The 2021 Super League season to start two weeks later on March 25

The 2021 Super League season has been pushed back by two weeks. Picture: Danny Lawson/PA

Betfred Super League clubs have bowed to the inevitable by putting back the start date for the new season by a fortnight.

The season traditionally kicks off at the end of January but was put back by six weeks to March 11 after the 2020 season ran to the end of November and, following the latest lockdown and worsening Covid-19 data, the league has announced it will now start on March 25.