The 2016 Super 8s were a feature of the British rugby league system, between 2015 and 2018, and were played in the top three professional divisions.

2016 Super 8s
LeagueRugby League Super 8s
Duration7 Rounds (Followed by 2 rounds of relevant playoffs)
Teams39
Broadcast partnersUnited Kingdom Sky Sports
United Kingdom BBC Sport
United Kingdom SLTV
Australia Fox Sports (Australia)
France beIN Sport
United States Fox Soccer Plus
Europe Sport Klub
2016 season
Super League
Wigan Warriors
Qualifiers
Leeds Rhinos
Championship Shield
Bradford Bulls
League 1
Rochdale Hornets
League 1 Shield
Newcastle Thunder
Biggest home win Bradford Bulls 83 – 0 Oldham
Biggest away win Hemel Stags 10 – 66 Newcastle Thunder
Man of Steel Awards Danny Houghton (Hull F.C.)
Top try-scorer(s) Denny Solomona (Castleford Tigers) (40)
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from
Championship
League 1

Leigh Centurions
Rochdale Hornets
Relegated to
Championship
League 1

Hull Kingston Rovers
Workington Town
Whitehaven

After 23 games the league table is frozen and the teams are split into 5 groups called the Super 8s. The top 8 Super League play each other once more before the top 4 team enter the playoffs for a place in the Super League Grand Final.

The bottom 4 Super League teams and top 4 Championship teams play each other in The Qualifiers for a place in next seasons Super League. The bottom 4 Championship teams play each other once more with the top 4 teams entering the playoffs for the Championship Shield with the bottom 2 teams being relegated to League 1.

The top 8 League 1 sides play each other once more before the top 5 teams enter the playoffs with 2 teams being promoted. The bottom 7 teams play each other for the League 1 Shield

Super League

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The Super League Super 8s sees the top 8 teams from the Super League play 7 games each. Each team's points are carried over and after 7 additional games the top 4 teams will contest the play off semi-finals with the team in 1st hosting the team in 4th, and the team finishing 2nd hosting the 3rd placed team; the winners of these semi-finals will contest the Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford.

Round 1

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Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Referee Attendance
  Warrington Wolves 18–20   St. Helens Halliwell Jones Stadium Bentham 10,881
  Hull F.C. 16–30   Castleford Tigers KCOM Stadium Smith 9,936
  Wigan Warriors 60–12   Wakefield Trinity DW Stadium Mikalauskas 10,593
  Catalans Dragons 26-10   Widnes Vikings Stade Gilbert Brutus Hicks 7,341

Round 2

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Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Referee Attendance
  Widnes Vikings 0–38   Hull F.C. Halton Stadium Thaler 4,359
  Castleford Tigers 36-22   Wigan Warriors Wheldon Road Cobb 6,325
  St. Helens 39-16   Catalans Dragons Langtree Park Child 9,440
  Wakefield Trinity 10-38   Warrington Wolves Belle Vue Hicks 3,552

Round 3

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Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Referee Attendance
  Hull F.C. 44-0  Catalans Dragons KCOM Stadium Bentham 10,494
  Wigan Warriors 25-0   St. Helens DW Stadium Thaler 15,265
 Warrington Wolves 14-11  Castleford Tigers Halliwell Jones Stadium Kendall 9,228
  Widnes Vikings 40–8   Wakefield Trinity Halton Stadium 4,010

Round 4

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Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Referee Attendance
  Wigan Warriors 6-8   Widnes Vikings DW Stadium Bentham 11,495
  St. Helens 31-10   Hull F.C. Langtree Park Campbell 10,086
 Catalans Dragons 22-26  Warrington Wolves Stade Gilbert Brutus Smith 7,108
 Castleford Tigers 46-22  Wakefield Trinity Wheldon Road Hewer 6,298

Round 5

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Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Referee Attendance
  St. Helens 40–16  Castleford Tigers Langtree Park Smith 9,448
 Warrington Wolves 30–12   Widnes Vikings Halliwell Jones Stadium Hewer 10,488
  Hull F.C. 12–18   Wigan Warriors KCOM Stadium Thaler 11,686
 Wakefield Trinity 10–14  Catalans Dragons Belle Vue Child 2,612

