2007 Super League season

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

Super League XII
LeagueSuper League
Duration27 Rounds
Teams12
Highest attendance24,028
Wigan Warriors vs St Helens (6 April)
Lowest attendance2,347
Harlequins vs Salford City Reds (8 Sept)
Attendance1,537,326 Increase
(average 9,855)
Broadcast partnersSky Sports
2007 Season
ChampionsLeeds Rhinos
2nd Super League title
5th British title
League LeadersSt. Helens
Man of SteelEngland James Roby
Top point-scorer(s)Republic of Ireland Pat Richards (248)
Top try-scorer(s)Samoa Henry Fa'afili (21)
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from National League OneCastleford Tigers
Relegated to National League OneSalford City Reds

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 Rhinos, Bradford Bulls, Hull FC, Huddersfield Giants and the Wigan Warriors qualified for the end of season play-offs and the Salford City Reds were relegated to National League One.

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

Teams

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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 F.C. 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

Season Summary

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Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   St Helens (L) 27 19 0 8 783 422 +361 38 Semifinal
2   Leeds Rhinos (C) 27 18 1 8 747 487 +260 37
3   Bradford Bulls 27 17 1 9 778 560 +218 33[a] Elimination semifinal
4   Hull F.C. 27 14 2 11 573 553 +20 30
5   Huddersfield Giants 27 13 1 13 638 543 +95 27
6   Wigan Warriors 27 15 1 11 621 527 +94 27[b]
7   Warrington Wolves 27 13 0 14 693 736 −43 26
8   Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 27 11 1 15 596 714 −118 23
9   Harlequins 27 10 3 14 495 636 −141 23
10   Catalans Dragons 27 10 1 16 570 685 −115 21
11   Hull Kingston Rovers 27 10 0 17 491 723 −232 20
12   Salford City Reds (R) 27 6 1 20 475 874 −399 13 Relegation to National League One
Source: Rugby League Project
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Bradford deducted 2 points for salary cap breaches.
  2. ^ Wigan deducted 4 points for salary cap breaches.

Play-offs

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Elimination play-offsQualifying / Elimination semifinalElimination finalGrand Final
13 October 2007
1  St. Helens10  St. Helens6
2  Leeds Rhinos8  Leeds Rhinos33
  Leeds Rhinos36
3  Bradford Bulls30
  Wigan Warriors6
6  Wigan Warriors31
  Hull F.C.18
  Wigan Warriors21
4  Hull F.C.22
5  Huddersfield Giants16

Grand Final

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Media

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Television

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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.[2]

2007 Dream Team

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

References

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  1. ^ a b BBC Sport (21 June 2007). "New salary cap for Super League". BBC. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
  2. ^ Sky Sports (26 November 2007). "Super League deal". Sky Sports. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
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