Rugby League Super 8s

The Super League season sees teams play each other home and away, and one team for a third time at the Magic Weekend. After 23 games, the league table is frozen and the teams are split up into "Super 8s". Teams finishing in the top 8 will play 7 more games each as they compete in the Super League Super 8 group for a place in the Grand Final. Teams finishing in the bottom four will join the top 4 teams from the Championship in The Qualifiers Super 8 group and also play 7 more games each for a place in the next years Super League competition.

The Championship season sees teams play each other home and away, and one team for a third time at The Summer Bash. After 23 games, the league table is frozen and the teams are split up into "Super 8s". Teams finishing in the top 4 will play 7 more games each as they compete in the Qualifiers to try and earn a place in next seasons Super League. Teams finishing in the bottom 8 compete in the Championship Shield Super 8 group and also play 7 more games each.

After 23 games the league table is frozen and the teams are split up into 2 of the 3 "Super 8s". Teams finishing in the top 8 go on to play 7 more games each, to compete for a place in the play-offs, and all retain a place in Super League for the next season. Teams finishing in the bottom four (9-12) will compete alongside the top 4 teams from the Championship, in "The Qualifiers" Super 8 group. These teams will reset their season standings and also play 7 extra games each, as they attempt to earn a place in the following year's Super League competition.

• 1st vs 4th
• 2nd vs 3rd

The Qualifiers Super 8s sees the bottom 4 teams from Super League table join the top 4 teams from the Championship. The points totals are reset to 0 and each team plays 7 games each, playing every other team once. After 7 games each the teams finishing 1st, 2nd, and 3rd will gain qualification to the next years Super League season. The teams finishing 4th and 5th will play in the "Million Pound Game" at the home of the 4th place team which will earn the winner a place in the next years Super League; the loser, along with teams finishing 6th, 7th and 8th, will be relegated to the Championship.

Year	Super League Place	Championship Place
2015	Hull Kingston Rovers Widnes Vikings Salford Red Devils Wakefield Trinity	Bradford Bulls Sheffield Eagles Halifax Leigh Centurions
2016	Leeds Rhinos Leigh Centurions Huddersfield Giants Salford Red Devils	Hull Kingston Rovers London Broncos Batley Bulldogs Featherstone Rovers
2017	Warrington Wolves Hull Kingston Rovers Widnes Vikings Catalans Dragons	London Broncos Featherstone Rovers Halifax Leigh Centurions
2018	Leeds Rhinos Hull Kingston Rovers Salford Red Devils London Broncos	Toronto Wolfpack Toulouse Olympique Widnes Vikings Halifax

• Bold Promoted/ Relegated

The Million Pound Game is a promotion play-off in the Qualifiers between the teams finishing 4th and 5th. The game is played at the ground of the team finishing 4th and the winner earns a place in the next season's Super League while the loser plays the next season in the Championship.

	Winners	Count	Years
1	Hull Kingston Rovers	1	2015
2	Leeds Rhinos	1	2016
3	Warrington Wolves	1	2017
4	Salford Red Devils	1	2018

The third of the three "Super 8" groups sees teams finishing 5th to 12th in the regular Championship table. Like the Super League 8s, these teams retain their original points and play 7 extra games, with the teams finishing in the top 4 places after these extra games contesting play-offs similar to Super League, with 1st v 4th and 2nd vs 3rd, with the winners contesting the Championship Shield Grand Final.

The two teams finishing at the bottom of this Super 8s group (7th and 8th) will be relegated to League One and be replaced by two promoted sides.

Year	Winner	Score	Runner up	Venue	Attendance
2015	Featherstone Rovers	36–4	London Broncos	Halton Stadium	4,179
2016	Bradford Bulls	27–16	Sheffield Eagles	Odsal Stadium	3,518
2017	Toulouse	44–14	Sheffield Eagles	Stade Ernest-Argelès
2018	Featherstone Rovers	42–10	Leigh Centurions	Post Office Road

• Super League
• Championship (rugby league)
• League 1 (rugby league)