Round 6

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Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Referee Attendance
  Widnes Vikings 8–21   St. Helens Halton Stadium Child 6,128
 Warrington Wolves 28–35   Wigan Warriors Halliwell Jones Stadium Hicks 13,044
 Catalans Dragons 28–34  Castleford Tigers Stade Gilbert Brutus Bentham 7,802
 Wakefield Trinity 12–18   Hull F.C. Belle Vue Campbell 3,413

Round 7

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Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Referee Attendance
  St. Helens 32–12   Wakefield Trinity Langtree Park Cobb 9,516
  Hull F.C. 6–23  Warrington Wolves KCOM Stadium Thaler 17,453
  Wigan Warriors 48–24  Catalans Dragons DW Stadium Bentham 16,140
 Castleford Tigers 40–26   Widnes Vikings Wheldon Road Smith 7,103

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Warrington Wolves (L) 30 21 1 8 852 541 +311 43 Semi-finals
2   Wigan Warriors (C) 30 21 0 9 669 560 +109 42
3   Hull F.C. 30 20 0 10 749 579 +170 40
4   St Helens 30 20 0 10 756 641 +115 40
5   Castleford Tigers 30 15 1 14 830 808 +22 31
6   Catalans Dragons 30 15 0 15 723 716 +7 30
7   Widnes Vikings 30 12 0 18 603 643 −40 24
8   Wakefield Trinity 30 10 0 20 571 902 −331 20
Source: BBC Sport
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners

Play-offs

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# Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time (Local) Venue Referee Attendance
SEMI-FINALS
SF1   Warrington Wolves 18–10   St. Helens 29 September 20:00 Halliwell Jones Stadium Thaler 12,036
SF2   Wigan Warriors 28-18   Hull F.C. 30 September 20:00 DW Stadium Hicks 10,013
GRAND FINAL
F   Warrington Wolves 6–12   Wigan Warriors 8 October 18:00 Old Trafford, Manchester Hicks 70,202

The Qualifiers

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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 2017 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 2017 Super League; the loser, along with teams finishing 6th, 7th and 8th, will be relegated to the Championship.

Round 1

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Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Attendance
  Featherstone Rovers 6–62   Leeds Rhinos Post Office Road 6,671
  Leigh Centurions 34-30   London Broncos Leigh Sports Village 4,041
  Salford Red Devils 34–12   Huddersfield Giants Salford City Stadium 2,184
  Hull Kingston Rovers 58–18   Batley Bulldogs Craven Park 5,491

Round 2

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Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Attendance
  Leeds Rhinos 22–18   Hull Kingston Rovers Headingley Stadium 14,180
  Leigh Centurions 32–26   Salford Red Devils Leigh Sports Village 4,547
  Huddersfield Giants 62-16   Featherstone Rovers Kirklees Stadium 3,690
  London Broncos 76-16   Batley Bulldogs Trailfinders Sports Ground 594

Round 3

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Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Attendance
  Salford Red Devils 12–29   Hull Kingston Rovers Salford City Stadium 2,074
  Featherstone Rovers 18–30   Leigh Centurions Post Office Road 1,678
  London Broncos 28–42   Leeds Rhinos Trailfinders Sports Ground 3,015
  Batley Bulldogs 28–58   Huddersfield Giants Mount Pleasant 1,390

Round 4

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Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Attendance
  Leeds Rhinos 30-8   Salford Red Devils Headingley Stadium 13,996
  Hull Kingston Rovers 18–25   Leigh Centurions Craven Park 7,363
  Batley Bulldogs 11–10   Featherstone Rovers Mount Pleasant 1,131
  Huddersfield Giants 40-4   London Broncos Kirklees Stadium 3,794

Round 5

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Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Attendance
  Leeds Rhinos 32–0   Batley Bulldogs Headingley Stadium 15,135
  Leigh Centurions 48–40   Huddersfield Giants Leigh Sports Village 5,934
  Salford Red Devils 70-16   Featherstone Rovers Salford City Stadium 1,579
  London Broncos 18-58   Hull Kingston Rovers Trailfinders Sports Ground 1,215

