2011 Super League season

British rugby league season January 2021 Super League XVI Super League 90px The Engage Super League competition logo 27 Rounds 14 24,057Wigan Warriors vs St Helens(22 April) 1,766 Harlequins vs Celtic Crusaders (20 February) 9,615http://www.skysports.com/rugbyleague/stats/comp/0,20291,11070,00.html Sky Sports - Super League Stats 1 March 2010 Sky SportsOctober 2012 990,439 Sky SportsNine NetworkOrange Sport America One Sport Klub 2011 season Leeds Rhinos5th Super League title8th British title Champions Warrington Wolves League Leaders St. Helens NZL Rangi Chase Man of Steel AwardsMan of Steel ENG Jamie Foster (330) ENG Ryan Hall (28) 2012-2014 Super League licences Widnes Vikings Crusaders Super League XV 2010 Super League XVII 2012The Engage Super League XVI was the official name for the 2011 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. Leeds Rhinos claimed their fifth Super League crown, tying the record previously held by St. Helens, whilst the Warrington Wolves lifted the League Leaders' Shield. The season kicked off on 12 February with the Annual "Millennium Magic Weekend", which was brought forward from its usual slot in May. The 2011 season included the introduction of the Rugby League International Origin Match, wherein the England national rugby league team played the RL Exiles, an outfit made up of Australians and New Zealanders playing for Super League clubs. This contest is intended to henceforth become an annual fixture to replace the previously existing annual test against the France national rugby league team, due to the onesidedness of such contests in recent years. Teams Super League XVI was the third 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. All twelve teams from Super League XIII were given places, as well as former Super League team Salford City Reds and Crusaders. This was the final year of the initial licensing cycle; a new set of licences would be awarded for 2012–14. Geographically, the vast majority of teams in Super League are based in the north of England, four teams – Warrington, St. Helens, Salford and Wigan – 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, Crusaders are the only team in Wales, and Harlequins are the only team to be based in a capital city (London). TeamStadiumCapacityCity/Area Bradford 16 Bradford Bulls (2011 season) Grattan Stadium, Odsal 27,000 Bradford, West Yorkshire Castleford 16 Castleford Tigers (2011 season) The Jungle 11,750 Castleford, West Yorkshire Catalans 16 Catalans Dragons (2011 season) Stade Gilbert Brutus 10,000 Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, France Crusaders 16 Crusaders Rugby League (2011 season) The Racecourse Ground 15,000 Wrexham, Clwyd, Wales Harlequins 16 Harlequins (2011 season) Twickenham Stoop 12,700 Twickenham, London Huddersfield 16 Huddersfield Giants (2011 season) Galpharm Stadium 24,544 Huddersfield, West Yorkshire Hull FC 16 Hull F.C. (2011 season) Kingston Communications Stadium 25,404 Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire Hull KR 16 Hull Kingston Rovers (2011 season) "New" Craven Park 9,471 Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire Leeds 16 Leeds Rhinos (2011 season) Headingley Carnegie Stadium 22,250 Leeds, West Yorkshire Salford City 16 Salford City Reds (2011 season) Salford City Stadium 12,000 Salford, Greater Manchester St Helens 16 St Helens R.F.C. (2011 season) Halton Stadium 13,350 Widnes, Halton Wakefield 16 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (2011 season) Belle Vue 12,600 Wakefield, West Yorkshire Warrington 16 Warrington Wolves (2011 season) Halliwell Jones Stadium 14,206 Warrington, Cheshire Wigan 16 Wigan Warriors (2011 season) DW Stadium 25,138 Wigan, Greater Manchester Legend  Reigning Super League champions  Defending Challenge Cup Champions The maps below indicate the locations of teams that competed in Super League XVI. 1000px|Map of areas where super league teams operate. 