.	Manchester, Old Trafford	St Helens	26:4	Hull	St Helens	Hull	Leeds Rhinos
2007.	Manchester, Old Trafford	Leeds Rhinos	33:6	St Helens	St Helens	Leeds Rhinos	Bradford Bulls
2008.	Manchester, Old Trafford	Leeds Rhinos	24:16	St Helens	St Helens	Leeds Rhinos	Catalans Dragons
2009.	Manchester, Old Trafford	Leeds Rhinos	18:10	St Helens	Leeds Rhinos	St Helens	Huddersfield Giants
2010.	Manchester, Old Trafford	Wigan Warriors	22:10	St Helens	Wigan Warriors	St Helens	Warrington Wolves
2011.	Manchester, Old Trafford	Leeds Rhinos	32:16	St Helens	Warrington Wolves	Wigan Warriors	St Helens
2012.	Manchester, Old Trafford	Leeds Rhinos	26:18	Warrington Wolves	Wigan Warriors	Warrington Wolves	St Helens
2013.	Manchester, Old Trafford	Wigan Warriors	30:16	Warrington Wolves	Huddersfield Giants	Warrington Wolves	Leeds Rhinos
2014.	Manchester, Old Trafford	St Helens	14:6	Wigan Warriors	St Helens	Wigan Warriors	Huddersfield Giants
2015.	Manchester, Old Trafford	Leeds Rhinos	22:20	Wigan Warriors	Leeds Rhinos	Wigan Warriors	Huddersfield Giants

Podebljano je označen prvak za sezonu.
Od 2015. poredak prve tri momčadi u ligaškom dijelu iz Super League Super 8's

Plasmani klubova po sezonama

Ligaški dio

klub	1996.	1997.	1998.	1999.	2000.	2001.	2002.	2003.	2004.	2005.	2006.	2007.	2008.	2009.	2010.	2011.	2012.	2013.	2014.	2015.
St Helens	1.	3.	4.	2.	2.	4.	1.	4.	5.	1.	1.	1.	1.	2.	2.	2.	3.	5.	1.	2.
Wigan Warriors	2.	4.	1.	4.	1.	2.	3.	3.	4.	7.	8.	6.	4.	6.	1.	2.	1.	4.	2.	3.
Bradford Bulls	3.	1.	5.	1.	3.	1.	2.	1.	2.	3.	4.	3.	5.	9.	10.	10.	9.	9.	13.
London Broncos	4.	2.	7.	8.	11.	6.	8.	5.	10.	6.	7.	9.	9.	11.	13.	12.	12.	13	14.
Warrington Wolves	5.	9.	10.	7.	6.	7.	10.	6.	8.	4.	6.	7.	6.	10.	3.	1.	2.	2.	5.	6.
Halifax	6.	7.	3.	9.	8.	9.	9.	12.
Sheffield Eagles	7.	8.	8.	10.
Oldham Roughyeds	8.	12.
Castleford Tigers	9.	10.	6.	5.	5.	8.	6.	8.	12.		11.		12.	7.	9.	9.	13.	12.	4.	5.
Leeds Rhinos	10.	5.	2.	3.	4.	5.	4.	2.	1.	2.	3.	2.	3.	1.	4.	5.	5.	3.	6.	1.
Paris Saint-Germain	11.	11.
Workington Town	12.
Salford Red Devils		6.	11.	12.	9.	10.	12.		9.	9.	5.	12.		13.	12.	11.	11.	14.	10.	11.
Hull			9.	13.	7.	3.	5.	7.	3.	5.	2.	4.	11.	12.	6.	8.	6.	6.	1.	7.
Huddersfield Giants			12.	14.		12.		10.	7.	8.	9.	5.	10.	3.	5.	4.	7.	1.	3.	4.
Newcastle Thunder				6.
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats				11.	10.	11.	11.	11.	6.	10.	10.	8.	8.	5.	11.	13.	8.	11.	12.	12.
Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants					12.
Widnes Vikings							7.	9.	11.	11.							14.	10.	8.	9.
Leigh Centurions										12.
Catalans Dragons											12.	10.	3.	8.	14.	6.	4.	7.	7.	8.
Hull Kingston Rovers												11.	7.	4.	7.	7.	10.	8.	9.	10.
Crusaders														14.	8.	14.

Super League Super 8's

klub	2015.
Leeds Rhinos	1.
Wigan Warriors	2.
Huddersfield Giants	3.
St. Helens	4.
Castleford Tigers	5.
Warrington Wolves	6.
Catalans Dragons	7.
Hull	8.

The Qualifiers

klub	2015.
Hull Kingston Rovers	1.
Widnes Vikings	2.
Salford Red Devils	3.
Wakefield Wildcats	4. / MPGW
Bradford Bulls	5. / MPGL
Halifax	6.
Sheffield Eagles	7.
Leigh Centurions	8.

