2012 Super League season

The Stobart Super League XVII was the official name of the 2012 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.

Super League XVII
LeagueSuper League
Duration27 Rounds
Teams14
Highest attendance21,522
Wigan Warriors vs St Helens
(7 September)
Lowest attendance1,517
London Broncos vs Salford City Reds (4 August)
Average attendance10,151
Broadcast partnersSky Sports
BBC Sport
Eurosport
beIN Sports
Fox Soccer Plus
Sport Klub
2012 season
ChampionsLeeds Rhinos
6th Super League title
9th British title
League LeadersWigan Warriors
Runners-upWarrington Wolves
Man of Steel Sam Tomkins
Top point-scorer(s) Scott Dureau (281)
Top try-scorer(s) Josh Charnley (31)

The season kicked off on 3 February with two Round 1 fixtures being played: the Widnes Vikings, in their first Super League match since 2005, lost to the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, while defending champions the Leeds Rhinos defeated the Hull Kingston Rovers and ended on 6 October with Leeds Rhinos beating Warrington Wolves 26-18 in the 2012 Super League Grand Final.

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