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2016 Super 8s
League	Rugby League Super 8s
Duration	7 Rounds (Followed by 2 rounds of relevant playoffs)
Teams	39
Broadcast partners	Sky Sports BBC Sport SLTV Fox Sports (Australia) beIN Sport Fox Soccer Plus Sport Klub
2016 season
Super League Wigan Warriors Qualifiers Leeds Rhinos Championship Shield Bradford Bulls League 1 Rochdale Hornets League 1 Shield Newcastle Thunder
Biggest home win	Bradford Bulls 83 – 0Oldham
Biggest away win	Hemel Stags 10 – 66Newcastle Thunder
Man of Steel Awards	Danny Houghton (Hull F.C.)
Top try-scorer(s)	Denny Solomona (Castleford Tigers) (40)
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from Championship League 1	Leigh Centurions Rochdale Hornets
Relegated to Championship League 1	Hull Kingston Rovers Workington Town Whitehaven
← 2015 2017 →

The2016 Super 8s were a feature of theBritish rugby league system, between 2015 and 2018, and were played in the top three professional divisions.

After 23 games the league table is frozen and the teams are split into 5 groups called theSuper 8s. The top 8Super League play each other once more before the top 4 team enter the playoffs for a place in theSuper League Grand Final.

The bottom 4 Super League teams and top 4 Championship teams play each other inThe Qualifiers for a place in next seasons Super League. The bottom 4 Championship teams play each other once more with the top 4 teams entering the playoffs for theChampionship Shield with the bottom 2 teams being relegated to League 1.

The top 8 League 1 sides play each other once more before the top 5 teams enter the playoffs with 2 teams being promoted. The bottom 7 teams play each other for theLeague 1 Shield

The Super League Super 8s sees the top 8 teams from the Super League play 7 games each. Each team's points are carried over and after 7 additional games the top 4 teams will contest the play off semi-finals with the team in 1st hosting the team in 4th, and the team finishing 2nd hosting the 3rd placed team; the winners of these semi-finals will contest the Super League Grand Final atOld Trafford.

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Referee	Attendance
Warrington Wolves	18–20	St. Helens	Halliwell Jones Stadium	Bentham	10,881
Hull F.C.	16–30	Castleford Tigers	KCOM Stadium	Smith	9,936
Wigan Warriors	60–12	Wakefield Trinity	DW Stadium	Mikalauskas	10,593
Catalans Dragons	26-10	Widnes Vikings	Stade Gilbert Brutus	Hicks	7,341

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Referee	Attendance
Widnes Vikings	0–38	Hull F.C.	Halton Stadium	Thaler	4,359
Castleford Tigers	36-22	Wigan Warriors	Wheldon Road	Cobb	6,325
St. Helens	39-16	Catalans Dragons	Langtree Park	Child	9,440
Wakefield Trinity	10-38	Warrington Wolves	Belle Vue	Hicks	3,552

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Referee	Attendance
Hull F.C.	44-0	Catalans Dragons	KCOM Stadium	Bentham	10,494
Wigan Warriors	25-0	St. Helens	DW Stadium	Thaler	15,265
Warrington Wolves	14-11	Castleford Tigers	Halliwell Jones Stadium	Kendall	9,228
Widnes Vikings	40–8	Wakefield Trinity	Halton Stadium		4,010

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Referee	Attendance
Wigan Warriors	6-8	Widnes Vikings	DW Stadium	Bentham	11,495
St. Helens	31-10	Hull F.C.	Langtree Park	Campbell	10,086
Catalans Dragons	22-26	Warrington Wolves	Stade Gilbert Brutus	Smith	7,108
Castleford Tigers	46-22	Wakefield Trinity	Wheldon Road	Hewer	6,298

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Referee	Attendance
St. Helens	40–16	Castleford Tigers	Langtree Park	Smith	9,448
Warrington Wolves	30–12	Widnes Vikings	Halliwell Jones Stadium	Hewer	10,488
Hull F.C.	12–18	Wigan Warriors	KCOM Stadium	Thaler	11,686
Wakefield Trinity	10–14	Catalans Dragons	Belle Vue	Child	2,612

