Super League Grand FinalThe Super League Grand Final is the championship-deciding game of rugby league's Super League competition. It is played between two teams who have qualified via the Super League play-offs. The winning team receives the Super League Trophy and goes on to play the NRL champions in the World Club Challenge. As of 2024, the Rob Burrow Award is awarded to the man of the match, replacing the Harry Sunderland Trophy.
Super League play-offsSince 1998, a play-off system has been used to determine the Super League champions. The format has changed over the years, starting with a play-off involving first five, then six teams, eight, four and currently back to six. The play-off series culminates in the Super League Grand Final. Use of a play-off system to decide the Championship brought back a rugby league tradition that had previously fallen out of use.Rugby Football League Championship First DivisionThe Rugby Football League Championship First Division was the top division of rugby league in Great Britain between 1895 and 1996, when it was replaced by the Super League.
Leeds RhinosRecordsChampionships11 (1961, 1969, 1972, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017)Challenge Cups14 (1910, 1923, 1932, 1936, 1941, 1942, 1957, 1968, 1977, 1978, 1999, 2014, 2015, 2020)World Club Challenges3 (2005, 2008, 2012)Other honours37Most capped625 – John HolmesHighest points scorer3,967 – Kevin SinfieldThe Leeds Rhinos are a professional rugby league club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
National Rugby LeagueThe National Rugby League (also known as the NRL Telstra Premiership for sponsorship reasons) is a professional rugby league competition in Oceania which is currently contested by 17 teams from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory, and New Zealand. Expansion teams based in Perth (Bears) and Papua New Guinea (Chiefs) are set to enter the competition in 2027 and 2028 respectively.
Rugby leagueRugby league football, commonly known as rugby league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 m (74 yd) wide and 112–122 m (122–133 yd) long with H-shaped posts at both ends. It is one of the two major codes of rugby football, the other being rugby union.
World Club ChallengeThe World Club Challenge is an annual rugby league competition between the winners of the Australian National Rugby League and the British Super League, for the de facto club world championship of the sport. Super League sides have won the competition 16 times with National Rugby League sides having 14 wins. The first such match was played in 1976, although this was not an official competitive game.British rugby league systemThe British rugby league system is based on a four-tier structure administered by the Rugby Football League.
Magic WeekendThe Magic Weekend (stylised as Magic WKND) is an annual event organised by the Rugby Football League in which an entire round of Super League matches is played over a weekend at a single stadium to promote the sport of rugby league. The event took place at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff in 2007 and 2008, and again in 2011.
Northern EnglandNorthern England, or the North of England, often referred to as simply the North, is the northern part of England and mainly corresponds to the historic counties of Cheshire, Cumberland, Durham, Lancashire, Northumberland, Westmorland and Yorkshire.St Helens R.F.C.St Helens R.F.C., commonly known as Saints, is a professional rugby league club in St Helens, Merseyside, England. Founded in 1873, the club is one of the oldest members of the Rugby Football League, and one of the most successful clubs in its history. The club plays their home games at the BrewDog Stadium and currently compete in Super League, the top tier of British rugby league system.
FranceCountry primarily in Western EuropeFrance, officially the French Republic, is a country primarily located in Western Europe. Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.