JJB Sports Super League IV was the official name for the year 1999's Super League championship season, the 105th season of top-level professional rugby league football in Britain, and the fourth championship run by the Super League. The start of Super League IV saw the emergence of a North East based Rugby League Club, Gateshead Thunder as well as newly promoted Wakefield Trinity Wildcats to expand the league to fourteen teams.
Rule changes The 40/20 rule was introduced to reward accurate kicking in general play. The rule, which had been used in Australia since 1997, gave the head and feed at the resulting scrum to a team that kicked the ball from behind their 40-metre line so that it bounced in the field of play before going into touch behind their opponent's 20 metre line.
Teams Legend Reigning Champions Promoted TeamStadiumCapacityCity/Area Bradford BullsOdsal27,000Bradford, West Yorkshire Castleford TigersWheldon Road11,750Castleford, West Yorkshire Gateshead ThunderGateshead International Stadium11,800Gateshead, Tyne and Wear Halifax Blue SoxThrum Hall9,832Halifax, West Yorkshire Huddersfield GiantsGalpharm Stadium24,500Huddersfield, West Yorkshire Hull SharksThe Boulevard10,500Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire Leeds RhinosHeadingley21,500Leeds, West Yorkshire London BroncosThe Valley27,000Charlton, Greater London Salford RedsThe Willows11,363Salford, Greater Manchester Sheffield EaglesDon Valley Stadium25,000Sheffield, South Yorkshire St. HelensKnowsley Road17,500St Helens, Merseyside Warrington WolvesWilderspool9,200Warrington, Cheshire Wigan Warriors Central Park18,000Wigan, Greater Manchester
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Play-offs
See also 1999 Super League Grand Final
References
External links Super League IV at wigan.rlfans.com Super League IV at rugbyleagueproject.com