Super League XXV
Super League XXV, known as the Betfred Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the 25th season of Super League and 126th season of rugby league in Great Britain. St Helens are the reigning champions going into Super League XXV. At the start of the season, it consisted of twelve professional rugby league teams: ten from England, one from Canada, and one from France. Due to financial pressures related to the season suspension, Canadian side Toronto Wolfpack, withdrew from the league in July 2020, and the league continued with just 11 teams.
The league was suspended on 16 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic but a resumption to a revised format starts again on 2 August. Among the changes are the cancellation of the annual Magic Weekend which was scheduled to be played at St James' Park, Newcastle over the weekend of 23–24 May, initially postponed on 21 April before being cancelled completely. The Grand Final is now scheduled to be played at Old Trafford, Manchester towards the end of November.
Effects of the 2019-20 Coronavirus pandemic
Fixture postponement
On 16 March 2020, the RFL announced that all rugby league games had been suspended initially, until at least April, due to the COVID-19 outbreak. However, on 24 March, Super League clubs held a Board meeting via conference call, attended in part by senior officials of the Rugby Football League, for further discussion of how to respond to the current public health crisis. It was agreed that until further notice, all rugby league fixtures will be suspended indefinitely.On 1 April 2020, Toronto Wolfpack issued a statement regarding their first three fixtures scheduled to be played at Lamport Stadium in Canada.
Because of the ongoing events with the suspension of rugby league, and the coronavirus pandemic events. The decision to confirm these postponements has been taken, following regular consultation with the Wolfpack, and given the specific issues around international travel to and from Canada.
On 21 April, the RFL announced that the Magic Weekend fixtures scheduled to take place at St James' Park had been postponed due to the current lockdown situation.
Season resumption
On 26 June 2020, it was announced that the competition will resume on Sunday 2 August 2020, with two games outstanding from rounds 2–7 to be played at a single venue.The results of matches played before the suspension will count towards the league table and 15 rounds are planned post-resumption. At the end of the season the top four teams will compete in two semi-finals with the winners meeting in the Super League Grand Final. This has a provisional date at the end of November 2020.
The revised fixture list was published on 16 July, with the opening fixtures played on 2 August and then the all six round 8 games to be played at Headingley, Leeds on 8 and 9 August. On the same day Toronto confirmed that all the club's games for the remainder of the season would be played in England, However, on 20 July, the Canadian club announced that they would be taking no further part in the restarted season, citing the "financial challenges" the club would be facing, including loss of gate money, medical testing and the hire of grounds in England, but that the club hoped that they would be competing in Super League in 2021. The RFL and Super League issued a statement in response to the announcement, which said that both bodies were "very disappointed" by Toronto's decision, and that discussions about Toronto's future involvement in Super League would have to be held. Later the same day, the RFL confirmed that Super League XXV would continue with just 11 clubs, and that no team would be relegated to the Championship. It was later announced that Toronto's results were to be expunged, although individual player's records would not be affected.
Super League and Sky Sports Agree on 2020 rights fees
On 22 June, it was announced that The RFL and Sky Sports had reached agreement over clubs' 2020 TV revenues, which recognises the huge disruption to this season’s fixture calendar, and the significant impact it has had on broadcasting schedules. The agreement is subject to the sport resuming when government and public health advice allows.Teams
The season features eleven of the twelve teams that participated in Super League XXIV. London Broncos were relegated after finishing bottom of Super League XXIV. They are replaced by the 2019 RFL Championship winners Toronto Wolfpack, who are playing in Super League for the first time since being founded in 2017. Due to their home ground Lamport Stadium being unavailable during the Canadian winter, Toronto were to play their first ten games in England, after initial plans fell through to play three home games in European cities such as Dublin, Republic of Ireland or Barcelona, Spain.The traditional two matches played on Good Friday and Easter Monday would be reduced to only one over the Easter weekend due to concerns over player welfare. For the first time, all of the final fixtures of the season will kick off at the same time on the same day to ensure that no team has any advantage in terms of fighting against relegation or pushing for a play-off place.
A change to the rules sees clubs able to name a squad of 21 players two days prior to matchdays rather than 19 in previous seasons. However, should a club add a player to the announced squad, they will lose one of their eight interchanges for the match in question.