Round 6

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Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Attendance
  Leigh Centurions 42-24   Batley Bulldogs Leigh Sports Village 10,556
  Salford Red Devils 16-19   London Broncos Salford City Stadium 2,521
  Featherstone Rovers 24–32   Hull Kingston Rovers Post Office Road 4,034
  Huddersfield Giants 22–14   Leeds Rhinos Kirklees Stadium 6,666

Round 7

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Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Attendance
  Leeds Rhinos 37–12   Leigh Centurions Headingley Stadium 14,747
  Batley Bulldogs 14–42   Salford Red Devils Mount Pleasant 1,520
  London Broncos 46–6   Featherstone Rovers Trailfinders Sports Ground 605
  Hull Kingston Rovers 22–23   Huddersfield Giants KC Lightstream Stadium 8,024

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Leeds Rhinos 7 6 0 1 239 94 +145 12 2017 Super League
2   Leigh Centurions (P) 7 6 0 1 223 193 +30 12
3   Huddersfield Giants 7 5 0 2 257 166 +91 10
4   Hull Kingston Rovers (R) 7 4 0 3 235 142 +93 8 Million Pound Game
5   Salford Red Devils 7 3 0 4 208 152 +56 6
6   London Broncos 7 3 0 4 221 212 +9 6 2017 Championship
7   Batley Bulldogs 7 1 0 6 111 318 −207 2
8   Featherstone Rovers 7 0 0 7 96 313 −217 0
Source: Rugby League Project
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Million Pound Game

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Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time (local) Venue Attendance
Million Pound Game
  Hull Kingston Rovers 18-19 AET   Salford Red Devils 1 October 15:00 KC Lightstream Stadium 6,562

Championship Shield

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At the end of the regular season the bottom 8 Championship teams play each other once more, home or away. The bottom two teams are then relegated to League 1 and the top four teams qualify for the play off for the Championship Shield.

Round 1

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Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Attendance
  Whitehaven 18–46   Bradford Bulls Recreation Ground 675
  Dewsbury Rams 36–24   Swinton Lions Crown Flatt 647
  Halifax 28–48   Sheffield Eagles The Shay 1,228
  Oldham R.L.F.C. 30–16   Workington Town Bower Fold 573

Round 2

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Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Attendance
  Bradford Bulls 44–22   Halifax Odsal Stadium 3,498
  Sheffield Eagles 48–16   Whitehaven Bawtry Road 412
  Swinton Lions 8–30   Oldham R.L.F.C. Heywood Road 693
  Workington Town 34–24   Dewsbury Rams Derwent Park 527

Round 3

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Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Attendance
  Bradford Bulls 83–0   Oldham R.L.F.C. Odsal Stadium 3,022
  Halifax 22–24   Dewsbury Rams The Shay 1,133
  Sheffield Eagles 38–40   Swinton Lions Bawtry Road 466
  Workington Town 24–28   Whitehaven Derwent Park 1,058

Round 4

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Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Attendance
  Whitehaven 10–30   Halifax Recreation Ground 718
  Dewsbury Rams 26–36   Bradford Bulls Crown Flatt 1,807
  Oldham R.L.F.C. 24–54   Sheffield Eagles Bower Fold 680
  Swinton Lions 19–12   Workington Town Heywood Road 546

Round 5

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Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Attendance
  Bradford Bulls 46–28   Swinton Lions Odsal Stadium 4,030
  Dewsbury Rams 12–56   Whitehaven Crown Flatt 524
  Halifax 32–18   Oldham R.L.F.C. The Shay 1,182
  Sheffield Eagles 62–0   Workington Town Bawtry Road 380

Round 6

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Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Attendance
  Oldham R.L.F.C. 18-20   Whitehaven Bower Fold 843
  Sheffield Eagles 22-38   Dewsbury Rams Bawtry Road 564
  Swinton Lions 28-26   Halifax Heywood Road 582
  Workington Town 30-26   Bradford Bulls Derwent Park 596

Round 7

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Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Attendance
  Whitehaven 40-18   Swinton Lions Recreation Ground 733
  Bradford Bulls 80-0   Sheffield Eagles Odsal Stadium 4,035
  Dewsbury Rams 30-12   Oldham R.L.F.C. Crown Flatt 628
  Halifax 46-26   Workington Town The Shay 1,217

