Super League XII

Super League XII
League Super League
Duration 27 Rounds
Number of teams 12
Highest attendance 32,384
Magic Weekend Day 1 (5 May)
Lowest attendance 2,347
Harlequins vs Salford City Reds (8 Sept)
Aggregate attendance 1,537,326 Increase
(average 9,855)
Broadcast partners United Kingdom Sky Sports
2007 Season
Champions Leeds Rhinos
2nd Super League title
5th English title
League Leaders St Helens
Man of Steel James Roby
Top point-scorer(s) Pat Richards (248)
Top try-scorer(s) Henry Fa'afili (21)
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from National League 1 Castleford Tigers
Relegated to National League 1 Salford City Reds
< 2006 Seasons 2008 >

Engage Super League XII is the official name for the year 2007's Super League season in the sport of rugby league.

The 2007 season kicked off on the weekend of 2 February 2007 at the Galpharm Stadium. For the first time, the league had a staggered start due to the World Club Challenge between St Helens and Brisbane Broncos. The first round of matches began on the weekend of 9 to 11 February 2007.

St Helens were defending Super League champions and Challenge Cup holders. Hull Kingston Rovers played in the Super League for the first time ever after being promoted from National League 1 in 2006. This season also included the first Millennium Magic weekend, which took place on the weekend of 5 and 6 May 2007 in Cardiff.

Super League XII featured 12 teams and had 27 rounds including the Millennium Magic round. St Helens, Leeds, Bradford, Hull FC, Huddersfield and Wigan qualified for the end of season play-offs and Salford City Reds were relegated to National League 1.

The first weekend of the play-offs saw both Bradford and Huddersfield defeated narrowly by both Wigan and Hull respectively. The second weekend of the play-offs saw St Helens defeat Leeds and get an instant passageway into the grand final whilst Wigan overcame Hull at the KC Stadium to set up a semi final encounter with Leeds. The semi final saw Leeds easily dispose of a tired Wigan side that had come from sixth and saw Leeds enter the grand final against St Helens in which they won convincingly to lift the Super League trophy for 2007.

Teams

Super League XII
Team Stadium City/Area
Bradford Bulls Grattan Stadium, Odsal Bradford
Catalans Dragons Stade Gilbert Brutus Perpignan, France
Harlequins RL Twickenham Stoop Twickenham, London
Huddersfield Giants Galpharm Stadium Huddersfield
Hull KC Stadium Kingston upon Hull
Hull Kingston Rovers New Craven Park Kingston upon Hull
Leeds Rhinos Headingley Carnegie Stadium Leeds
Salford City Reds (Relegated) The Willows Salford
St Helens (Reigning Champions) Knowsley Road St Helens
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Atlantic Solutions Stadium Wakefield
Warrington Wolves Halliwell Jones Stadium Warrington
Wigan Warriors JJB Stadium Wigan

Notable Moments

Table

    Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
    1 St Helens 271908783422+36138
    2 Leeds Rhinos 271818747487+26037
    3 Bradford Bulls 271719778560+21833a[]
    4 Hull F.C. 2714211573553+2030
    5 Huddersfield Giants 2713113638543+9527
    6 Wigan Warriors 2715111621527+9427b[]
    7 Warrington Wolves 2713014693736−4326
    8 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 2711115596714−11823
    9 Harlequins RL 2710314495636−14123
    10 Catalans Dragons 2710116570685−11521
    11 Hull Kingston Rovers 2710017491723−23220
    12 Salford City Reds 276120475874−39913
      Teams qualifying for the Play-offs
      Relegated

    Source: superleague.co.uk.
    Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.
    Competition points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.

    Notes

    ^ a: Bradford deducted two points for breaching 2006 salary cap rules[2]
    ^ b: Wigan deducted four points for breaching 2006 salary cap rules[3]

    Play-offs

    Week One

    Elimination Play-Off A: Grattan Stadium, 21 September

    Elimination Play-Off B: KC Stadium, 22 September

    Week Two

    Qualification Match: Knowsley Road, 28 September

    Elimination Semi-Final: KC Stadium, 29 September

    Week Three

    Final Eliminator: Headingley Carnegie Stadium, 5 October

    Grand Final

    At Old Trafford, 13 October

    Media

    Television

    In Super League XII for the first time all live matches were broadcast in High Definition with Dolby 5.1 sound on Sky Sports HD.[4]

    2007 Dream Team

    Number Nationality Player Position 2007 Club
    1 Australia Clint Greenshields Full back Catalans Dragons
    2 England Kevin Penny Winger Warrington
    3 Australia Adam Mogg Centre Catalans Dragons
    4 Australia Jason Demetriou Centre Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
    5 Australia Scott Donald Winger Leeds Rhinos
    6 Australia Trent Barrett Stand off Wigan Warriors
    7 England Rob Burrow Scrum half Leeds Rhinos
    8 England Nick Fozzard Prop St Helens
    9 England James Roby Hooker St Helens
    10 England Jamie Peacock Prop Leeds Rhinos
    11 England Gareth Ellis Second row Leeds Rhinos
    12 Australia Glenn Morrison Second row Bradford Bulls
    13 England Stephen Wild Loose forward Huddersfield Giants

    References

    1. 1 2 BBC Sport (2007-06-21). "New salary cap for Super League". BBC. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
    2. Dave Hadfield (2007-07-13). "Bradford docked two points over salary cap breach". The Independent. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
    3. BBC Sport (2007-07-25). "Wigan lose points over salary cap". BBC. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
    4. Sky Sports (2007-11-26). "Super League deal". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
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