1996 Super League season

Super League I
LeagueSuper League
Duration22 Rounds
Teams12
Highest attendance20,429
Wigan vs St. Helens (21 June)
Lowest attendance1,400
Workington Town vs London Broncos (23 June)
Attendance867,372
(average 6,571)
Broadcast partnersSky Sports
1996 Season
ChampionsSt. Helens
1st Super League title
8th British title
Runners-upWigan
Premiership winnersWigan
Man of SteelEngland Andrew Farrell
Top point-scorer(s)England Bobbie Goulding (257)
Top try-scorer(s)England Paul Newlove (28)
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from Division OneSalford Reds
Relegated to Division OneWorkington Town

The year 1996's Stones Bitter Super League I was the official name for the 102nd season of top-level rugby league football, and the first year of Europe's new championship: Super League. It is also the first season of rugby league to be played in summer.[1] The competition featured all eleven teams from the 1995-96 RFL First Division plus one expansion club, Paris Saint-Germain.

  1. ^ Dave Hadfield (1995-12-20). "Rugby's pounds 87m deal gives Murdoch transfer veto". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-25. Retrieved 2009-05-06.