Super League began in March 1996 and saw the British season switch from winter to summer for the first time in over 100 years. Most of the teams are based in Great Britain, though initially the league was intended to be European, and indeed French club Paris Saint Germain contested the first ever Super League match. Following their departure after the completion of the 1997 season, the league became a totally British venture, with all teams being located in Northern England except for the London-based Harlequins (formerly the Broncos). In the 2006 season the Catalans Dragons of Perpignan in southern France were admitted to the competition, and in 2009 the Crusaders, based in Wrexham in North Wales, entered the competition.

During the league's regular season, each team plays 27 games over 27 rounds from February to September. These consist of 13 home games, 13 away games and a Magic Weekend game at a neutral venue, currently Millenium Stadium in Cardiff. At the end of the regular season, the top eight teams in the League play in the play-offs, which culminates with the Grand Final to determine the champions. As well as this the side that finishes top of the ladder during the regular season wins the League Leaders Shield meaning that there are two trophies to be won just by competing in Super League.

In 2009, for the first time in its history, Super League games were played in five different countries in a single season: England, Wales, Scotland, France and Spain.

St Helens, Leeds, Bradford and Wigan Warriors have been the four dominant teams in the Super League since its arrival in 1996. Each year the competition winners play a game against the premiers of the Australasian National Rugby League competition in the World Club Challenge.

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The Rugby Football League (RFL) is the governing body for rugby league football in Britain and Ireland.

Based at Red Hall in Leeds, it administers the England national rugby league team, the Challenge Cup, Super League and the Championships which form the professional and semi-professional structure game structure in the UK.

The RFL also administers the amateur and junior game across the country in association with the British Amateur Rugby League Association (BARLA). 

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• Rugby League is played in every English county as well as in Wales, Scotland and Ireland. It is also played in all major Universities and throughout the Armed Forces. 
  
• engage Super League XIII has been the best supported season in the history of the competition - attracting a new record average weekly attendance.The average attendance at the completion of the 27 round regular season is 10,338 per game per week (last season's average at the end of the season was 10,264 per game per week).It is the second consecutive year that the League has attracted an average weekly attendance of over 10,000 per game. An aggregate total of 1,674,809 supporters have passed through the gates at engage Super League stadia this season.
  
• These all-time record attendances have come in the first season that there has been no promotion and relegation.
  
• In the last two year's, Rugby League has experienced a 27% increase in participation with alomost 250,000 people currently involved as players, coaches, match officials or volunteers.
  
• Participation among women and girls has also seen a healthy year-on-year increase of 42% 
  
• 50 per cent of viewers who watch Rugby League on Sky Sports live in the South of England. 
  
• The game is one of Sport England's Top 10 'priority' sports and as a result receives significant annual Government investment.
  
• The Carnegie Champion Schools tournament is the largest knock-out Rugby League competition in the world. In the last five years, more than 1,500 schools and 90,000 pupils have taken part.
  
• The RFL has declared a profit for a six consecutive seasons.