Super League X

engage Super League X is the official name of 2005's Super League season. It was the 10th season of Super League and saw twelve teams from across England compete for the premiership. The season kicked off in early February, culminating in a six team play-off series

Super League X
LeagueSuper League
Duration28 Rounds
Teams12
Highest attendance25,004
Wigan Warriors vs St. Helens (25 March)
Lowest attendance2,682
Salford City Reds vs Huddersfield Giants (2 July)
Attendance1,492,464
(average 8,884)
Broadcast partners Sky Sports
2005 Season
Champions Bradford Bulls
4th Super League title
6th English title
League Leaders St. Helens
Man of Steel Jamie Lyon
Top point-scorer(s) Paul Deacon (322)
Top try-scorer(s) Mark Calderwood (27)
New franchise
Awarded to Catalans Dragons
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from National League One Castleford Tigers
Relegated to National League One Leigh Centurions
Widnes Vikings

The Grand Final, held at Old Trafford on 15 October, saw Bradford Bulls crowned Champions. The Grand Final was the final match of a which itself was the climax of a league season that kicked off in early February.

Season summary

Either one or two teams were to be relegated from the league at the end of the season in order to make way for new entrants. The bottom team were certain to be relegated, in order to allow in French club Catalans Dragons. The second bottom team would only be relegated if the winner of National League One met the criteria for Super League entry. On the 3 October the Rugby Football League announced that both finalists in this competition, Castleford Tigers and Whitehaven were eligible for promotion, hence two teams were relegated.

The season was a commercial success, with a rise in average crowd size for the regular rounds of 8,887, continuing the trend of rises every year since 2001 . It is worth noting that this is the first time in the history of Super League the Grand Final has not included the league leader at the end of the regular season: St Helens were knocked out by Bradford Bulls in the semi-final.

Table

Super League X
Pos. Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qual.
1 St. Helens 2823141028537+49147Play-off Semi Final
2 Leeds Rhinos 2822061150505+64544
3 Bradford Bulls 2818191038684+35437Play-off Elimination Finals
4 Warrington Wolves 2818010792702+9036
5 Hull F.C. 2815211756670+8632
6 London Broncos 2813213800718+8228
7 Wigan Warriors 2814014698718−2028
8 Huddersfield Giants 2812016742791−4924
9 Salford City Reds 2811017549732−18322
10 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 2810018716997−28120
11 Widnes Vikings 2861215981048−45013Relegated to National League 1
12 Leigh Centurions 2821254451210−7655

Source: Rugby League Project.
Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.
Competition points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.

Play-off

  Elimination play-offs   Qualifying / Elimination semi-finals   Elimination final   Grand Final
                                 
   
1   St. Helens 16  
2   Leeds Rhinos 19        
        Leeds Rhinos 6
            Bradford Bulls 15
  3   Bradford Bulls 44         St. Helens 18  
  6   London Broncos 22         Bradford Bulls 23
      Bradford Bulls 71  
      Hull F.C. 0
  4   Warrington Wolves 6  
  5   Hull F.C. 40
   
Key:         Losing team progressing     Winning team progressing

Grand final

  • 15 October: Leeds Rhinos 6-15 Bradford Bulls

References

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