Results
Rule changes
Both golden point extra time and the shot clock, introduced in 2019, were retained for 2020 although the shot clock timings were reduced by 5 seconds each with only 30 seconds available for the forming of scrums and 25 seconds for the taking of a goal line drop out.As part of the work to restart the season, two major rule changes were made in July 2020 to apply for the rest of the season. Scrums have been removed from the game and will be replaced by a play-the-ball and an Australian innovation "six again" has been adopted which replaces penalties for defensive infringements at rucks with a new set of six for the attacking team.
Extra time
Game 1 (Wakefield v Hull FC)
The first game to go to golden-point, was the round 6 game between Wakefield and Hull F.C. on 6 March 2020. Hull won the match 27–26, thanks to a Marc Sneyd drop goal, after the scores were tied at 26-all after 80 minutes.Table
Player statistics
Top 10 try scorers
Top 10 try assists
Top 10 goal scorers
Top 10 points scorers
- As of Round 7
Discipline
| Rank | Player | Club | Red Cards |
| 1 |  Chris Hill | Warrington Wolves | 1 |
Yellow Cards
| Rank | Player | Club | Yellow Cards |
| 2= |  Derrell Olpherts | Castleford Tigers | 1 |
 Benjamin Garcia | Catalans Dragons | - | - |
 James Maloney | Catalans Dragons | - | - |
| Sam Tomkins | Catalans Dragons | - | - |
 Aidan Sezer | Huddersfield Giants | - | - |
| Josh Griffin | Hull FC | - | - |
 Ryan Brierley | Hull KR | - | - |
| Adam Quinlan | Hull KR | - | - |
| Kevin Brown | Salford Red Devils | - | - |
| Kris Welham | Salford Red Devils | - | - |
| Matty Lees | St Helens | - | - |
| Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook | St Helens | - | - |
| James Batchelor | Wakefield Trinity | - | - |
 Romain Navarette | Wakefield Trinity | - | - |
| Mike Cooper | Warrington Wolves | - | - |
 Ben Murdoch-Masila | Warrington Wolves | - | - |
| Liam Farrell | Wigan Warriors | - | - |
- Updated to match played on 15 March 2020
Steve Prescott Man of Steel
A 21 man panel of former players will choose the three best players from each weekly round game. 1st place is awarded 3 points, 2nd 2 points, and 3rd 1 point.
Leaderboard/Top 10 Contenders
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Attendances
Average attendances| Club | Home Games | Total | Average | Highest | Lowest |
| Castleford Tigers | 3 | 23,318 | 7,712 | 8,848 | 7,202 |
| Catalans Dragons | 3 | 25,044 | 8,348 | 9,704 | 8,254 |
| Huddersfield Giants | 1 | 6,574 | 6,574 | 6,574 | 6,574 |
| Hull FC | 4 | 54,215 | 13,553 | 19,599 | 12,003 |
| Hull KR | 3 | 23,306 | 7,768 | 8,492 | 7,350 |
| Leeds Rhinos | 3 | 42,681 | 14,227 | 19,500 | 11,057 |
| Salford Red Devils | 4 | 16,704 | 4,176 | 4,796 | 3,350 |
| St Helens | 2 | 22,426 | 11,213 | 12,008 | 10,418 |
| Wakefield Trinity | 2 | 10,725 | 5,362 | 5,528 | 5,197 |
| Warrington Wolves | 2 | 21,790 | 10,895 | 12,562 | 9,228 |
| Wigan Warriors | 3 | 38,556 | 12,852 | 15,040 | 10,333 |
Top 10 attendances
| Rank | Home club | Away club | Stadium | Attendance |
| 1 | Hull FC | Hull KR | KCOM Stadium | 19,599 |
| 2 | Leeds Rhinos | Hull FC | Headingley | 19,500 |
| 3 | Wigan Warriors | Warrington Wolves | DW Stadium | 15,040 |
| 4 | Warrington Wolves | St Helens | Halliwell Jones Stadium | 12,562 |
| 5 | Hull FC | St Helens | KCOM Stadium | 12,399 |
| 6 | Leeds Rhinos | Warrington Wolves | Headingley | 12,124 |
| 7 | St Helens | Salford Red Devils | Totally Wicked Stadium | 12,008 |
| 8 | Wigan Warriors | Hull FC | DW Stadium | 12,005 |
| 9 | Hull FC | Catalans Dragons | KCOM Stadium | 12,003 |
| 10 | Wigan Warriors | Hull Kingston Rovers | DW Stadium | 11,511 |