York And Toulouse Complete 14-team Super League As London Broncos Miss Out

York Knights and Toulouse Olympique person won nan three-way conflict to snare nan last 2 places successful adjacent season’s expanded Super League, pinch nan recently invigorated London Broncos missing nan cut.

As Championship Grand Final winners, Toulouse occupied 13th spot successful nan database of nine gradings announced connected Thursday, while York, arsenic regular play winners, were rewarded for securing 14th. Nonetheless, pinch on-field capacity only 1 criterion successful nan decision, made by a sheet chaired by nan Rugby Football League nonexecutive head Lord Caine, nan Broncos will beryllium disappointed to person mislaid out.

The 14-team lineup is now complete, pinch nan erstwhile champions Bradford having already secured a return to nan Super League for nan first clip successful much than a decade successful 2026 erstwhile it was announced they had jumped to 10th spot successful nan IMG nine gradings announced connected Thursday.

Bradford switch Salford successful adjacent season’s apical flight, pinch nan apical 12 clubs successful nan gradings automatically guaranteed Super League status. Bradford vanished successful a lowly 16th spot successful past year’s gradings but important stadium improvements enabled them to amended by much than 2 points to 14.81, capable to assistance them supra nan existing Super League clubs Castleford and Huddersfield, who classed successful 11th and 12th places respectively.

Salford, beset by a continuing financial situation that near them incapable to fulfil a fixture against Wakefield successful August, plunged to 15th spot and, pinch nan nine having grounded to use for information for 1 of nan 2 prospective description places, their 17-year Super League enactment is over.