Super League to expand to 14 teams from 2026
After the reduction to 12 teams 10 years ago, Super League has operated a loop fixture system, where teams fill the gap in fixtures by playing additional matches against four teams.Those fixtures are currently decided based on league placings from the previous season.Since 2015, the league has operated a number of structures, including a late-season split structure during which clubs would play 23 games and then be divided into three pools of eight, involving the 24 teams making up Super League and the Championship.The top 'Super 8s' group played seven further games, with the top four at that stage progressing to contest places in the Super League Grand Final.However, that format was ended before the 2019 campaign which saw each top-flight team play a total of 29 regular season fixtures, including six additional loop games.In 2022, after two Covid-affected seasons, that was reduced to the 27-game format currently in use.
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