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Other websites on the web that contain information on this competition. Mon February 6, 2012 Wigan 16 Huddersfield 20 2012 Stobart Super League - Round 1 Huddersfield Giants shrugged off the absence of seven first-choice players to pull off a shock opening-round win over 2010 Stobart Super League champions Wigan Warriors. 13:19Fri February 3, 2012 Smith hopes for tighter league 2012 Stobart Super League - Round 1 Warrington Wolves coach Tony Smith is hoping to witness fewer of the runaway victories that helped his side top Stobart Super League in 2011 as they prepare to kick off the new season. 12:32 Betts realistic over Vikings chances 2012 Stobart Super League - Round 1 The wait is over for Widnes Vikings as they prepare to re-enter Stobart Super League but coach Denis Betts is trying to temper expectations ahead of tomorrow's opening match against Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. 12:29Thu February 2, 2012 Gower to lead London Broncos Stobart Super League Veteran Australian Craig Gower will lead London Broncos in his first season in Stobart Super League. 19:50 Excitement as the Stobart Super League kicks off 2012 Stobart Super League - Round 1 It's new, it's here, it's sport as it should be - welcome to Stobart Super League 2012. 19:47 DISCORD: Edition Five International Test Matches CANADIAN rugby league is set to announce a deal with a record company which will result in full-scale rock concerts being played in conjunction with most games. 12:13Mon January 30, 2012 2012 Super League Dream Team Competition 2012 Stobart Super League - Round 1 Stobart Super League fans have until midnight on Thursday February 2 to register their side for this season's Super League Dream Team competition, where the winner stands to win £3,000. 23:33Fri January 27, 2012 DISCORD 2012: Edition Four NRL Telstra Premiership IF you go/went to Redfern at the weekend, you'll notice Warrington wearing black armbands. 22:16 Parliamentary Rugby League Group Campaign forces BBC review Stobart Super League Lord Patten on 25 January 2012 announced that he has instructed the BBC to review its proposals for Local Radio services. 13:07Thu January 26, 2012 RFL purchases Odsal Stadium Stobart Super League The RFL have agreed a deal that will see the governing body add Odsal Stadium to its property portfolio. 10:50Wed January 25, 2012 Parliamentary RL Group delighted with thoughts of BBC U-turn Stobart Super League Rugby League dominates responses to BBC proposals Stobart Super LeagueSat January 21, 2012 DISCORD 2012: Edition Three International Test Matches Stobart sponsor Super League 2012 Stobart Super League - Round 1Tue January 17, 2012 RFL get drugs backing engage English Super LeagueMon January 16, 2012 RFL Statement re Doping Investigation engage English Super LeagueThu January 12, 2012 DISCORD 2012: Edition Two engage English Super LeagueFri January 6, 2012 DISCORD 2012: Edition One engage English Super LeagueMon January 2, 2012 RFL congratulates Bev Risman OBE and Jamie Peacock MBE engage English Super League Bulls congratulate Peacock engage English Super LeagueSat December 31, 2011 DISCORD 2011: Edition 51 engage English Super LeagueFri December 30, 2011 Hull FC trio banned engage English Super LeagueWed December 28, 2011 Dutch for Super League engage English Super LeagueMon December 19, 2011 Anderson to succeed Brown as Huddersfield coach in 2013 engage English Super LeagueSat December 17, 2011 RFL structure confirmed for 2012 engage English Super League  Venues of this competition - past and present.
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Competition seasons this club has competed in.  Super League (Europe) is the only full-time professional rugby league competition operating in the northern hemisphere. Currently all the teams are based in Great Britain, though there has been French involvement and French club Union Treiziste Catalane, to be known as Les Catalans, will join for the 2006 season. As a result of sponsorship from engage Mutual Assurance the competition is currently officially known as the engage Rugby Super League. HistoryThe competition was first mooted during the Super League war as a way for Rupert Murdoch to gain the upper hand during the battle for supremacy with the Australian Rugby League. Murdoch approached the British clubs to form Super League (Europe) (SLE). A large sum of money aided the decision, and the competition got under way in 1996. Part of the deal saw rugby league switch from a winter to a summer season.Initially, several mergers between existing clubs were proposed:Castleford, Wakefield and Featherstone Rovers would form Calder Hull FC and Hull Kingston Rovers would form Humberside Whitehaven RLFC, Workington Town, Barrow and Carlisle would form Cumbria Warrington and Widnes were to form Cheshire Salford and Oldham were to form Manchester Sheffield and Doncaster were to form South Yorkshire However this proved so unpopular that only existing clubs were selected for the competition. Several clubs currently in the existing top flight were excluded, whilst other from the lower divisions (such as London Broncos) were 'fast-tracked' in on commercial grounds. A new team, Paris Saint Germain, was created to give a French dimension.After two years Paris were dropped from the competition, thus the 'Europe' in 'Super League (Europe)', became somewhat otiose; it was however retained. Promotion and relegation between Super League and the Rugby League National Leagues was re-introduced, and in 2002 the SLE governing body re-integrated fully into the Rugby Football League. To most intents and purposes, Super League is now simply a re-titled first division of British Rugby League. However, it has recently been announced that a French side, Union Treiziste Catalane (also known as UTC or Les Catalans) from Perpignan, are to be introduced in 2006. In order to facilitate this move, it has been decided that two clubs will be relegated from Super League at the end of the 2005 season, with only one club coming up from the National Leagues, thus the number of clubs in Super League will remain at 12. StructureCurrently, 12 teams compete in Super League. They play each other twice on a home-and-away basis. An additional six fixtures are then included. A play-off structure is then used to determine the two teams who will meet in the Super League Grand Final to decide the championship. Currently the top six teams enter the play-offs. The structure is designed to reward the teams finishing nearer the top with easier routes to the Grand Final, which is played at Old Trafford.In earlier seasons the championship was decided on the basis of the league table alone, with the play-offs leading to a separate Premiership Final. Now a minor prize is given to the team finishing top (the League Leader's Shield); the real prize is to win the Grand Final. Source: This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.It uses material from the Wikipedia article 'Super_League_%28Europe%29' |
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