2010 Super League season results

Main article: Super League XV

This is a list of the 2010 Super League season results. Super League is the top-flight rugby league competition in the United Kingdom and France. The 2010 season started on 29 January, when Crusaders RL played their rearranged round 4 fixture against Leeds Rhinos, and will end on 2 October with the 2010 Super League Grand Final.

The 2010 Super League season consisted of two stages. The regular season was played over 27 round-robin fixtures, in which each of the fourteen teams involved in the competition played each other once at home and once away, as well as their Magic Weekend fixtures played over the May Day bank holiday. In Super League XV, a win was worth two points in the table, a draw worth one point apiece, and a loss yielded no points.

The league leaders at the end of the regular season received the League Leader's Shield, but the Championship will be decided through the second stage of the season—the play-offs. The top eight teams in the table contested to play in the 2010 Super League Grand Final, the winners of which are crowned Super League XV Champions.

Regular season

Round 1

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Huddersfield Giants 24–12 Bradford Bulls 5 February, 20:00 GMT Galpharm Stadium Steve Ganson 9,774
Wigan Warriors 38–6 Crusaders RL 5 February, 20:00 GMT DW Stadium Jamie Child 13,680
Leeds Rhinos 10–24 Castleford Tigers 5 February, 20:00 GMT Headingley Stadium Ian Smith 15,875
St Helens RLFC 12–32 Hull 6 February, 18:00 GMT GPW Recruitment Stadium Ben Thaler 12,142
Hull KR 30–12 Salford City Reds 7 February, 15:00 GMT New Craven Park Richard Silverwood 9,123
Warrington Wolves 58–0 Harlequins RL 7 February, 15:00 GMT Halliwell Jones Stadium Theirry Alibert 11,678
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 28–20 Catalans Dragons 7 February, 15:30 GMT Belle Vue Phil Bentham 5,818
Source:[1]

Round 2

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Hull 14–6 Huddersfield Giants 12 February, 20:00 GMT KC Stadium Thierry Albert 14,520
Salford City Reds 16–36 Crusaders RL 12 February, 20:00 GMT The Willows Steve Ganson 3,421
Wigan Warriors 32–6 Hull Kingston Rovers 12 February, 20:00 GMT DW Stadium Ian Smith 12,429
Castleford Tigers 16–28 Warrington Wolves 13 February, 17:45 GMT The Jungle Ben Thaler 7,569
Harlequins RL 16–4 Catalans Dragons 14 February, 14:00 GMT Twickenham Stoop Richard Silverwood 2,330
Bradford Bulls 6–38 St Helens RLFC 14 February, 15:00 GMT Grattan Stadium Phil Bentham 10,165
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 28–18 Leeds Rhinos 14 February, 15:30 GMT Belle Vue Jamie Child 9,783
Source:[2]

Round 3

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Harlequins RL 10–18 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 30 January, 15:00 GMTA The Stoop Ian Smith 3,688
Bradford Bulls 41–22 Castleford Tigers 19 February, 20:00 GMT Grattan Stadium Thierry Alibert 8,019
Leeds Rhinos 22–10 Salford City Reds 19 February, 20:00 GMT Headingley Stadium Phil Bentham 12,700
Catalans Dragons 12–42 St Helens RLFC 20 February, 16:30 GMT Stade Gilbert Brutus Steve Ganson 7,825
Warrington Wolves 20–22 Wigan Warriors 20 February, 17:30 GMT Halliwell Jones Stadium Richard Silverwood 13,024
Crusaders RL 18–16 Hull 21 February, 15:00 GMT Racecourse Ground Ian Smith 6,794
Hull Kingston Rovers 0–30 Huddersfield Giants 21 February, 15:00 GMT New Craven Park Ben Thaler 7,575
Source:[3]

Round 4

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Crusaders RL 6–34 Leeds Rhinos 29 January, 20:00 GMTB Racecourse Ground Ben Thaler 10,334
Wigan Warriors 58–0 Catalans Dragons 26 February, 20:00 GMT DW Stadium Ben Thaler 12,001
St Helens 22–16 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 26 February, 20:00 GMT GPW Recruitment Stadium Thierry Alibert 10,717
Hull 28–4 Harlequins 26 February, 20:00 GMT The KC Stadium Steve Ganson 13,965
Salford City Reds 0–7 Bradford Bulls 26 February, 20:00 GMT The Willows James Child 3,806
Castleford Tigers 20–24 Hull KR 27 February, 18:15 GMT The Jungle Phil Bentham 6,855
Huddersfield Giants 10–14 Warrington Wolves 28 February, 15:00 GMT Galpharm Stadium Ian Smith 8,567
Source:[4]

