2021 Betfred Super League — Final Ladder
Catalans Dragons won the League Leaders' Shield (their first title of any kind, and the first non-English club to win it), but lost the Grand Final to St Helens. Because COVID-19 postponements left clubs with unequal games played (20-25 games), the final table was ranked by win percentage rather than raw points. Leigh Centurions — admitted to Super League for this season only, filling Toronto Wolfpack's vacated place — finished bottom and were relegated.
Sourcing caveat: The table above is ordered by win percentage, per the RFL's official 2021 ranking method (not by the "pts" column, which doesn't sort cleanly on its own because clubs played different numbers of games). Toulouse Olympique were NOT part of the 2021 Super League season (they were in the Championship this year, going unbeaten, and won promotion for 2022) — an earlier research brief for this page wrongly assumed Toulouse withdrew mid-2021; that was actually Toronto Wolfpack, and it happened in 2020, not 2021. Leigh Centurions were admitted to fill Toronto's vacated place for this season only.
Ladder
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalans Dragons | 23 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 688 | 398 | +290 | 38 |
| 2 | St Helens | 21 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 548 | 229 | +319 | 32 |
| 3 | Warrington Wolves | 21 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 588 | 354 | +234 | 31 |
| 4 | Wigan Warriors | 25 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 387 | 385 | +2 | 30 |
| 5 | Leeds Rhinos | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 556 | 440 | +116 | 26 |
| 6 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 20 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 497 | 458 | +39 | 20 |
| 7 | Castleford Tigers | 23 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 437 | 552 | -115 | 22 |
| 8 | Hull FC | 21 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 409 | 476 | -67 | 17 |
| 9 | Huddersfield Giants | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 460 | 516 | -56 | 18 |
| 10 | Wakefield Trinity | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 482 | 548 | -66 | 18 |
| 11 | Salford Red Devils | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 402 | 584 | -182 | 14 |
| 12 | Leigh Centurions | 22 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 356 | 870 | -514 | 4 |
Qualified for the finals series — top 6 (straight-knockout format) that season.
Finals series
Eliminator
| Date | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Sep 2021 | Wigan Warriors 0–8 Leeds Rhinos | DW Stadium, Wigan | 7,396 |
| 24 Sep 2021 | Warrington Wolves 0–19 Hull Kingston Rovers | Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington |
Semi-Final
| Date | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Sep 2021 | Catalans Dragons 28–10 Hull Kingston Rovers | Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan | |
| 1 Oct 2021 | St Helens 36–8 Leeds Rhinos | Totally Wicked Stadium, St Helens | 11,688 |
Grand Final
| Date | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Oct 2021 | St Helens 12–10 Catalans Dragons | Old Trafford, Manchester | 45,177 |
Full Grand Final page (Harry Sunderland Trophy, match context, sources) →
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