2012 Super League season
| Super League XVII | |
|---|---|
| League | Super League |
| Duration | 27 Rounds |
| Teams | 14 |
| Highest attendance | 21,522 Wigan Warriors vs St Helens (7 September) |
| Lowest attendance | 1,517 London Broncos vs Salford City Reds (4 August) |
| Average attendance | 10,151 |
| Broadcast partners | Sky Sports BBC Sport Eurosport beIN Sports Fox Soccer Plus Sport Klub |
| 2012 season | |
| Champions | Leeds Rhinos 6th Super League title 9th British title |
| League Leaders | Wigan Warriors |
| Runners-up | Warrington Wolves |
| Man of Steel | Sam Tomkins |
| Top point-scorer(s) | Scott Dureau (281) |
| Top try-scorer(s) | Josh Charnley (31) |
The Stobart Super League XVII was the official name of the 2012 Super League season. Fourteen teams competed over 27 rounds, after which the 8 highest finishing teams entered the play-offs to compete for a place in the Grand Final and a chance to win the championship and the Super League Trophy.
The season kicked off on 3 February with two Round 1 fixtures being played: the Widnes Vikings, in their first Super League match since 2005, lost to the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, while defending champions the Leeds Rhinos defeated the Hull Kingston Rovers and ended on 6 October with Leeds Rhinos beating Warrington Wolves 26-18 in the 2012 Super League Grand Final.