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1999 Super League season

Season in rugby league

Season in rugby league

FieldValue
titleSuper League IV
leagueSuper League
pixels90px
captionThe Super League competition logo
duration30 Rounds
no_of_teams14
highest_attendance24,020
Bradford Bulls vs Leeds Rhinos (3 Sept)
lowest_attendance1,580
Gateshead Thunder vs Hull Sharks (19 May)
TVSky Sports
season1999 Season
season_champsSt. Helens
2nd Super League title
9th British title
season_champ_nameChampions
league_leadersBradford Bulls
league_leaders_nameLeague Leaders
MVPAUS Adrian Vowles
MVP_linkMan of Steel AwardsMan of Steel
top_scorerWAL Iestyn Harris (325)
top try scorerNZL Toa Kohe-Love (25)
membership_typeLeft League
leaveGateshead Thunder;
Sheffield Eagles
leave_reasonMerged with Hull FC
Merger with Huddersfield Giants
prevseason_linkSuper League III
prevseason_year1998
nextseason_linkSuper League V
nextseason_year2000

Bradford Bulls vs Leeds Rhinos (3 Sept) Gateshead Thunder vs Hull Sharks (19 May) 2nd Super League title 9th British title Sheffield Eagles Merger with Huddersfield Giants | conf1-runner-up = | conf2-runner-up = | finals-runner-up =

JJB Sports Super League IV was the official name for the year 1999's Super League championship season, the 105th season of top-level professional rugby league football in Britain, and the fourth championship run by the Super League. The start of Super League IV saw the emergence of a North East based Rugby League Club, Gateshead Thunder as well as newly promoted Wakefield Trinity Wildcats to expand the league to fourteen teams.

Rule changes

  • The 40/20 rule was introduced to reward accurate kicking in general play. The rule, which had been used in Australia since 1997, gave the head and feed at the resulting scrum to a team that kicked the ball from behind their 40-metre line so that it bounced in the field of play before going into touch behind their opponent's 20 metre line.

Teams

Legend
TeamStadiumCapacityCity/Area
Bradford BullsOdsal27,000
Castleford TigersWheldon Road11,750
[[Image:gthundercolours.svg16x16px]] Gateshead ThunderGateshead International Stadium11,800
Halifax Blue SoxThrum Hall9,832
Huddersfield GiantsGalpharm Stadium24,500
Hull SharksThe Boulevard10,500
Leeds RhinosHeadingley21,500
London BroncosThe Valley27,000
Salford RedsThe Willows11,363
Sheffield EaglesDon Valley Stadium25,000
St. HelensKnowsley Road17,500
Warrington WolvesWilderspool9,200
Wigan WarriorsCentral Park18,000

Table

Play-offs

| team-width=150

| RD1-team3 = Wigan Warriors | RD1-score3 = 10 | RD1-team4 = Castleford Tigers | RD1-score4 = 14

| RD1-team1 = St. Helens | RD1-score1 = 38 | RD1-team2 = Leeds Rhinos | RD1-score2 = 14

| RD2-team1 = Bradford Bulls | RD2-score1 = 40 | RD2-team2 = St. Helens | RD2-score2 = 4

| RD2-team3 = Leeds Rhinos | RD2-score3 = 16 | RD2-team4 = Castleford Tigers | RD2-score4 = 23

| RD3-team1 = St. Helens | RD3-score1 = 36 | RD3-team2 = Castleford Tigers | RD3-score2 = 6

| RD4-team1 = Bradford Bulls | RD4-score1 = 6 | RD4-team2 = St. Helens | RD4-score2 = 8

References

References

  1. Andy Wilson. (2004-08-09). "Moran leaves Vikings with a sinking feeling". The Guardian.
  2. Dave Hadfield. (1999-05-24). "Saints restore faith in game with emphasis on attack". The Independent.
  3. (2009). "Top ten: Rugby league rules". League Publications.
  4. BBC Sport. (2005-09-12). "The 40/20 kick". British Broadcasting Corporation.
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