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Referee	Attendance
Widnes Vikings	8–21	St. Helens	Halton Stadium	Child	6,128
Warrington Wolves	28–35	Wigan Warriors	Halliwell Jones Stadium	Hicks	13,044
Catalans Dragons	28–34	Castleford Tigers	Stade Gilbert Brutus	Bentham	7,802
Wakefield Trinity	12–18	Hull F.C.	Belle Vue	Campbell	3,413

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Referee	Attendance
St. Helens	32–12	Wakefield Trinity	Langtree Park	Cobb	9,516
Hull F.C.	6–23	Warrington Wolves	KCOM Stadium	Thaler	17,453
Wigan Warriors	48–24	Catalans Dragons	DW Stadium	Bentham	16,140
Castleford Tigers	40–26	Widnes Vikings	Wheldon Road	Smith	7,103

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Warrington Wolves(L)	30	21	1	8	852	541	+311	43	Semi-finals
2	Wigan Warriors(C)	30	21	0	9	669	560	+109	42
3	Hull F.C.	30	20	0	10	749	579	+170	40
4	St Helens	30	20	0	10	756	641	+115	40
5	Castleford Tigers	30	15	1	14	830	808	+22	31
6	Catalans Dragons	30	15	0	15	723	716	+7	30
7	Widnes Vikings	30	12	0	18	603	643	−40	24
8	Wakefield Trinity	30	10	0	20	571	902	−331	20

#	Home	Score	Away	Match Information
				Date and Time (Local)	Venue	Referee	Attendance
SEMI-FINALS
SF1	Warrington Wolves	18–10	St. Helens	29 September 20:00	Halliwell Jones Stadium	Thaler	12,036
SF2	Wigan Warriors	28-18	Hull F.C.	30 September 20:00	DW Stadium	Hicks	10,013
GRAND FINAL
F	Warrington Wolves	6–12	Wigan Warriors	8 October 18:00	Old Trafford,Manchester	Hicks	70,202

The Qualifiers Super 8s sees the bottom 4 teams fromSuper League table join the top 4 teams from theChampionship. The points totals are reset to 0 and each team plays 7 games each, playing every other team once. After 7 games each the teams finishing 1st, 2nd, and 3rd will gain qualification to the 2017 Super League season. The teams finishing 4th and 5th will play in the "Million Pound Game" at the home of the 4th place team which will earn the winner a place in the 2017 Super League; the loser, along with teams finishing 6th, 7th and 8th, will be relegated to the Championship.

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Attendance
Featherstone Rovers	6–62	Leeds Rhinos	Post Office Road	6,671
Leigh Centurions	34-30	London Broncos	Leigh Sports Village	4,041
Salford Red Devils	34–12	Huddersfield Giants	Salford City Stadium	2,184
Hull Kingston Rovers	58–18	Batley Bulldogs	Craven Park	5,491

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Attendance
Leeds Rhinos	22–18	Hull Kingston Rovers	Headingley Stadium	14,180
Leigh Centurions	32–26	Salford Red Devils	Leigh Sports Village	4,547
Huddersfield Giants	62-16	Featherstone Rovers	Kirklees Stadium	3,690
London Broncos	76-16	Batley Bulldogs	Trailfinders Sports Ground	594

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Attendance
Salford Red Devils	12–29	Hull Kingston Rovers	Salford City Stadium	2,074
Featherstone Rovers	18–30	Leigh Centurions	Post Office Road	1,678
London Broncos	28–42	Leeds Rhinos	Trailfinders Sports Ground	3,015
Batley Bulldogs	28–58	Huddersfield Giants	Mount Pleasant	1,390

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Attendance
Leeds Rhinos	30-8	Salford Red Devils	Headingley Stadium	13,996
Hull Kingston Rovers	18–25	Leigh Centurions	Craven Park	7,363
Batley Bulldogs	11–10	Featherstone Rovers	Mount Pleasant	1,131
Huddersfield Giants	40-4	London Broncos	Kirklees Stadium	3,794

