Super League IX

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Super League IX
League Super League
Duration 28 Rounds
Number of teams 12
Highest attendance 23,375
Bradford Bulls vs Leeds Rhinos (2 July)
Lowest attendance 2,198
London Broncos vs Salford City Reds (28 March)
Aggregate attendance 1,439,706 Increase
(average 8,570)
Broadcast partners United Kingdom Sky Sports
2004 Season
Champions File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos
1st Super League title
4th English title
League Leaders File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos
Man of Steel File:Wigancolours.svg Andrew Farrell
Top point-scorer(s) File:Rhinoscolours.svg Kevin Sinfield (277)
Top try-scorer(s) Bullscolours.svg Lesley Vainikolo (36)
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from National League 1 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions
Relegated to National League 1 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers
< 2003 Seasons 2005 >

Tetley's Super League IX was the name of the 2004 Super League championship season due to sponsorship by Tetley's Bitter.[1] This was the 110th season of top-level professional rugby league held in Britain, and the ninth championship decided by Super League. The season culminated in the grand final between Leeds Rhinos and Bradford Bulls, which Leeds won, claiming the 2004 title.

Season summary

During this season Leeds claimed a couple of records, they became the 1st and so far only team to accumulate 50 points from the regular rounds and finished a record 9 points clear of 2nd placed Bradford Bulls, they also became only the 2nd team in the Super League era to finish at home with a 100% record in the regular weekly rounds. Lesley Vainikolo scored more tries than anybody else that season with 37, beating Danny McGuire who finished on 36.

Table

Super League IX
# Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 28 24 2 2 1037 443 +594 50
2 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 28 20 1 7 918 565 +353 41
3 Hullcolours.svg Hull 28 19 2 7 843 478 +365 40
4 File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 28 17 4 7 736 558 +178 38
5 File:Saintscolours.svg St. Helens 28 17 1 10 821 662 +159 35
6 File:Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 28 15 0 13 788 662 +126 30
7 File:Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 28 12 0 16 518 757 −239 24
8 File:Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 28 10 1 17 700 715 −15 21
9 Redscolours.svg Salford City Reds 28 8 0 20 507 828 −321 16
10 London Broncos 28 7 1 21 561 968 −407 15
11 File:Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 28 7 0 21 466 850 −384 14
12 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 28 6 0 22 515 924 −409 12
  Teams qualifying for the Play-offs
  Relegated

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-offs

  Elimination play-offs   Qualifying / Elimination semi-finals   Elimination final   Grand Final
                                 
  QSF:  
1  File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 12  
2  Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 26         GF:
       File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 16
  EPO1:     EF:      Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 8
  3  Hullcolours.svg Hull 18        File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 40  
  6  File:Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 28   ESF:      File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 12
     File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 18  
EPO2:      File:Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 14
  4  File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 18  
  5  File:Saintscolours.svg St. Helens 12
   
Key:         Losing team progressing     Winning team progressing


Media

Television

Live Super League IX matches were broadcast in the United Kingdom by Sky Sports in the first year of a new five-year television deal.[1] The contract was signed less than three weeks before the start of the season.[2] The deal, worth £53 million, represented a 15 percent, or £7 million, increase on the last contract.[1][3] The contract would run until the end of the 2008 season and also cover the international game minus the 2008 World Cup, which is worth £5 million of the total amount.[1][4] It was speculated in the media that clubs would receive around £700,000-£800,000 per year from the deal - less than the £1 million clubs received in 1995 when British rugby league agreed to switch to a summer season.[1][3] The clubs had received in initial offer of £55.5 million from Sky, one of two offers rejected; after that offer was declined the amount was reduced with the final figure agreed being settled later after an intervention by Maurice Lindsay.[3][4] Sky's offer took into account their dissatisfaction with the - BBC requested - proposed move of the Challenge Cup Final to between May and August in 2005, which they believed was too near to the October Grand Final.[3] An RFL spokesman said: "To increase our overall take in a falling market is a major step forward for our game".[4] Vic Wakeling speaking for Sky said: "Our relationship with rugby league is one of the longest in the 12-year history of Sky Sports and we are delighted to be announcing the same again in terms of Super League and international rights.[2]

The BBC secured secondary broadcast rights to show the Super League play-offs and Grand Final nationally with a provision to show match highlights of regular season games.[3] Previously, a deal with the BBC had seen a Sky highlights package shown in the BBC's northern regions.[3]

See also

References

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