Super League XXVII

Super League XXVII
League	Super League
Duration	27 rounds + playoffs
Teams	12
Matches played	28
Points scored	2,183
Highest attendance	16,118 St Helens v Warrington Wolves (11 March 2022)
Lowest attendance	4,003 Salford Red Devils v Toulouse Olympique (19 February 2022)
Average attendance	8,561
Attendance	205,464
Broadcast partners	Sky Sports BBC Sport Channel 4 SLTV Fox League Fox Soccer Plus Sport Klub beIN Sports
2022 season
Biggest home win	Huddersfield Giants 34–2 Salford Red Devils (6 March 2022)
Biggest away win	Hull KR 8–42 St Helens (4 March 2022)
Top try-scorer(s)	Josh Charnley (8)
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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.

The 2022 season started earlier than normal for there to be a break before the World Cup starts in October 2022. The season commenced 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[]

Wigan

Salford

St. Helens

Warrington

Hull

Hull KR

Castleford

Huddersfield

Leeds

Wakefield

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Locations of Super League XXVII teams in England

Catalans

Toulouse

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Locations of Super League XXVII teams in France

	Team	2021 position	Stadium	Capacity	City/Town
	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 ()	9th	John Smith's Stadium	24,121[6]	Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
	Hull FC ()	8th	KCOM Stadium	25,400[7]	Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
	Hull KR ()	6th	Hull College Craven Park Stadium	12,225[8]	Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
	Leeds Rhinos ()	5th	Headingley Stadium	21,062[9]	Leeds, West Yorkshire
	Salford Red Devils ()	11th	AJ Bell Stadium	12,000[10]	Salford, Greater Manchester
	St Helens ()	2nd (Champions)	Totally Wicked Stadium	18,000[11]	St Helens, Merseyside
	Toulouse Olympique ()	Championship Winners and League Leaders	Stade Ernest-Wallon	19,500	Toulouse, Occitanie, France
	Wakefield Trinity ()	10th	Mobile Rocket Stadium	9,333[12]	Wakefield, West Yorkshire
	Warrington Wolves ()	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 v	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	St. Helens	6	5	0	1	176	50	+126	10	League Leaders' Shield & advance to Semi-finals
2	Catalans Dragons	6	5	0	1	112	82	+30	10	Advance to Semi-finals
3	Wigan Warriors	6	5	0	1	141	112	+29	10
4	Huddersfield Giants	5	4	0	1	150	74	+76	8
5	Hull FC	5	3	0	2	127	107	+20	6
6	Warrington Wolves	6	3	0	3	130	138	−8	6
7	Salford Red Devils	6	3	0	3	124	148	−24	6
8	Wakefield Trinity	6	2	0	4	112	122	−10	4
9	Hull Kingston Rovers	6	2	0	4	92	136	−44	4
10	Leeds Rhinos	6	1	0	5	90	141	−51	2
11	Castleford Tigers	6	1	0	5	115	180	−65	2
12	Toulouse Olympique	6	1	0	5	100	179	−79	2	Relegated to the Championship

Fixtures and results[]

Player statistics[]

Top 10 try scorers[] Rank Player Club Tries 1 Josh Charnley Warrington Wolves 4 2 Derrell Olpherts Castleford Tigers 3 3= Jake Wardle Huddersfield Giants 2 Tommy Makinson St Helens Jake Bibby Wigan Warriors Liam Marshall 7 35 Players 1 Try Each Top 10 try assists[] Rank Player Club Assists 1 Tui Lolohea Huddersfield Giants 4 2 Cade Cust Wigan Warriors 3 3= Tony Gigot Catalans Dragons 2 Brad Dwyer Leeds Rhinos Stefan Ratchford Warrington Wolves Top 10 goal scorers[] Rank Player Club Goals Missed Goals Drop Goals Goal Percentage 1 Stefan Ratchford Warrington Wolves 8 2 0 80% 2 Marc Sneyd Salford Red Devils 7 0 0 100% 3 Oliver Russell Huddersfield Giants 6 1 0 85% 4 Rhyse Martin Leeds Rhinos 4 0 0 100% 5= Danny Richardson Castleford Tigers 2 1 0 66% Sam Tomkins Catalans Dragons 0 0 100% Luke Gale Hull FC 1 0 66% Lewis Dodd St Helens 4 0 33% Max Jowitt Wakefield Trinity 0 0 100% Top 10 points scorers[] Rank Player Club Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Discipline[]

