| Super League XXVII | |
| League: | Super League |
| Pixels: | 200 |
| Duration: | 27 rounds |
| No Of Teams: | 12 |
| Highest Attendance: | 60,783 Grand Final |
| Lowest Attendance: | 2,607 Salford Red Devils vs Catalans Dragons ( |
| Attendance: | 1,353,785 |
| Avg Attendance: | 8,356 |
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| Biggest Home Win: | 74–10 Wakefield Trinity (26 June) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Hull FC 6–60 St Helens (14 August) |
| Matches: | 162 |
| Points: | 6,957 |
| League Leaders: | St Helens |
| League Leaders Name: | League Leaders Shield |
| Season: | 2022 season |
| Season Champs: | St Helens 10th Super League title 17th British title |
| Season Champ Name: | Champions |
| Second Place: | Leeds Rhinos |
| Mvp Link: | Man of Steel AwardsMan of Steel |
| Top Scorer: | Tommy Makinson (210) |
| Top Try Scorer: |  Bevan French (31) |
| Promote: | Leigh Centurions |
| Promote From: | Championship |
| Relegate: | Toulouse Olympique |
| Relegate To: | Championship |
| Prevseason Link: | Super League XXVI |
| Prevseason Year: | 2021 |
| Nextseason Link: | Super League XXVIII |
| Nextseason Year: | 2023 |
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.[1]
St Helens were 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 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.[3]
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.[4] 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.
| Legend | ||
|---|---|---|
| C | Reigning Champions | |
| L | Previous season League Leaders | |
| P | Promoted | |
See main article: Super League XXVII results.
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.
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.[16]
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.[17]
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.[18]
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.[19]
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.[20]
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.[21]
See also: 2022 Super League Grand Final. 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.
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date and Time (Local) | Venue | Referee | Attendance | ||||||
| Eliminators | |||||||||
| align=left | Catalans Dragons | 14–20 | align=left | Leeds Rhinos | 9 September 2022, 20:00 | Stade Gilbert Brutus | James Child | 9,514 | |
| align=left | Huddersfield Giants | 4–28 | align=left | Salford Red Devils | 10 September 2022, 13:00 | John Smith's Stadium | Robert Hicks | 6,327 | |
| Semi-finals | |||||||||
| align=left | Wigan Warriors | 12–20 | align=left | 16 September 2022, 20:00 | DW Stadium | Liam Moore | 12,777 | ||
| align=left | St Helens | 23–12 | align=left | Salford Red Devils | 17 September 2022, 13:00 | Totally Wicked Stadium | Chris Kendall | 12,357 | |
| Grand Final | |||||||||
| align=left | St Helens | 28–12 | align=left | Leeds Rhinos | 24 September 2022, 18:00 | Old Trafford | Liam Moore | 60,783 | |
| Rank | Player | Club | Tries | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bevan French | Wigan Warriors | 31 | ||
| 2 | Ken Sio | Salford Red Devils | 26 | ||
| Rowspan=2 | 3= | Tommy Makinson | St Helens | Rowspan=2 | 22 |
| Liam Marshall | Wigan Warriors | ||||
| Rowspan=2 | 5= |  Fouad Yaha | Catalans Dragons | Rowspan=2 | 20 |
| Jai Field | Wigan Warriors | ||||
| 7 | Derrell Olpherts | Castleford Tigers | 18 | ||
| Rowspan=2 | 8= | Ash Handley | Leeds Rhinos | Rowspan=2 | 17 |
| Lewis Murphy | Wakefield Trinity | ||||
| 9= | Chris McQueen | Huddersfield Giants | Rowspan=2 | 15 | |
| Joe Burgess | Salford Red Devils | ||||
| Rank | Player | Club | Assists | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake Connor | Hull FC | 33 | ||
| 2 |  Tui Lolohea | Huddersfield Giants | 29 | ||
| Rowspan=2 | 3= | Brodie Croft | Salford Red Devils | Rowspan=2 | 25 |
| Jack Welsby | St Helens | ||||
| 5 | Jai Field | Wigan Warriors | 22 | ||
