2013 Super League season

British rugby league season Super League XVIII Super League 150px 27 Rounds 14 23,861 Wigan Warriors v St Helens (29 March) 1,136 London Broncos v Catalans Dragons (28 March)Vital Statistics http://www.skysports.com/rugbyleague/stats/comp/0,20291,11070,00.html Sky Sports 3 February 2013 9,048 Sky SportsBBC SportEurosportbeIN SportsFox Soccer PlusSport Klub Hull F.C. 72-10 Widnes Vikings (2 August) Hull Kingston Rovers 6-84 Wigan Warriors (1 April) 2013 season Wigan Warriors3rd Super League title20th British title Champions Huddersfield Giants League Leaders SCO Danny Brough Man of Steel AwardsMan of Steel SCO Danny Brough (281)Stats - Player Stats http://superleague.co.uk/stats/playerstats Super League 3 February 2013Rugby League Stats http://loverugbyleague.com/stats/ Love Rugby League 3 February 2013 SCO Danny Brough (127) ENG Josh Charnley (33) Super League XVII 2012 Super League XIX 2014 Super League XVIII was the official name for the 2013 Super League season.http://www.engagesl.com/pressreleases/jul08-deal.php engage extends Super League deal engagesl.com (Engage Mutual Assurance) 20 April 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110710192620/http://www.engagesl.com/pressreleases/jul08-deal.php 10 July 2011 Fourteen teams competed over 27 rounds, after which the highest finishing teams entered the play-offs to compete for a place in the Grand Final and a chance to win the championship and the Super League Trophy. Teams Super League XVIII was the second year of a licensed Super League. Under this system, promotion and relegation between Super League and Championship was abolished, and 14 teams were granted licences subject to certain criteria. For the 2013 season, all fourteen teams from the previous season will compete, including the Bradford Bulls, who were given a one-year probationary licence after going into administration and taken over by the Omar Khan consortium in the 2012 season.Bradford Bulls: RFL grants club Super League licence https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/19600011 16 September 2012 12 September 2012 Geographically, the vast majority of teams in Super League are based in the north of England, five teams – Warrington, St. Helens, Salford, Wigan and Widnes – to the west of the Pennines in Cheshire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside, and seven teams to the east in Yorkshire – Huddersfield, Bradford, Wakefield Trinity, Leeds, Castleford, Hull F.C. and Hull Kingston Rovers. Catalans Dragons are the only team based in France and are outside of the UK and London Broncos are the only team to be based in a capital city (London). The maps below indicate the locations of teams that competed in Super League XVIII. 1000px|Map of areas where super league teams operate. 20px Dragons 20px Broncos 20px Vikings 20px Saints 20px Wolves 20px Warriors 20px Reds 20px Hull 20px Hull KR 20px Tigers 20px Rhinos 20px Wildcats 20px Bulls 20px Giants TeamStadiumCapacityCity/Area Bradford 16 Bradford Bulls (2013 season) Provident Stadium 27,000 Bradford, West Yorkshire Castleford 16 Castleford Tigers (2013 season) The Wish Communications Stadium 11,750 Castleford, West Yorkshire Catalans 16 Catalans Dragons (2013 season) Stade Gilbert Brutus 14,000 Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, France Huddersfield 16 Huddersfield Giants (2013 season) John Smith's Stadium 24,544 Huddersfield, West Yorkshire Hull FC 16 Hull F.C. (2013 season) Kingston Communications Stadium 25,404 Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire Hull KR 16 Hull Kingston Rovers (2013 season) MS3 Craven Park 