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Super League XXVII
League	Super League
Duration	27 rounds
Teams	12
Matches played	162
Points scored	6,957
Highest attendance	60,783 Grand Final (24 September)
Lowest attendance	2,607 Salford Red Devils vs Catalans Dragons (17 July)
Average attendance	8,356
Attendance	1,353,785
Broadcast partners	Sky Sports Channel 4 BBC Sport (highlights) Fox League Fox Soccer Plus Sport Klub beIN Sports
2022 season
Champions	St Helens 10th Super League title 17th British title
League Leaders Shield	St Helens
Runners-up	Leeds Rhinos
Biggest home win	Salford Red Devils 74–10 Wakefield Trinity (26 June)
Biggest away win	Hull FC 6–60 St Helens (14 August)
Man of Steel	Brodie Croft
Top point-scorer(s)	Tommy Makinson (210)
Top try-scorer(s)	Bevan French (31)
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from Championship	Leigh Centurions
Relegated to Championship	Toulouse Olympique
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Super League XXVII, known as the 2022 Betfred Super League for sponsorship reasons, was the 27th season of the Super League and 128th season of rugby league in Great Britain.

The season commenced on 10 February 2022 and ended with the Grand Final on 24 September 2022.

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

For the first time in Super League, there were two French teams in the competition, as Toulouse Olympique were promoted from the Championship, by beating Featherstone Rovers in the 2021 Million Pound Game.

Toulouse were immediately relegated back to the Championship, following a 14–24 defeat at home to Catalans Dragons on 25 August, having only won 5 games from 25 they were rooted to the bottom of the table and with only 2 games of the regular season remaining and 4 points to play for, they could not catch Wakefield in 11th place.

On 15 July 2022, Bevan French broke the record for most tries scored in a Super League game, during Wigan Warriors 60–0 win over Hull FC, scoring seven tries. The previous record for most tries scored in a Super League game was held by Lesley Vainikolo, who scored six tries for Bradford Bulls - also against Hull - in 2005.

Teams

	Team	2021 position	Stadium	Capacity	City/Town
	Castleford Tigers (2022 season)	7th	The Mend-A-Hose Jungle	12,000	Castleford, West Yorkshire
L	Catalans Dragons (2022 season)	1st (play-off runners-up)	Stade Gilbert Brutus	13,000	Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
	Huddersfield Giants (2022 season)	9th	John Smith's Stadium	24,121	Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
	Hull FC (2022 season)	8th	MKM Stadium	25,400	Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
	Hull Kingston Rovers (2022 season)	6th	Sewell Group Craven Park Stadium	12,225	Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
	Leeds Rhinos (2022 season)	5th	Headingley Stadium	21,062	Leeds, West Yorkshire
	Salford Red Devils (2022 season)	11th	AJ Bell Stadium	12,000	Salford, Greater Manchester
C	St Helens (2022 season)	2nd (champions)	Totally Wicked Stadium	18,000	St Helens, Merseyside
P	Toulouse Olympique (2022 season)	Championship Winners and League Leaders	Stade Ernest-Wallon	19,500	Toulouse, Occitanie, France
	Wakefield Trinity (2022 season)	10th	Mobile Rocket Stadium	9,333	Wakefield, West Yorkshire
	Warrington Wolves (2022 season)	3rd	Halliwell Jones Stadium	15,200	Warrington, Cheshire
	Wigan Warriors (2022 season)	4th	DW Stadium	25,133	Wigan, Greater Manchester

Fixtures and results

Golden point extra time

If a match ends in a draw after 80 minutes, then a further 10 minutes of golden point extra time is played, to determine a winner (5 minutes each way). The first team to score either a try, penalty goal or drop goal during this period, will win the match. However, if there are no further scores during the additional 10 minutes period, then the match will end in a draw.

Game 1 (Leeds Rhinos v Huddersfield Giants)

The round 8 game between Leeds Rhinos and Huddersfield Giants on 14 April 2022, finished 20-all after 80 minutes. The game then went to extra time, which saw numerous drop goal attempts by both teams. Neither teams were able to score any points during the extra 10 minutes, which meant the match ended as a draw for the first time this season.

Game 2 (Wakefield Trinity v Hull FC)

The round 14 game between Wakefield Trinity and Hull FC on 5 June 2022, finished 18-all after 80 minutes. The game then went to extra time, which saw numerous drop goal attempts by both teams. Wakefield eventually won the match 19–18, with a drop goal from Jacob Miller.

Game 3 (Castleford Tigers v Catalans Dragons)

The round 16 game between Castleford Tigers and Catalans Dragons on 26 June 2022, finished 16-all after 80 minutes. The game then went to extra time, which saw numerous drop goal attempts by both teams. Castleford won the match 17–16, with a drop goal from Danny Richardson.

