Super League XVII
| Super League XVII | |
|---|---|
| League | Super League |
| Duration | 27 Rounds (Followed by 4 round playoffs) |
| Teams | 14 |
| Highest attendance | 32,953 Magic Weekend day 2 (27 May 2012) |
| Lowest attendance | 1,517 London Broncos v Salford City Reds (4 August 2012) |
| Average attendance | 10,151 |
| Attendance | N/A |
| Broadcast partners |
 Sky Sports BBC Sport SLTV Eurosport beIN Sport Fox Soccer Plus Sport Klub
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| 2012 season | |
| Champions |
 Leeds Rhinos6th Super League title 9th English title |
| League Leaders |
 Wigan Warriors
|
| Runners-up |
 Warrington Wolves
|
| Man of Steel |
Sam Tomkins
|
| Top point-scorer(s) |
 Scott Dureau (281) |
| Top try-scorer(s) |
Josh Charnley (31) |
The 2012 Super League season (known as the Stobart Super League XVII) was the 17th season of rugby league football since the Super League format was introduced in 1996. Fourteen teams competed for the League Leader's Shield over 27 rounds (including the Magic Weekend at Manchester's Etihad Stadium), which was won by Wigan Warriors. After the regular season, 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.
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 Leeds Rhinos defeated Hull KR and ended on 6 October with Leeds Rhinos beating Warrington Wolves 26-18 in the 2012 Super League Grand Final.
Super League XVII was the first year of the second round of Super League licences. Under this system, promotion and relegation between Super League and Championship was abolished, and 14 teams were granted licences subject to certain criteria. All existing Super League teams except Crusaders RL (who pulled out of the application process) earned a place in the 2012 season, Championship team Widnes Vikings were given a licence after their application was deemed better than Halifax RLFC and Barrow Raiders.
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