Round 5

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Bradford Bulls 22–20 Wigan Warriors 5 March, 20:00 GMT Grattan Stadium Phil Bentham 9,244
Hull 42–22 Castleford Tigers 5 March, 20:00 GMT KC Stadium Richard Silverwood 13,352
Leeds Rhinos 62–4 Harlequins RL 5 March, 20:00 GMT Headingley Stadium Thierry Alibert 12,684
Salford City Reds 12–24 Catalans Dragons 5 March, 20:00 GMT The Willows Steve Ganson 3,022
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 0–52 Huddersfield Giants 6 March, 17:45 GMT Belle Vue Ben Thaler 5,237
Hull KR 28–24 St Helens 7 March, 15:00 GMT New Craven Park Ian Smith 8,202
Warrington Wolves 46–12 Crusaders RL 7 March, 15:00 GMT Halliwell Jones Stadium James Child 11,113
Source:[5]

Round 6

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Hull KR 18–31 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 12 March, 20:00 GMT New Craven Park James Child 8,004
St Helens 37–30 Crusaders RL 12 March, 20:00 GMT GPW Recruitment Stadium Phil Bentham 8,507
Wigan Warriors 48–24 Hull 12 March, 20:00 GMT DW Stadium Thierry Alibert 15,045
Catalans Dragons 12–24 Castleford Tigers 13 March, 17:30 GMT Stade Gilbert Brutus Ian Smith 6,810
Warrington Wolves 33–8 Bradford Bulls 13 March, 17:40 GMT Halliwell Jones Stadium Steve Ganson 10,434
Harlequins RL 22–26 Salford City Reds 14 March, 14:00 GMT The Stoop Ben Thaler 2,395
Huddersfield Giants 26–20 Leeds Rhinos 14 March, 15:00 GMT Galpharm Stadium Richard Silverwood 10,116
Source:[6]

Round 7

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Crusaders RL 14–6 Catalans Dragons 19 March, 20:00 GMT Racecourse Ground Thierry Alibert 6,124
Hull 18–6 Bradford Bulls 19 March, 20:00 GMT KC Stadium Ben Thaler 14,446
Leeds Rhinos 10–17 Hull KR 19 March, 20:00 GMT Headingley Stadium Steve Ganson 15,201
St Helens 28–18 Warrington Wolves 19 March, 20:00 GMT GPW Recruitment Stadium Richard Silverwood 17,500
Harlequins RL 18–32 Huddersfield Giants 20 March, 17:45 GMT Twickenham Stoop Phil Bentham 2,624
Castleford Tigers 22–36 Wigan Warriors 21 March, 15:30 GMT The Jungle James Child 8,493
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 36–6 Salford City Reds 21 March, 15:30 GMT Belle Vue Gareth Hewer 4,883
Source:[7]

Round 8

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Bradford Bulls 19–12 Harlequins RL 26 March, 20:00 GMT Gratten Stadium Richard Silverwood 7,153
Castleford Tigers 22–16 Crusaders RL 26 March, 20:00 GMT The Jungle Ian Smith 5,299
Warrington Wolves 32–16 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 26 March, 20:00 GMT Halliwell Jones Stadium Phil Bentham 10,723
Wigan Warriors 24–4 Leeds Rhinos 26 March, 20:00 GMT DW Stadium Steve Ganson 17,883
Catalans Dragons 16–10 Hull KR 27 March, 19:30 GMT Stade Gilbert Brutus Ben Thaler 6,513
Salford City Reds 27–20 Hull 27 March, 17:00 GMT The Willows James Child 3,535
Huddersfield Giants 6–24 St Helens 28 March, 15:00 GMT Galpharm Stadium Thierry Alibert 9,648
Source:[8]

Round 9

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Leeds Rhinos 20–20 Bradford Bulls 1 April, 20:00 GMT Headingley Stadium Phil Bentham 17,244
Huddersfield Giants 48–6 Catalans Dragons 2 April, 19:00 GMT Galpharm Stadium Steve Ganson 5,299
Hull KR 14–18 Hull 2 April, 12:45 GMT New Craven Park Richard Silverwood 10,089
St Helens 10–18 Wigan Warriors 2 April, 15:00 GMT GPW Recruitment Stadium Ben Thaler 17,500
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 19–6 Castleford Tigers 2 April, 19:30 GMT Belle Vue James Child 8,337
Warrington Wolves 32–2 Salford City Reds 2 April, 15:00 GMT Halliwell Jones Stadium Thierry Alibert 11,467
Crusaders RL P–P Harlequins RL 1 April, 20:00 GMT Racecourse ground - -
Source:[9]

