The Super League Dream Team is an annually-selected rugby league All Star Team consisting of the players deemed to have been the best in their respective positions in the Super League competition. The team is selected by a panel of journalists and broadcasters at the end of each season.
The inaugural Dream Team was selected in 1996, the competition's first season. The team is traditionally selected following the completion of the regular season, and so does not take play-off matches into account.
1996 Player Team Appearance1 Gary Connolly Wigan Warriors 12 Jason Robinson Wigan Warriors 13 Va'aiga Tuigamala Wigan Warriors 14 Paul Newlove St. Helens 15 Anthony Sullivan St. Helens 1 6 Henry Paul Wigan Warriors 17 Bobbie Goulding St. Helens 18 Apollo Perelini St. Helens 19 Keiron Cunningham St. Helens 110 Terry O'Connor Wigan Warriors 111 Peter Gill London Broncos 112 Paul Sculthorpe Warrington Wolves 1 13 Andrew Farrell † Wigan Warriors 1 † indicates that year's Man of Steel.
1997 Player Team Appearance1 Stuart Spruce Bradford Bulls 12 Jason Robinson Wigan Warriors 23 Danny Peacock Bradford Bulls 14 Alan Hunte St. Helens 15 Anthony Sullivan St. Helens 2 6 Graeme Bradley Bradford Bulls 17 Tony Smith Wigan Warriors 18 Paul Broadbent Sheffield Eagles 19 James Lowes † Bradford Bulls 110 Tony Mestrov Wigan Warriors 111 Peter Gill London Broncos 212 Mike Forshaw Bradford Bulls 1 13 Andrew Farrell Wigan Warriors 2 † indicates that year's Man of Steel.
1998 Player Team Appearance1 Kris Radlinski Wigan Warriors 12 Jason Robinson Wigan Warriors 33 Gary Connolly Wigan Warriors 24 Brad Godden Leeds Rhinos 15 Anthony Sullivan St. Helens 3 6 Iestyn Harris † Leeds Rhinos 17 Gavin Clinch Halifax 18 Dale Laughton Sheffield Eagles 19 Robbie McCormack Wigan Warriors 110 Tony Mestrov Wigan Warriors 211 Steele Retchless London Broncos 112 Adrian Morley Leeds Rhinos 1 13 Andrew Farrell Wigan Warriors 3 † indicates that year's Man of Steel.
1999 Player Team Appearance1 Kris Radlinski Wigan Warriors 22 Jason Robinson Wigan Warriors 43 Gary Connolly Wigan Warriors 34 Paul Newlove St. Helens 25 Matt Daylight Gateshead Thunder 16 Iestyn Harris Leeds Rhinos 27 Willie Peters Gateshead Thunder 18 Dean Sampson Castleford Tigers 19 James Lowes Bradford Bulls 210 Barrie McDermott Leeds Rhinos 211 Chris Joynt St. Helens 112 Adrian Morley Leeds Rhinos 213 Adrian Vowles † Castleford Tigers 1 † indicates that year's Man of Steel.
2000 Player Team Appearance1 Kris Radlinski Wigan Warriors 32 Jason Robinson Wigan Warriors 53 Steve Renouf Wigan Warriors 14 Michael Eagar Castleford Tigers 15 Graham Mackay Leeds Rhinos 16 Tommy Martyn St. Helens 17 Sean Long † St. Helens 18 Stuart Fielden Bradford Bulls 19 Keiron Cunningham St. Helens 210 Terry O'Connor Wigan Warriors 211 Jamie Peacock Bradford Bulls 112 Denis Betts Wigan Warriors 113 Andrew Farrell Wigan Warriors 4 † indicates that year's Man of Steel.
2001 Player Team Appearance1 Kris Radlinski Wigan Warriors 42 Tevita Vaikona Bradford Bulls 13 Tonie Carroll Leeds Rhinos 14 Steve Renouf Wigan Warriors 25 Brett Dallas Wigan Warriors 16 Paul Sculthorpe † St. Helens 27 Adrian Lam Wigan Warriors 18 David Fairleigh St. Helens 19 Keiron Cunningham St. Helens 310 Terry O'Connor Wigan Warriors 311 David Furner Wigan Warriors 112 Jamie Peacock Bradford Bulls 213 Andrew Farrell Wigan Warriors 5 † indicates that year's Man of Steel.
2002 Player Team Appearance1 Kris Radlinski Wigan Warriors 52 Tevita Vaikona Bradford Bulls 23 Martin Gleeson St. Helens 14 Keith Senior Leeds Rhinos 15 Darren Albert St. Helens 16 Danny Orr Castleford Tigers 17 Adrian Lam Wigan Warriors 28 Terry O'Connor Wigan Warriors 49 Keiron Cunningham St. Helens 410 Stuart Fielden Bradford Bulls 211 Michael Smith Castleford Tigers 112 Jamie Peacock Bradford Bulls 313 Paul Sculthorpe † St. Helens 3 † indicates that year's Man of Steel.