Standings

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Pos Club P W D L For Agst Diff Points Qualification
1   Bradford Bulls (Q) 30 19 2 9 997 570 507 40 PlayOffs
2   Halifax (Q) 30 16 1 13 775 656 139 33
3   Sheffield Eagles (Q) 30 12 0 18 855 763 12 24
4   Dewsbury Rams (Q) 30 12 0 18 646 797 -133 24
5   Swinton Lions (S) 30 10 1 19 596 1001 -427 21 Season Complete
6   Oldham R.L.F.C. (S) 30 10 0 20 523 888 -383 20
7   Whitehaven (R) 30 8 1 21 571 945 -365 17 Relegation to 2017 League 1
8   Workington Town (R) 30 7 1 22 541 919 -394 15

(Q) = Qualified for Play-offs

(S) = Secured spot in Championship

(R) = Relegated to League 1

Play-offs

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# Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time (Local) Venue Referee Attendance
SEMI-FINALS
SF1   Halifax 32-46   Sheffield Eagles The Shay 946
SF2   Bradford Bulls 36-22   Dewsbury Rams Odsal Stadium 2,189
CHAMPIONSHIP SHIELD FINAL
F   Bradford Bulls 27-16   Sheffield Eagles Odsal Stadium 3,518

League 1 Super 8s

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The top 8 teams in League 1 carry points forward and play each other once more home or away. The top five teams after 7 games will enter the playoffs.

Round 1

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Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Attendance
  Hunslet Hawks 30 – 26   London Skolars South Leeds Stadium 414
  Toulouse Olympique 40 – 4   Keighley Cougars Stade Ernest-Argelès 1,214
  Barrow Raiders 34–12   Rochdale Hornets Craven Park 913
  York City Knights 28–36   Doncaster Bootham Crescent 540

Round 2

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Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Attendance
  Doncaster 12–40   Barrow Raiders Keepmoat Stadium 622
  Keighley Cougars 8–18   Hunslet Hawks Cougar Park 384
  London Skolars 28–38   Rochdale Hornets New River Stadium 308
  Toulouse Olympique 46–16   York City Knights Stade Ernest-Argelès 1,314

Round 3

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Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Attendance
  Hunslet Hawks 24–36   Doncaster South Leeds Stadium 379
  Rochdale Hornets 18–4   Keighley Cougars Spotland 510
  London Skolars 14–58   Toulouse Olympique New River Stadium 974
  York City Knights 6–20   Barrow Raiders Bootham Crescent 664

Round 4

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Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Attendance
  Keighley Cougars 30–10   London Skolars Cougar Park 297
  Barrow Raiders 44–26   Hunslet Hawks Craven Park 1,003
  Doncaster 18–38   Toulouse Olympique Keepmoat Stadium 573
  Rochdale Hornets 16–36   York City Knights Spotland 413

Round 5

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Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Attendance
  Toulouse Olympique 46–6   Rochdale Hornets Stade Ernest-Argelès 1,772[1]
  York City Knights 12–33   Hunslet Hawks Bootham Crescent 702
  London Skolars 4–54   Barrow Raiders New River Stadium
  Doncaster 26–24   Keighley Cougars Keepmoat Stadium 609

Round 6

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Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Attendance
  Barrow Raiders 26–18   Keighley Cougars Craven Park 1,173
  Rochdale Hornets 38–22   Doncaster Spotland 393
  Hunslet Hawks 12–16   Toulouse Olympique South Leeds Stadium 541
  York City Knights 30–4   London Skolars Bootham Crescent 448

Round 7

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Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Attendance
  Rochdale Hornets 34–18   Hunslet Hawks Spotland 690
  Keighley Cougars 50–8   York City Knights Cougar Park 658
  Toulouse Olympique 44–22   Barrow Raiders Stade Ernest-Argelès 1,161
  Doncaster 34–30   London Skolars Keepmoat Stadium 587