20px Dragons 20px Quins 20px Crusaders 20px Saints 20px Wolves 20px Warriors 20px Reds 20px Hull 20px Hull KR 20px Tigers 20px Rhinos 20px Wildcats 20px Bulls 20px Giants Rules Rule changes A new stricter variation on the ruck and holding down was introduced in 2011. When the referee calls "held" and "move", the tackle is deemed to be completed, and any further infringement from that point on in the ruck is penalised. Operational rules All Super League clubs agreed to operate within the £1.7million salary cap for their top 25 first-tier players. Quota spots were reduced to 5, meaning only 5 players could be from abroad. However, players from France, Samoa, Tonga and Papua New Guinea all count as federation-trained and thus do not count against the quota. Table 2011 Super League season results Play-offs 2011 Super League season results#Play-offs 2011 Super League season results - Play-offs The play-offs commenced following the conclusion of the 27-round regular season. To decide the grand finalists from the top eight finishing teams, Super League uses its unique play-off system. The finals concluded with the 2011 Super League Grand Final. HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and Time (Local)VenueRefereeCrowd QUALIFYING AND ELIMINATION FINALSWarrington Wolves 47 – 0Huddersfield Giants 16 September 2011, 20:00 Halliwell Jones Stadium Steve Ganson 10,006Catalans Dragons 56 - 6Hull Kingston Rovers 17 September 2011, 19:45 Stade Gilbert Brutus James Child 8,413Leeds Rhinos 42 – 10Hull F.C. 18 September 2011, 17:15 Headingley Stadium Ben Thaler 9,075Wigan Warriors 18 - 26St. Helens 18 September 2011, 14:45 DW Stadium Phil Bentham 12,893 PRELIMINARY SEMI-FINALSHuddersfield Giants 28 – 34Leeds Rhinos 23 September 2011, 20:00 Galpharm Stadium Phil Bentham 7,872Wigan Warriors 44 – 0Catalans Dragons 25 September 2011, 17:00 DW Stadium Steve Ganson 6,790 SEMI-FINALSWarrington Wolves 24 – 26Leeds Rhinos 30 September 2011, 20:00 Halliwell Jones Stadium Steve Ganson 12,074St. Helens 26 - 18Wigan Warriors 1 October 2011, 18:00 Stobart Stadium Phil Bentham 9.421 GRAND FINALLeeds Rhinos 32 – 16St. Helens 8 October 2011, 18:00 Old Trafford, Manchester Phil Bentham 69,107 2011 Super League play-offs bracket Statistics The following are the top points scorers in the Super League during the 2011 season. Statistics also include tries and goals scored in the play-offs.Gillette Rugby League Yearbook 2011-12 League Publications Limited 978-1-901347-24-1 Tim Butcher Daniel Spencer Most tries Player Team Tries Ryan Hall Leeds Rhinos 28 Sam Tomkins Wigan Warriors 28 Joel Monaghan Warrington Wolves 26 Kris Welham Hull Kingston Rovers 24 Josh Charnley Wigan Warriors 23 Ryan Atkins Warrington Wolves 22 Kirk Yeaman Hull F.C. 21 Jamie Foster St. Helens 21 Pat Richards Wigan Warriors 21 Damien Blanch Catalans Dragons 20 Most goals Player Team Goals Kevin Sinfield Leeds Rhinos 138 Jamie Foster St. Helens 123 Brett Hodgson Warrington Wolves 121 Pat Richards Wigan Warriors 115 Scott Dureau Catalans Dragons 92 Patrick Ah Van Bradford Bulls 87 Kirk Dixon Castleford Tigers 84 Danny Tickle Hull F.C. 83 Danny Brough Huddersfield Giants 82 Michael Dobson Hull Kingston Rovers 76 Most points Player Team Tries Goals DGs Points Jamie Foster St. Helens 21 123 0 330 Brett Hodgson Warrington Wolves 18 121 0 314 Pat Richards Wigan Warriors 21 115 0 314 Kevin Sinfield Leeds Rhinos 2 138 2 286 Scott Dureau Catalans Dragons 11 92 5 233 Patrick Ah Van Bradford Bulls 9 87 0 210 Danny Tickle Hull F.C. 9 83 0 202 Danny Brough Huddersfield Giants 8 82 1 197 Kirk Dixon Castleford Tigers 7 84 0 196 Luke Gale Harlequins 8 75 2 184 Awards Awards were presented for outstanding contributions and efforts to players and clubs: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 Man of Steel: Rangi Chase Coach of the year: Trent Robinson Engage Super League club of the year: Catalan Dragons Young player of the year: Jonny Lomax Carnegie community player of the year: Lee Radford Frontline Fairplay Index winners: Hull F.C. Metre-maker: James Roby Hit Man: Danny Houghton Mike Gregory Spirit of Rugby League Award: Steve Prescott This season the Engage Mutual Charity Man of the Match Award scheme was undertaken as well. Media Television 2011 was the last year of a three-year broadcasting agreement between the RFL and BSkyB for Sky Sports to screen matches exclusively live within the United Kingdom. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12198_2923034,00.html Sky Sports Super League deal Sky Sports 26 November 2007 26 July 2009 The deal for the 2009, 2010 and 2011 season was worth in excess of £50 million.http://www.crainsmanchesterbusiness.co.uk/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080728/FREE/210381473/1166/-/-/licence-is-wilkinsons-reward-for-years-of-support Crain's Manchester Business Licence is Wilkinson's reward for years of support James Chapelard 28 July 2008 26 July 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150923210957/http://www.crainsmanchesterbusiness.co.uk/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080728/FREE/210381473/1166/-/-/licence-is-wilkinsons-reward-for-years-of-support 23 September 2015 http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/Super-League-cashes-in.3524810.jp Sky Sports Super League cashes in John Ledger 27 November 2007 26 July 2009 Sky Sports continued coverage in the UK that saw two live matches broadcast each week – one on Friday night at 7:30 pm and another usually on Saturday evenings. Regular commentators were Eddie Hemmings and Mike Stephenson with summarisers including Phil Clarke, Barrie McDermott and Terry O'Connor. Highlights were shown on Boots N' All, shown on Sky Sports and rebroadcast on the Internet. BBC Sport broadcast a highlights programme called the Super League Show, usually presented by Harry Gration. The BBC elected to broadcast this only to the North West, Yorkshire & North Midlands, North East & Cumbria, and East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire regions on a Sunday. A national repeat was broadcast overnight during the week; the BBC Director of Sport, Richard Moseley, commented that this move was in response to the growing popularity and awareness of the sport, and the large number of requests from people who want to watch it elsewhere in the UK. End of season play-offs are shown across the whole country in a highlights package. Super League Show is available for streaming or downloaded using the BBC iPlayer in the UK. Orange Sport TV in France aired every Catalans Dragons home match either live or via tape delay. Internationally Super League is shown live on Showtime Sports (Middle East), Sky Sport (New Zealand), NTV+ (Russia), SportKlub (Eastern Europe). 2011 was also the last of a three-year deal in which the Nine Network in Australia showed up to 70 live games from Super League over the life of the contract.RLeague.com Channel Nine to show English Super League and Challenge Cup engage Super League (Press Release) http://www.rleague.com/db/article.php?id=31935 15 November 2008 16 November 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141016151025/http://rleague.com/db/article.php?id=31935 16 October 2014 dmy-all Glendinning Matthew 17 November 2008 Channel Nine inks RFL deals http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/168294/channel-nine-inks-rfl-deals dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100526184021/http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/168294/channel-nine-inks-rfl-deals 26 May 2010 26 July 2009 SportsBusiness dmy-all 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 every St Helens match whilst sharing commentary of Warrington with BBC Manchester. BBC London 94.9 airs all Harlequins games home & away, mainly via online streaming only. Commercial Radio Coverage: Wish FM will carry commentaries of Wigan & St Helens matches. Wire FM will do full match commentary on Warrington Home & Away. 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 2011 season. Radio Warrington (Online Station) all Warrington home games and some away games. Radio Marseillette covers every Catalans Dragons Home Match (in French). Radio France Bleu Roussillon covers every Catalans Dragons Away Match (in French). KCFM Hull will no longer be offering commentary of Hull KR and Hull matches. 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