Super League IX

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

pixels = 100px
caption = The Tetley's Super League competition logo
duration =
no_of_teams = 12
attendance = 1,439,706 increase
(average 8,570)
TV =
season = 2004 Season
season_champs = leagueicon|Leeds Rhinos|16 Leeds Rhinos
season_champ_name = Champions
league_champs = leagueicon|Leeds Rhinos|16 Leeds Rhinos
league_champ_name = League Leaders
second_place =
MVP = leagueicon|Wigan Warriors|12 Andrew Farrell
MVP_link = Man of Steel Award
top_scorer = leagueicon|Leeds Rhinos|12 Kevin Sinfield (277)
top_scorer_link =
top try scorer = leagueicon|Bradford Bulls|12 Lesley Vainikolo (36)
top try scorer_link=
promote =
promoted_from =
relegate = leagueicon|Castleford Tigers|16 Castleford Tigers
relegate_to = Nat Lge 1
playoffs =
playoffs_link =
conf1 =
conf1_link =
conf1_champ =
conf1-runner-up =
conf2 =
conf2_link =
conf2_champ =
conf2-runner-up =
playoffs_MVP =
playoffs_MVP_link =
finals =
finals_link =
finals_champ =
finals-runner-up =
finals_MVP =
finals_MVP_link =
seasonslist =
seasonslistnames = Rugby league
prevseason_link = Super League VIII
prevseason_year = 2003
nextseason_link = Super League X
nextseason_year = 2005

Tetley's Super League IX was the official name for the year 2004's Super League championship season, the 110th season of top-level professional rugby league held in Britain, and the ninth championship run by Super League. The season culminated in the grand final between Leeds Rhinos and Bradford Bulls, which Leeds won, claiming the 2004 premiership.

During this season Leeds claimed a couple of records, they became the 1st and so far only team to accumulate 50 points from the regular rounds and finished a record 9 points clear of 2nd placed Bradford Bulls, they also became only the 2nd team in the Super League era to finish at home with a 100% record in the regular weekly rounds. Lesley Vainikolo scored more tries than anybody else that season with 37, beating Danny McGuire who finished on 36.

Finals

Week 1

*Hull FC 18 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 28.

*Wigan Warriors 18 St Helens 12.

Week 2

*Wigan Warriors 18 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 14.

*Leeds Rhinos 12 Bradford Bulls 26.

Week 3

*Leeds Rhinos 40 Wigan Warriors 12.

Grand Final

*Leeds Rhinos 16 beat Bradford Bulls 8.

ee also

*2004 Super League Grand Final
*2004 Challenge Cup

External links

* [http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=157 Super League IX at wigan.rlfans.com]