This is a list of the 2010 Super League season results.

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is the top-flight

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competition in the

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and

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. The 2010 season started on 29 January, when

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played their rearranged round 4 fixture against

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, and will end on 2 October with the

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. The 2010 Super League season consisted of two stages. The regular season was played over 27 round-robin fixtures, in which each of the fourteen teams involved in the competition played each other once at

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and once away, as well as their

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fixtures played over the

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. In Super League XV, a win was worth two points in the table, a draw worth one point apiece, and a loss yielded no points. The league leaders at the end of the regular season received the

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, but the Championship will be decided through the second stage of the season—the

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. The top eight teams in the table contested to play in the

, the winners of which are crowned Super League XV Champions.

Regular season

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Table

Progression table

* Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8 * Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round * Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round

Play-offs

The 2010 Super League play-offs take place in September and October 2010. They decided which two teams will play in the

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Format

Super League has used a play-off system since

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in 1998. When introduced, 5 teams qualified for the play-offs, which was subsequently expanded to 6 teams in 2002. The 2010 season will follow the same format as the 2009 season. Following the final round of matches, all eight play-off teams will be decided. The winning team from week one with the highest League placing will be allowed to select their opponents for week three. Except this choosing opportunity, the new format follows the play-off system of the Australian Football League.

Qualifying and Elimination Finals

Preliminary Semi-Finals

Semi-finals

* St Helens as highest ranked qualifying final winner chose their semi-final opponents from the winners of the Preliminary Semi-Finals, picking Huddersfield Giants. This was St Helens' final game at Knowsley Road before moving to

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in 2011, and to New St Helens Stadium in 2012 * Leeds, the second highest ranked Qualifying Final winner, faced the other Preliminary Semi-Final winner, Wigan Warriors

Grand final

Notes

A. Rearranged fixture to allow

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to play their friendly fixture against

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, which coincided with round 3
B. Rearranged fixture to allow

to play their

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fixture against Melbourne Storm, which coincided with round 4

References

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