2025 Super League: Dates, teams and history

Fixtures have been released for the 2025 Super League, with Wigan Warriors getting their title defence underway at home to Leigh Leopards.

The Warriors won a clean sweep of trophies last season and will have their sights set on more success this time around.

Super League dates

The 2025 Super League season gets underway with Wigan Warriors v Leigh Leopards on Thursday 13th February.

The Las Vegas game between Wigan Warriors and Warrington Wolves will take place on Saturday 1st March.

The Easter weekend, dubbed Rivals Round, takes place on 17th-19th April, with Magic Weekend on 3rd-4th May.

The second Rivals Round will take place on 4th-7th September, with the regular season concluding on 18th-21st September.

The elimination play-offs will be 26th-27th September, with the semi-finals on 3rd-4th October and the Grand Final on Saturday 11th October.

Super League format

Super League will once again comprise of 12 teams, with the regular season containing 27 rounds of fixtures.

If a match ends in a draw after 80 minutes, then a further 10 minutes of golden point extra-time is played to determine a winner. The first team to score either a try, penalty goal or drop goal during this period will be declared the winner. 

However, if there are no further points scored after 10 minutes, the match will be deemed a draw.

At the end of the 2023 season, IMG and the RFL released initial gradings, which indicated which clubs would play in the 2024 campaign.

The same was done at the end of the 2024 season, with the 12 top-graded clubs receiving Super League status for the 2025 season.

Super League teams

The IMG gradings released at the end of the 2024 campaign saw the London Broncos relegated to the Championship, with Wakefield Trinity regaining Super League status.

The 12 clubs for the 2025 season are:

• Castleford Tigers

• Catalans Dragons

• Huddersfield Giants

• Hull FC

• Hull KR

• Leeds Rhinos

• Leigh Leopards

• Salford Red Devils

• St Helens

• Wakefield Trinity

• Warrington Wolves

• Wigan Warriors

Super League favourites

The latest outright odds for this year's Super League can be found here.

Super League history

Super League started back in 1996, with 12 founding teams moving the sport from a winter league to a summer one.

Only five of those teams remain in the competition today, with Castleford, Leeds, St Helens, Warrington and Wigan all still competing at the highest level.

Twenty-four teams have competed in Super League since its inception, but only four have won the title - with St Helens, Leeds, Wigan and Bradford Bulls lifting the famous trophy.

Plenty of teams have come and gone as they try to succeed in the 13-man code in England.

St Helens are considered the most successful team in Super League history, winning 10 titles since the inaugural campaign.