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Attendance
Leeds Rhinos	32–0	Batley Bulldogs	Headingley Stadium	15,135
Leigh Centurions	48–40	Huddersfield Giants	Leigh Sports Village	5,934
Salford Red Devils	70-16	Featherstone Rovers	Salford City Stadium	1,579
London Broncos	18-58	Hull Kingston Rovers	Trailfinders Sports Ground	1,215

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Attendance
Leigh Centurions	42-24	Batley Bulldogs	Leigh Sports Village	10,556
Salford Red Devils	16-19	London Broncos	Salford City Stadium	2,521
Featherstone Rovers	24–32	Hull Kingston Rovers	Post Office Road	4,034
Huddersfield Giants	22–14	Leeds Rhinos	Kirklees Stadium	6,666

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Attendance
Leeds Rhinos	37–12	Leigh Centurions	Headingley Stadium	14,747
Batley Bulldogs	14–42	Salford Red Devils	Mount Pleasant	1,520
London Broncos	46–6	Featherstone Rovers	Trailfinders Sports Ground	605
Hull Kingston Rovers	22–23	Huddersfield Giants	KC Lightstream Stadium	8,024

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Leeds Rhinos	7	6	0	1	239	94	+145	12	2017 Super League
2	Leigh Centurions(P)	7	6	0	1	223	193	+30	12
3	Huddersfield Giants	7	5	0	2	257	166	+91	10
4	Hull Kingston Rovers(R)	7	4	0	3	235	142	+93	8	Million Pound Game
5	Salford Red Devils	7	3	0	4	208	152	+56	6
6	London Broncos	7	3	0	4	221	212	+9	6	2017 Championship
7	Batley Bulldogs	7	1	0	6	111	318	−207	2
8	Featherstone Rovers	7	0	0	7	96	313	−217	0

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time (local)	Venue	Attendance
Million Pound Game
Hull Kingston Rovers	18-19AET	Salford Red Devils	1 October 15:00	KC Lightstream Stadium	6,562

At the end of the regular season the bottom 8 Championship teams play each other once more, home or away. The bottom two teams are then relegated toLeague 1 and the top four teams qualify for the play off for the Championship Shield.

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Attendance
Whitehaven	18–46	Bradford Bulls	Recreation Ground	675
Dewsbury Rams	36–24	Swinton Lions	Crown Flatt	647
Halifax	28–48	Sheffield Eagles	The Shay	1,228
Oldham R.L.F.C.	30–16	Workington Town	Bower Fold	573

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Attendance
Bradford Bulls	44–22	Halifax	Odsal Stadium	3,498
Sheffield Eagles	48–16	Whitehaven	Bawtry Road	412
Swinton Lions	8–30	Oldham R.L.F.C.	Heywood Road	693
Workington Town	34–24	Dewsbury Rams	Derwent Park	527

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Attendance
Bradford Bulls	83–0	Oldham R.L.F.C.	Odsal Stadium	3,022
Halifax	22–24	Dewsbury Rams	The Shay	1,133
Sheffield Eagles	38–40	Swinton Lions	Bawtry Road	466
Workington Town	24–28	Whitehaven	Derwent Park	1,058

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Attendance
Whitehaven	10–30	Halifax	Recreation Ground	718
Dewsbury Rams	26–36	Bradford Bulls	Crown Flatt	1,807
Oldham R.L.F.C.	24–54	Sheffield Eagles	Bower Fold	680
Swinton Lions	19–12	Workington Town	Heywood Road	546

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Attendance
Bradford Bulls	46–28	Swinton Lions	Odsal Stadium	4,030
Dewsbury Rams	12–56	Whitehaven	Crown Flatt	524
Halifax	32–18	Oldham R.L.F.C.	The Shay	1,182
Sheffield Eagles	62–0	Workington Town	Bawtry Road	380

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Attendance
Oldham R.L.F.C.	18-20	Whitehaven	Bower Fold	843
Sheffield Eagles	22-38	Dewsbury Rams	Bawtry Road	564
Swinton Lions	28-26	Halifax	Heywood Road	582
Workington Town	30-26	Bradford Bulls	Derwent Park	596

