Super League XXVII

Super League XXVII, known as the Betfred Super League XXVII for sponsorship reasons, is the 27th season of the Super League and 128th season of rugby league in Great Britain.

Super League XXVII
LeagueSuper League
Duration27 rounds + playoffs
Teams12
Broadcast partners
2022 season

The 2022 season will start earlier than normal for there to be a break before the World Cup starts in October 2022. The season will commence on 10 February 2022 and will end with the Grand Final on 24 September 2022.[1]

St Helens are the reigning champions going into Super League XXVII, after successfully retaining their title, beating Catalans Dragons in the 2021 Grand Final.[2]

For the first time in Super League there will be two French teams in the competition as Toulouse Olympique won promotion by beating Featherstone Rovers in the 2021 Million Pound Game.[3]

Teams
Locations of Super League XXVII teams in England
Locations of Super League XXVII teams in France
Legend
  Reigning Champions
  Previous season League Leaders
  Promoted
Team 2021 Ladder Position Stadium Capacity City/Area
Castleford Tigers
(2022 season)		 7th The Mend-A-Hose Jungle 12,000[4] Castleford, West Yorkshire
  Catalans Dragons
(2022 season)		 1st (Play-off Runners-up) Stade Gilbert Brutus 13,000[5] Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
Huddersfield Giants
(2022 season)		 9th John Smith's Stadium 24,121[6] Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
Hull FC
(2022 season)		 8th KCOM Stadium 25,400[7] Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
Hull KR
(2022 season)		 6th Hull College Craven Park Stadium 12,225[8] Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
Leeds Rhinos
(2022 season)		 5th Emerald Headingley 21,062[9] Leeds, West Yorkshire
Salford Red Devils
(2022 season)		 11th AJ Bell Stadium 12,000[10] Salford, Greater Manchester
  St Helens
(2022 season)		 2nd (Champions) Totally Wicked Stadium 18,000[11] St Helens, Merseyside
  Toulouse Olympique
(2022 season)		 Championship Winners and League Leaders Stade Ernest-Wallon 19,500 Toulouse, France
Wakefield Trinity
(2022 season)		 10th Mobile Rocket Stadium 9,333[12] Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Warrington Wolves
(2022 season)		 3rd Halliwell Jones Stadium 15,200[13] Warrington, Cheshire
Wigan Warriors
(2022 season)		 4th DW Stadium 25,133[14] Wigan, Greater Manchester

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PP Pts PCT Qualification
1 Castleford Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 — League Leaders' Shield & advance to Semi-finals
2 Catalans Dragons 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 — Advance to Semi-finals
3 Huddersfield Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 —
4 Hull FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 —
5 Hull Kingston Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 —
6 Leeds Rhinos 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 —
7 Salford Red Devils 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 —
8 St. Helens 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 —
9 Toulouse Olympique 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 —
10 Wakefield Trinity 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 —
11 Warrington Wolves 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 —
12 Wigan Warriors 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 — Relegated to the Championship
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) win percentage; 2) points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded).


Fixtures and results
Main article: Super League XXVII results

Rule changes

The Rugby Football League (RFL) approved three rules changes for 2022. Scrums will be re-introduced, having been suspended as part of the game's COVID-19 response in 2020 and 2021. The ball steal law will revert to the 2020 rule where the ball can only be stolen in a one-on-one tackle and not during a multi-person tackle where the additional tacklers have peeled off the tackle before the steal. Finally, injured players will be required to leave the pitch for treatment, if possible, following complaints that stoppages for injury spoil the speed and flow of the game.[15]

Broadcasting

In the first season of a new UK TV rights deal, Sky Sports remained the principal live broadcaster but for a reduced fee and now on a non-exclusive basis; Channel 4 picked up the rights to show eight regular-season and two play-off matches (not the Grand Final) in a deal confirmed in November 2021. This is the first live rights deal signed between Super League and a British free-to-air network. BBC Sport retain highlights rights.

The match on Saturday 12 February 2022 between Leeds Rhinos and Warrington Wolves will be the first Super League game shown live on British terrestrial television.

References
  1. Shaw, Matthew (14 October 2021). "Super League start date 'confirmed' as Grand Final set to be moved forward". YorkshireLive. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  2. Hafez, Shamoon (9 October 2021). "Saints beat Catalans for three in a row". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  3. "Toulouse win promotion to Super League". BBC Sport. 10 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  4. "The Jungle (Wheldon Road)". castlefordtigers.com.
  5. "Stade Gilbert Brutus". catalan dragons.com.
  6. "Kirklees Stadium". johnsmithsstadium.com.
  7. "KCOM Stadium". kcomstadium.com/.
  8. "Craven Park, Hull". hullkr.co.uk.
  9. "Headingley Rugby Stadium". therhinos.co.uk. 14 December 2016.
  10. "AJ Bell Stadium". ajbellstadium.co.uk/.
  11. "Totally Wicked Stadium". saintsrlfc.com.
  12. "Belle Vue (Wakefield)". wakefieldtrinity.com.
  13. "Halliwell Jones Stadium". halliwelljonesstadium.co.uk/.
  14. "DW Stadium". dwstadium.com.
  15. "Scrums approved by RFL for 2022 return". BBC Sport. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
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