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The Rugby League Writers' Merit Award is awarded annually to a player, coach or official for their services to the game of rugby league. The inaugural winner of the award was Geoff Fletcher in 1982. The award winner is presented with the Arthur Brooks Trophy, [20] named after a former rugby league journalist for the Daily Mirror. [21]
The first step was to reduce the Championship from 14 clubs to 13 at the end of the 2024 season. This was achieved by the bottom two clubs being relegated to League 1 but only the League 1 champions being promoted. The team finishing third-bottom in 2024 played the team winning the League 1 play-offs for the 13th spot in the 2025 Championship. [5]
The 2025 season is the 30th season of the Super League, and 131st season of rugby league in Great Britain. The season began on 13 February 2025 with defending champions Wigan Warriors playing at home to the Leigh Leopards.
The 2025 Super League season, known as the 2025 Betfred Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the 30th season of the Super League and 131st season of rugby league in Great Britain. Wigan Warriors are the defending champions, having beaten Hull KR in the Grand Final , to win their seventh Super League title.
Historically, rugby league has been the second biggest spectator sport in England with 6.8 million spectators attending the 1948–1949 English season. Rugby league is most popular in its traditional heartlands and, in those areas, interest in the sport can rival that of association football.
The 2024 RFL League One was a professional rugby league football competition played in the United Kingdom and the third tier of the sport for Rugby Football League (RFL) affiliated clubs. The sponsors for the league were the bookmakers, Betfred and the league continued to be known as the Betfred League One .
The Rugby League Journal is a British rugby league periodical that is published quarterly. [1] It was founded in 2002. [2] The magazine is based in Egremont, near Whitehaven in Cumbria "for fans who don't want to forget" the game as it was prior to the arrival of Super League. [3] Its editor is Harry Edgar, the founder of Open Rugby (now Rugby ...
The Super League (also known as the Betfred Super League for sponsorship reasons, and legally known as Super League Europe Ltd.) [1] [2] is the top-level of the British rugby league system. At present the league consists of twelve teams, of which eleven are from Northern England , reflecting the sport's geographic heartland within the UK and ...