The Super League Dream Team is an annually-selected

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All Star Team consisting of the players deemed to have been the best in their respective positions in the

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competition. The team is selected by a panel of journalists and broadcasters at the end of each season. The inaugural Dream Team was selected in 1996, the competition's first season. The team is traditionally selected following the completion of the regular season, and so does not take play-off matches into account.

1996

* † indicates that year's Man of Steel.

1997

* † indicates that year's Man of Steel.

1998

* † indicates that year's Man of Steel.

1999

* † indicates that year's Man of Steel.

2000

* † indicates that year's Man of Steel.

2001

* † indicates that year's Man of Steel.

2002

* † indicates that year's Man of Steel.

2003

* † indicates that year's Man of Steel.

2004

* † indicates that year's Man of Steel.

2005

* † indicates that year's Man of Steel.

2006

* † indicates that year's Man of Steel.

2007

* † indicates that year's Man of Steel.

2008

* † indicates that year's Man of Steel.

2009

The 2009 Super League Dream Team was announced on 14 September 2009. * † indicates that year's Man of Steel.

2010

On 6 September 2010, the Dream Team of

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was announced. The team boasted four players from league leaders

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; including first appearances for

Pat Richards Pat Richards (born 27 February 1982) is a former professional rugby league footballer. An Ireland international er, he played in the National Rugby League for Sydney clubs the Parramatta Eels and the Wests Tigers, with whom he won the 2005 NRL ...

Sean O'Loughlin Sean O'Loughlin (born 24 November 1982) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played as a loose forward for and captained the Wigan Warriors in the Super League, and has also played for Great Britain and England at int ...

and

Joel Tomkins Joel Andrew Tomkins (born 21 March 1987) is a former English professional rugby league footballer who last played forward for the Catalans Dragons in the Betfred Super League, and has played for England at international level. He has previous ...

, with the latter's brother Sam appearing for the second successive year. Three players came from second and third placed St. Helens and

Warrington Wolves The Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league club based in Warrington, England, that competes in the Super League. They play rugby at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, having moved there from Wilderspool in 2004. Founded as Warrington Z ...

; those being

Paul Wellens Paul Simon Wellens (born 27 February 1980) is an English professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of St Helens in the Betfred Super League and a former professional rugby league footballer. A Great Britain and England interna ...

James Roby James William Mark Roby (born 22 November 1985) is an English professional rugby league footballer who captains and plays as a for St Helens in the Super League, and for Great Britain and England at international level. He has played his ent ...

and James Graham (St Helens) and

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Ben Westwood Ben Westwood (born 25 July 1981) is an English former rugby league footballer who played as a or in the Betfred Super League. He played for England and the England Knights at international level. He previously played for the Wakefield Trin ...

(Warrington). Two players, left wing partnership

Keith Senior Keith Andrew Senior (born 24 April 1976) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Sheffield Eagles and the Leeds Rhinos in the Super League. A Great Britain and England international representative , he is co ...

and Ryan Hall, were selected from

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, and the team was completed by Michael Dobson of

Hull Kingston Rovers Hull Kingston Rovers are a professional rugby league club based in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England, that competes in the Super League, the top tier of British rugby league. The club has won five league championships, and one Challeng ...

. Only three of the thirteen (Richards, King and Dobson) in 2010 were imports, one of whom (Richards) had switched his allegiance to

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in 2008. 2010 also proved to be the first time a set of brothers (the Tomkins') have appeared in the same Dream Team. * † indicates that year's Man of Steel.

2011

* † indicates that year's Man of Steel.

2012

On 10 September 2012, the Dream Team for

Super League XVII The 2012 Super League season (known as the ''Stobart Super League XVII'') was the 17th season of rugby league football since the Super League format was introduced in 1996. Fourteen teams competed for the League Leaders' Shield over 27 rounds (in ...

was announced. The team consisted of six players from league leaders

, three from league runners-up

, two from

Catalans Dragons The Catalans Dragons ( French: ''Dragons Catalans'', Catalan: ''Dracs Catalans'') are a professional rugby league club from Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales department, France. The team competes in the Super League and are the only team from ...

and one each from

St Helens R.F.C. St Helens R.F.C. is a professional rugby league club in St Helens, Merseyside who compete in the Super League, the top tier for rugby league in Great Britain. They are the current Champions, having won the last 4 consecutive titles, and becom ...

and

Super League XVI The 2011 Super League season (known as the Engage Super League XVI for sponsorship reasons) was the 16th season of rugby league football since the Super League format was introduced in 1996. Fourteen teams competed for the League Leaders' Shield o ...

winners

. Six players (

Ryan Atkins Ryan Atkins (born 7 October 1985) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for York City Knights in the Betfred Championship and formerly England at international level. He previously played for the Bradford Bu ...

, Rémi Casty,

Josh Charnley Joshua Charnley (born 26 June 1991) is an English international professional rugby league footballer who plays on the for the Leigh Leopards in the Super League. He previously played for the Warrington Wolves and Wigan Warriors, with whom he w ...