9,471 Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire   Leeds 16 Leeds Rhinos (2013 season) Headingley Carnegie Stadium 22,250 Leeds, West Yorkshire 16px London Broncos (2013 season) Twickenham Stoop 12,700 Twickenham, London Salford City 16 Salford City Reds (2013 season) Salford City Stadium 12,000 Salford, Greater Manchester St Helens 16 St Helens R.F.C. (2013 season) Langtree Park 18,000 St. Helens, Merseyside Wakefield 16 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (2013 season) Rapid Solicitors Stadium 11,000 Wakefield, West Yorkshire Warrington 16 Warrington Wolves (2013 season) Halliwell Jones Stadium 15,500 Warrington, Cheshire Widnes 16 Widnes Vikings (2013 season) The Select Security Stadium 13,500 Widnes, Cheshire, England Wigan 16 Wigan Warriors (2013 season) DW Stadium 25,138 Wigan, Greater Manchester Legend  Reigning Super League champions  Defending Challenge Cup Champions Rule changes For the 2013 season, the Rugby Football League has introduced a number of rule changes, which will also apply to the 2013 RFL Championship and Championship 1 seasons. This follows trial runs of the proposed rules during Boxing Day friendlies between Leeds Rhinos and Wakefield Trinity WildcatsRFL implements rule changes for 2013 season https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/21198970 27 January 2013 BBC Sport 25 January 2013 Rule changes include changes to the advantage rule, scrummage, marker tackle ruling, plus various changes to the out of play (ball-in-touch, touch-in-goal and dead-in-goal) rulings.Rule changes for 2013 confirmed http://therfl.co.uk/news/article/26886/rule-changes-for-2013-confirmed 27 January 2013 RFL 25 January 2013 Results 2013 Super League season results The regular league season sees the 14 teams play each other twice (one home, one away) plus an additional match, as part of the Magic Weekend, over 27 matches. The team who finishes 1st at the end of the regular season win the League Leaders' Shield. Table Play-offs 2013 Super League season results#Play-offs 2013 Super League season results - Play-offs #HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and Time (Local)VenueRefereeAttendance QUALIFYING AND ELIMINATION FINALS Q1 Huddersfield 16px Huddersfield Giants 8 – 22 Wigan 16px Wigan Warriors 12 September, 20:00 BST John Smith's Stadium Phil Bentham 8,000 Q2 Warrington 16px Warrington Wolves 40 – 20 Leeds 16px Leeds Rhinos 14 September, 15:00 BST Halliwell Jones Stadium James Child 8,695 E1 St Helens 16px St Helens R.F.C. 46 – 10 Hull KR 16px Hull Kingston Rovers 14 September, 17:00 BST Langtree Park Richard Silverwood 9,926 E2 Hull FC 16px Hull F.C. 14 – 4 Catalans 16px Catalans Dragons 13 September, 20:00 BST KC Stadium Ben Thaler 4,970 PRELIMINARY SEMI-FINALS P1 Huddersfield 16px Huddersfield Giants 76 – 18 Hull 16px Hull F.C. 19 September, 20:00 BST John Smith's Stadium Richard Silverwod 5,547 P2 Leeds 16px Leeds Rhinos 11 – 10 St Helens 16px St Helens R.F.C. 20 September, 20:00 BST Headingley Carnegie Stadium Phil Bentham 12,189 SEMI-FINALS SF1 Wigan 16px Wigan Warriors 22 – 12 Leeds 16px Leeds Rhinos 27 September, 20:00 BST DW Stadium Phil Bentham 14,600 SF2 Warrington 16px Warrington Wolves 30 – 22 Huddersfield 16px Huddersfield Giants 26 September, 20:00 BST Halliwell Jones Stadium Richard Silverwood 10,042 GRAND FINAL F Wigan 16px Wigan Warriors 30 – 16 Warrington 16px Warrington Wolves 5 October, 18:00 BST Old Trafford, Manchester Richard Silverwood 66,281 Player statistics 29 September 2013 Top try-scorers RankPlayerClubTries1 ENG Josh Charnley Wigan 13px Wigan Warriors332 AUS Joel Monaghan Warrington 13px