Super League IV
| Super League IV | |
|---|---|
| League | Super League |
| Duration | 30 Rounds |
| Teams | 14 |
| Highest attendance | 24,020 Bradford Bulls vs Leeds Rhinos (3 Sept) |
| Lowest attendance | 1,580 Gateshead Thunder vs Hull Sharks (19 May) |
| Broadcast partners |
 Sky Sports
|
| 1999 Season | |
| Champions |
 St. Helens2nd Super League title 9th English title |
| League Leaders |
 Bradford Bulls
|
| Man of Steel |
 Adrian Vowles
|
| Top point-scorer(s) |
 Iestyn Harris (325) |
| Top try-scorer(s) |
 Toa Kohe-Love (25) |
| Left League | |
| Merger with Hull Merger with Huddersfield |
 Gateshead Thunder; Sheffield Eagles
|
JJB Sports Super League IV was the official name for the year 1999's Super League championship season, the 105th season of top-level professional rugby league football in Britain, and the fourth championship run by Super League. The start of Super League IV saw the emergence of a North East based Rugby League Club, Gateshead Thunder as well as newly promoted Wakefield Trinity Wildcats to expand the league to fourteen teams.
The season finished with a grand final between 1997 champions Bradford Bulls and the inaugural Super League champions St. Helens in which the Saints triumphed in a closely contested game.
Regular Season Final Standings
Huddersfield managed to avoid relegation again despite finishing bottom due to the merger with Sheffield Eagles to form Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants. Also at the end of this season Gateshead Thunder and Hull Sharks were merged to form Hull F.C. with no attempt made to maintain any association with Gateshead, a new Gateshead Thunder would be formed for the 2001 Premiership season.
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