The official attendance figures for the 2026 Betfred Super League play-off semi-finals have been revealed following an extraordinary weekend of high-stakes knockout rugby league.
A coveted place at Old Trafford was up for grabs across two electric encounters, with Warrington Wolves edging out Leeds Rhinos 14-12 in a Friday night cliffhanger before Wakefield Trinity produced a historic upset by defeating Wigan Warriors 33-6 on Saturday evening.
On Friday night at AMT Headingley, Leeds Rhinos welcomed a bumper crowd of 16,627 spectators for their intense semi-final clash against Sam Burgess’ Wire side.Â
The impressive turnout marked Leeds’ third-highest home attendance of the entire 2026 campaign, comfortably exceeding their regular-season home meeting with Warrington as the Headingley faithful turned out in force.
The following evening at The Brick Community Stadium, an even larger crowd of 16,724 turned out to watch Daryl Powell’s Wakefield Trinity make history.Â
Backed by over 4,000 travelling supporters from West Yorkshire who packed out the away end, Trinity delivered a relentless 80-minute performance to book their first-ever Super League Grand Final appearance.Â
That figure edged out the Headingley attendance by just 97 supporters to take the top spot as the highest crowd of the semi-final weekend.
Super League play-off semi-final attendances 2026
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- Leeds Rhinos 12-14 Warrington Wolves (AMT Headingley) – 16,627
- Wigan Warriors 6-33 Wakefield Trinity (The Brick Community Stadium) – 16,724
Together, both semi-final ties drew a combined total of 33,351 fans through the turnstiles. The huge turnout builds on the momentum of the elimination play-offs, where over 20,000 supporters attended the previous week’s matches.
With it already confirmed that the entire lower bowl of Old Trafford is sold out with six days to go, the massive post-season crowds are set to culminate in a memorable atmosphere as Warrington Wolves and Wakefield Trinity battle to become the sixth different club to lift the Super League trophy.
