The season came to a conclusion with Wigan Warriors beating St. Helens 22-10 in the Super League Grand Final on 2 October[3] with two tries for Martin Gleeson.

The RFL announced two new rule interpretations intended to increase player safety in the tackle:[4] The 'club trained player rule' entered its third year and made a planned adjustment:[5] January February April May August September October The play-offs commence following the conclusion of 27 round regular season.

2010 was the second of a three-year broadcasting agreement between the RFL and BSkyB for Sky Sports to screen matches exclusively live within the United Kingdom.

[14][15] Sky Sports' continued coverage in the UK sees two live matches broadcast each week - one on Friday at 7:30pm and another at 6pm on Saturday.

Regular commentators are Eddie Hemmings and Mike Stephenson with summarisers including Phil Clarke, Barrie McDermott and Terry O'Connor.

[citation needed] BBC Sport broadcast a highlights programme called the Super League Show, usually presented by Harry Gration.

A national repeat is broadcast overnight during the week, the BBC Director of Sport, Richard Moseley, commented that this move was in response to the growing popularity and awareness of the sport, and the large number of requests from people who want to watch it elsewhere in the UK.

2010 was the second year of a three-year deal in which the Nine Network in Australia show up to 70 live games from Super League over the season.

Starting from 9 April 2009, all of the matches shown on Sky Sports are also available live online via Livestation everywhere in the world excluding the US, Puerto Rico, UK, Ireland, France, Monaco, Australia and New Zealand.