2010 Super League season

Rugby competition Super League XV Super League 90px The Engage Super League competition logo 27 Rounds 14 2,330Harlequins vs Catalans Dragons (14 February) 9,615September 2026 990,439September 2026 Sky Sports Nine NetworkOrange Sport America OneSport Klub 2010 season Wigan Warriors2nd Super League title19th British title Champions Wigan Warriors League Leaders St. Helens IRE Pat Richards Man of Steel AwardsMan of Steel IRE Pat Richards (388) IRE Pat Richards (136) IRE Pat Richards (29) Super League XIV 2009 Super League XVI 2011 Engage Super League XV was the official name for the 2010 Super League season.http://www.engagesl.com/pressreleases/jul08-deal.php engage extends Super League deal Engage Super League (Engage Mutual Assurance) 20 April 2009 1 July 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110710192620/http://www.engagesl.com/pressreleases/jul08-deal.php 10 July 2011 Fourteen teams competed over 27 rounds. The season officially kicked off on 5 February with the Crusaders versus the Leeds Rhinos on 29 January at Crusaders' new homeground at the Racecourse Ground in Wrexham. Crusaders halfback Michael Witt scored the first points of the season with a penalty goal and the Rhinos came away with the first competition points, posting a 34 to 6 victory. The season came to a conclusion with Wigan Warriors beating St. Helens 22-10 in the Super League Grand Final on 2 Octoberhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/super_league/9037764.stm St Helens 10 Wigan 22 BBC Sport 2 October 2010 2 October 2010 with two tries for Martin Gleeson. Teams Super League XV was the second year of a licensed Super League. Under this system, promotion and relegation between Super League and National League One 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. 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 United Kingdom. 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 (2010 season) Grattan Stadium, Odsal 27,000 Bradford, West Yorkshire Castleford 16 Castleford Tigers (2010 season) The Jungle 11,750 Castleford, West Yorkshire Catalans 16 Catalans Dragons (2010 season) Stade Gilbert Brutus 10,000 Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, France Crusaders 16 Crusaders (2010 season) The Racecourse Ground 15,000 Wrexham, Clwyd, Wales Harlequins 16 Harlequins (2010 season) Twickenham Stoop 12,700 Twickenham, London Huddersfield 16 Huddersfield Giants (2010 season) Galpharm Stadium 24,544 Huddersfield, West Yorkshire Hull FC 16 Hull F.C. (2010 season) Kingston Communications Stadium 25,404 Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire Hull KR 16 Hull Kingston Rovers (2010 season) "New" Craven Park 9,471 Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire Leeds 16 Leeds Rhinos (2010 season) Headingley Carnegie Stadium 22,250 Leeds, West Yorkshire Salford City 16 Salford City Reds (2010 season) The Willows 11,363 Salford, Greater Manchester St Helens 16 St Helens R.F.C. (2010 season) The GPW Recruitment Stadium 17,500 St Helens, Merseyside Wakefield 16 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (2010 season) Belle Vue 12,600 Wakefield, West Yorkshire Warrington 16 Warrington Wolves (2010 season) Halliwell Jones Stadium 14,206 Warrington, Cheshire Wigan 16 Wigan Warriors (2010 season) DW Stadium 25,138 Wigan, Greater Manchester  Reigning champions Rules Rule changes The RFL announced two new rule interpretations intended to increase player safety in the tackle:http://www.rugbyleague.com/rugby-league-news/new-rule-interpretations-for-2010.html New rule interpretations for 2010 15 January 2010 RugbyLeague.com 15 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100119155312/http://www.rugbyleague.com/rugby-league-news/new-rule-interpretations-for-2010.html 19 January 2010 dead Referees now call "held" if one of the ball-carrier's legs is lifted by a defender in a tackle in which the participants are stood upright. Previously, a referee would only declare the tackle complete if both legs had been lifted. Referees now call held as soon as they see the ball-carrier being dragged by more than one defender. This prevents groups of defenders dragging an opponent into touch or the in-goal area. Operational rules The 'club trained player rule' entered its third year and made a planned adjustment:http://www.superleague.co.uk/page.php?id=346 Super League (Europe) Competition structure Super League 24 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20100121105506/http://www.superleague.co.uk/page.php?id=346 21 January 2010 dead Clubs would be required to include a minimum of seven players, an increase from six players, who