Super League IV

League

Super League

Duration

30 Rounds

Number of teams

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 Helens

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

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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.

Rule changes

The 40/20 rule was introduced to reward accurate kicking in general play.^[1]^[2] The rule, which had been used in Australia since 1997, gave the head and feed at the resulting scrum to a team that kicked the ball from behind their 40-metre line so that it bounced in the field of play before going into touch behind their opponent's 20 metre line.^[3]^[4]

Season summary

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.^[5]

Super League IV Table

Regular Season Final Standings

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Bradford Bulls	30	25	1	4	897	445	+452	51
2	St Helens	30	23	0	7	1034	561	+473	46
3	Leeds Rhinos	30	22	1	7	910	558	+352	45
4	Wigan Warriors	30	21	1	8	877	390	+487	43
5	Castleford Tigers	30	19	3	8	712	451	+261	41
6	Gateshead Thunder	30	19	1	10	775	576	+199	39
7	Warrington Wolves	30	15	1	14	700	717	-17	31
8	London Broncos	30	13	2	15	644	708	-64	28
9	Halifax Blue Sox	30	11	0	19	573	792	-219	22
10	Sheffield Eagles	30	10	1	19	518	818	-300	21
11	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	30	10	0	20	608	795	-187	20
12	Salford City Reds	30	6	1	23	526	916	-390	13
13	Hull Sharks	30	5	0	25	422	921	-499	10
14	Huddersfield Giants	30	5	0	25	463	1011	-548	10

Play-offs

Play-offs

Qualifying / Elimination play-offs

Qualifying / Elimination semi-finals

Final eliminator

Grand Final

QSF:

Bradford Bulls

St Helens

GF: 9 October 1999

Bradford Bulls

QPO:

FE:

St Helens

Leeds Rhinos

ESF:

Castleford Tigers

Leeds Rhinos

EPO:

Castleford Tigers

Wigan Warriors

Castleford Tigers

Key:

Losing team progressing

Winning team progressing

End of season mergers

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.

References

↑ Andy Wilson (2004-08-09). "Moran leaves Vikings with a sinking feeling". The Guardian. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
↑ Dave Hadfield (1999-05-24). "Saints restore faith in game with emphasis on attack". The Independent. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
↑ de la Riviere, Richard, ed. (2009). Top ten: Rugby league rules. Rugby League World (Brighouse, UK: League Publications, published August 2009). p. 61. ISSN 1466-0105.
↑ BBC Sport (2005-09-12). "The 40/20 kick". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
↑ "St. Helens 8-6 Bradford". Rugby League World. 1999-10-09. Retrieved 2007-08-09.

External links

Super League

Current Teams	Castleford Tigers Catalans Dragons Huddersfield Giants Hull Hull Kingston Rovers Leeds Rhinos Salford Red Devils St. Helens Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Warrington Wolves Widnes Vikings Wigan Warriors

Former Teams	Bradford Bulls Crusaders Gateshead Thunder Halifax Blue Sox Leigh Centurions London Broncos Oldham Bears Paris Saint Germain Sheffield Eagles Workington Town

Seasons	I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI

Season results	I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX

Grand Finals	I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX

Major events	World Club Series (World Club Challenge) Magic Weekend Play-offs Grand Final International Origin

Awards	Albert Goldthorpe Medal League Leader's Shield Man of Steel Award Harry Sunderland Trophy Super League Dream Team Fairplay Index Super League Ultimate 13: Grand Final Team

Related articles	Rugby Football League Championship Super League Records Super League war 2009–11 licences 2012–14 licences

St Helens

Est. 1873 in St Helens, England

The Club	History Records Honours Players International representatives Coaches Hall of Fame

Home grounds	City Ground Knowsley Road (1890-2010) Halton Stadium (2011) Langtree Park (2012-Present)

Hall of Fame	Alex Murphy Vince Karalius Tom van Vollenhoven

League	Super League

World Club Challenge (2)	2001 2007

Championships (13)	1931–32 1952–53 1958–59 1965–66 1969–70 1970–71 1974–75 1996 1999 2000 2002 2006 2014

Challenge Cup (12)	1955–56 1960–61 1965–66 1971–72 1975–76 1996 1997 2001 2004 2006 2007 2008

Other honours	4—time Premiership Champions 1—time Western Division Champions 1—time Regal Trophy Champions 2—time BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Champions 11—time Lancashire Cup Champions 11—time Lancashire League Champions 1—time Charity Shield Champions BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award (2006)

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Culture	NRFU Founder Super League Founding Member Rivalry with Wigan

Affiliation	Rugby Football League (1895)

Super League Dream Team – 1999

1 Kris Radlinski 2 Jason Robinson 3 Gary Connolly 4 Paul Newlove 5 Matt Daylight 6 Iestyn Harris 7 Willie Peters 8 Dean Sampson 9 James Lowes 10 Brian McDermott 11 Chris Joynt 12 Adrian Morley 13 Adrian Vowles

1999 in rugby league

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International Rugby League

British Rugby League

Competitions	Super League Grand Final Northern Ford Premiership Challenge Cup

SL Teams	Bradford Bulls Castleford Tigers Gateshead Thunder Halifax Blue Sox Huddersfield Giants Hull Sharks Leeds Rhinos London Broncos Salford City Reds Sheffield Eagles St Helens Wakefield Wildcats Warrington Wolves Wigan Warriors

Australian Rugby League

Competitions	State of Origin NRL season Grand Final Queensland Cup NSWRL First Division

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Other Domestic competitions

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