2004 Super League season

British rugby league season Super League IX Super League 90px The Tetley's Super League competition logo 28 Rounds 12 23,375 Bradford Bulls vs Leeds Rhinos (2 July) 2,198 London Broncos vs Salford City Reds (28 March) 1,439,706 (average 8,570) Sky Sports 2004 Season Leeds Rhinos1st Super League title4th British title Champions Leeds Rhinos League Leaders ENG Andrew Farrell Man of Steel AwardsMan of Steel ENG Kevin Sinfield (277) TON Lesley Vainikolo (36) Leigh Centurions National League One Castleford Tigers National League One Super League VIII 2003 Super League X 2005 Tetley's Super League IX was the name of the 2004 Super League championship season due to sponsorship by Tetley's Bitter. This was the 110th season of top-level professional rugby league held in Britain, and the ninth championship decided by Super League. The season culminated in the grand final between Leeds Rhinos and Bradford Bulls, which Leeds won, claiming the 2004 title. Season summary During this season Leeds claimed a couple of records, they became the 1st team until Castleford in 2017 to accumulate 50 points from the regular rounds and finished a record 9 points clear of 2nd placed Bradford Bulls, they also became only the 2nd team in the Super League era to finish at home with a 100% record in the regular weekly rounds. Lesley Vainikolo scored more tries than anybody else that season with 37, beating Danny McGuire who finished on 36. Table main WDL LEE BRA HUL WIG STH WAK HUD WAR SAL LON WID CAS SF SF ESF ESF ESF ESF REL 20 1 7 918 565 6 0 22 515 924 12 0 16 518 757 19 2 7 843 478 24 2 2 1037 443 7 1 20 561 968 8 0 20 507 828 17 1 10 821 662 10 1 17 700 715 15 0 13 788 662 7 0 21 466 850 17 4 7 736 558 League Leaders' Shield Winners Q LC R bradford 16 Bradford Bulls castleford 16 Castleford Tigers Huddersfield 16 Huddersfield Giants leeds 16 Leeds Rhinos london 16 London Broncos salford city 16 Salford City Reds st helens 16 St Helens warrington 16 Warrington Wolves wigan 16 Wigan Warriors hull 16 Hull F.C. Widnes 16 Widnes Vikings wakefield 16 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored; points complete Rugby League Project 2 1 0 green1 Semi Final yellow1 Elimination Semi Final red1 Relegation to National League One Play-offs Elimination play-offs Qualifying / Elimination semifinal Elimination final 165 25 Grand Final Hull FC 12 Hull 18 Wakefield 12 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 28 Wigan 12 Wigan Warriors 18 St Helens 12 St. Helens 12 Leeds 12 Leeds Rhinos 12 Bradford 12 Bradford Bulls 26 Wigan 12 Wigan Warriors 18 Wakefield 12 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 14 Leeds 12 Leeds Rhinos 40 Wigan 12 Wigan Warriors 12 Leeds 12 Leeds Rhinos 16 Bradford 12 Bradford Bulls 8 Media Television Live Super League IX matches were broadcast in the United Kingdom by Sky Sports in the first year of a new five-year television deal. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2372400/More-money-for-League-from-TV-deal.html Telegraph.co.uk More money for League from TV deal Telegraph 2004-02-03 2009-07-24 The contract was signed less than three weeks before the start of the season. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/feb/04/bskyb.broadcasting Guardian.co.uk New Sky deal gives League £53m boost Andy Wilson 2004-02-04 2009-07-25 The deal, worth £53 million, represented a 15 percent, or £7 million, increase on the last contract. The contract would run until the end of the 2008 season and also cover the international game minus the 2008 World Cup, which is worth £5 million of the total amount. It was speculated in the media that clubs would receive around £700,000-£800,000 per year from the deal - less than the £1 million clubs received in 1995 when British rugby league agreed to switch to a summer season. The clubs had received in initial offer of £55.5 million from Sky, one of two offers rejected; after that offer was declined the amount was reduced with the final figure agreed being settled later after an intervention by Maurice Lindsay. https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/rugby-league/rfl-secures-acircpound53m-fiveyear-television-contract-568719.html Independent.co.uk RFL secures £53m five-year television contract Dave Hadfield 2004-02-04 2009-07-25August 2021 medicmedic Sky's offer took into account their dissatisfaction with the - BBC requested - proposed move of the Challenge Cup Final to between May and August in 2005, which they believed was too near to the October Grand Final. An RFL spokesman said: "To increase our overall take in a falling market is a major step forward for our game". Vic Wakeling speaking for Sky said: "Our relationship with rugby league is one of the longest in the 12-year history of Sky Sports and we are delighted to be announcing the same again in terms of Super League and international rights. The BBC secured secondary broadcast rights to show the Super League play-offs and Grand Final nationally with a provision to show match highlights of regular season games. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/rugby_union/article1010749.ece Times Online BBC seals terrestrial broadcasting deal Christopher Irvine 2004-02-04 2009-07-25September 2024 medicmedic Previously, a deal with the BBC had seen a Sky highlights package shown in the BBC's northern regions. See also 2004 Super League Grand Final 2004 Challenge Cup References External links Super League IX at wigan.rlfans.com