Warrington Wolves253 ENG Sam Tomkins Wigan 13px Wigan Warriors234 MLT Jarrod Sammut Bradford 13px Bradford Bulls225 AUS Justin Carney Castleford 13px Castleford Tigers216 ENG Aaron Murphy Huddersfield 13px Huddersfield Giants207= ENG Ben Crooks Hull 13px Hull F.C.19 ENG Shaun Lunt Huddersfield 13px Huddersfield Giants ENG Jermaine McGillvary Huddersfield 13px Huddersfield Giants10 ENG Kieran Dixon 13px London Broncos18 Top try assists RankPlayerClubAssists1 ENG Rangi Chase Castleford 13px Castleford Tigers352 SCO Danny Brough Huddersfield 13px Huddersfield Giants323 AUS Michael Dobson Hull KR 13px Hull Kingston Rovers264 AUS Rhys Hanbury Widnes 13px Widnes Vikings24 ENG Richie Myler Warrington 13px Warrington Wolves6 ENG Kevin Brown Huddersfield 13px Huddersfield Giants217= ENG Leon Pryce Catalans 13px Catalans Dragons20 ENG Stefan Ratchford Warrington 13px Warrington Wolves ENG Sam Tomkins Wigan 13px Wigan Warriors10 AUS Tim Smith Wakefield 13px Wakefield Trinity Wildcats19 Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 SCO Danny Brough Huddersfield 13px Huddersfield Giants1442 ENG Kevin Sinfield Leeds 13px Leeds Rhinos993 AUS Pat Richards Wigan 13px Wigan Warriors964 AUS Michael Dobson Hull KR 13px Hull Kingston Rovers845 FRA Thomas Bosc Catalans 13px Catalans Dragons786 ENG Jamie Foster Bradford 13px Bradford Bulls677 AUS Brett Hodgson Warrington 13px Warrington Wolves658 ENG Jack Owens Widnes 13px Widnes Vikings609 ENG Jamie Ellis Castleford 13px Castleford Tigers5710 ENG Marc Sneyd Salford City 13px Salford City Reds55 Top points scorers RankPlayerClubPoints1 SCO Danny Brough Huddersfield 13px Huddersfield Giants2812 AUS Pat Richards Wigan 13px Wigan Warriors2393 ENG Kevin Sinfield Leeds 13px Leeds Rhinos2024 AUS Michael Dobson Hull KR 13px Hull Kingston Rovers1915 FRA Thomas Bosc Catalans 13px Catalans Dragons1676 AUS Brett Hodgson Warrington 13px Warrington Wolves1577 ENG Jamie Foster Bradford 13px Bradford Bulls1548 ENG Jack Owens Widnes 13px Widnes Vikings1529 ENG Lee Smith Wakefield 13px Wakefield Trinity Wildcats14610 ENG Josh Charnley Wigan 13px Wigan Warriors142 Discipline Red Cards RankPlayerClub13px1= ENG Ryan Bailey Leeds 13px Leeds Rhinos1 FRA Julian Bousquet Catalans 13px Catalans Dragons NZL Hep Cahill Widnes 13px Widnes Vikings AUS Ben Cross Widnes 13px Widnes Vikings NZL Weller Hauraki Castleford 13px Castleford Tigers ENG Gareth Hock Widnes 13px Widnes Vikings ENG Lee Jewitt Salford City 13px Salford City Reds AUS Justin Poore Wakefield 13px Wakefield Trinity Wildcats ENG Luke Robinson Huddersfield 13px Huddersfield Giants ENG Danny Tickle Hull 13px Hull F.C. ENG Adam Walker Hull KR 13px Hull Kingston Rovers Yellow Cards RankPlayerClub13px1 AUS Travis Burns Hull KR 13px Hull Kingston Rovers32= ENG Kevin Brown Widnes 13px Widnes Vikings2 ENG Rangi Chase Castleford 13px Castleford Tigers AUS Justin Carney Castleford 13px Castleford Tigers ENG Graeme Horne Hull KR 13px Hull Kingston Rovers ENG Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook St Helens 13px St Helens R.F.C. FRA Antoni Maria Catalans 13px Catalans Dragons AUS Jamie Soward 13px London Broncos NZL Brent Webb Catalans 13px Catalans Dragons10= ENG Danny Addy Bradford 13px Bradford Bulls1 ENG Ryan Bailey Leeds 13px Leeds Rhinos IRL Damien Blanch Catalans 13px Catalans Dragons ENG Danny Brough Huddersfield 13px Huddersfield Giants ENG Ben Cockayne Wakefield 13px Wakefield Trinity Wildcats ENG Jamie Cording Huddersfield 13px Huddersfield Giants ENG Jon Clarke Widnes 13px Widnes Vikings ENG Matthew Cook 13px London Broncos WAL Gil Dudson Wigan 13px Wigan Warriors AUS Scott Dureau Catalans 13px