Duration 30 Rounds Man of Steel Adrian Vowles Top try-scorer(s) Toa Kohe-Love (25) League Leaders Bradford Bulls Location England, United Kingdom | Broadcast partners Sky Sports Top point-scorer(s) Iestyn Harris (325) Start date 1999 End date October 9, 1999 Number of teams 14 | |
Champions St. Helens
2nd Super League title
9th English title Highest attendance 24,020; Bradford Bulls vs Leeds Rhinos (3 Sept) Lowest attendance 1,580; Gateshead Thunder vs Hull Sharks (19 May) | ||
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 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.
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Rule changes
Season summary
The season finished with a grand final between 1997 champions Bradford Bulls and the inaugural Super League champions St. Helens in which the Saints triumphed in a closely contested game.
Super League IV Table
Regular Season Final Standings
End of season mergers
Huddersfield managed to avoid relegation again despite finishing bottom due to the merger with Sheffield Eagles to form Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants. Also at the end of this season Gateshead Thunder and Hull Sharks were merged to form Hull F.C. with no attempt made to maintain any association with Gateshead, a new Gateshead Thunder would be formed for the 2001 Premiership season.