Super League (Europe)

The Super League is the top-level Professional Rugby League football club competition in Europe. Most teams come from Great Britain, but in the early years of the League did theFrench rugby team of Paris Saint Germain also with it. Paris Saint Germain stopped after two years in 1997. Since the 2006 season plays a new French team in the League; theCatalans Dragons. Because of the insurance bank engage Mutual Assurance, which sponsorsthe competition, would the League officially the engage Rugby Super League.

The Super League (Europe) (SLE) began in March 1996. Each team plays 28 games during the League spread over 28 laps in a period of February to september. At the end of the season, the 6 best teams against each other in the playoffs, culminating in a final.

Each year the League winner of the SLE against the League winner of the Australian rugby league, the NRL. This contest is called the World Club Challenge .

Each team is allowed three non-English players (also known as quota players) have. The Harlequins Rugby League should play four quota players, since they are regarded as a non-heartland team. The French Catalan Dragons may 8 non-French players in the field have.



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[hide] *1 Teams in season 2009  ==Teams in season 2009[ Edit] ==  ==History[ Edit] == The League is partly created by Rupert Murdoch's conglomerate, which had the rights to broadcast the Australian Rugby League. He approached British top clubs to set up a European Super League, the SLE. A large sum of money provided the positive outcome and the League began in 1996. A part of the agreement was that the season was played in summer and no more in the winter as before.
 * 2 History
 * the future 3
 * 4 Competition structure
 * 5 End results
 * 6 Man of Steel Award
 * 7 season 2006
 * 8 season 2007
 * 9 external links

At the beginning there were several proposed mergers between existing clubs:

They would then be joined together with the following teams:
 * Wakefield and Castleford, Featherstone Rovers Calder would come to be called.
 * Hull FC and Hull Kingston Rovers Humberside would come to be called.
 * Whitehaven RLFC, Workington Town, Barrow and Carlisle Cumbria would be.
 * Warrington and Widnes Cheshire would be.
 * Salford and Manchester could be Oldham .
 * Sheffield and Doncaster South Yorkshire would come to be called.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Merging the teams proved so unpopular that it was decided only to allow existing teams. Several top clubs were excluded from participation causing many riot arose. To the League a French and European dimension,Paris Saint Germain was founded.
 * St Helens
 * Wigan
 * Leeds
 * Bradford
 * Halifax
 * London
 * Paris
 * Toulouse

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">After 2 years out of the League, making Paris Europe stepped in the name of the League was no longer relevant. However, it was decided to retain the name. Promotion and relegation between Super League and the Rugby League National Leagues (the lower divisions) became possible. Later in 2002, the Super League (Europe) completely within the Rugby Football League, an international organization of different competitions. In 2006 a new French team, the Catalans Dragons, back in the competition for the name to revive Europe. In order to be able to let the French were there at the end of season 2005 two teams relegated, while there is only one promoted. Along with the Catalans Dragons so there were 12 teams. ==The future<span class="mw-editsection" len="339" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">After 2009 there will be no relegation or promotion to other competitions possible. Also be only teams with a certain license based on certain conditions permitted. After three years the permit is taken or renewed. So can continue successfully down ambitious clubs in the League. At the champion of 2006 St Helens RLFC and the promoted Hulk Kingston Rovers and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats is not yet sure if the team will live up to the conditions. ==Competition Structure<span class="mw-editsection" len="347" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the current season, 12 teams play in the League. Each team meets each opponent twice. There is a home and away game held. After these races, there are 22 rounds played. There are still 5 extra rounds played.Also contains the Millennium Magic weekend (6 extra rounds were played before 2007).

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The team that last is degrades normally the National League 1. The first six teams are then qualified for the playoffs. From these playoffs are two winners who in the Super League Grand Final determine who the champion is.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Week 1