Catalans Dragons FRA Olivier Elima Catalans 13px Catalans Dragons ENG Jamie Ellis Castleford 13px Castleford Tigers AUS Blake Green Wigan 13px Wigan Warriors IRL Scott Grix Huddersfield 13px Huddersfield Giants NZL Weller Hauraki Castleford 13px Castleford Tigers ENG David Hodgson Hull KR 13px Hull Kingston Rovers ENG Josh Hodgson Hull KR 13px Hull Kingston Rovers AUS Brett Kearney Bradford 13px Bradford Bulls ENG Danny Kirmond Wakefield 13px Wakefield Trinity Wildcats USA Nathan Massey Castleford 13px Castleford Tigers ENG Charlie Martin Castleford 13px Castleford Tigers AUS Grant Millington Castleford 13px Castleford Tigers AUS Mark O'Meley Hull 13px Hull F.C. TON Mickey Paea Hull KR 13px Hull Kingston Rovers ENG Larne Patrick Huddersfield 13px Huddersfield Giants ENG Jamie Peacock Leeds 13px Leeds Rhinos ENG Jay Pitts Hull 13px Hull F.C. FRA Michael Simon Catalans 13px Catalans Dragons TON Ukuma Ta'ai Huddersfield 13px Huddersfield Giants ENG Sam Tomkins Wigan 13px Wigan Warriors ENG Paul Wellens St Helens 13px St Helens R.F.C. ENG Ben Westwood Warrington 13px Warrington Wolves ENG Elliott Whitehead Bradford 13px Bradford Bulls AUS Lincoln Withers Hull KR 13px Hull Kingston Rovers ENG Kirk Yeaman Hull 13px Hull F.C. End-of-season awards Awards are presented for outstanding contributions and efforts to players and clubs in the week leading up to the Super League Grand Final:http://www.superleague.co.uk/article.php?id=15588 Man of Steel on SLTV 6 October 2009 Super League 6 October 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120825215346/http://www.superleague.co.uk/article.php?id=15588 25 August 2012 The winners of the 2013 awards are:BROUGH NAMED 2013 MAN OF STEEL https://www.superleague.co.uk/article/28994/brough-named-2013-man-of 2 October 2013 Super League 1 October 2013 Man of Steel: Danny Brough (Huddersfield Giants) Coach of the year: Paul Anderson (Huddersfield Giants) Super League club of the year: St. Helens Young player of the year: Ben Crooks (Hull F.C.) Foundation of the year: Leeds Rhinos Rhino "Top Gun": Kevin Sinfield (Leeds Rhinos) Metre-maker: Jamie Peacock (Leeds Rhinos) Top Try Scorer: Josh Charnley (Wigan Warriors) Outstanding Achievement Award: Stuart Fielden (Huddersfield Giants) and Shaun Briscoe (Widnes Vikings) Hit Man: Danny Houghton (Hull F.C.) Media Television 2013 is the second year of a five-year contract with Sky Sports to televise 70 matches per season. http://business.sky.com/media/documents/6345331_040811%20-%20Sky%20Sports%20has%20been%20awarded%20exclusive%20live%20rights%20to%20Super%20League%20until%20the%20end%20of%202016.pdf Sky Sports Super League deal Sky Sports 4 August 2011 4 August 2011 The deal which runs until 2016 is worth £90million. Sky Sports coverage in the UK see two live matches broadcast each week – one on Friday night, which kicks-off at 8:00 pm and another usually on Saturday evenings at 5:45 pm, https://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12944,00.html Sky Sports Rugby League live on Sky Sky Sports 18 February 2012 19 February 2012 although for 2013, some matches between May and August will be scheduled for Monday nights, following the introduction during the 2012 season http://www.superleaguefans.com/rugby-league/2012/02/06/monday-night-super-league-fixtures-announced.html Super League Fans Monday Night Super League fixtures announced Super League Fans 6 February 2012 19 February 2012 at 8:00 pm, filling the gap vacated by the summer break of Premier League football. The Monday night fixtures switched to Thursday nights from August 2013 following the resumption of the football season and also