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JJB Sports Super League III was the official name for the year 1998's Super League championship season, the 104th season of top-level professional rugby league football in Britain, and the third championship run by Super League. The League format changed in 1998 and the championship became a play off series to determine the Super League champions, similar to the way the Premiership was played a few seasons earlier. This meant the first Final to determine the British champions since the 1972-73 season. Huddersfield Giants, the league's bottom club was saved from relegation in 1998 due to the expansion of the league to fourteen teams in Super League VI. The season culminated in the grand final between Leeds Rhinos and Wigan Warriors, which Wigan won, claiming the 1998 premiership.
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[edit] The Play-offs
The top five clubs at the end of the 23-round regular season played off against each other. The format was to have an elimination play off between the fifth and sixth teams (the fifth team gaining home advantage) and then have a qualifying playoff between the second and third placed teams (The second placed team gaining home advantage.) The winner of the qualifier would play the team finishing first in the first semi final whilst the losing team got a second chance and played against the winner of the eliminating play off between fifth and sixth. The winner of the qualifying semi final would progress to the final of the Super League championship and the losing side would get another chance and play against the winning side of the elimination semi final.
| Elimination Play-Off |
Score |
Winner |
| St. Helens Vs. Bradford Bulls |
46-24 |
St. Helens |
| Qualifying Play-Off |
Score |
Winner |
| Leeds Rhinos Vs. Halifax Blue Sox |
13-6 |
Leeds Rhinos |
| Elimination Semi-Final |
Score |
Winner |
|
| Halifax Blue Sox Vs. St. Helens |
30-37 |
St. Helens |
| Qualifying Semi Final |
Score |
Winner |
| Wigan Warriors Vs. Leeds Rhinos |
17-4 |
Wigan Warriors |
| Final Eliminator |
Score |
Winner |
| Leeds Rhinos Vs. St. Helens |
44-16 |
Leeds Rhinos |
| Grand Final |
Score |
Champions |
| Wigan Warriors Vs. Leeds Rhinos |
10-4 |
Wigan Warriors |
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