2014 Super League season
The First Utility Super League XIX was the official name for the 2014 Super League season. Fourteen teams competed over 27 rounds, after which the 8 highest finishing teams entered the play-offs to compete for a place in the Grand Final and a chance to win the championship and the Super League Trophy.
Teams
Super League XIX will be the third and final year of a licensed Super League. Under this system, promotion and relegation between Super League and Championship was abolished, and 14 teams were granted licences subject to certain criteria. For the 2014 season, all fourteen teams from the previous season will compete, although Salford have changed their names from the City Reds to the Red Devils.At the end of the season, Super League will be reduced to 12 teams, as part of the re-structuring of Super League and the RFL Championship.
Geographically, the vast majority of teams in Super League are based in the north of England, five teams – Warrington, St. Helens, Salford, Wigan and Widnes – to the west of the Pennines in Cheshire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside, and seven teams to the east in Yorkshire – Huddersfield, Bradford, Wakefield Trinity, Leeds, Castleford, Hull F.C. and Hull Kingston Rovers. Catalans Dragons are the only team based in France and are outside of the UK and London Broncos are the only team to be based in a capital city.
Results
The regular league season sees the 14 teams play each other twice plus an additional match, as part of the Magic Weekend, over 27 matches. The team who finishes 1st at the end of the regular season win the League Leaders' Shield.Table
Play-offs
Player statistics
Top try-scorers
Top try assists
Top goalscorers
Top points scorers
Discipline
Red Cards
Yellow Cards
End-of-season awards
Awards are presented for outstanding contributions and efforts to players and clubs in the week leading up to the Super League Grand Final:- Man of Steel: Daryl Clark, Castleford Tigers
- Coach of the year: Daryl Powell, Castleford Tigers
- Super League club of the year: Widnes Vikings
- Young player of the year: Daryl Clark, Castleford Tigers
- Foundation of the year: Warrington Wolves
- Rhino "Top Gun":
- Metre-maker: James Roby, St Helens
- Top Try Scorer: Joel Monaghan, Warrington Wolves
- Outstanding Achievement Award:
- Hit Man:
2014 Transfers
Players
| Player | 2013 Club | 2014 Club |
| John Bateman | Bradford Bulls | Wigan Warriors |
| Jamie Langley | Bradford Bulls | Hull Kingston Rovers |
| Heath L'Estrange | Bradford Bulls | NRL: Sydney Roosters |
| Keith Lulia | Bradford Bulls | NRL: Wests Tigers |
| Jarrod Sammut | Bradford Bulls | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats |
| Rangi Chase | Castleford Tigers | Salford Red Devils |
| Lee Gilmour | Castleford Tigers | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats |
| Jordan Thompson | Castleford Tigers | Hull F.C. |
| Rémi Casty | Catalans Dragons | NRL: Sydney Roosters |
| Steve Menzies | Catalans Dragons | Retirement |
| Dale Ferguson | Huddersfield Giants | Bradford Bulls |
| Stuart Fielden | Huddersfield Giants | Retirement |
| Luke George | Huddersfield Giants | Bradford Bulls |
| Tom Briscoe | Hull F.C. | Leeds Rhinos |
| Ben Galea | Hull F.C. | Retirement |
| Daniel Holdsworth | Hull F.C. | NRL: Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks |
| Paul Johnson | Hull F.C. | Widnes Vikings |
| Andy Lynch | Hull F.C. | Castleford Tigers |
| Shannon McDonnell | Hull F.C. | St. Helens |
| Mark O'Meley | Hull F.C. | Retirement |
| Danny Tickle | Hull F.C. | Widnes Vikings |
| Michael Dobson | Hull Kingston Rovers | NRL: Newcastle Knights |
| Mickey Paea | Hull Kingston Rovers | Hull F.C. |
| Cory Paterson | Hull Kingston Rovers | NRL: Wests Tigers |
| Lincoln Withers | Hull Kingston Rovers | Retirement |
| Paul McShane | Leeds Rhinos | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats |
| Chris Bailey | London Broncos | Huddersfield Giants |
| Mark Bryant | London Broncos | Retirement |
| Tony Clubb | London Broncos | Wigan Warriors |
| Luke Dorn | London Broncos | Castleford Tigers |
| Ben Fisher | London Broncos | Retirement |
| Tommy Lee | London Broncos | Salford Red Devils |
| Chad Randall | London Broncos | Retirement |
| Dan Sarginson | London Broncos | Wigan Warriors |
| Jamie Soward | London Broncos | NRL: Penrith Panthers |
| Scott Wheeldon | London Broncos | Castleford Tigers |
| Michael Witt | London Broncos | NRL: St. George Illawarra Dragons |
| Jodie Broughton | Salford City Reds | Huddersfield Giants |