Game 4 (Wakefield Trinity v St Helens)

The round 20 game between Wakefield Trinity v St Helens on 24 July 2022, finished 12-all after 80 minutes. The game then went to extra time, which saw numerous drop goal attempts by both teams. St Helens won the match 13–12, with a drop goal from Jack Welsby.

Game 5 (Catalans Dragons v Leeds Rhinos)

The round 21 game between Catalans Dragons and Leeds Rhinos on 30 July 2022, finished 32-all after 80 minutes, despite Leeds trailing 6-30, and with only 12 men, the game then went to extra time, which saw numerous drop goal attempts by both teams. Leeds won the match 36–32, with a try from Aiden Sezer.

Game 6 (Huddersfield Giants v Wakefield Trinity)

The round 27 game between Huddersfield Giants and Wakefield Trinity on 2 September 2022, finished 14-all after 80 minutes, which saw numerous drop goal attempts by both teams. This was the third time that Wakefield had been taken to extra time, whilst this was Huddersfield's second. Huddersfield eventually won the match 16–14, with a penalty goal from Will Pryce.

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	St Helens (C, L)	27	21	0	6	674	374	+300	42	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Wigan Warriors	27	19	0	8	818	483	+335	38
3	Huddersfield Giants	27	17	1	9	613	497	+116	35	Advance to Elimination Finals
4	Catalans Dragons	27	16	0	11	539	513	+26	32
5	Leeds Rhinos	27	14	1	12	577	528	+49	29
6	Salford Red Devils	27	14	0	13	700	602	+98	28
7	Castleford Tigers	27	13	0	14	544	620	−76	26
8	Hull Kingston Rovers	27	12	0	15	498	608	−110	24
9	Hull FC	27	11	0	16	508	675	−167	22
10	Wakefield Trinity	27	10	0	17	497	648	−151	20
11	Warrington Wolves	27	9	0	18	568	664	−96	18
12	Toulouse Olympique (R)	27	5	0	22	421	745	−324	10	Relegated to the Championship

Play-offs

The top two teams in the regular season table (St Helens and Wigan Warriors) received byes to the semi-finals. The four teams who finish third to sixth contested the two elimination finals, with the winners of those two games moving on to the semi-finals.

Team bracket

	Eliminators					Semi-finals					Grand Final
						2	Wigan Warriors	8
	4	Catalans Dragons	10			5	Leeds Rhinos	20
	5	Leeds Rhinos	20								5	Leeds Rhinos	12
											1	St Helens	24
						1	St Helens	19
	3	Huddersfield Giants	0			6	Salford Red Devils	12
	6	Salford Red Devils	28

Summary

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time (Local)	Venue	Referee	Attendance
Eliminators
Catalans Dragons	14–20	Leeds Rhinos	9 September 2022, 20:00	Stade Gilbert Brutus	James Child	9,514
Huddersfield Giants	4–28	Salford Red Devils	10 September 2022, 13:00	John Smith's Stadium	Robert Hicks	6,327
Semi-finals
Wigan Warriors	12–20	Leeds Rhinos	16 September 2022, 20:00	DW Stadium	Liam Moore	12,777
St Helens	23–12	Salford Red Devils	17 September 2022, 13:00	Totally Wicked Stadium	Chris Kendall	12,357
Grand Final
St Helens	28–12	Leeds Rhinos	24 September 2022, 18:00	Old Trafford	Liam Moore	60,783

Player statistics

Top 10 try scorers Rank Player Club Tries 1 Bevan French Wigan Warriors 31 2 Ken Sio Salford Red Devils 26 3= Tommy Makinson St Helens 22 Liam Marshall Wigan Warriors 5= Fouad Yaha Catalans Dragons 20 Jai Field Wigan Warriors 7 Derrell Olpherts Castleford Tigers 18 8= Ash Handley Leeds Rhinos 17 Lewis Murphy Wakefield Trinity 9= Chris McQueen Huddersfield Giants 15 Joe Burgess Salford Red Devils Top 10 try assists Rank Player Club Assists 1 Jake Connor Hull FC 33 2 Tui Lolohea Huddersfield Giants 29 3= Brodie Croft Salford Red Devils 25 Jack Welsby St Helens 5 Jai Field Wigan Warriors 22 6= Ryan Brierley Salford Red Devils 21 Jacob Miller Wakefield Trinity 8 George Williams Warrington Wolves 20 9 Harry Smith Wigan Warriors 19 10 Jonny Lomax St Helens 18 Top 10 goal scorers Rank Player Club Goals Missed Goals Drop Goals Goal Percentage 1 Marc Sneyd Salford Red Devils 97 30 2 76% 2 Harry Smith Wigan Warriors 90 20 81% 3 Rhyse Martin Leeds Rhinos 78 0 79% 4= Tommy Makinson St Helens 66 34 65% Stefan Ratchford Warrington Wolves 64 11 84% 6 Chris Hankinson Toulouse Olympique 61 13 82% 7 Sam Tomkins Catalans Dragons 46 17 3 75% 8 Mason Lino Wakefield Trinity 45 15 1 78% 9= Gareth O'Brien Castleford Tigers 42 16 0 72% Will Pryce Huddersfield Giants 70% Top 10 points scorers Rank Player Club Points 1= Marc Sneyd Salford Red Devils 216 Tommy Makinson St Helens 3 Harry Smith Wigan Warriors 206 4 Rhyse Martin Leeds Rhinos 194 5 Chris Hankinson Toulouse Olympique 142 6 Stefan Ratchford Warrington Wolves 138 7 Bevan French Wigan Warriors 124 8 Sam Tomkins Catalans Dragons 105 9 Ken Sio Salford Red Devils 104 10 Gareth O'Brien Castleford Tigers 97

