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Super League III
Sport	Rugby league
League	Super League
Number of teams	12
	1998 Season
Champions	Wigan Warriors
League Leaders	Wigan Warriors
Man of Steel	Iestyn Harris
Top point-scorer(s)	Iestyn Harris (255)
Top try-scorer(s)	Anthony Sullivan (20)

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.

[edit] Super League III Table

Regular Season Final Standings

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Wigan Warriors	23	21	0	2	762	222	+540	42
2	Leeds Rhinos	23	19	0	4	662	369	+293	38
3	Halifax Blue Sox	23	18	0	5	658	390	+268	36
4	St Helens	23	14	1	8	673	459	+214	29
5	Bradford Bulls	23	12	0	11	498	450	+48	24
6	Castleford Tigers	23	10	1	12	446	522	-76	21
7	London Broncos	23	10	0	13	415	476	-61	20
8	Sheffield Eagles	23	8	2	13	495	541	-46	18
9	Hull Sharks	23	8	0	15	421	574	-153	16
10	Warrington Wolves	23	7	1	15	411	645	-234	15
11	Salford Reds	23	6	1	16	319	575	-256	13
12	Huddersfield Giants	23	2	0	21	288	825	-537	4

Play-offs

[edit] Play-offs

The top five clubs at the end of the 23-round regular season entered the play-offs to decide the championship.

The format was to have an elimination play off between the fourth and fifth teams (the fourth team gaining home advantage) and then have a qualifying play-off 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 fourth and fifth. 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.

Qualifying / Elimination play-offs

Qualifying / Elimination semi-finals

Final eliminator

Grand Final