2024 Super League season explained

2024 Super League season
League:Super League
Pixels:200
Duration:27 Rounds
No Of Teams:12
Highest Attendance:30,810
Lowest Attendance:1,900
Tv:
Biggest Home Win:St Helens Hull FC
Biggest Away Win:Castleford Tigers St Helens
Matches:132
League Leaders Name:League Leaders Shield
Season:2024 Season
Season Champ Name:Champions
Mvp Link:Man of Steel AwardsMan of Steel
Top Scorer:Mikey Lewis (156)


Top goal scorer = Marc Sneyd (71)

Top Try Scorer:Liam Marshall (22)
Membership Type:Grading
Join Method:Elevated
Leave Reason:Demoted
Prevseason Link:2023 Super League season
Prevseason Year:2023
Nextseason Link:2025 Super League season
Nextseason Year:2025

Super League XXIX, known as the 2024 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]

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.

width=150Team2023 positionGrading[6] Stadium
(Capacity)
City/Town
Castleford Tigers
(2024 season)
11thBMend-A-Hose Jungle (12,000)[7] Castleford, West Yorkshire
Catalans Dragons
(2024 season)
2nd (Runner-up)AStade Gilbert Brutus (13,000)[8] Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
Huddersfield Giants
(2024 season)
9thBJohn Smith's Stadium(24,121)[9] Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
Hull FC
(2024 season)
10thAMKM Stadium (25,400)[10] Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
Hull Kingston Rovers
(2024 season)
4th (Eliminated in Semi final)ASewell Group Craven Park (12,225)[11] Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
Leeds Rhinos
(2024 season)
8thAHeadingley Rugby Stadium(21,062)[12] Leeds, West Yorkshire
Leigh Leopards
(2024 season)
5th (Eliminated in Eliminator play off)BLeigh Sports Village (11,000)Leigh, Greater Manchester
London Broncos
(2024 season)
5th in Championship, PromotedBCherry Red Records Stadium (9,215)Wimbledon, London
Salford Red Devils
(2024 season)
7thBSalford Community Stadium (12,000)[13] Salford, Greater Manchester
St Helens
(2024 season)
3rd (Eliminated in Semi final)ATotally Wicked Stadium (18,000)[14] St Helens, Merseyside
Warrington Wolves
(2024 season)
6th (Eliminated in Eliminator play off)AHalliwell Jones Stadium(15,200)[15] Warrington, Cheshire
  Wigan Warriors
(2024 season)
1st (Champions)ABrick Community Stadium(25,133)[16] Wigan, Greater Manchester

Fixtures and results

See main article: 2024 Super League season results.

Matches decided by golden point

See also: 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.

Game 1 (Leigh Leopards v Castleford Tigers)

The round 10 game between Leigh Leopards and Castleford Tigers on 4 May 2024, finished 28–28 after 80 minutes, after Castleford scored a last minute try to level the scores. The game then went to extra time, with the only real chance coming in the 8th added minute, as Matt Moylan's drop goal attempt hit the post. Neither team could score any points, so the game ended as a draw.

Game 2 (Leeds Rhinos v London Broncos

The round 16 game between Leeds Rhinos and London Broncos on 6 July 2024, finished 16–16 after 80 minutes, after Leeds scored a late try to level the scores. The game then went to extra time, with the only chance coming in the 4th added minute, as Brodie Croft kicked the winning drop goal to win the match for Leeds 17–16.

Game 3 (Hull KR v Catalans Dragons

The round 16 fixture between Hull Kingston Rovers and Catalans Dragons on 6 July 2024, finished 14–14 after 80 minutes, as Rovers kicked a late penalty goal to level the scores.The game then went to extra time, but neither team could score any points during the first period. With less than 3 minutes of the second period remaining, Theo Fages kicked the winning drop goal to win the match for Catalans 15–14.

Game 4 (St Helens v Salford Red Devils

The round 21 fixture between St Helens and Salford Red Devils on 8 August 2024, finished 16–16 after 80 minutes.The game then went to extra time, With Moses Mbye kicking the winning drop goal, to win the game for St Helens 17-16.