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Attendance
Whitehaven	40-18	Swinton Lions	Recreation Ground	733
Bradford Bulls	80-0	Sheffield Eagles	Odsal Stadium	4,035
Dewsbury Rams	30-12	Oldham R.L.F.C.	Crown Flatt	628
Halifax	46-26	Workington Town	The Shay	1,217

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	For	Agst	Diff	Points	Qualification
1	Bradford Bulls(Q)	30	19	2	9	997	570	507	40	PlayOffs
2	Halifax(Q)	30	16	1	13	775	656	139	33
3	Sheffield Eagles(Q)	30	12	0	18	855	763	12	24
4	Dewsbury Rams(Q)	30	12	0	18	646	797	-133	24
5	Swinton Lions(S)	30	10	1	19	596	1001	-427	21	Season Complete
6	Oldham R.L.F.C.(S)	30	10	0	20	523	888	-383	20
7	Whitehaven(R)	30	8	1	21	571	945	-365	17	Relegation to 2017 League 1
8	Workington Town(R)	30	7	1	22	541	919	-394	15

(Q) = Qualified for Play-offs

(S) = Secured spot in Championship

(R) = Relegated to League 1

#	Home	Score	Away	Match Information
				Date and Time (Local)	Venue	Referee	Attendance
SEMI-FINALS
SF1	Halifax	32-46	Sheffield Eagles		The Shay		946
SF2	Bradford Bulls	36-22	Dewsbury Rams		Odsal Stadium		2,189
CHAMPIONSHIP SHIELD FINAL
F	Bradford Bulls	27-16	Sheffield Eagles		Odsal Stadium		3,518

The top 8 teams in League 1 carry points forward and play each other once more home or away. The top five teams after 7 games will enter the playoffs.

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Attendance
Hunslet Hawks	30 – 26	London Skolars	South Leeds Stadium	414
Toulouse Olympique	40 – 4	Keighley Cougars	Stade Ernest-Argelès	1,214
Barrow Raiders	34–12	Rochdale Hornets	Craven Park	913
York City Knights	28–36	Doncaster	Bootham Crescent	540

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Attendance
Doncaster	12–40	Barrow Raiders	Keepmoat Stadium	622
Keighley Cougars	8–18	Hunslet Hawks	Cougar Park	384
London Skolars	28–38	Rochdale Hornets	New River Stadium	308
Toulouse Olympique	46–16	York City Knights	Stade Ernest-Argelès	1,314

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Attendance
Hunslet Hawks	24–36	Doncaster	South Leeds Stadium	379
Rochdale Hornets	18–4	Keighley Cougars	Spotland	510
London Skolars	14–58	Toulouse Olympique	New River Stadium	974
York City Knights	6–20	Barrow Raiders	Bootham Crescent	664

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Attendance
Keighley Cougars	30–10	London Skolars	Cougar Park	297
Barrow Raiders	44–26	Hunslet Hawks	Craven Park	1,003
Doncaster	18–38	Toulouse Olympique	Keepmoat Stadium	573
Rochdale Hornets	16–36	York City Knights	Spotland	413

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Attendance
Toulouse Olympique	46–6	Rochdale Hornets	Stade Ernest-Argelès	1,772[1]
York City Knights	12–33	Hunslet Hawks	Bootham Crescent	702
London Skolars	4–54	Barrow Raiders	New River Stadium
Doncaster	26–24	Keighley Cougars	Keepmoat Stadium	609

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Attendance
Barrow Raiders	26–18	Keighley Cougars	Craven Park	1,173
Rochdale Hornets	38–22	Doncaster	Spotland	393
Hunslet Hawks	12–16	Toulouse Olympique	South Leeds Stadium	541
York City Knights	30–4	London Skolars	Bootham Crescent	448

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Attendance
Rochdale Hornets	34–18	Hunslet Hawks	Spotland	690
Keighley Cougars	50–8	York City Knights	Cougar Park	658
Toulouse Olympique	44–22	Barrow Raiders	Stade Ernest-Argelès	1,161
Doncaster	34–30	London Skolars	Keepmoat Stadium	587