have come through their academy or are under 21 years old in their 25-player first team squads. British clubs were required to have twelve United Kingdom-trained players, an increase from eleven, and no more than six overseas-trained players, a decrease from eight. Crusaders were granted dispensation to include up to fourteen overseas-trained players for the 2010 season as the Welsh club is considered to be still developing.http://www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=rleague/09/12/15/RUGBYL_Crusaders_Nightlead.html Noble aims to fill overseas quota Laybourn Ian 15 December 2009 Sporting Life 31 December 2009 Results 2010 Super League season results Season summary January 29 - Leeds Rhinos win the first game of 2010 against a new look Crusaders 34-6 in a snow filled Racecourse Ground, Wrexham. This match set a home record attendance for Crusaders of 10,334, which is also a record attendance for a Welsh rugby league fixture on home soil. February 17 - Wakefield Trinity Wildcats hooker Terry Newton is provisionally suspended by the UK Anti-Doping Agency after testing positive for a banned substancehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/super_league/wakefield/8520770.stm Wakefield's Terry Newton suspended over dope test 17 February 2010 BBC Sport https://web.archive.org/web/20100226214408/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_league/super_league/wakefield/8520770.stm 26 February 2010 17 February 2010 dead 22 - Wakefield Trinity Wildcats cancelled the contract of Terry Newton following his two-year ban from rugby for taking the self-administered human growth hormone HGH, later that year Newton died in his home in Orrell.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/super_league/wakefield/8528445.stm Wakefield cancel Terry Newton's contract after drug ban 22 February 2010 BBC Sport https://web.archive.org/web/20100302200831/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_league/super_league/wakefield/8528445.stm 2 March 2010 22 February 2010 dead 26 - Wigan Warriors equal Warrington's record win of the season with a 58-0 win of their own, this time against Catalans Dragons with 3 tries of Pat Richards' 38 point haul coming in the first 20 minutes of the game 28 - Leeds Rhinos lose the 2010 World Club Challenge 18-10 against the Melbourne Storm April 1 - The first draw of Super League XV is recorded when Leeds and Bradford drew 20 - 20 at Headingley Carnegie 2 - St Helens are defeated 10 - 18 by Wigan Warriors in the last local derby match to be played between the two sides at Knowsley Road May 1 - Warrington Wolves record the biggest win of the season with a 16-68 victory against Salford City Reds at the Magic Weekend at Murrayfield 15 - Salford City Reds produce a shock 42-34 victory over St. Helens at The Willows in a 'repeat' of last year's game there. August 22 - Wigan Warriors secured the League Leaders' Shield with an 18-38 victory at Hull Kingston Rovers September 4 - St. Helens beat Castleford Tigers 40-30 in the final ever league game at Knowsley Road. Captain Keiron Cunningham sealed the win with a last minute try - A score which moved St Helens above Warrington into 2nd place on points difference alone, meaning the Saints will host Warrington in the playoffs the following week. October 2 - Wigan Warriors won their first title since 1998 with a 22-10 win over rivals St Helens in the Grand Final at Old Trafford. Table Play-offs 2010 Super League season results#Play-offs 2010 Super League season results - Play-offs The play-offs commence following the conclusion of 27 round regular season. To decide the grand finalists from the top eight finishing teams, Super League adopts the unique Super League play-off system. The finals will conclude with the 2010 Super League Grand Final. HomeScore AwayMatch InformationDate and Time (Local)VenueRefereeCrowd QUALIFYING AND ELIMINATION FINALSSt Helens St Helens R.F.C.28 – 12Warrington Warrington Wolves 10 September, 8:00pmGPW Recruitment StadiumRichard Silverwood (Dewsbury)14,632Huddersfield Huddersfield Giants18 – 12Crusaders Crusaders11 September, 3:45pmGalpharm StadiumBen Thaler(Wakefield) 5,869Hull FC Hull4 – 21Hull KR Hull Kingston Rovers11 September, 6:00pmKC StadiumPhil Bentham (Warrington)17,699Wigan Wigan Warriors26 – 27Leeds Leeds Rhinos12 September, 6:45pmDW StadiumThierry Alibert (Toulouse)14,987 PRELIMINARY SEMI-FINALSWigan Wigan Warriors42 – 18Hull KR Hull Kingston Rovers17 September, 8:00pmDW StadiumR Silverwood11,133Warrington Warrington Wolves 22 – 34Huddersfield Huddersfield Giants18 September, 6:15pmHalliwell Jones StadiumP Bentham8,050 SEMI-FINALSSt Helens