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
TeamStadiumCity/Area
Bradford BullsGrattan Stadium, OdsalBradford
Catalans DragonsStade Gilbert BrutusPerpignan, France
Harlequins RLTwickenham StoopTwickenham, London
Huddersfield GiantsGalpharm StadiumHuddersfield
Hull F.C.KC StadiumKingston upon Hull
Hull Kingston RoversNew Craven ParkKingston upon Hull
Leeds RhinosHeadingley Carnegie StadiumLeeds
Salford City Reds (Relegated)The WillowsSalford
St. Helens (Reigning Champions)Knowsley RoadSt. Helens
Wakefield Trinity WildcatsAtlantic Solutions StadiumWakefield
Warrington WolvesHalliwell Jones StadiumWarrington
Wigan WarriorsJJB StadiumWigan

Season Summary

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Table

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PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 St Helens (L)271908783422+36138Semifinal
2 Leeds Rhinos (C)271818747487+26037
3 Bradford Bulls271719778560+21833[a]Elimination semifinal
4 Hull F.C.2714211573553+2030
5 Huddersfield Giants2713113638543+9527
6 Wigan Warriors2715111621527+9427[b]
7 Warrington Wolves2713014693736−4326
8 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats2711115596714−11823
9 Harlequins2710314495636−14123
10 Catalans Dragons2710116570685−11521
11 Hull Kingston Rovers2710017491723−23220
12 Salford City Reds (R)276120475874−39913Relegation 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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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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NumberNationalityPlayerPosition2007 Club
1 Clint GreenshieldsFull backCatalans Dragons
2 Kevin PennyWingerWarrington
3 Adam MoggCentreCatalans Dragons
4 Jason DemetriouCentreWakefield Trinity Wildcats
5 Scott DonaldWingerLeeds Rhinos
6 Trent BarrettStand offWigan Warriors
7 Rob BurrowScrum halfLeeds Rhinos
8 Nick FozzardPropSt. Helens
9 James RobyHookerSt. Helens
10 Jamie PeacockPropLeeds Rhinos
11 Gareth EllisSecond rowLeeds Rhinos
12 Glenn MorrisonSecond rowBradford Bulls
13 Stephen WildLoose forwardHuddersfield Giants

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