2024 Super League season

Rugby league season 2024

  • Hull FC vs Hull KR
(15 February)Lowest attendance3,324
  • London Broncos
  • vs
  • Warrington Wolves
(17 March)Average attendance9,217Attendance267,292Broadcast partners
  • Sky Sports
  • BBC Sport
  • SuperLeague+
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  • NITV
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  • beIN Sports
2024 SeasonBiggest home win
  • St Helens
  • 40–4
  • London Broncos
(16 February)Biggest away win
  • London Broncos
  • 4–58
  • Warrington Wolves
(17 March)Top point-scorer(s)Arthur Mourgue (54)Top try-scorer(s)Ash Handley (7)
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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.

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Locations of the 2024 Super League teams in Northern England
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Locations of Super League XXIX teams in Greater London
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Locations of Super League XXIX 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
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Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 St Helens 6 5 0 1 130 44 +86 10 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Catalans Dragons 6 5 0 1 158 78 +80 10
3 Warrington Wolves 6 4 0 2 180 90 +90 8 Advance to Eliminators
4 Wigan Warriors 5 4 0 1 148 66 +82 8
5 Hull KR 6 4 0 2 132 73 +59 8
6 Leeds Rhinos 6 4 0 2 108 88 +20 8
7 Salford Red Devils 6 4 0 2 127 118 +9 8
8 Huddersfield Giants 6 3 0 3 120 104 +16 6
9 Leigh Leopards 5 1 0 4 104 86 +18 2
10 Hull FC 6 1 0 5 64 196 −132 2
11 Castleford Tigers 6 0 0 6 62 204 −142 0
12 London Broncos 6 0 0 6 60 246 −186 0
Updated to match(es) played on 31 March 2024. Source: [1]

Player statistics

Top 10 try scorers

Rank Player (s) Club Tries
1 England Ash Handley Leeds Rhinos 7
2 Australia Matt Dufty Warrington Wolves 6
England Liam Marshall Wigan Warriors
3 England Adam Swift Huddersfield Giants 4
New Zealand Peta Hiku Hull KR
England Jack Welsby St Helens
England Josh Thewlis Warrington Wolves
4 Republic of Ireland Innes Senior Castleford Tigers 3
England Josh Simm
France Arthur Mourgue Catalans Dragons
England Ryan Hall Hull KR
England Lee Kershaw London Broncos
France Hakim Miloudi
England Deon Cross Salford Red Devils
Malta Sam Stone
England Matt Whitley St Helens
England Matty Ashton Warrington Wolves
Australia Bevan French Wigan Warriors

Top 10 goal scorers

Rank Player Club Goals Missed Goals Drop Goals Goal Percentage %
1 France Arthur Mourgue Catalans Dragons 21 3 0 88%
2 England Marc Sneyd Salford Red Devils 19 0 1 100%
3 Papua New Guinea Rhyse Martin Leeds Rhinos 15 3 0 83%
4 England Stefan Ratchford Warrington Wolves 14 1 93%
5 Australia Adam Keighran Wigan Warriors 13
6 England Oliver Russell Huddersfield Giants 11 5 69%
Australia Matt Moylan Leigh Leopards 3 78%
England Harry Smith Wigan Warriors
9 England Jez Litten Hull KR 10 77%
10 England Mark Percival St Helens 9 6 60%

Top 10 points scorers

Rank Player Club Points
1 France Arthur Mourgue Catalans Dragons 54
2 England Marc Sneyd Salford Red Devils 39
3 Papua New Guinea Rhyse Martin Leeds Rhinos 34
4 England Stefan Ratchford Warrington Wolves 32
5 England Josh Thewlis 30
Australia Adam Keighran Wigan Warriors
7 England Jez Litten Hull KR 28
8 Australia Matt Moylan Leigh Leopards 26
9 England Oliver Russell Huddersfield Giants 22
England Harry Smith Wigan Warriors
As of 17 March 2024

Discipline

Red card Red cards

Rank Player Club Cards
1 England Liam Watts Castleford Tigers 1
England Michael McIlorum Catalans Dragons
Samoa Fa'amanu Brown Hull FC
New Zealand Franklin Pele
Samoa Ligi Sao


Yellow card Yellow cards

As of 17 March 2024
Rank Player Club Yellow cards
1 New Zealand Peta Hiku Hull KR 2
France Justin Sangare Leeds Rhinos
Australia John Asiata Leigh Leopards
England Harry Smith Wigan Warriors
3 France Jordan Dezaria Catalans Dragons 1
France Romain Navarette
Fiji Tariq Sims
England Adam Milner Huddersfield Giants
England Jack Ashworth Hull FC
New Zealand Herman Ese'ese
New Zealand Franklin Pele
Scotland Matty Russell*
Australia Matt Parcell Hull KR
Australia James Donaldson Leeds Rhinos
Samoa Sam Lisone
Australia Paul Momirovski
Samoa Ricky Leutele Leigh Leopards
England Gareth O'Brien
England Rob Butler London Broncos
England Amir Bourouh Salford Red Devils
Scotland Ryan Brierley
England Deon Cross
England Jack Ormondroyd
England Kallum Watkins
England Daryl Clark St Helens
England Jordan Crowther Warrington Wolves
England Sam Powell
Australia Adam Keighran Wigan Warriors

Attendances

Club attendances

Club Home Games Total Average Highest Lowest
Castleford Tigers 2 17,210 8,605 10,170 7,040
Catalans Dragons 3 26,949 8,983 9,914 8,159
Huddersfield Giants 2 11,610 5,805 6,182 5,428
Hull FC 3 40,303 13,434 20,014 10,062
Hull KR 2 9,000
Leeds Rhinos 3 44,578 14,859 15,284 14,168
Leigh Leopards 2 17,302 8,651 8,794 8,508
London Broncos 3 12,542 4,181 5,102 3,324
Salford Red Devils 3 15,893 5,298 6,087 4,770
St Helens 3 38,634 12,878 14,058 11,548
Warrington Wolves 2 17,914 8,957 9,431 8,483
Wigan Warriors 1 15,357


Top 10 attendances

As of 17 March 2024 (Round 5)
Rank Home team Away team Stadium Attendance
1 Hull FC Hull KR MKM Stadium 20,014
2 Wigan Warriors Huddersfield Giants DW Stadium 15,357
3 Leeds Rhinos St Helens AMT Headingley Stadium 15,284
4 Salford Red Devils 15,126
5 Catalans Dragons 14,168
6 St Helens London Broncos Totally Wicked Stadium 14,058
7 Leigh Leopards 13,028
8 Salford Red Devils 11,548
9 Hull FC Leigh Leopards MKM Stadium 10,227
10 Castleford Tigers Wigan Warriors The Mend-A-Hose Jungle 10,170

References

  1. ^ "Wigan seal 6th super league title with win over Catalans". BBC Sport. 14 October 2023.
  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.
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