2018 Rugby League Qualifiers

The 2018 Rugby League Qualifiers is the format used in European rugby league, to determine promotion and relegation between the top two divisions, and forms the second phase of Super League XXIII and the 2018 Rugby League Championship.[1]

2018 Qualifiers
Duration7 Rounds (Followed by Million Pound Game)
Teams8
Highest attendance11,570
Leeds Rhinos vs Hull KR
(1 September 2018)
Lowest attendance696
London Broncos vs Toulouse Olympique
(9 September 2018)
Average attendance5,214
Attendance145,995
Broadcast partnersUnited Kingdom Sky Sports
United Kingdom BBC Sport
United Kingdom SLTV
Australia Fox Sports (Australia)
France beIN Sport
United States Fox Soccer Plus
Europe Sport Klub
2018 season
Biggest home win Leeds Rhinos 48-22 Toulouse Olympique
(11 August 2018)
Biggest away win Halifax 4-62 Salford Red Devils
(2 September 2018)
Top try-scorer(s)England Craig Hall (Hull KR) (12)
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from Championship London Broncos
Relegated to Championship Widnes Vikings

Existing Super League sides; Salford Red Devils, Leeds Rhinos and Hull Kingston Rovers reconfirmed their Super League status but Widnes Vikings were relegated to the Championship after only winning one of their seven games. They will be replaced in Super League by London Broncos, who defeated Toronto Wolfpack 4-2 in the Million Pound Game, ending the Broncos four year exile from Super League.

Format

The Qualifiers sees the bottom four teams from Super League, join the top 4 teams from the Championship. The points totals are reset to zero, and each team plays seven games each, playing every other team once. The teams finishing 1st, 2nd, and 3rd will gain qualification to the Super League XXIV season. The teams finishing 4th and 5th, will play in the "Million Pound Game", at the home of the 4th place team to determine who will take the final place to gain promotion to Super League XXIV. The loser, along with teams finishing 6th, 7th and 8th, will be relegated to the Championship.

Fixtures and results
Main article: 2018 Rugby League Qualifiers results

Each team plays seven fixtures. The teams that finished 9th and 10th in Super League and 1st and 2nd in the Championship each play four home fixtures and three away with the other four teams playing three at home and four away.[1]

Qualifiers table
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Salford Red Devils 7 5 0 2 218 75 +143 10 Super League XXIV
2 Leeds Rhinos 7 5 0 2 216 137 +79 10
3 Hull KR 7 5 0 2 197 162 +35 10
4 Toronto Wolfpack 7 5 0 2 136 118 +18 10 Million Pound Game
5 London Broncos (P) 7 4 0 3 161 164 −3 8
6 Toulouse Olympique 7 3 0 4 156 190 −34 6 2019 Championship
7 Widnes Vikings (R) 7 1 0 6 92 173 −81 2
8 Halifax 7 0 0 7 68 225 −157 0
Source:
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

References
  1. "RFL 2018 Operational Rules". Rugby Football League. Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
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