• Updated to games played on 2 September 2022 (Round 27)

Discipline

Red Cards Rank Player Club Red Cards 1 Cheyse Blair Castleford Tigers 1 Brad Martin Joe Chan Catalans Dragons Jordan Dezaria Gil Dudson Dylan Napa Will Pryce Huddersfield Giants Jake Connor Hull FC Luke Gale Ligi Sao James Bentley Leeds Rhinos Matt Prior Zane Tetevano Sione Matautia St Helens John Bateman Wigan Warriors Kaide Ellis Brad Singleton

Yellow Cards Rank Player Club Yellow Cards 1 Mitchell Pearce Catalans Dragons 4 2 Liam Watts Castleford Tigers 3 Connor Wynne Hull FC James Bentley Leeds Rhinos Jack Welsby St Helens 5 Bureta Faraimo Castleford Tigers 2 Mahe Fonua George Lawler Jack Cogger Huddersfield Giants Matt Prior Leeds Rhinos Bodene Thompson Ryan Lannon Salford Red Devils Morgan Knowles St Helens Curtis Sironen David Fifita Wakefield Trinity Joe Bullock Warrington Wolves Peter Mata'utia Updated to matches played on 14 August 2022 (Round 23)

Attendances

Club attendances Club Home Games Total Average Highest Lowest Castleford Tigers 13 98,058 7,542 10,500 5,672 Catalans Dragons 13 104,894 8,068 10,260 6,487 Huddersfield Giants 13 66,884 5,144 6,712 3,845 Hull FC 13 140,023 10,771 16,999 8,785 Hull KR 13 101,253 7,788 10,300 7,023 Leeds Rhinos 13 168,232 12,940 15,418 10,655 Salford Red Devils 13 58,888 4,529 6,041 2,607 St Helens 13 154,123 11,701 17,980 8,222 Toulouse Olympique 13 64,579 4,967 9,165 3,326 Wakefield Trinity 13 59,991 4,614 7,046 3,186 Warrington Wolves 13 115,083 8,852 10,476 8,102 Wigan Warriors 13 159,623 12,280 19,210 9,581 Updated to matches played on 3 September 2022 (Round 27)

Top 10 attendances Rank Home team Away team Stadium Attendance 1 Grand Final Old Trafford 60,783 2 Magic Weekend: Day 1 St James' Park 36,821 3 Magic Weekend: Day 2 25,333 4 Wigan Warriors St Helens DW Stadium 19,210 5 St Helens Wigan Warriors Totally Wicked Stadium 17,980 6 Hull FC Hull KR MKM Stadium 16,999 7 St Helens Warrington Wolves Totally Wicked Stadium 16,118 8 Leeds Rhinos Castleford Tigers Headingley 15,418 9 Leeds Rhinos Salford Red Devils 14,668 10 Wigan Warriors Toulouse Olympique DW Stadium 14,493 As of 24 September 2022

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. 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.

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.

The green card is only shown to a player, if the team doctor enters the field of play, without being invited by the match official.

End-of-season awards

The end of season awards took place on Tuesday 20 September, having originally being scheduled for the previous day but were moved as a mark of respect for the Queen's Funeral, which took place on Monday 19 September.

• Steve Prescott Man of Steel Winner:

Brodie Croft

• Coach of the year winner:

Matt Peet

• Top tackler: Danny Houghton (1,031 Tackles)
• Top Metre-maker: Ash Handley (3,646 Meters)
• Top Try Scorer: Bevan French (31)
• Top Try Assists: Jake Connor (33)
• Top Goal Kicker: Marc Sneyd (97 Goals & 2 Drop Goals)
• Top Points Scorer: Tommy Makinson (230)
• Young player of the year winner: Jack Welsby
• Spirit Of Super League: Peter Mata'utia

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 became the first Super League game to be shown live on British terrestrial television.

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