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2024 Super League season
LeagueSuper League
Duration27 Rounds
Teams12
Matches played119
Points scored4,598
Highest attendance20,152
(12 July)
Lowest attendance1,900
(4 August)
Average attendance9,043
Attendance1,076,091
Broadcast partners
2024 Season
Biggest home winSt Helens 58–0 Hull FC
(19 April)
Biggest away winCastleford Tigers
  • 4–60
St Helens
(10 May)
Top point-scorer(s)Marc Sneyd (145)



Top goal scorer = Marc Sneyd (67)
Top try-scorer(s)Liam Marshall (20)
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

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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

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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

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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 2024 Super League teams in Greater London
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Locations of 2024 Super League teams in France
Team 2023 position Grading[6] Stadium
(Capacity) 		City/Town
Castleford Tigers
(2024 season) 		11th B Mend-A-Hose 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 Brick Community Stadium

(25,133)[16]

Wigan, Greater Manchester

Fixtures and results

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Main article: 2024 Super League season results

Matches decided by golden point

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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)

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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

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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

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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.

Table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Hull KR 20 15 0 5 503 258 +245 30 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Wigan Warriors 19 15 0 4 497 260 +237 30
3 Warrington Wolves 20 14 0 6 502 265 +237 28 Advance to Eliminators
4 Salford Red Devils 20 13 0 7 377 382 −5 26
5 St Helens 20 12 0 8 501 262 +239 24
6 Catalans Dragons 20 12 0 8 375 286 +89 24
7 Leeds Rhinos 20 10 0 10 371 364 +7 20
8 Leigh Leopards 19 9 1 9 392 286 +106 19
9 Huddersfield Giants 20 7 0 13 350 455 −105 14
10 Castleford Tigers 20 6 1 13 336 523 −187 13
11 Hull FC (U) 20 3 0 17 274 612 −338 6
12 London Broncos (U) 20 2 0 18 210 735 −525 4
Updated to match(es) played on 4 August 2024. Source: [1]
(U) Unable to qualify for the playoffs

Player statistics

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Top 10 try scorers

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Rank Player (s) Club Tries
1 England Liam Marshall Wigan Warriors 20
2 England Ash Handley Leeds Rhinos 14
England Josh Charnley Leigh Leopards
Australia Matt Dufty Warrington Wolves
5 Ireland Innes Senior Huddersfield Giants 13
England Mikey Lewis Hull KR
7 New Zealand Peta Hiku 12
England Jack Welsby St Helens
9 England Adam Swift Huddersfield Giants 11
Australia Bevan French Wigan Warriors

Top 10 goal scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals Missed Goals Drop Goals Goal Percentage %
1 England Marc Sneyd Salford Red Devils 67 9 3 88%
2 France Arthur Mourgue Catalans Dragons 59 0
3 Papua New Guinea Rhyse Martin Leeds Rhinos 57 14 80%
4 England Mark Percival St Helens 53 19 73%
5 England Mikey Lewis Hull KR 44 15 75%
6 Australia Matt Moylan Leigh Leopards 40 13
7 England Stefan Ratchford Warrington Wolves 39 6 87%
8 England Rowan Milnes Huddersfield Giants 38 13 75%
9 Australia Adam Keighran Wigan Warriors 37 4 90%
10 England Josh Thewlis Warrington Wolves 35 10 80%
England Harry Smith Wigan Warriors 13 1 73%

Top 10 points scorers

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Rank Player Club Points
1 England Marc Sneyd Salford Red Devils 145
2 England Mikey Lewis Hull KR 140
3 France Arthur Mourgue Catalans Dragons 138
4 Papua New Guinea Rhyse Martin Leeds Rhinos 134
5 England Mark Percival St Helens 126
6 England Josh Thewlis Warrington Wolves 106
7 Australia Matt Moylan Leigh Leopards 100
8 England Rowan Milnes Huddersfield Giants 96
9 Australia Adam Keighran Wigan Warriors 94
10 England Stefan Ratchford Warrington Wolves 90

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

Discipline

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Attendances

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References

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  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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