Rugby Super League Past Winners List, champions by year history, since 1996. .

Rugby Super League is known as the Betfred Super League due to sponsorship reason is the top-level professional rugby league club competition in the Northern hemisphere comprising the Twelve teams in Great Britain.

St. Helens are the reigning champions going into Super League XXVII, after successfully retaining their title, beating Leeds Rhinos in the 2022 Grand Final for fourth straight title.

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Rugby Super League

Super League is known as the Rugby Super League is the top-level professional rugby league club competition in the Northern hemisphere, UK.

The league has 12th teams: eleven from England and one from France.

Normally known in the UK as the Super League it is referred to internationally as the European Super League (ESL).

Rugby Super League started in 1996, replacing the RFL Championship and turned from a winter to a summer season.

Each team plays 23 games between February and July.
After 23 games, teams enter a Super 8s stage, the top eight play each other once more.
The top four then enter the playoff series leading to the Grand Final (formerly the Championship Final) which determines the champions-winners.

The bottom four teams go on to play the top four Championship teams in The Qualifiers to determine who will play in Next Super League Rugby season.

Leeds Rhinos are the most successful club in the Rugby Super League, having won 8 titles. followed by St. Helens won the titles 7th times.

The Super League champions play the National Rugby League champions from Australasia in the World Club Challenge at the start of the season.

Betfred Rugby Super League 2023 teams list.

Castleford Tigers Catalans Dragons

Huddersfield Giants Hull FC

Hull Kingston Rovers (Hull KR) Leeds Rhinos

Salford Red Devils St. Helens

Wakefield Trinity Warrington Wolves

Toulouse Olympique Wigan Warriors

All-time Super League Rugby Champions List, Past winners by year from 1996-2023.

2022 - St. Helens beat the Leeds Rhinos in the 2022 Betfred Super League XXVI Grand Final, final scores 24-10.

Year - Champions - Runner-up -- Scores

2023 - XXVIII   Wigan Warriors vs Catalans Dragons

2022 - XXVII St Helens beat Leeds Rhinos -- 24-12

2021 - XXVI   St. Helens beat Catalans Dragons -- 12–10

2020-XXV St. Helens beat Wigan Warriors 8–4

2019-XIV   St. Helens beat Salford Red Devils -- 23–6

2018-XXIII Wigan Warriors beat Warrington Wolves -- 12–4

2017-XXII LEEDS RHINOS Beat Castleford Tigers, 24-6

2016-XXI WIGAN WARRIORS Beat Warrington Wolves, 12-6

2015-XX LEEDS RHINOS Beat Wigan Warriors, 22-20

2014-XIX ST HELENS Beat Wigan Warriors, 14-6

2013-XVIII WIGAN WARRIORS Beat Warrington Wolves, 30-16

2012-XVII LEEDS RHINOS Beat Warrington Wolves, 26-18

2011-XVI LEEDS RHINOS Beat St. Helens, 32-16

2010-XV WIGAN WARRIORS Beat St. Helens, 22-10

2009-XIV LEEDS RHINOS Beat St. Helens, 18-10

2008XIII LEEDS RHINOS Beat St. Helens, 24-16

2007-XII LEEDS RHINOS Beat St. Helens, 33-6

2006-XI ST. HELENS Beat Hull FC, 26-4

2005-X BRADFORD BULLS Beat Leeds Rhinos, 15-6

2004-XI LEEDS RHINOS Beat Bradford Bulls, 16-8

2003-VIII BRADFORD BULLS Beat Wigan Warriors, 25-12

2002-VII ST. HELENS Beat Bradford 19-18

2001-VI BRADFORD BULLS Beat Wigan Warriors, 37-6

2000-V ST. HELENS Beat Wigan Warriors, 29-16

1999-IV ST. HELENS Beat Bradford Bulls, 8-6

1998-III WIGAN WARRIORS Beat Leeds Rhinos, 10-4

1997-II BRADFORD BULLS Title decided by League Leadership

1996-I ST. HELENS Title decided by League Leadership

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