1999 Super League season
Season in rugby league
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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 the 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.
LeagueSuper League
Duration30 Rounds
Teams14
Highest attendance24,020
Bradford Bulls vs Leeds Rhinos (3 Sept)
Bradford Bulls vs Leeds Rhinos (3 Sept)
| Super League IV | |
|---|---|
| League | Super League |
| Duration | 30 Rounds |
| Teams | 14 |
| 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 2nd Super League title 9th British title |
| League Leaders | Bradford Bulls |
| Man of Steel |  Adrian Vowles |
| Top point-scorer |  Iestyn Harris (325) |
| Top try-scorer |  Toa Kohe-Love (25) |
| Left League | |
| Merged with Hull FC Merger with Huddersfield Giants | Gateshead Thunder; Sheffield Eagles |
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]
Teams
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| Reigning Champions | |
| Promoted | |
| Team | Stadium | Capacity | City/Area | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bradford Bulls |
Odsal | 27,000 | Bradford, West Yorkshire | |
 Castleford Tigers |
Wheldon Road | 11,750 | Castleford, West Yorkshire | |
 Gateshead Thunder |
Gateshead International Stadium | 11,800 | Gateshead, Tyne and Wear | |
 Halifax Blue Sox |
Thrum Hall | 9,832 | Halifax, West Yorkshire | |
 Huddersfield Giants |
Galpharm Stadium | 24,500 | Huddersfield, West Yorkshire | |
 Hull Sharks |
The Boulevard | 10,500 | Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire | |
 Leeds Rhinos |
Headingley | 21,500 | Leeds, West Yorkshire | |
 London Broncos |
The Valley | 27,000 | Charlton, Greater London | |
 Salford Reds |
The Willows | 11,363 | Salford, Greater Manchester | |
 Sheffield Eagles |
Don Valley Stadium | 25,000 | Sheffield, South Yorkshire | |
 St. Helens |
Knowsley Road | 17,500 | St Helens, Merseyside | |
 Warrington Wolves |
Wilderspool | 9,200 | Warrington, Cheshire | |
 Wigan Warriors |
Central Park | 18,000 | Wigan, Greater Manchester |
Table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bradford Bulls (L) |
30 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 897 | 445 | +452 | 51 | Semi Final |
| 2 | St Helens (C) |
30 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 1034 | 561 | +473 | 46 | Qualifying Semi Final |
| 3 | Leeds Rhinos |
30 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 910 | 558 | +352 | 45 | |
| 4 | Wigan Warriors |
30 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 877 | 390 | +487 | 43 | Elimination Semi Final |
| 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 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 |
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders
Play-offs
| Qualifying play-off | Qualifying semi-final | Preliminary final | Grand Final | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Bradford Bulls | 40 | Bradford Bulls | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| St. Helens | 4 | St. Helens | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | St. Helens | 38 | St. Helens | 36 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Leeds Rhinos | 14 | Elimination semi-final | Castleford Tigers | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Leeds Rhinos | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Wigan Warriors | 10 | Castleford Tigers | 23 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Castleford Tigers | 14 | ||||||||||||||||