applies to the play-off fixtures.Super League play-offs usher in an epic era https://www.superleague.co.uk/article/28815/super-league-play-offs-usher-in 9 September 2013 Super League 8 September 2013 Regular commentators were Eddie Hemmings and Mike Stephenson with summarisers including Phil Clarke, Shaun McRae, Brian Carney, Barrie McDermott and Terry O'Connor. Sky will broadcast highlights this season in a new show on Sunday Nights called Super League - Full Time, usually airing at 10pm. BBC Sport broadcast a highlights programme called the Super League Show, presented by Tanya Arnold. The BBC show two weekly broadcasts of the programme. The first is only to the BBC North West, Yorkshire & North Midlands, North East & Cumbria, and East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire regions on Monday evenings at 11:35pm on BBC One, https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/16877011 BBC Sport BBC's Super League Show returns BBC Sport 3 February 2012 19 February 2012 while a repeat showing is shown nationally on BBC Two on Tuesday afternoons at 1.30pm. The Super League Show is also available for one week after broadcast for streaming or download via the BBC iPlayer in the UK only. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0071mmc BBC BBC One - Super League Show BBC 19 February 2012 End of season play-offs are shown on BBC Two across the whole country in a weekly highlights package on Sunday afternoons.BBC Two - Rugby League: Super League Play-Offs - Highlights https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dqk4x BBC 14 September 2013 Internationally, Super League is shown live or delayed on Showtime Sports (Middle East), Māori Television (New Zealand), TV 2 Sport (Norway), NTV+ (Russia), Fox Soccer Plus (United States), Eurosport (Australia) or Sportsnet World (Canada). Radio BBC Coverage: BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra (National DAB Digital Radio) normally carry one Super League commentary a week on Friday Nights. BBC Manchester will carry commentary of Wigan and Salford whilst sharing commentary of Warrington with BBC Merseyside. BBC Humberside will have full match commentary of all Hull KR and Hull matches. BBC Leeds carry commentaries featuring Bradford, Leeds, Castleford, Wakefield and Huddersfield. BBC Merseyside (AM/DAB only) will have commentary on St Helens and Widnes matches whilst sharing commentary of Warrington with BBC Manchester. BBC London 94.9 airs all London Broncos games home & away, mainly via online streaming only. Commercial Radio Coverage: 102.4 Wish FM will carry commentaries of Wigan & St Helens matches. 107.2 Wire FM will carry commentaries on Warrington & Widnes Matches. BCB 106.6 (Bradford Community Broadcasting) have full match commentary of Bradford Bulls home and away. Yorkshire Radio increases its coverage to air 50 games in the 2012 season. Radio Warrington (Online Station) all Warrington home games and some away games. Grand Sud FM covers every Catalans Dragons Home Match (in French). Radio France Bleu Roussillon covers every Catalans Dragons Away Match (in French). All Super League commentaries on any station are available via the particular stations on-line streaming. Internet ESPN3 has worldwide broadband rights. Starting from Thursday 9 April 2009, all of the matches shown on Sky Sports will also be available live online via Livestation everywhere in the world excluding the US, Puerto Rico, UK, Ireland, France, Monaco, Australia and New Zealand. List of Super League games available on Livestation.com References 40em External links Official Site Super League XVII at Guardian