| Super League XXI | |
|---|---|
| League | Super League |
| Duration | 30 Rounds |
| Teams | 12 |
| Highest attendance | 20,049 Wigan Warriors vsSt Helens (22 July) |
| Lowest attendance | 1,958 Salford Red Devils vsHuddersfield Giants (18 June) |
| Average attendance | 9,134 |
| Attendance | 1,260,474 (as of round 23) |
| Broadcast partners | Sky Sports BBC Sport Fox Sports beIN Sports Fox Soccer Plus Sport Klub |
| 2016 season | |
| Champions | Wigan Warriors 4thSuper League 21stBritish title |
| League Leaders | Warrington Wolves |
| Runners-up | Warrington Wolves |
| Biggest home win | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 62 – 0Wigan Warriors (Sunday 10 April 2016) |
| Biggest away win | Castleford Tigers 16 – 58Hull Kingston Rovers (Sunday 24 April 2016) |
| Man of Steel |  Danny Houghton |
| Top try-scorer(s) |  Denny Solomona (40) |
| Promotion and relegation | |
| Promoted fromChampionship | Leigh Centurions |
| Relegated toChampionship | Hull Kingston Rovers |
Super League XXI, known as theFirst Utility Super League XXI for sponsor reasons,[1] was the 21st season of theSuper League and 122nd season ofrugby league in Britain for 2016.
Twelve teams competed over 23 rounds, including theMagic Weekend.Wigan Warriors were the Champions after successfully defeatingWarrington Wolves 12–6 atOld Trafford, whileLeigh Centurions were promoted from theChampionship viaThe Qualifiers whileHull KR were relegated after losing toSalford Red Devils in theMillion Pound Game.
Super League XXI features twelve teams, the second year in which this number has taken part. This is also the second year since promotion and relegation was reintroduced into the competition although there has been no change in teams for 2016.
Eleven teams in Super League are from the North of England: five teams,Warrington,St. Helens,Salford,Wigan andWidnes, west ofthe Pennines in the historic county of Lancashire and six teams,Huddersfield,Wakefield Trinity,Leeds,Castleford,Hull F.C. andHull Kingston Rovers, to the east in Yorkshire.Catalans Dragons, inPerpignan, France, are the only team outside the North of England. St Helens, Wigan Warriors, Warrington Wolves and Leeds Rhinos as the only teams to have played in every season of Super League since 1996.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Hull F.C. | 23 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 605 | 465 | +140 | 34 | Super League Super 8s |
| 2 |  Warrington Wolves | 23 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 675 | 425 | +250 | 33 | |
| 3 |  Wigan Warriors | 23 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 455 | 440 | +15 | 32 | |
| 4 |  St Helens | 23 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 573 | 536 | +37 | 28 | |
| 5 |  Catalans Dragons | 23 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 593 | 505 | +88 | 26 | |
| 6 |  Castleford Tigers | 23 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 617 | 640 | −23 | 21 | |
| 7 |  Widnes Vikings | 23 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 499 | 474 | +25 | 20 | |
| 8 |  Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | 23 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 485 | 654 | −169 | 20 | |
| 9 |  Leeds Rhinos | 23 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 404 | 576 | −172 | 16 | The Qualifiers |
| 10 |  Salford City Reds | 23 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 560 | 569 | −9 | 14[a] | |
| 11 |  Hull Kingston Rovers | 23 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 486 | 610 | −124 | 14 | |
| 12 |  Huddersfield Giants | 23 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 511 | 569 | −58 | 12 |
| Pos | Team | 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 |
| Pos | Team | 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 | Referee | Attendance | ||||||
| SEMI-FINALS | |||||||||
| SF1 | Warrington Wolves | 18 – 10 | St. Helens | 29 September 20:00 | Halliwell Jones Stadium | Ben Thaler | 12,036[3] | ||
| SF2 | Wigan Warriors | 28 – 18 | Hull F.C. | 30 September 20:00 | DW Stadium | Robert Hicks | 14,013[4] | ||
| GRAND FINAL | |||||||||
| F | Warrington Wolves | 6 – 12 | Wigan Warriors | 8 October 2016 18:00 | Old Trafford,Manchester | Robert Hicks | 70,202[5] | ||
| # | Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date and Time (Local) | Venue | Referee | Attendance | ||||||
| Million Pound Game | |||||||||
| F | Hull Kingston Rovers | 18 – 19 | Salford Red Devils | 1 October, 15:00 BST | Lightstream Stadium | Phil Bentham | 6,562 | ||
Average attendances[edit]
| Top 10 attendances[edit]
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Awards are presented for outstanding contributions and efforts to players and clubs in the week leading up to theSuper League Grand Final:[6]
Hull F.C.Hull F.C.Hull F.C.Wakefield Trinity WildcatsHull F.C.Warrington WolvesCastleford TigersHull F.C.2016 is the fifth and final year of a five-year contract with Sky Sports to televise 70 matches per season.[7] The deal is worth £90million.
Sky Sports coverage in the UK will see two live matches broadcast each week, usually at 8:00 pm on Thursday and Friday nights.[8]
Regular commentators will beEddie Hemmings andMike Stephenson with summarisers includingPhil Clarke,Brian Carney,Barrie McDermott andTerry O'Connor. Sky will broadcast highlights on Sunday nights onSuper League - Full Time at 10 p.m.
BBC Sport will broadcast a highlights programme called theSuper League Show, presented by Tanya Arnold. The BBC show two weekly broadcasts of the programme, the first to theBBC North West,Yorkshire,North East and Cumbria, andEast Yorkshire and Lincolnshire regions on Monday evenings at 11:35 p.m. onBBC One,[9] while a repeat showing is shown nationally onBBC Two on Tuesday afternoons at 1.30 p.m. TheSuper League Show is also available for one week after broadcast for streaming or download via theBBC iPlayer in the UK only.[10] End of season play-offs are shown on BBC Two across the whole country in a weekly highlights package on Sunday afternoons.[11]
Internationally, Super League is shown live or delayed onbeIN Sports (France),Showtime Sports (Middle East),Sky Sport (New Zealand),TV 2 Sport (Norway),Fox Soccer Plus (United States),Fox Sports (Australia) andSportsnet World (Canada).
BBC Coverage:
Commercial Radio Coverage:
All Super League commentaries on any station are available via the particular stations on-line streaming.
