WHAT CLUBS VOTED FOR

RUGBY LEAGUE clubs voted by a two-thirds majority to scrap the Super 8s and return to a conventional promotion and relegation system from 2019.

The Super 8s were introduced in 2015 and saw the top two tiers split into three groups at the end of each season to decide who goes up and who takes the drop.

However, a potentially less dramatic and traditional ‘one up, one down’ system will be back in place from next season.

There will be a home and away calendar for the 12-team Super League, plus six additional fixtures and the successful Magic Weekend – where a round of matches are hosted at the same venue over two days.

A five-team play-off series will then culminate in a Grand Final to crown the Super League champions at Old Trafford.

The Championship will expand to a 14-team competition in 2019.

And there will be a similar play-off system determining which club is promoted to Super League the following season.

Two teams are to be promoted between the Championship and League One each season from 2019 onwards.