Super League VIII | |
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League | Super League |
Duration | 28 Rounds |
Teams | 12 |
Highest attendance | 21,784 Bradford Bulls vs Leeds Rhinos (23 May) |
Lowest attendance | 1,276 Halifax vs London Broncos (22 Aug) |
Attendance | 1,336,374 (average 7,955) |
Broadcast partners | Sky Sports |
2003 Season | |
Champions |
Bradford Bulls 3rd Super League title 5th British title |
League Leaders | Bradford Bulls |
Man of Steel | Jamie Peacock |
Top point-scorer(s) | Paul Deacon (286) |
Top try-scorer(s) | Dennis Moran (24) |
Promotion and relegation | |
Promoted from National League One | Salford City Reds |
Relegated to National League One | Halifax |
Tetley's Super League VIII was the official name for the year 2003's Super League championship season, the 109th season of top-level professional rugby league held in Britain, and the eighth championship run by Super League.
The season culminated in a replay of the 2001 Grand Final between Bradford Bulls and Wigan Warriors, and again Bradford won, claiming the 2003 Championship, their second in three years.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Bradford Bulls (L, C) | 28 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 878 | 529 | +349 | 44 | Semi Final |
2 | Leeds Rhinos | 28 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 751 | 555 | +196 | 41 | |
3 | Wigan Warriors | 28 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 776 | 512 | +264 | 40 | Elimination Semi Final |
4 | St Helens | 28 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 845 | 535 | +310 | 31 [a] | |
5 | London Broncos | 28 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 643 | 696 | −53 | 30 | |
6 | Warrington Wolves | 28 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 748 | 619 | +129 | 29 | |
7 | Hull F.C. | 28 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 701 | 577 | +124 | 27 [b] | |
8 | Castleford Tigers | 28 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 612 | 633 | −21 | 25 | |
9 | Widnes Vikings | 28 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 640 | 727 | −87 | 25 | |
10 | Huddersfield Giants | 28 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 628 | 715 | −87 | 23 | |
11 | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | 28 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 505 | 774 | −269 | 15 | |
12 | Halifax (R) | 28 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 372 | 1227 | −855 | 0 [c] | Relegation to National League One |
Elimination play-offs | Qualifying / Elimination semifinal | Elimination final | Grand Final | |||||||||||||||
1 | Bradford Bulls | 30 | Bradford Bulls | 25 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Leeds Rhinos | 14 | Wigan Warriors | 12 | ||||||||||||||
Leeds Rhinos | 22 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Wigan Warriors | 25 | ||||||||||||||||
Wigan Warriors | 23 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Warrington Wolves | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
Wigan Warriors | 40 | |||||||||||||||||
St. Helens | 24 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | St. Helens | 24 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | London Broncos | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Source: Rugby League Project [3]
This season was the final year of Sky Sports' contract with the Rugby Football League allowing them to broadcast matches exclusively live, the deal ended in November 2003. [4]
On 2 March, Matt Crowther of Hull F.C. equalled the club record for goals in a match when he was successful 14 times against Sheffield Eagles. [5]