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	For	Ag	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Toulouse Olympique(PP)	21	20	1	0	990	276	714	41	Promotion Final
2	Rochdale Hornets(PP)	21	16	1	4	709	440	269	33
3	Barrow Raiders(Q)	21	15	1	5	769	375	394	31	Playoffs
4	Doncaster(Q)	21	14	0	7	683	526	157	28
5	York City Knights(Q)	21	12	1	8	618	461	157	25
6	Keighley Cougars(F)	21	11	0	10	658	514	144	22	Season Complete
7	Hunslet(F)	21	11	0	10	544	550	-6	22
8	London Skolars(F)	21	8	0	13	470	650	-180	16

(C) = Champions

(PP) = Qualified for Promotion Playoff

(Q) = Qualified for Play-offs

(F) = Failed to reach Playoffs

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Attendance
PROMOTION FINAL
Toulouse Olympique	22-24	Rochdale Hornets	Stade Ernest-Argelès

#	Home	Score	Away	Match Information
				Venue	Attendance
SEMI-FINALS
SF1	Barrow Raiders	46-6	Doncaster	Craven Park
SF2	Toulouse Olympique	62-10	York City Knights	Stade des Minimes
LEAGUE 1 PLAYOFF FINAL
F	Toulouse Olympique	32-22	Barrow Raiders	Stade des Minimes

The bottom 7 teams compete in the League 1 Shield where they play each other once more home or away. The top 2 teams compete for the League 1 Shield.

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Attendance
North Wales Crusaders	30–26	South Wales Scorpions	Hare Lane	343
Coventry Bears	48–6	Oxford	Butts Park Arena	366
Newcastle Thunder	50–24	Gloucestershire All Golds	Kingston Park	482

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Attendance
Hemel Stags	18–42	North Wales Crusaders	Pennine Way	147
Gloucestershire All Golds	16–28	Oxford	Prince of Wales Stadium	105
South Wales Scorpions	26–28	Newcastle Thunder	Virginia Park	410

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Attendance
Coventry Bears	14–18	South Wales Scorpions	Butts Park Arena	497
Newcastle Thunder	30–14	North Wales Crusaders	Kingston Park	408
Oxford	46–10	Hemel Stags	Tilsey Park	103

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Attendance
Oxford	18–62	Newcastle Thunder	Tilsey Park	121
North Wales Crusaders	28–30	Coventry Bears	Racecourse Ground	297
Gloucestershire All Golds	74–18	Hemel Stags	Prince of Wales Stadium	101

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Attendance
South Wales Scorpions	12–20	Oxford	Virginia Park	178
Hemel Stags	10–66	Newcastle Thunder	Pennine Way	112
Coventry Bears	33–20	Gloucestershire All Golds	Butts Park Arena	392

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Attendance
Newcastle Thunder	46–10	Coventry Bears	Kingston Park	456
North Wales Crusaders	18–4	Gloucestershire All Golds	Racecourse Ground	270
South Wales Scorpions	16–8	Hemel Stags	Virginia Park	151

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Attendance
Oxford	6–37	North Wales Crusaders	Tilsey Park	120
Gloucestershire All Golds	33–18	South Wales Scorpions	Prince of Wales Stadium	80
Hemel Stags	12–22	Coventry Bears	Pennine Way	307

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	For	Ag	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Newcastle Thunder(Q)	20	13	1	6	558	426	132	27	League 1 Shield Final
2	North Wales Crusaders(Q)	20	9	2	9	440	433	36	20
3	Coventry Bears(F)	20	8	1	11	383	542	-159	17
4	Gloucestershire All Golds(F)	20	5	0	15	411	607	-196	10
5	Oxford(F)	20	4	0	16	312	732	-487	8
6	South Wales Scorpions(F)	20	2	0	18	254	697	-443	4
7	Hemel Stags(W)	20	2	0	18	230	828	-598	4	Wooden Spoon

(Q) = Qualified for Shield Final

(F) = Unable to qualify for Shield Final

(W) = Wooden Spoon

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Venue	Attendance
League 1 Shield Final
Newcastle Thunder	31-26	North Wales Crusaders	Kingston Park

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