Standings

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Pos Club P W D L For Ag Diff Pts Qualification
1   Toulouse Olympique (PP) 21 20 1 0 990 276 714 41 Promotion Final
2   Rochdale Hornets (PP) 21 16 1 4 709 440 269 33
3   Barrow Raiders (Q) 21 15 1 5 769 375 394 31 Playoffs
4   Doncaster (Q) 21 14 0 7 683 526 157 28
5   York City Knights (Q) 21 12 1 8 618 461 157 25
6   Keighley Cougars (F) 21 11 0 10 658 514 144 22 Season Complete
7   Hunslet (F) 21 11 0 10 544 550 -6 22
8   London Skolars (F) 21 8 0 13 470 650 -180 16

(C) = Champions

(PP) = Qualified for Promotion Playoff

(Q) = Qualified for Play-offs

(F) = Failed to reach Playoffs

Play-offs

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Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Attendance
PROMOTION FINAL
  Toulouse Olympique 22-24   Rochdale Hornets Stade Ernest-Argelès
# Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Attendance
SEMI-FINALS
SF1   Barrow Raiders 46-6   Doncaster Craven Park
SF2   Toulouse Olympique 62-10   York City Knights Stade des Minimes
LEAGUE 1 PLAYOFF FINAL
F   Toulouse Olympique 32-22   Barrow Raiders Stade des Minimes

League 1 Shield

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The bottom 7 teams compete in the League 1 Shield where they play each other once more home or away. The top 2 teams compete for the League 1 Shield.

Round 1

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Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Attendance
  North Wales Crusaders 30–26   South Wales Scorpions Hare Lane 343
  Coventry Bears 48–6   Oxford Butts Park Arena 366
  Newcastle Thunder 50–24   Gloucestershire All Golds Kingston Park 482

Round 2

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Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Attendance
  Hemel Stags 18–42   North Wales Crusaders Pennine Way 147
  Gloucestershire All Golds 16–28   Oxford Prince of Wales Stadium 105
  South Wales Scorpions 26–28   Newcastle Thunder Virginia Park 410

Round 3

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Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Attendance
  Coventry Bears 14–18   South Wales Scorpions Butts Park Arena 497
  Newcastle Thunder 30–14   North Wales Crusaders Kingston Park 408
  Oxford 46–10   Hemel Stags Tilsey Park 103

Round 4

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Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Attendance
  Oxford 18–62   Newcastle Thunder Tilsey Park 121
  North Wales Crusaders 28–30   Coventry Bears Racecourse Ground 297
  Gloucestershire All Golds 74–18   Hemel Stags Prince of Wales Stadium 101

Round 5

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Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Attendance
  South Wales Scorpions 12–20   Oxford Virginia Park 178
  Hemel Stags 10–66   Newcastle Thunder Pennine Way 112
  Coventry Bears 33–20   Gloucestershire All Golds Butts Park Arena 392

Round 6

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Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Attendance
  Newcastle Thunder 46–10   Coventry Bears Kingston Park 456
  North Wales Crusaders 18–4   Gloucestershire All Golds Racecourse Ground 270
  South Wales Scorpions 16–8   Hemel Stags Virginia Park 151

Round 7

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Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Attendance
  Oxford 6–37   North Wales Crusaders Tilsey Park 120
  Gloucestershire All Golds 33–18   South Wales Scorpions Prince of Wales Stadium 80
  Hemel Stags 12–22   Coventry Bears Pennine Way 307

Standings

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Pos Club P W D L For Ag Diff Pts Qualification
1   Newcastle Thunder (Q) 20 13 1 6 558 426 132 27 League 1 Shield Final
2   North Wales Crusaders (Q) 20 9 2 9 440 433 36 20
3   Coventry Bears (F) 20 8 1 11 383 542 -159 17
4   Gloucestershire All Golds (F) 20 5 0 15 411 607 -196 10
5   Oxford (F) 20 4 0 16 312 732 -487 8
6   South Wales Scorpions (F) 20 2 0 18 254 697 -443 4
7   Hemel Stags (W) 20 2 0 18 230 828 -598 4 Wooden Spoon

(Q) = Qualified for Shield Final

(F) = Unable to qualify for Shield Final

(W) = Wooden Spoon

Final

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Home Score Away Match Information
Venue Attendance
League 1 Shield Final
  Newcastle Thunder 31-26   North Wales Crusaders Kingston Park

See also

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References

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