Player statistics

Top 10 try scorers

RankPlayer (s)ClubTries
120
Rowspan=32 Ash HandleyRowspan=314
Matt Dufty
Rowspan=25 Innes SeniorRowspan=213
Mikey LewisRowspan=2
Rowspan=27Rowspan=212
St Helens
Rowspan=29Rowspan=211

Top 10 goal scorers

Rank PlayerClubGoalsMissed GoalsDrop GoalsGoal Percentage %
1 Marc Sneyd67Rowspan=293Rowspan=288%
259Rowspan=90
3571480%
4531973%
5 Hull KR4415Rowspan=275%
64013
739687%
8381375%
937490%
Rowspan=210Rowspan=2351080%
Harry Smith Wigan Warriors13173%

Top 10 points scorers

Rank PlayerClubPoints
1145
2140
3138
4 Rhyse Martin Leeds Rhinos134
5126
6106
7 Matt Moylan Leigh Leopards100
896
994
1090

Updated to match(es) played on 4 August 2024 (Round 20)

Discipline

Red cards

RankPlayerClub Cards
Rowspan=21Rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"2
Rowspan=122Rowspan=2 Castleford Tigers1
Rowspan=2 Catalans Dragons
Franklin Pele
St Helens
Liam ByrneRowspan=2 Wigan Warriors
Adam Keighran

Yellow cards

RankPlayerClub Yellow cards
13
Rowspan=101 Tom BriscoeRowspan=2 Hull FCRowspan=10 style="text-align:center"2
Ligi Sao
Peta Hiku
John AsiataRowspan=2 Leigh Leopards
Brad Dwyer
Amir Bourouh
Tyler Dupree Rowspan=2 Wigan Warriors
Harry Smith

Attendances

Club attendances

ClubHome GamesTotalAverageHighest Lowest
Castleford Tigers 10 10,170 6,965
Catalans Dragons 11 10,728 7,750
8 6,812 4,102
Hull FC 9 20,014 5,771
Hull KR 9 10,500 9,524
Leeds Rhinos 10 17,535 12,297
Leigh Leopards 9 10,308 6,677
London Broncos9 5,102 2,050
10 6,177 2,843
St Helens 10 17,980 9,808
10 12,182 8,471
Wigan Warriors 7 20,152 13,029

Top 10 attendances

Rank Home team Away team Stadium Attendance
1 20,152
2 20,014
3 17,980
4 17,535
5 16,053
6 15,764
7 15,392
8 15,357
9 15,284
10 15,126

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wigan seal 6th super league title with win over Catalans. 14 October 2023. BBC Sport.
  2. Web site: London Broncos promoted to super league. 15 October 2023. BBC Sport.
  3. Web site: Launching SuperLeague+ . Super League . 25 January 2024 . 23 January 2024.
  4. Web site: 2024 Fixtures Released . Super League . 25 January 2024 . 23 November 2023.
  5. News: Super League: BBC to show live games for first time after signing three-year broadcast deal . 7 February 2024 . 10 February 2024 . BBC Sport.
  6. Web site: Seven Betfred Super League clubs awarded Grade A status . Rugby-League.com . 28 February 2024 . 25 October 2023.
  7. Web site: The Jungle (Wheldon Road) . castlefordtigers.com.
  8. Web site: Stade Gilbert Brutus. catalan dragons.com.
  9. Web site: Kirklees Stadium . johnsmithsstadium.com.
  10. Web site: KCOM Stadium . kcomstadium.com/.
  11. Web site: Craven Park, Hull . hullkr.co.uk.
  12. Web site: Headingley Rugby Stadium . therhinos.co.uk. 14 December 2016 .
  13. Web site: AJ Bell Stadium . ajbellstadium.co.uk/.
  14. Web site: Totally Wicked Stadium . saintsrlfc.com.
  15. Web site: Halliwell Jones Stadium . halliwelljonesstadium.co.uk/.
  16. Web site: DW Stadium . wiganwarriors.com.