2003 Player Team Appearance1 Gary Connolly Leeds Rhinos 42 Lesley Vainikolo Bradford Bulls 13 Gareth Ellis Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 14 Keith Senior Leeds Rhinos 25 Brian Carney Wigan Warriors 16 Graham Appo Warrington Wolves 17 Adrian Lam Wigan Warriors 38 Craig Smith Wigan Warriors 19 Terry Newton Wigan Warriors 110 Andy Lynch Castleford Tigers 111 Jamie Peacock † Bradford Bulls 412 Matt Adamson Leeds Rhinos 113 Andrew Farrell Wigan Warriors 6 † indicates that year's Man of Steel.
2004 Player Team Appearance1 Shaun Briscoe Hull F.C. 12 Lesley Vainikolo Bradford Bulls 23 Keith Senior Leeds Rhinos 34 Sid Domic Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 15 Marcus Bai Leeds Rhinos 16 Danny McGuire Leeds Rhinos 17 Richard Horne Hull F.C. 18 Andrew Farrell † Wigan Warriors 79 Matt Diskin Leeds Rhinos 110 Paul King Hull F.C. 111 Ali Lauitiiti Leeds Rhinos 112 David Solomona Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 113 Paul Sculthorpe St. Helens 4 † indicates that year's Man of Steel.
2005 Player Team Appearance1 Paul Wellens St. Helens 12 Mark Calderwood Leeds Rhinos 13 Jamie Lyon † St. Helens 14 Martin Gleeson St. Helens 25 Darren Albert St. Helens 26 Paul Cooke Hull F.C. 17 Rob Burrow Leeds Rhinos 18 Jamie Thackray Hull F.C. 19 Keiron Cunningham St. Helens 510 Paul Anderson St. Helens 111 Jamie Peacock Bradford Bulls 512 Ali Lauitiiti Leeds Rhinos 213 Kevin Sinfield Leeds Rhinos 1 † indicates that year's Man of Steel.
2006 Player Team Appearance1 Paul Wellens † St. Helens 22 Justin Murphy Catalans Dragons 13 Jamie Lyon St. Helens 24 Kirk Yeaman Hull F.C. 15 David Hodgson Salford City Reds 16 Danny McGuire Leeds Rhinos 27 Sean Long St. Helens 28 Stuart Fielden Wigan Warriors 39 Keiron Cunningham St. Helens 610 Danny Nutley Castleford Tigers 111 Gareth Ellis Leeds Rhinos 212 Jon Wilkin St. Helens 113 Kevin Sinfield Leeds Rhinos 2 † indicates that year's Man of Steel.
2007 Player Team Appearance1 Paul Wellens St. Helens 32 Kevin Penny Warrington Wolves 13 Adam Mogg Catalans Dragons 14 Jason Demetriou Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 15 Scott Donald Leeds Rhinos 16 Trent Barrett Wigan Warriors 17 Rob Burrow Leeds Rhinos 28 Nick Fozzard St. Helens 19 James Roby † St. Helens 110 Jamie Peacock Leeds Rhinos 611 Gareth Ellis Leeds Rhinos 312 Glenn Morrison Bradford Bulls 113 Stephen Wild Huddersfield Giants 1 † indicates that year's Man of Steel.
2008 Player Team Appearance1 Clint Greenshields Catalans Dragons 12 Scott Donald Leeds Rhinos 23 Matthew Gidley St. Helens 14 George Carmont Wigan Warriors 15 Ade Gardner St. Helens 16 Leon Pryce St. Helens 17 Rob Burrow Leeds Rhinos 38 James Graham † St. Helens 19 Keiron Cunningham St. Helens 710 Jamie Peacock Leeds Rhinos 711 Gareth Ellis Leeds Rhinos 412 Ben Westwood Warrington Wolves 113 Kevin Sinfield Leeds Rhinos 3 † indicates that year's Man of Steel.
2009
The 2009 Super League Dream Team was announced on 14 September 2009. Player Team Appearance1 Brett Hodgson † Huddersfield Giants 12 Peter Fox Hull Kingston Rovers 13 Matthew Gidley St. Helens 14 Keith Senior Leeds Rhinos 45 Ryan Hall Leeds Rhinos 16 Sam Tomkins Wigan Warriors 17 Michael Dobson Hull Kingston Rovers 18 Adrian Morley Warrington Wolves 39 Scott Moore Huddersfield Giants 110 Jamie Peacock Leeds Rhinos 811 Ben Galea Hull Kingston Rovers 112 Clint Newton Hull Kingston Rovers 113 Kevin Sinfield Leeds Rhinos 4 † indicates that year's Man of Steel.
