Super League Grand Final

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The Super League Grand Final (commonly referred to as the Grand Final) is the championship-deciding game of the Super League rugby league football competition. The game is played between two teams who have qualified via a play-off structure, the teams who compete in these play-offs having been decided by the league positions after the end of the regular season's weekly rounds.

Use of a play-off system to decide the Championship brought back a rugby league tradition. The Super League Premiership, which had previously taken place between the highest placed teams in the competition, was discontinued as the purpose of its original incarnation had been to take the place of the previous Championship-deciding play-off system.

The Super League Grand Final was introduced for the 1998 season. The inaugural Grand Final match was played that year on Saturday 24 October, between Wigan Warriors and Leeds Rhinos. The venue of every Super League Grand Final to date has been Old Trafford, Manchester.

The Harry Sunderland Trophy is the award given to the man-of-the-match in the Grand Final.

Results

Super League	Year	Winners	Score	Runner-up	Attendance	Venue	Harry Sunderland Trophy
III	1998	Wigan Warriors	10–4	Leeds Rhinos	43,533	Old Trafford	Jason Robinson (Wigan)
IV	1999	St Helens	8–6	Bradford Bulls	50,717	Old Trafford	Henry Paul (Bradford)
V	2000	St Helens	29–16	Wigan Warriors	58,132	Old Trafford	Chris Joynt (St Helens)
VI	2001	Bradford Bulls	37–6	Wigan Warriors	60,164	Old Trafford	Michael Withers (Bradford)
VII	2002	St Helens	19–18	Bradford Bulls	61,138	Old Trafford	Paul Deacon (Bradford)
VIII	2003	Bradford Bulls	25–12	Wigan Warriors	65,537	Old Trafford	Stuart Reardon (Bradford)
IX	2004	Leeds Rhinos	16–8	Bradford Bulls	65,537	Old Trafford	Matt Diskin (Leeds)
X	2005	Bradford Bulls	15–6	Leeds Rhinos	65,537	Old Trafford	Leon Pryce (Bradford)
XI	2006	St Helens	26–4	Hull F.C.	72,582	Old Trafford	Paul Wellens (St Helens)
XII	2007	Leeds Rhinos	33–6	St Helens	71,352	Old Trafford	Rob Burrow (Leeds)
XIII	2008	Leeds Rhinos	24–16	St Helens	68,810	Old Trafford	Lee Smith (Leeds)
XIV	2009	Leeds Rhinos	18–10	St Helens	63,259	Old Trafford	Kevin Sinfield (Leeds)
XV	2010	Wigan Warriors	22–10	St Helens	71,526	Old Trafford	Thomas Leuluai (Wigan)
XVI	2011	Leeds Rhinos	32–16	St Helens	69,107	Old Trafford	Rob Burrow (Leeds)
XVII	2012	Warrington Wolves	–	Leeds Rhinos		Old Trafford

Statistics

Most Appearances: - St Helens (9), Leeds (8), Bradford (6), Wigan (5), Hull FC (1), Warrington (1)
Most Wins: - Leeds (5), St Helens (4), Bradford (3), Wigan (2)
Most Consecutive Appearances: - St Helens (6), Bradford (5), Leeds (3)
Most Consecutive Wins: - Leeds (3), St Helens (2)
Most Consecutive Losses: - St Helens (5)

See also

• Super League
• Grand Final