| Rowspan=2 | 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 |
| 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 | Rowspan=2 | 20 | 81% | |||
| 3 |  Rhyse Martin | Leeds Rhinos | 78 | Rowspan=4 | 0 | 79% | |||
| Rowspan=2 | 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% | |||
| Rowspan=2 | 9= | Gareth O'Brien | Castleford Tigers | 42 | Rowspan=2 | 16 | Rowspan=2 | 0 | 72% |
| Will Pryce | 70% | ||||||||
| Rank | Player | Club | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rowspan=2 | 1= | Marc Sneyd | Salford Red Devils | Rowspan=2 | 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 | 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 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Red Cards | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cheyse Blair | Rowspan=2 | Castleford Tigers | Rowspan=17 | 1 |
| Brad Martin | |||||
| Joe Chan | Rowspan=4 | Catalans Dragons | |||
| Jordan Dezaria | |||||
| Gil Dudson | |||||
 Dylan Napa | |||||
| Will Pryce | Huddersfield Giants | ||||
| Jake Connor | Rowspan=3 | Hull FC | |||
| Luke Gale | |||||
| Ligi Sao | |||||
| James Bentley | Rowspan=3 | Leeds Rhinos | |||
| Matt Prior | |||||
 Zane Tetevano | |||||
| Sione Matautia | St Helens | ||||
| John Bateman | Wigan Warriors | ||||
| Kaide Ellis | |||||
 Brad Singleton |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 13 | 58,888 | 4,529 | 6,041 | 2,607 | ||
| St Helens | 13 | 154,123 | 11,701 | 17,980 | 8,222 | |
| 13 | 64,579 | 4,967 | 9,165 | 3,326 | ||
| Wakefield Trinity | 13 | 59,991 | 4,614 | 7,046 | 3,186 | |
| 13 | 115,083 | 8,852 | 10,476 | 8,102 | ||
| Wigan Warriors | 13 | 159,623 | 12,280 | 19,210 | 9,581 |
| Rank | Home team | Away team | Stadium | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand Final | 60,783 | ||
| 2 | Magic Weekend: Day 1 | 36,821 | ||
| 3 | Magic Weekend: Day 2 | 25,333 | ||
| 4 | 19,210 | |||
| 5 | 17,980 | |||
| 6 | 16,999 | |||
| 7 | 16,118 | |||
| 8 | 15,418 | |||
| 9 | 14,668 | |||
| 10 | 14,493 | |||
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.[22] 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.[23]
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.[24]
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.
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.
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.
| Round | Match | Date and time | Broadcast method | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rowspan=4 | 1 | St Helens v Catalans Dragons | 10 February 2022, 20:00 | Rowspan=2 | Sky Sports |
| Hull KR v Wigan Warriors | 11 February 2022, 20:00 | ||||
| Leeds Rhinos v Warrington Wolves | 12 February 2022, 12:30 | Channel 4 | |||
| Toulouse Olympique v Huddersfield Giants | 12 February 2022, 19:00 | Rowspan=3 | Sky Sports | ||
| Rowspan=3 | 2 | Warrington Wolves v Castleford Tigers | 17 February 2022, 20:00 | ||
| Wigan Warriors v Leeds Rhinos | 18 February 2022, 20:00 | ||||
| Hull FC v St Helens | 19 February 2022, 12:30 | Channel 4 | |||
| Rowspan=2 | 3 | Leeds Rhinos v Catalans Dragons | 24 February 2022, 20:00 | Sky Sports | |
| Hull KR v Castleford Tigers | 25 February 2022, 20:00 | ||||
| 4 | Wakefield Trinity v Leeds Rhinos | 3 March 2022, 20:00 | |||
| Warrington Wolves v Catalans Dragons | 4 March 2022, 20:00 | ||||
| Rowspan=4 | 5 | Leeds Rhinos v Hull FC | 10 March 2022, 20:00 | ||
| St Helens v Warrington Wolves | 11 March 2022, 20:00 | ||||
| Huddersfield Giants v Castleford Tigers | 12 March 2022, 15:15 | ||||
| Catalans Dragons v Wigan Warriors | 12 March 2022, 17:30 | ||||
| Rowspan=3 | 6 | Wigan Warriors v Castleford Tigers | 17 March 2022, 20:00 | ||
| Salford Red Devils v Leeds Rhinos | 18 March 2022, 20:00 | ||||
| Warrington Wolves v Wakefield Trinity | 19 March 2022, 12:30 | Channel 4 | |||
| Rowspan=2 | 7 | Wigan Warriors v Hull FC | 31 March 2022, 20:00 | Rowspan=8 | Sky Sports |
| Leeds Rhinos v St Helens | 1 April 2022, 20:00 | ||||