Round 10

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Bradford Bulls 20–16 Crusaders RL 5 April, 15:00 GMT Grattan Stadium James Child 7,853
Castleford Tigers 18–52 St Helens 5 April, 15:30 GMT The Jungle Phil Bentham 6,879
Catalans Dragons 24–34 Leeds Rhinos 5 April, 17:30 GMT Stade Aime Giral Ben Thaler 8,230
Harlequins RL 12–52 Hull KR 5 April, 14:00 GMT Twickenham Stoop Thierry Alibert 2,819
Hull 10–29 Warrington Wolves 5 April, 15:15 GMT KC Stadium Steve Ganson 14,131
Salford City Reds 30–18 Huddersfield Giants 5 April, 15:00 GMT The Willows Ian Smith 4,041
Wigan Warriors 54–14 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 5 April, 15:00 GMT DW Stadium Richard Silverwood 14,615
Source:[10]

Table

    		 Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
    1 Wigan Warriors 27 22 0 5 922 411 +511 44
    2 St Helens 27 20 0 7 946 547 +399 40
    3 Warrington Wolves 27 20 0 7 885 488 +397 40
    4 Leeds Rhinos 27 17 1 9 725 561 +164 35
    5 Huddersfield Giants 27 16 1 10 758 439 +319 33
    6 Hull FC 27 16 0 11 569 584 −15 32
    7 Hull KR 27 14 1 12 653 632 +21 29
    8 Crusaders RL 27 12 0 15 547 732 −185 24
    9 Castleford Tigers 27 11 0 16 648 766 −118 22
    10 Bradford Bulls 27 9 1 17 528 728 −200 19
    11 Wakefield 27 9 0 18 539 741 −202 18
    12 Salford City Reds 27 8 0 19 448 857 −409 16
    13 Harlequins RL 27 7 0 20 494 838 −344 14
    14 Catalans Dragons 27 6 0 21 409 747 −338 12
      Teams qualifying for the Play-offs

    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.

    Progression table

    Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
    1 Wigan Warriors 2 4 6 8 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 20 22 24 26 28 30 30 32 34 36 36 38 40 40 42 44
    2 St Helens RLFC 0 2 4 6 6 8 10 12 12 14 16 18 20 20 22 22 24 26 28 28 28 30 32 34 36 38 40
    3 Warrington Wolves 2 4 4 6 8 10 10 12 14 16 16 18 20 20 22 24 26 28 28 30 32 34 34 34 36 38 40
    4 Leeds Rhinos 0 0 2 4 6 6 6 6 7 9 11 11 13 15 17 19 21 21 23 25 25 27 29 31 31 33 35
    5 Huddersfield Giants 2 2 4 4 6 8 10 10 12 12 14 16 16 16 16 18 18 20 21 21 23 25 25 27 29 31 33
    6 Hull 2 4 4 6 8 8 10 10 12 12 12 14 14 16 18 20 22 22 24 26 26 28 28 30 32 32 32
    7 Hull Kingston Rovers 2 2 2 4 6 6 8 8 8 10 12 12 12 14 14 16 16 18 19 21 23 23 25 27 29 29 29
    8 Crusaders RL 0 2 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 8 8 10 10 10 12 14 14 14 14 16 18 20 22 22 22 24
    9 Castleford Tigers 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 6 6 6 6 8 10 10 10 10 12 14 16 18 18 20 20 20 20 22 22
    10 Bradford Bulls 0 0 2 4 6 6 6 8 9 11 13 15 15 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 19 19
    11 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 2 4 6 6 6 8 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 14 14 14 14 16 16 18 18 18 18 18 18 18
    12 Salford City Reds 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 4 6 6 6 6 8 10 10 10 10 12 12 14 14 14 14 14 14 16
    13 Harlequins RL 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 6 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 12 12 12 12 14 14 14
    14 Catalans Dragons 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 10 12 12 12 12

    Play-offs

    The 2010 Super League play-offs take place in September and October 2010. They decided which two teams will play in the Grand Final.

    Format

    Super League has used a play-off system since Super League III in 1998. When introduced, 5 teams qualified for the play-offs, which was subsequently expanded to 6 teams in 2002. The 2010 season will follow the same format as the 2009 season.[11]

    Following the final round of matches, all eight play-off teams will be decided. The winning team from week one with the highest League placing will be allowed to select their opponents for week three.[11] Except this choosing opportunity, the new format follows the play-off system of the Australian Football League.