Red Cards[] Rank Player Club Red Cards 1 Brad Martin Castleford Tigers 1 Jordan Dezaria Catalans Dragons Dylan Napa Jake Connor Hull FC Luke Gale James Bentley Leeds Rhinos Kaide Ellis Wigan Warriors

Yellow Cards[] Rank Player Club Yellow Cards 1 Bureta Faraimo Castleford Tigers 2 1 Liam Watts Castleford Tigers 1 Gil Dudson Catalans Dragons Mitchell Pearce Chris Hill Huddersfield Giants Connor Wynne Hull FC Brad Dwyer Leeds Rhinos Liam Tindall Marc Sneyd Salford Red Devils Morgan Knowles St Helens Curtis Sironen David Fifita Wakefield Trinity Oliver Holmes Warrington Wolves Updated to matches played on 26 February 2022 (Round 3)

Attendances[]

Club attendances Club Home Games Total Average Highest Lowest Castleford Tigers 2 20,572 10,286 10,500 10,072 Catalans Dragons 1 7,623 7,623 7,623 7,623 Huddersfield Giants 2 11,446 5,723 5,724 5,702 Hull FC 2 22,754 11,377 12,673 10,081 Hull KR 3 23,382 7,794 9,044 7,119 Leeds Rhinos 2 24,790 12,395 14,135 10,655 Salford Red Devils 1 4,003 4,003 4,003 4,003 St Helens 2 23,469 11,734 13,108 10,361 Toulouse Olympique 3 15,591 5,197 5,466 4,887 Wakefield Trinity 2 11,188 5,594 6,148 5,040 Warrington Wolves 2 17,763 8,881 9,295 8,468 Wigan Warriors 2 22,866 11,433 12,575 10,291

Top 10 attendances Rank Home club Away club Stadium Attendance 1 Leeds Rhinos Warrington Wolves Headingley 14,135 2 St Helens Catalans Dragons Totally Wicked Stadium 13,108 3 Hull FC St Helens MKM Stadium 12,673 4 Wigan Warriors Leeds Rhinos DW Stadium 12,575 5 Leeds Rhinos Catalans Dragons Headingley 10,655 6 Leeds Rhinos Salford Red Devils The Mend-A-Hose Jungle 10,500 7 St Helens Wakefield Trinity Totally Wicked Stadium 10,361 8 Wigan Warriors Huddersfield Giants DW Stadium 10,291 9 Hull FC Salford Red Devils MKM Stadium 10,081 10 Castleford Tigers Hull FC The Mend-A-Hose Jungle 10,072

Steve Prescott Man of Steel[]

Rank	Player	Club	Points
1	Jai Field	Wigan Warriors	6
2	Danny Levi	Huddersfield Giants	5
3=	Marc Sneyd	Salford Red Devils	4
	Sione Mata'utia	St Helens
6=	Sam Tomkins	Catalans Dragons	3
	Luke Yates	Huddersfield Giants
	Ken Sio	Salford Red Devils
	Alex Walmsley	St Helens
	Joe Batchelor
	Peter Mata'utia	Warrington Wolves

• As of Round 2 (20 February 2022)

Awards are presented for outstanding contributions and efforts to players and clubs in the week leading up to the Super League Grand Final

6 points are split between 3 players, with 1st place getting 3 points, 2nd getting 2 points, and 3rd getting 1 point.

Rule changes[]

The Rugby Football League (RFL) approved three rules changes for 2022. On 20 January 2022, The RFL confirmed that scrums will return to all competitions, including the Championship and League 1, having been suspended as part of the game's COVID-19 response in 2020 and 2021.^[15] Scrums are only being reintroduced for errors (knock-on, forward pass or accidental offside) in the first four tackles of a set. Other cases, where previously a scrum would have been awarded, for example - ball into touch on the full, ball kicked or passed into touch, incorrect play the ball; will result in a handover.^[16]

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. On 28 January, the RFL introduced new laws for the 2022 season, including the "green card", whereas if play is stopped due to a player needing attention, they must then either be substituted, leave the field for a concussion test, or wait on the sideline for 2 minutes before returning.^[17]

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.

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