1999 Super League season

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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.[1][2] 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.[3][4]

Teams

Legend
  Reigning Champions
  Promoted
Team Stadium Capacity City/Area
Bradford Bulls Odsal 27,000 Bradford, West Yorkshire
Castleford Tigers Wheldon Road 11,750 Castleford, West Yorkshire
Gateshead Thunder Gateshead International Stadium 11,800 Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
Halifax Blue Sox
 Thrum Hall 9,832 Halifax, West Yorkshire
Huddersfield Giants
Galpharm Stadium
 24,500 Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
Hull Sharks The Boulevard 10,500 Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
Leeds Rhinos
Headingley
 21,500 Leeds, West Yorkshire
London Broncos
The Valley
 27,000 Charlton, Greater London
Salford Reds The Willows 11,363 Salford, Greater Manchester
Sheffield Eagles
 Don Valley Stadium 25,000 Sheffield, South Yorkshire
St. Helens Knowsley Road 17,500 St Helens, Mersyside
Warrington Wolves Wilderspool 9,200 Warrington, Cheshire
Wigan Warriors Central Park 18,000 Wigan, Greater Manchester

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Bradford Bulls (L) 30 25 1 4 897 445 +452 51 Semi Final
2
St Helens
(C) 		30 23 0 7 1034 561 +473 46 Qualifying Semi Final
3 Leeds Rhinos 30 22 1 7 910 558 +352 45
4 Wigan Warriors 30 21 1 8 877 390 +487 43 Elimination Semi Final
5 Castleford Tigers 30 19 3 8 712 451 +261 41
6 Gateshead Thunder 30 19 1 10 775 576 +199 39
7 Warrington Wolves 30 15 1 14 700 717 −17 31
8 London Broncos 30 13 2 15 644 708 −64 28
9 Halifax Blue Sox 30 11 0 19 573 792 −219 22
10 Sheffield Eagles 30 10 1 19 518 818 −300 21
11 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 30 10 0 20 608 795 −187 20
12 Salford Reds 30 6 1 23 526 916 −390 13
13 Hull Sharks 30 5 0 25 422 921 −499 10
14 Huddersfield Giants 30 5 0 25 463 1011 −548 10
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders

Play-offs

Qualifying play-offQualifying semi-finalPreliminary finalGrand Final
1 Bradford Bulls40 Bradford Bulls6
St. Helens4 St. Helens8
2 St. Helens38 St. Helens36
3 Leeds Rhinos14Elimination semi-final Castleford Tigers6
Leeds Rhinos16
4 Wigan Warriors10 Castleford Tigers23
5 Castleford Tigers14

See also

References

  1. ^ Andy Wilson (2004-08-09). "Moran leaves Vikings with a sinking feeling". The Guardian. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
  2. ^ Dave Hadfield (1999-05-24). "Saints restore faith in game with emphasis on attack". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-25. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
  3. ISSN 1466-0105. {{cite book}}: |periodical= ignored (help
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  4. ^ BBC Sport (2005-09-12). "The 40/20 kick". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2009-09-23.

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