UK Elite Teams By Season : 2004

For this 8th year of Super league, the Salford City Reds had joined the elite league at the expense of Halifax RLFC. By the end of the season, Castleford Tigers were relegated and the Leigh Centurions came up to replace them.

The League:  The Leeds Rhinos finished with 50 points out of a possible 56. The Bradford Bulls collected 41, Hull Sharks (FC) 40 and Wigan Warriors 38 points. St Helens and Wakefield Trinity made up the other finals teams.

The Challenge Cup: Picking up the action in the quarter finals, it was Saints 31-26 over Hull, Huddersfield 50-12 versus York City, Whitehaven 10-42 against Warrington and Wigan 20-4 Wakefield. Well done to two none SL clubs getting this far.

The semi-finals were St Helens 46-6 Huddersfield and Wigan 30-18 v Warrington. The cup final pitted two Lancashire rivals against each other with Saints proving too good 32-16.

Grand final action. (BBC).

The Finals: In the elimination games, Wakefield defeated Hull 28-18 and Wigan did the same in an 18-12 victory over Saints. The two winners went into an elimination semi-final which Wigan took 18-14. That same week Bradford overcame Leeds to go straight into the grand final with a 26-12 scoreline.




The final elimination game had Leeds ease through over Wigan 40-12 to face Bradford in the final. The two top teams from the league made it to the big one where Leeds lifted the trophy with a 16-8 victory.

Summary: Leeds were the most successful team (46 points) winning the league and grand final. Wigan didn't win a title but were always in the mix so deservedly second best (42 points). Saints took the cup final and gained 36 points. Bradford collected 34 points with my scoring system.

	Rk	Team	Rnd	Fnl	CC	Total
	1	Leeds	20	20	6	46
	2	Wigan	14	12	16	42
	3	St Helens	12	4	20	36
	4	Bradford	18	16		34
	5	Wakefield	11	8	6	25
	6	Huddersfield	10		12	22
	7	Warrington	9		12	21
	8	Hull FC	16	4		20
	8	Salford	8			8
	10	London	7			7
	11	Widnes	6			6
	11	Hull KR			6	6
	11	Whitehaven			6	6
	14	Castleford	5			5
		Total	136	64	84	284

For the season 2005, please click here.
For the 2003 season, simply click here.