    Super League XV Play-offs bracket
      Qualifying / Elimination play-offs Preliminary semi-finals Qualifying semi-finals Grand Final
                                             
      QPO1:    
    1   Wigan Warriors 26  
    4   Leeds Rhinos 27     PSF1:    
                  Wigan Warriors 42    
    EPO1:           Hull KR 18       QSF1: St Helens selected Huddersfield[12]
    5   Huddersfield Giants 18             St Helens 42  
    8   Crusaders 12             Huddersfield Giants 22     GF: 2 October, Old Trafford
              St Helens 10
      EPO2:       QSF2:         Wigan Warriors 22
    6   Hull 4           Leeds Rhinos 6  
    7   Hull KR 21     PSF2:           Wigan Warriors 26  
            Warrington Wolves 22    
    QPO2:           Huddersfield Giants 34    
    2   St. Helens 28    
    3   Warrington Wolves 12    
       
    Key:          Losing team progressing      Winning team progressing      Winning team's progression chosen

    Week 1. Qualifying/Elimination play-offs: Fixtures decided by regular reason finishing positions. Higher ranked teams play lower ranked teams. Higher ranked teams receive home ground advantage.
    Week 2. Preliminary semi-finals: Fixtures decided by regular season finishing positions. Higher ranked teams play lower ranked teams. Higher ranked teams receive home ground advantage.
    Week 3. Qualifying semi-finals: Winners of Qualifying play-offs play winners of Qualifying semi-finals. Fixtures decided by Club Call. Winners of Qualifying play-offs receive home ground advantage.

    Qualifying and Elimination Finals

    Home Score Away Match Information
    Date and Time (Local) Venue Referee Crowd
    St. Helens 28 – 12 Warrington Wolves 10 September, 8:00pm GPW Recruitment Stadium R Silverwood 14,632
    Huddersfield Giants 18 – 12 Crusaders RL 11 September, 3:45pm Galpharm Stadium B Thaler 5,869
    Hull 4 – 21 Hull KR 11 September, 6:00pm KC Stadium P Bentham 17,699
    Wigan Warriors 26 – 27 Leeds Rhinos 12 September, 6:45pm DW Stadium T Alibert 9,987
    Eliminated: Crusaders RL, Hull

    Preliminary Semi-Finals

    Home Score Away Match Information
    Date and Time Venue Referee Crowd
    Wigan Warriors 42 – 18 Hull KR 17 September, Time 8:00pm DW Stadium R Silverwood 11,133
    Warrington Wolves 22 – 34 Huddersfield Giants 18 September, Time 6:15pm Halliwell Jones Stadium P Bentham 8,050
    Eliminated: Hull KR, Warrington

    Semi-Finals

    Home Score Away Match Information
    Date and Time Venue Referee Crowd
    St Helens RLFC 42 – 22 Huddersfield Giants 24 September, 8:00pm GPW Recruitment Stadium P Bentham 13,510
    Leeds Rhinos 6 – 26 Wigan Warriors 25 September, 5:15pm Headingley Stadium R Silverwood 13,693
    Eliminated: Huddersfield, Leeds

    Grand Final

    Home Score Away Match Information
    Date and Time Venue Referee Crowd
    St Helens RLFC 10 – 22 Wigan Warriors 2 October, 6:00pm Old Trafford, Manchester R Silverwood 71,526

    Notes

    A.^ Rearranged fixture to allow Harlequins RL to play their friendly fixture against Melbourne Storm, which coincided with round 3
    B.^ Rearranged fixture to allow Leeds Rhinos to play their 2010 World Club Challenge fixture against Melbourne Storm, which coincided with round 4

    See also

    References

    1. ↑ "Super League XV 2010 - Round 1" Rugby League Project; retrieved 20 February 2010
    2. ↑ "Super League XV 2010 - Round 2" Rugby League Project; retrieved 24 February 2010
    3. ↑ "Super League XV 2010 - Round 3" Rugby League Project; retrieved 24 February 2010
    4. ↑ "Super League XV 2010 - Round 4" Rugby League Project; retrieved 12 March 2010
    5. ↑ "Super League XV 2010 - Round 5" Super League
    6. ↑ "Super League XV 2010 - Round 6" Super League
    7. ↑ "Super League XV 2010 - Round 7" Super League; retrieved 6 April 2010
    8. ↑ "Super League XV 2010 - Round 8" Super League; retrieved 6 April 2010
    9. ↑ "Super League XV 2010 - Round 9" Super League; retrieved 6 April 2010
    10. ↑ "Super League XV 2010 - Round 10" Super League; retrieved 7 April 2010
    11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "New top eight play-off format for engage Super League". Archived from the original on 26 September 2009. Retrieved 19 September 2009.
    12. ↑ BBC Sport (19 September 2010). "St Helens opt for Huddersfield Giants in Club Call". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2010.