Super League

Super_League

Super_League

The Super League (also known as the Betfred Super League for sponsorship reasons, and legally Super League Europe Ltd.) is a professional rugby league competition, and the highest level of the British rugby league system, which consists of fourteen teams, twelve from Northern England, the sport's heartland, and two from southern France.

Super League began in 1996, replacing the Rugby Football League Championship First Division which had been running continuously since 1895, and switching from a winter to a summer season.