2010 On 6 September 2010, the Dream Team of Super League XV was announced. The team boasted four players from league leaders Wigan Warriors; including first appearances for Pat Richards, Sean O'Loughlin and Joel Tomkins, with the latter's brother Sam appearing for the second successive year. Three players came from second and third placed St. Helens and Warrington Wolves; those being Paul Wellens, James Roby and James Graham (St Helens) and Matt King, Adrian Morley ad Ben Westwood (Warrington). Two players, left wing partnership Keith Senior and Ryan Hall, were selected from Leeds Rhinos, and the team was completed by Michael Dobson of Hull Kingston Rovers. Only three of the thirteen (Richards, King and Dobson) in 2010 were imports, one of whom (Richards) had switched his allegiance to Ireland in 2008. 2010 also proved to be the first time a set of brothers (the Tomkins') have appeared in the same Dream Team.
Player Team Appearance1 Paul Wellens St. Helens 42 Pat Richards † Wigan Warriors 13 Matt King Warrington Wolves 14 Keith Senior Leeds Rhinos 55 Ryan Hall Leeds Rhinos 26 Sam Tomkins Wigan Warriors 27 Michael Dobson Hull Kingston Rovers 28 Adrian Morley Warrington Wolves 49 James Roby St. Helens 210 James Graham St. Helens 211 Ben Westwood Warrington Wolves 212 Joel Tomkins Wigan Warriors 113 Sean O'Loughlin Wigan Warriors 1 † indicates that year's Man of Steel.
2011 Player Team Appearance1 Sam Tomkins Wigan Warriors 32 Tom Briscoe Hull F.C. 13 Kirk Yeaman Hull F.C. 24 George Carmont Wigan Warriors 25 Joel Monaghan Warrington Wolves 16 Rangi Chase † Castleford Tigers 17 Scott Dureau Catalans Dragons 18 James Graham St. Helens 39 James Roby St. Helens 310 Garreth Carvell Warrington Wolves 111 Ben Westwood Warrington Wolves 312 Steve Menzies Catalans Dragons 113 Sean O'Loughlin Wigan Warriors 2 † indicates that year's Man of Steel.
2012 On 10 September 2012, the Dream Team for Super League XVII was announced. The team consisted of six players from league leaders Wigan Warriors, three from league runners-up Warrington Wolves, two from Catalans Dragons and one each from St Helens R.F.C. and Super League XVI winners Leeds Rhinos. Six players (Ryan Atkins, Rémi Casty, Josh Charnley, Brett Finch, Chris Hill and Gareth Hock) made their debuts in the Dream Team, while three players (James Roby, Sam Tomkins and Ben Westwood) were selected for the fourth time, with Tomkins appearing for the fourth year in a row.
Player Team Appearance1 Sam Tomkins † Wigan Warriors 42 Josh Charnley Wigan Warriors 13 George Carmont Wigan Warriors 34 Ryan Atkins Warrington Wolves 15 Ryan Hall Leeds Rhinos 36 Brett Finch Wigan Warriors 17 Scott Dureau Catalans Dragons 28 Chris Hill Warrington Wolves 19 James Roby St. Helens 410 Rémi Casty Catalans Dragons 111 Ben Westwood Warrington Wolves 412 Gareth Hock Wigan Warriors 113 Sean O'Loughlin Wigan Warriors 3 † indicates that year's Man of Steel.
2013 On 9 September 2013, the Super League XVIII Dream Team was announced at Huddersfield's John Smith's Stadium. The team was virtually made up of English players, with the sole exception of Danny Brough, who represented Scotland at international level, although was born in Dewsbury in West Yorkshire. Brough was also one of five Huddersfield Giants players in the Dream Team, which acknowledged the club winning the League Leaders' Shield. The other Huddersfield players selected were Eorl Crabtree, Leroy Cudjoe, Brett Ferres and Shaun Lunt.
Wigan Warriors had four players, three of whom, Josh Charnley, Sean O'Loughlin and Sam Tomkins, were the only members of the 2012 Dream Team to be selected in 2013 with Tomkins now selected in the Dream Team five years in a row. The other Wigan player selected was Matty Smith
The remainder of the Dream Team consisted of two players from Hull F.C. (Ben Crooks and Tom Lineham) and one each from Leeds Rhinos (Jamie Peacock) and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (Danny Kirmond), who were the only team to have a player in the Dream Team but not be involved in the play-offs. Despite finishing second in the table, no players from Warrington Wolves were selected.
Player Team Appearance1 Sam Tomkins Wigan Warriors 52 Josh Charnley Wigan Warriors 23 Leroy Cudjoe Huddersfield Giants 14 Ben Crooks Hull F.C. 15 Tom Lineham Hull F.C. 16 Danny Brough † Huddersfield Giants 17 Matty Smith Wigan Warriors 18 Eorl Crabtree Huddersfield Giants 19 Shaun Lunt Huddersfield Giants 110 Jamie Peacock Leeds Rhinos 911 Brett Ferres Huddersfield Giants 112 Danny Kirmond Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 113 Sean O'Loughlin Wigan Warriors 4 † indicates that year's Man of Steel.
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