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2024 Super League season
League Super League
Duration27 Rounds
Teams12
Matches played47
Points scored1,957
Highest attendance20,014
(15 February)
Lowest attendance2,450
(20 April)
Average attendance9,501
Attendance446,527
Broadcast partners
2024 Season
Biggest home win (19 April)
Biggest away win (17 March)
Top point-scorer(s) Arthur Mourgue (68)
Top try-scorer(s)
2025 →

The 2024 Super League season (referred to as the Betfred Super League for sponsorship reasons) is the 29th season of the Super League and 130th season of rugby league in Great Britain.

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]

During the opening round of fixtures on 15–17 February, a total of 13 cards (4 red and 9 yellow) were issued across the six games, which set a new record for most cards shown during the first round. Another record saw a total combined attendance of 76,782 fans which was 10% higher than last season's opening games.

Structure changes

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

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

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-House 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 DW Stadium

(25,133) [16]

Wigan, Greater Manchester

Fixtures and results

Matches decided by golden point

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.

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 St Helens 9 7 0 2 209 70 +139 14 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Catalans Dragons 8 7 0 1 208 92 +116 14
3 Wigan Warriors 7 6 0 1 224 92 +132 12 Advance to Eliminators
4 Warrington Wolves 8 6 0 2 230 112 +118 12
5 Hull KR 8 5 0 3 188 119 +69 10
6 Huddersfield Giants 9 5 0 4 218 163 +55 10
7 Salford Red Devils 8 5 0 3 163 158 +5 10
8 Leeds Rhinos 8 4 0 4 140 152 −12 8
9 Leigh Leopards 7 1 0 6 130 142 −12 2
10 Castleford Tigers 8 1 0 7 112 264 −152 2
11 Hull FC 8 1 0 7 86 310 −224 2
12 London Broncos 8 0 0 8 74 308 −234 0
Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2024. Source: [1]

Player statistics

Top 10 try scorers

Rank Player (s) Club Tries
1 England Adam Swift Huddersfield Giants 9
England Liam Marshall Wigan Warriors
3 Republic of Ireland Innes Senior Castleford Tigers 7
England Ash Handley Leeds Rhinos
Australia Matt Dufty Warrington Wolves
6 New Zealand Peta Hiku Hull KR 6
England Jack Welsby St Helens
Australia Bevan French Wigan Warriors
9 England Umyla Hanley Leigh Leopards 5
England Tommy Makinson St Helens
England Josh Thewlis Warrington Wolves

Top 10 goal scorers

Rank Player Club Goals Missed Goals Drop Goals Goal Percentage %
1 England Marc Sneyd Salford Red Devils 29 1 97%
2 France Arthur Mourgue Catalans Dragons 24 3 0 88%
Papua New Guinea Rhyse Martin Leeds Rhinos 4 84%
4 England Stefan Ratchford Warrington Wolves 19 2 90%
England Harry Smith Wigan Warriors 8 70%
6 Australia Matt Moylan Leigh Leopards 16 6 72%
7 Australia Adam Keighran Wigan Warriors 15 1 95%
8 England Jez Litten Hull KR 12 7 63%
9 England Oliver Russell Huddersfield Giants 11 5 69%
England Josh Thewlis Warrington Wolves

Top 10 points scorers

Rank Player Club Points
1 England Marc Sneyd Salford Red Devils 63
2 France Arthur Mourgue Catalans Dragons 60
3 Papua New Guinea Rhyse Martin Leeds Rhinos 52
5 England Stefan Ratchford Warrington Wolves 42
England Josh Thewlis
England Harry Smith Wigan Warriors
8 Australia Adam Keighran 38
9 England Adam Swift Huddersfield Giants 36
Australia Matt Moylan Leigh Leopards
England Liam Marshall Wigan Warriors
As of 19 April 2024: (Round 8)

Discipline

Attendances

References

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  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.