Super League X
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{{Infobox rugby football league season
| title = Super League X
| league = [[Super League (Europe)|Super League]]
| sport = [[Rugby league]]
| logo = Engage Super League Logo.jpg
| pixels = 200px
| caption = The Engage Super League competition logo
| duration =
| no_of_teams = 12
| attendance = 1,492,464 {{increase}} (average 8,884)
| TV =
| season = 2005 Season
| season_champs = {{leagueicon|Bradford Bulls|16}} [[Bradford Bulls]]
| season_champ_name = [[2005 Super League Grand Final|Champions]]
| league_champs = {{leagueicon|St Helens|16}} [[St Helens RFC|St Helens]]
| league_champ_name = [[League Leader's Shield|League Leaders]]
| second_place =
| MVP = {{leagueicon|St Helens|12}} [[Jamie Lyon]] ([[St Helens RFC|St Helens]])
| MVP_link = Man of Steel Award
| top_scorer = {{leagueicon|Bradford Bulls|12}} [[Paul Deacon]] (322 points)
| top_scorer_link =
| top try scorer = {{leagueicon|Leeds Rhinos|12}} [[Mark Calderwood]] (27 tries)
| top try scorer_link=
| promote =
| promoted_from =
| relegate = {{leagueicon|Leigh|16}} [[Leigh Centurions]]<br/>{{leagueicon|Widnes Vikings|16}} [[Widnes Vikings]]
| relegate_to = [[Rugby League National Leagues|Nat Lge 1]]
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| seasonslist =
| 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 (Europe)|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 [[top six play-offs|six team play-off series]]
The [[Grand Final]], held at [[Old Trafford (football)|Old Trafford]] on [[15 October]], saw [[Bradford Bulls]] crowned [[Rugby League Championship|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 [[France|French]] club [[Les Catalans]]. The second bottom team would only be relegated if the winner of [[Rugby League National Leagues|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 RLFC|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==
<table border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3">
<tr><td>'''Team'''</td><td>'''Played'''</td><td>'''Won'''</td><td>'''Drew'''</td><td>'''Lost'''</td><td>'''For'''</td><td>'''Against'''</td><td>'''Difference'''</td><td>'''Points'''</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[St Helens RFC|St Helens]]</td><td> 28 </td><td> 23 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 4 </td><td> 1028 </td><td> 537 </td><td> 491 </td><td> 47 </td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Leeds Rhinos]]</td><td> 28 </td><td> 22 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 6 </td><td> 1150 </td><td> 505 </td><td> 645 </td><td> 44 </td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Bradford Bulls]]</td><td> 28 </td><td> 18 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 9 </td><td> 1038 </td><td> 684 </td><td> 354 </td><td> 37 </td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Warrington Wolves]]</td><td> 28 </td><td> 18 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 10 </td><td> 792 </td><td> 702 </td><td> 90 </td><td> 36 </td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Hull FC]]</td><td> 28 </td><td> 15 </td><td> 2 </td><td> 11 </td><td> 756 </td><td> 670 </td><td> 86 </td><td> 32 </td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Harlequins Rugby League|London Broncos]]</td><td> 28 </td><td> 13 </td><td> 2 </td><td> 13 </td><td> 800 </td><td> 718 </td><td> 82 </td><td> 28 </td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Wigan Warriors]]</td><td> 28 </td><td> 14 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 14 </td><td> 698 </td><td> 718 </td><td> -20 </td><td> 28 </td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Huddersfield Giants]]</td><td> 28 </td><td> 12 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 16 </td><td> 742 </td><td> 791 </td><td> -49 </td><td> 24 </td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Salford City Reds]]</td><td> 28 </td><td> 11 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 17 </td><td> 549 </td><td> 732 </td><td> -183 </td><td> 22 </td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Wakefield Trinity Wildcats]]</td><td> 28 </td><td> 10 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 18 </td><td> 716 </td><td> 997 </td><td> -281 </td><td> 20 </td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Widnes Vikings]]</td><td> 28 </td><td> 6 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 21 </td><td> 598 </td><td> 1048 </td><td> -450 </td><td> 13 </td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Leigh Centurions]]</td><td> 28 </td><td> 2 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 25 </td><td> 445 </td><td> 1210 </td><td> -765 </td><td> 5 </td></tr>
</table>
==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
===Semi-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==
{{Main|2005 Super League 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]
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