| Lee Gaskell | Salford City Reds | Bradford Bulls |
| Ashley Gibson | Salford City Reds | Castleford Tigers |
| Marc Sneyd | Salford City Reds | Castleford Tigers |
| Paul Clough | St. Helens | Widnes Vikings |
| Ade Gardner | St. Helens | Hull Kingston Rovers |
| Francis Meli | St. Helens | Salford Red Devils |
| Josh Perry | St. Helens | Retirement |
| Tony Puletua | St. Helens | Salford Red Devils |
| Paul Aiton | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | Leeds Rhinos |
| Kyle Amor | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | St. Helens |
| Ben Cockayne | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | Hull Kingston Rovers |
| Frankie Mariano | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | Castleford Tigers |
| Justin Poore | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | Hull Kingston Rovers |
| Kyle Wood | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | Huddersfield Giants |
| Lee Briers | Warrington Wolves | Retirement |
| Mike Cooper | Warrington Wolves | NRL: St. George Illawarra Dragons |
| Brett Hodgson | Warrington Wolves | Retirement |
| Adrian Morley | Warrington Wolves | Salford Red Devils |
| Ben Cross | Widnes Vikings | Retirement |
| Gareth Hock | Widnes Vikings | Salford Red Devils |
| Harrison Hansen | Wigan Warriors | Salford Red Devils |
| Lee Mossop | Wigan Warriors | NRL: Parramatta Eels |
| Pat Richards | Wigan Warriors | NRL: Wests Tigers |
| Sam Tomkins | Wigan Warriors | NRL: New Zealand Warriors |
| Chris Tuson | Wigan Warriors | Hull F.C. |
| Scott Anderson | NRL: Brisbane Broncos | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats |
| Lama Tasi | NRL: Brisbane Broncos | Salford Red Devils |
| Kris Keating | NRL: Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | Hull Kingston Rovers |
| Ben Pomeroy | NRL: Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | Catalans Dragons |
| Jordan Atkins | NRL: Gold Coast Titans | London Broncos |
| Junior Sa'u | NRL: Melbourne Storm | Salford Red Devils |
| Neville Costigan | NRL: Newcastle Knights | Hull Kingston Rovers |
| Kevin Locke | NRL: New Zealand Warriors | Salford Red Devils |
| Steve Rapira | NRL: New Zealand Warriors | Salford Red Devils |
| Matt Bowen | NRL: North Queensland Cowboys | Wigan Warriors |
| Scott Moore | NRL: North Queensland Cowboys | London Broncos |
| Matt Ryan | NRL: Parramatta Eels | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats |
| Mose Masoe | NRL: Penrith Panthers | St. Helens |
| Luke Walsh | NRL: Penrith Panthers | St. Helens |
| Roy Asotasi | NRL: South Sydney Rabbitohs | Warrington Wolves |
| Jeff Lima | NRL: South Sydney Rabbitohs | Catalans Dragons |
| Michael Weyman | NRL: St. George Illawarra Dragons | Hull Kingston Rovers |
| Michael Oldfield | NRL: Sydney Roosters | Catalans Dragons |
| Eddy Pettybourne | NRL: Wests Tigers | Wigan Warriors |
| Setaimata Sa | London Irish | Hull F.C. |
| Ben Farrar | N/A | London Broncos |
| Danny Galea | N/A | Widnes Vikings |
| Fetuli Talanoa | N/A | Hull F.C. |
Media
Television
2014 is the third year of a five-year contract with Sky Sports to televise 70 matches per season. The deal which runs until 2016 is worth £90million.Sky Sports coverage in the UK see two live matches broadcast each week, which will usually be shown at 20:00 on Thursday and Friday nights with the Thursday night fixtures first being adopted at the back-end of the 2013 season.
Regular commentators were Eddie Hemmings and Mike Stephenson with summarisers including Phil Clarke, Brian Carney, Barrie McDermott and Terry O'Connor. Sky will broadcast highlights on Sunday Nights on Super League - Full Time, usually airing at 10pm.
BBC Sport broadcast a highlights programme called the Super League Show, presented by Tanya Arnold. The BBC show two weekly broadcasts of the programme. The first is only to the BBC North West, Yorkshire & North Midlands, North East & Cumbria, and East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire regions on Monday evenings at 23:35 on BBC One, while a repeat showing is shown nationally on BBC Two on Tuesday afternoons at 13:30. The Super League Show is also available for one week after broadcast for streaming or download via the BBC iPlayer in the UK only. End of season play-offs are shown on BBC Two across the whole country in a weekly highlights package on Sunday afternoons.
Internationally, Super League is shown live or delayed on Showtime Sports, Māori Television, TV 2 Sport, NTV+, Fox Soccer Plus, Eurosport or Sportsnet World.