Super League X

Infobox rugby football league season
title = Super League X
league = Super League
sport = Rugby league

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caption = The Engage Super League competition logo
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no_of_teams = 12
attendance = 1,492,464 increase
(average 8,884)
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season = 2005 Season
season_champs = leagueicon|Bradford Bulls|16 Bradford Bulls
season_champ_name = Champions
league_champs = leagueicon|St Helens|16 St Helens
league_champ_name = League Leaders
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MVP = leagueicon|St Helens|12 Jamie Lyon
MVP_link = Man of Steel Award
top_scorer = leagueicon|Bradford Bulls|12 Paul Deacon (322)
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top try scorer = leagueicon|Leeds Rhinos|12 Mark Calderwood (27)
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relegate = leagueicon|Leigh|16 Leigh Centurions leagueicon|Widnes Vikings|16 Widnes Vikings
relegate_to = Nat Lge 1
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seasonslistnames = Rugby league
prevseason_link = Super League IX
prevseason_year = 2004
nextseason_link = Super League XI
nextseason_year = 2006

engage Super League X is the official name of 2005's Super League season. It was the 10th season of Super League and saw twelve teams from across England compete for the premiership. The season kicked off in early February, culminating in a six team play-off series

The Grand Final, held at Old Trafford on 15 October, saw Bradford Bulls crowned Champions. The Grand Final was the final match of a which itself was the climax of a league season that kicked off in early February.

Either one or two teams were to be relegated from the league at the end of the season in order to make way for new entrants. The bottom team were certain to be relegated, in order to allow in French club Les Catalans. The second bottom team would only be relegated if the winner of National League One met the criteria for Super League entry. On the 3 October the Rugby Football League announced that both finalist in this competition, Castleford Tigers and Whitehaven were eligible for promotion, hence two teams were relegated.

The season was a commercial success, with a rise in average crowd size for the regular rounds of 8,887, continuing the trend of rises every year since 2001 [http://www.superleague.co.uk/news/1968] . It is worth noting that this is the first time in the history of Super League the Grand Final has not included the league leader at the end of the regular season: St Helens were knocked out by Bradford Bulls in the semi-final.

Final standings

Team	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
St Helens	28	23	1	4	1028	537	491	47
Leeds Rhinos	28	22	0	6	1150	505	645	44
Bradford Bulls	28	18	1	9	1038	684	354	37
Warrington Wolves	28	18	0	10	792	702	90	36
Hull FC	28	15	2	11	756	670	86	32
London Broncos	28	13	2	13	800	718	82	28
Wigan Warriors	28	14	0	14	698	718	-20	28
Huddersfield Giants	28	12	0	16	742	791	-49	24
Salford City Reds	28	11	0	17	549	732	-183	22
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	28	10	0	18	716	997	-281	20
Widnes Vikings	28	6	1	21	598	1048	-450	13
Leigh Centurions	28	2	1	25	445	1210	-765	5

Play-off series

"Home team first"

Elimination Play-offs

*23 September: Bradford Bulls 44-22 London Broncos
*24 September: Warrington Wolves 6-40 Hull FC

emi-finals

*1 October (Elimination SF): Bradford Bulls 71-0 Hull FC
*30 September (Qualification SF): St Helens 16-19 Leeds Rhinos

Final Eliminator

*7 October: St Helens 18-23 Bradford Bulls

Grand Final

*15 October: Leeds Rhinos 6-15 Bradford Bulls

External links

* [http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=155 Super League X at wigan.rlfans.com]