Brett Finch Brett John Finch (born 20 August 1981) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. A New South Wales State of Origin representative half back, he played in the National Rugby League for Austra ...

, Chris Hill and

Gareth Hock Gareth Hock (born Gareth Charnock; 5 September 1983) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played as a or for the Leigh Centurions in the Betfred Championship. He has represented Great Britain and England at internat ...

) make their debuts in the Dream Team, while three players (

Sam Tomkins Sam Tomkins (born 23 March 1989) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a and occasional for the Catalans Dragons in the Betfred Super League and England at international level. He is the two time and current and r ...

and

) have been selected for the fourth time with Tomkins being selected four years in a row. * † indicates that year's Man of Steel.

2013

On 9 September 2013, the

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Dream Team was announced at

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. The team was virtually made up of

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players with

Danny Brough Danny Brough (born 15 January 1983) is a Scottish former professional rugby league footballer who played as a or . Brough started his professional career in 2002 with Dewsbury Rams in the second tier before moving to York City Knights a year ...

who now represents

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at international level, although was born in

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. Brough was also one of five

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players in the Dream Team, which acknowledges the club winning the

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. The other Huddersfield players being

Eorl Crabtree Eorl Crabtree (born 2 October 1982) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. He played at representative level for England, and at club level in the Super League for the Huddersfield Giants, ...

Leroy Cudjoe Leroy Cudjoe (born 7 April 1988) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Huddersfield Giants in the Betfred Super League. A product of the Huddersfield academy system, he also captained Huddersfield as well a ...

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and Shaun Lunt.

have four players, three of which,

and

, being the only members of the 2012 Dream Team to be selected in 2013 with Tomkins now selected in the Dream Team five years in a row. The other Wigan player selected was Matty Smith The remainder of the Dream Team consists of two players from

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(

Ben Crooks Ben Crooks (born 15 June 1993) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a or er for the Keighley Cougars in the RFL Championship, Betfred Championship. Crooks has previously played for Hull Kingston Rovers and Hull F.C ...

and

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) and one each from

(

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) and

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(

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), who are the only team to have a player in the Dream Team but not involved in the play-offs. Despite finishing second in the table, no players from

were selected. * † indicates that year's Man of Steel.

2014

The first Dream Team to be made up of entirely English players. This is the first time since 2010 that

does not make an appearance and a debut for

Zak Hardaker Zak Alexander Hardaker (born 17 October 1991) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a or for the Leigh Leopards in the Super League. He has played for the England Knights, England and Great Britain at international l ...

Tommy Makinson Tommy Makinson (born 10 October 1991) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a er for St Helens in the Betfred Super League and England at international level. He spent time on loan from St Helens at the Rochdale Horn ...

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Kallum Watkins Kallum Paul Watkins (born 12 March 1991) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a or forward for the Salford Red Devils in the Betfred Super League and England at international level. He previously played for the Lee ...

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and

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makes a record tenth appearance. * † indicates that year's Man of Steel.

2015

made a record and 11th and final appearance. * † indicates that year's Man of Steel.

2016

The 2016 Dream Team featured nine players making their first appearance.Six of the best for Hull FC
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2017

The 2017 Dream Team featured eight players making their first appearance. Six players selected from League Leaders Castleford Tigers.

2018

The 2018 Dream Team featured eight players making their first appearance. Seven players selected from League Leaders St Helens. * † indicates that year's Man of Steel.

2019

The 2019 Dream Team featured nine players making their first appearance. League Leaders and Champions St Helens had the most players for any one team with five * † indicates that year's Man of Steel.

2020

The 2020 season was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The team was selected based on the Man of Steel points totals. St Helens had the most players of any team with three as players from eight different clubs were chosen. * † indicates that year's Man of Steel.

2021

Second place St Helens and League Leaders Catalans Dragons dominate this years dream team with 5 and 4 selections respectively. Sam Tomkins returns after an 8 year absence, Hull K.R. have their first representative in a decade and Liam Farrell, Alex Walmsley and Johnny Lomax all retain their places from last year. * † indicates that year's Man of Steel.

2022

The 2022 Super League dream team was dominated by the North West clubs with League Leaders St Helens having 4 players, as well as 2nd placed Wigan and 6th placed Salford having 3 players each. Six players make their first appearance whilst Ken Sio, Jack Welsby, Alex Walmsley, Liam Farrell, and Morgan Knowles retain their places from last year. Bevan French makes his first appearance since 2020 and James Roby makes his first appearance since 2018. * † indicates that year's Man of Steel.

Appearances by club and country

To date, 17 different clubs have seen players appear in the Dream Team. 14 different countries have seen players appear in the Dream Team.

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are the latest country to see a player appear with

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making the team in 2019 for St. Helens.

Players who have made at least five appearances

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See also

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