St Helens R.F.C. 42 – 22Huddersfield Huddersfield Giants24 September, 8:00pmGPW Recruitment StadiumP Bentham13,510Leeds Leeds Rhinos 6 – 26Wigan Wigan Warriors25 September, 5:15pmHeadingley StadiumR Silverwood13,693 GRAND FINALSt Helens St Helens R.F.C. 10 – 22Wigan Wigan Warriors2 October, 6:00pmOld Trafford, ManchesterR Silverwood71,526 Awards Awards have been presented for outstanding contributions and efforts to players and clubs:http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/9005972.stm Trio nominated for rugby league Man of Steel honour 16 September 2010 BBC Sport Man of Steel: Pat Richards (Wigan Warriors)Wigan's Pat Richards named 2010 Man of Steel BBC Sport, 27 September 2010 Young Player of the Year: Sam Tomkins (Wigan Warriors) Coach of the Year: Michael Maguire (Wigan Warriors) Top Tackler: Dallas Johnson (Catalans Dragons) Top Points Scorer: Pat Richards (Wigan Warriors) Most Meters: James Graham (St. Helens) Team of the Season: Wigan Warriors Albert Goldthorpe Medal: Pat Richards and Sam Tomkins (both Wigan Warriors) Rugby League Writers Player of the Year: Pat Richards (Wigan Warriors)Wigan's Pat Richards wins RLWA player of the year BBC Sport, 7 September 2010 Disciplinary record The following table lists all incidents that were reviewed by the Rugby Football League during Super League XV, which were later deemed "guilty" and resulted in disciplinary action. The offenses were graded, depending on severity, in alphabetical order, "A" being less severe than "B". Media Television 2010 was the second 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 sees two live matches broadcast each week - one on Friday at 7:30pm and another at 6pm on Saturday. Regular commentators are Eddie Hemmings and Mike Stephenson with summarisers including Phil Clarke, Barrie McDermott and Terry O'Connor. Highlights are shown on Boots N' All which is shown on Sky Sports and is rebroadcast on the Internet.September 2010 BBC Sport broadcast a highlights programme called the Super League Show, usually presented by Harry Gration. The BBC have elected to broadcast this only to the North West, Yorkshire and North Midlands, North East and Cumbria, and East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire regions on a Sunday. A national repeat is 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 shows every Catalans Dragons home match live and also some other matches which are broadcast in the UK live on Sky. Internationally Super League is shown live on Showtime Sports (Middle East), Sky Sport (New Zealand), NTV+ (Russia), SportKlub (Eastern Europe). 2010 was the second year of a three-year deal in which the Nine Network in Australia show up to 70 live games from Super League over the season.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 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 In the United States America One show live Super League games from 2010.Engage Super League expands its horizons in 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100208154752/http://www.superleague.co.uk/article.php?id=16502 2010-02-08 Engage Super League, 4 February 2010 Channel Nine started coverage of 2010 matches from 7 March at midnight (leading into Monday morning) due to coverage of the Winter Olympics they could not show the earlier matches. Radio Super League XV is covered extensively by BBC Local Radio: BBC Radio Manchester cover Wigan, Salford and Warrington BBC Radio Humberside cover Hull KR and Hull BBC Radio Leeds cover Bradford, Leeds, Castleford, Wakefield and Huddersfield BBC Radio Merseyside (AM/DAB only) cover St Helens and Warrington The competition is also covered on commercial radio coverage: BCB 106.6 (Bradford Community Broadcasting) cover Bradford Bulls home and away Radio Aire cover Leeds Rhinos KCFM Hull cover Hull KR and Hull Radio Marseillette covers every Catalans Dragons Home Match (in French) Radio France Bleu Roussillon covers every Catalans Dragons Away Match (in French) Yorkshire Radio cover all Yorkshire clubs and have one commentary per round which is not covered by either BBC or Sky All Super League commentaries on any station are available via the particular stations on-line streaming. Internet ESPN3 has worldwide broadband rights. Starting from 9 April 2009, all of the matches shown on Sky Sports are also 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 Livestation.com https://web.archive.org/web/20091003222051/http://www.livestation.com/products/2 October 3, 2009 In the United Kingdom, BBC London 94.9, BBC Radio Wales and Radio Warrington cover Harlequins, Crusaders (home games) and Warrington (home games) respectively. References 40em