The 2018 Super 8s will be the fourth season of the Rugby Football League domestic competition, in which the format of splitting teams after a certain number of games have been played.
| 2018 Super 8s | |
|---|---|
| League | Rugby League Super 8s |
| Duration | 7 Rounds (Followed by 2 rounds of relevant playoffs) |
| Broadcast partners |  Sky Sports BBC Sport SLTV Fox Sports (Australia) beIN Sport Fox Soccer Plus Sport Klub |
| 2018 season | |
| Super League Qualifiers Championship Shield League 1 League 1 Shield | |
The format was employed across all three divisions and was used to decide championships, promotion and relegation.[1]
For the clubs in Super League XXIII the split will come after 23 games. The top eight clubs will play each other once more before the top four team will enter the playoffs, for a place in the Super League Grand Final. In this group, points are amassed during the regular season were carried forward to the Super 8 stage.
The four teams finishing bottom of the Super League after 23 rounds go into a group of eight, with the four teams who finished top of the Championship. The teams then play each other once more, with the top three finishers after this stage plus the club who wins the Million Pound Game playing in Super League XXIV while the other four teams will play in the 2019 Championship. This group of eight was also known as the Qualifiers and was the only Super 8 group in which points amassed during the regular season were not carried forward to the group stage.
The other eight teams in the Championship compete for the Championship Shield, with the top four going through to the Shield play-off semi-finals. The two teams finishing bottom of this group are relegated to League 1.
In League 1, the top eight teams after the regular season of 15 games form a group. Thehe team finishing top of this Super 8 group will automatically be promoted to the Championship, with the next four teams going through to the play-off semi-finals. Previously, the top two teams played in the League 1 Grand Final, with the winner being promoted, and the loser going into the play-off semi-finals, with the teams finishing third, fourth and fifth.
The bottom eight teams in League 1 play each other for the League 1 Shield in a format identical to the Championship Shield, except that there is no relegation from League 1.
References
- ^ "Your guide to the Super 8s". Rugby Football League. 16 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.