MPG - Million Pound Game

Doigravanje

momčad	1998.	1999.	2000.	2001.	2002.	2003.	2004.	2005.	2006.	2007.	2008.	2009.	2010.	2011.	2012.	2013.	2014.	2015.
Wigan Warriors	GFW	EPO	GFL	GFL	FE	GFL	FE			FE	FE	QSF	GFW	QSF	QSF	GFW	GFL	GFL
Leeds Rhinos	GFL	ESF	ESF	EPO	ESF	FE	GFW	GFL	EPO	GFW	GFW	GFW	QSF	GFW	GFW	QSF	EPO	GFW
St Helens	FE	GFW	GFW	FE	GFW	ESF	EPO	FE	GFW	GFL	GFL	GFL	GFL	GFL	QSF	PSF	GFW	SF
Halifax	ESF
Bradford Bulls	EPO	GFL	FE	GFW	GFL	GFW	GFL	GFW	FE	EPO	EPO
Castleford Tigers		FE	EPO		EPO							EPO					PSF
Hull				ESF	EPO		EPO	ESF	GFL	ESF			EPO	EPO	PSF	PSF
Warrington Wolves						EPO		EPO	ESF		EPO		PSF	QSF	GFL	GFL	QSF
London Broncos						EPO		EPO
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats							ESF					EPO			EPO
Salford Red Devils									EPO
Huddersfield Giants										EPO		PSF	QSF	PSF	EPO	QSF	PSF	SF
Catalans Dragons											ESF	QSF		PSF	PSF	EPO	QSF
Hull Kingston Rovers												PSF	PSF	EPO		EPO
Crusaders													EPO
Widnes Vikings																	EPO

objašnjanja za kratice
kratica	eng. naziv	objašnjenje	godine
GFW	Grand Final Winner	pobjednik vellikog finala	1998.-
GFL	Granf Final Lost	poraženi u velikom finalu	1998.-
FE	Final Eliminator	poraženi u susretu eliminacijskog finala	1998. – 2008.
QSF	Qualifying semifinals	poraženi u suretima kvalifikacijskog polufinala	2009. – 2014.
SF	Semifinals	poraženi u susretima polufinala	2015.-
ESF	Elimination semifinals	poraženi u eliminacijskom polufinalu	1998. – 2008.
PSF	Preliminary semifinals	poraženi u preliminarnom polufinalu	2009. – 2014.
EPO	Elimination play-offs	poraženi u susretima eliminacijskog doigravanja	1998. – 2014.

Prikaz faza doigravanja
sezone	4. tjedan	3. tjedan	2. tjedan	1. tjedan
1998. – 2008.	Grand Final	Final Eliminator	Qualifying semifinals *	Qualifying play-offs *
1998. – 2008.	Grand Final	Final Eliminator	Elimination semifinals	Elimination play-offs

2009. – 2014.	Grand Final	Qualifying semifinals	Preliminary semifinals	Qualifying play-offs *
2009. – 2014.	Grand Final	Qualifying semifinals	Preliminary semifinals	Elimination play-offs

2015.			Grand Final	Semifinals
* poražena momčad također nastavlja doigravanje

Momčadi po uspješnosti

klub	SuperLeague				Regularna sezona (1998.-)
klub	prvi ¹	drugi ²	treći ³	ukupno	prvi ⁴	drugi ⁴	treći ⁴	ukupno
Leeds Rhinos	7	2	3	12	3	5	3	11
St Helens	6	5	6	17	6	4	2	15
Bradford Bulls	4	3	3	10	3	2	3	8
Wigan Warriors	3	6	7	16	4	4	2	10
Warrington Wolves		2	2	4	1	2	1	4
Hull		1		1		1	2	3
London Broncos		1		1
Huddersfield Giants			3	3	1		3	4
Catalans Dragons			2	2			1	1
Castleford Tigers			1	1
Halifax							1	1


¹	prvi u ligi	1996. – 1997.
¹	pobjednik velikog finala	1998.-

²	drugoplasirani u ligi	1996. – 1997.
²	poraženi u velikom finalu	1998.-

³	trećeplasirani u ligi	1996. – 1997.
	poraženi u eliminacijskom finalu	1998. – 2008.
	poraženi u kvalifikacijskom polufinalu	2009. – 2014.
	poraženi u polufinalu	2015.-

⁴	prve tri momčadi u Super League Super 8's	2015.-

Poveznice

superleague.co.uk
RFL Super League Arhivirana inačica izvorne stranice od 3. travnja 2007. (Wayback Machine)
Rezultati na Sky Sports Arhivirana inačica izvorne stranice od 7. rujna 2009. (Wayback Machine)
National Rugby League
World Club Challenge

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