| Rowspan=3 | 8 | Catalans Dragons v Toulouse Olympique | 14 April 2022, 19:30 | ||
| Hull KR v Hull FC | 15 April 2022, 12:30 | ||||
| St Helens v Wigan Warriors | 15 April 2022, 15:30 | ||||
| Rowspan=2 | 9 (Easter Monday) | Castleford Tigers v Leeds Rhinos | 18 April 2022, 15:00 | ||
| Hull FC v Warrington Wolves | 18 April 2022, 17:30 | ||||
| Rowspan=2 | 10 | Castleford Tigers v St Helens | 22 April 2022, 19:45 | ||
| Wigan Warriors v Salford Red Devils | 24 April 2022, 13:00 | Channel 4 | |||
| Rowspan=2 | 11 | Wakefield Trinity v Huddersfield Giants | 28 April 2022, 20:00 | Rowspan=7 | Sky Sports |
| Warrington Wolves v Wigan Warriors | 29 April 2022, 20:00 | ||||
| Rowspan=3 | 12 | Huddersfield Giants v Wigan Warriors | 12 May 2022, 20:00 | ||
| St Helens v Hull FC | 13 May 2022, 20:00 | ||||
| Catalans Dragons v Warrington Wolves | 14 May 2022, 17:00 | ||||
| Rowspan=3 | 13 | Warrington Wolves v St Helens | 19 May 2022, 20:00 | ||
| Salford Red Devils v Castleford Tigers | 20 May 2022, 20:00 | ||||
| Hull KR v Catalans Dragons | 21 May 2022, 12:30 | Channel 4 | |||
| Rowspan=2 | 14 | Warrington Wolves v Leeds Rhinos | 3 June 2022, 20:00 | Sky Sports | |
| Castleford Tigers v Wigan Warriors | 4 June 2022, 14:00 | Channel 4 | |||
| Rowspan=2 | 15 | Salford Red Devils v Wigan Warriors | 10 June 2022, 20:00 | Rowspan=20 | Sky Sports |
| Catalans Dragons v Hull FC | 11 June 2022, 17:00 | ||||
| Rowspan=3 | 16 | St Helens v Leeds Rhinos | 23 June 2022, 20:00 | ||
| Warrington Wolves v Hull FC | 24 June 2022, 18:00 | ||||
| Hull KR v Huddersfield Giants | 26 June 2022, 15:15 | ||||
| Rowspan=2 | 17 | Castleford Tigers v Huddersfield Giants | 1 July 2022, 20:00 | ||
| Catalans Dragons v St Helens | 2 July 2022, 17:00 | ||||
| Rowspan=6 | 18 (Magic Weekend) | Wakefield Trinity v Toulouse Olympique | 9 July 2022, 14:30 | ||
| St Helens v Wigan Warriors | 9 July 2022 16:45 | ||||
| Leeds Rhinos v Castleford Tigers | 9 July 2022, 19:00 | ||||
| Huddersfield Giants v Salford Red Devils | 10 July 2022, 13:00 | ||||
| Catalans Dragons v Warrington Wolves | 10 July 2022, 15:15 | ||||
| Hull KR v Hull FC | 10 July 2022, 17:30 | ||||
| 19 | St Helens v Huddersfield Giants | 15 July 2022, 20:00 | |||
| Castleford Tigers v Warrington Wolves | 16 July 2022, 15:00 | ||||
| 20 | Leeds Rhinos v Wigan Warriors | 21 July 2022, 20:00 | |||
| Hull FC v Castleford Tigers | 22 July 2022, 20:00 | ||||
| 21 | Wigan Warriors v Hull KR | 28 July 2022, 20:00 | |||
| Castleford Tigers v Wakefield Trinity | 29 July 2022, 20:00 | ||||
| 22 | Wigan Warriors v Warrington Wolves | 5 August 2022, 20:00 | |||
| St Helens v Castleford Tigers | 6 August 2022, 13:00 | Channel 4 | |||
| 23 | Warrington Wolves v Toulouse Olympique | 11 August 2022, 20:00 | Sky Sports | ||
| Hull KR v Leeds Rhinos | 12 August 2022, 20:00 | ||||
| Salford Red Devils v Huddersfield Giants | 13 August 2022, 13:00 | Channel 4 | |||
| 24 | Huddersfield Giants v Castleford Tigers | 18 August 2022, 20:00 | Sky Sports | ||
| Hull FC v Wakefield Trinity | 19 August 2022, 13:00 | ||||
| Rowspan=3 | 25 | Leeds Rhinos v Huddersfield Giants | 24 August 2022, 20:00 | ||
| Toulouse Olympique v Catalans Dragons | 25 August 2022, 19:30 | ||||
| Wigan Warriors v St Helens | 26 August 2022, 20:00 | ||||
| 26 (Bank Holiday Weekend) | Castleford Tigers v Salford Red Devils | 29 August 2022, 15:30 | |||
| Catalans Dragons v Leeds Rhinos | 29 August 2022, 18:00 | ||||
| 27 | Wigan Warriors v Catalans Dragons | 2 September 2022, 20:00 | |||
| Leeds Rhinos v Castleford Tigers | 3 September 2022, 15:00 | ||||
| Eliminators | Catalans Dragons v Leeds Rhinos | 9 September 2022, 20:00 | Sky Sports | ||
| Huddersfield Giants v Salford Red Devils | 10 September 2022, 13:00 | Channel 4 Sky Sports | |||
| Semi-finals | 16 September 2022, 20:00 | Sky Sports | |||
| 17 September 2022, 13:00 | Channel 4 Sky Sports | ||||
| Grand Final | 24 September 2022, 18:00 | Sky Sports Channel 4 (Delay, Sat 1st Oct 11:30am) |
