2022 Super League season
Super League XXVII, known as the 2022 Betfred Super League for sponsorship reasons, was the 27th season of the Super League and 128th season of rugby league in Great Britain.
| Super League XXVII | |
|---|---|
| League | Super League |
| Duration | 27 rounds |
| Teams | 12 |
| Matches played | 162 |
| Points scored | 6,957 |
| Highest attendance | 60,783 Grand Final (24 September) |
| Lowest attendance | 2,607 Salford Red Devils vs Catalans Dragons (17 July) |
| Average attendance | 8,356 |
| Attendance | 1,353,785 |
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| 2022 season | |
| Champions | St Helens 10th Super League title 17th British title |
| League Leaders Shield | St Helens |
| Runners-up | Leeds Rhinos |
| Biggest home win | Salford Red Devils 74–10 Wakefield Trinity (26 June) |
| Biggest away win | Hull FC 6–60 St Helens (14 August) |
| Man of Steel | Brodie Croft |
| Top point-scorer(s) | Tommy Makinson (210) |
| Top try-scorer(s) | Bevan French (31) |
| Promotion and relegation | |
| Promoted from Championship | Leigh Centurions |
| Relegated to Championship | Toulouse Olympique |
The season commenced on 10 February 2022 and ended with the Grand Final on 24 September 2022.
St Helens were the reigning champions going into Super League XXVII, after successfully retaining their title, beating Catalans Dragons in the 2021 Grand Final.
For the first time in Super League, there were two French teams in the competition, as Toulouse Olympique were promoted from the Championship, by beating Featherstone Rovers in the 2021 Million Pound Game.
Toulouse were immediately relegated back to the Championship, following a 14–24 defeat at home to Catalans Dragons on 25 August, having only won 5 games from 25 they were rooted to the bottom of the table and with only 2 games of the regular season remaining and 4 points to play for, they could not catch Wakefield in 11th place.
On 15 July 2022, Bevan French broke the record for most tries scored in a Super League game, during Wigan Warriors 60–0 win over Hull FC, scoring seven tries. The previous record for most tries scored in a Super League game was held by Lesley Vainikolo, who scored six tries for Bradford Bulls - also against Hull - in 2005.