In regards to Fax and Fev, they were playing for either 500k or 450, depending on who won and finished 7th or 8th, so it was 50 k difference

We could do with a Barry Hearn figure to take over the running of the RFL/Super League and help take the game, and the associated media/marketing/sponsor deals to the next level.

I don't believe that for a second. £450k for finishing 16th? Even if it only went in 50k increments up to 1st that's an enormous amount of prize money. Over £13m if my maths is correct.

Are you sure the 'k' wasn't a misprint?

Found a link, people are calling it prize money https://twitter.com/aaronbower/status/9 ... 3026852865 No need to apologise

Found a link, people are calling it prize money https://twitter.com/aaronbower/status/9 ... 3026852865 No need to apologise

OK, that's more feasible then I guess.

So in effect everyone that qualifies for the 8's gets 450k central funding regardless, and then prize money starts at 50k for 15th?

I think so and it goes up by 50k per position I think.

Not sure if the likes of Warrington get some prize money or just SLfunding.

The sliding scale of TV funding based on final standings only affects clubs in the Championship which is what Fev and Fax were fighting over; all SL clubs get the same amount regardless.
The actual prize money as opposed to TV revenue is £100k for League Leaders and something similar for GF winners - most of the regular trophy winning clubs pass that, (and the CC prize money), straight on to the players as paying prize money out as a bonus is outside the salary cap.

£450,000! 2 weeks wages for a Premier League Footballer!

Warrington, Rovers, Widnes & Catalans or Leigh will receive the standard SL central funding, c£1.8m(?).

Then the loser of the MPG (5th place) gets c£750k central funding, which is where the "million" pound difference comes from.

6th £700k(ish), 7th £500kish, £450kish.

For the next 8 Championship sides (6 remaining, 1 promoted and 1 playoff winner), their funding is based on league position from £275kish to £80kish, then League 1 clubs get £70k each I believe.

I say "ish" on most of that, because non of that has been made public by the RFL from what I can find. The figures come via a Total RL thread


There's a lack of info out there on Challenge Cup & Grand Final prize money, and how gate receipts are shared (if at all).

Never understood why they pool the playoff game money either, especially when it was a multi-game series, as it meant teams had little incentive to promote the games and I believe were banned from running ticket deals.

Not an issue this time round due to Headingley being on reduced capacity, and Cas' ground being small and their biggest game for a lifetime. But in the past we've had big grounds like the KCOM and DW to fill and little being done to help fill them, sometimes playoff gates have been far lower than dead-rubber league games.

Salary cap is currently £1.825m, rising to £1.9m next year, £2.0m in 2019 and £2.1m in 2020.

I think that was the previous deal, but under the current deal each SL club gets £1.825m per season until the end of 2021.