Super League Grand Final

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Super League Grand Final
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Locale Old Trafford, Manchester
Teams 2
First meeting 1998
Latest meeting 2015
Next meeting 2016
Broadcasters Sky Sports
Statistics
Most wins Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos (7 titles)
The Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford

The Super League Grand Final is the championship-deciding game of rugby league's Super League competition.[1] It is played between two teams who have qualified via the Super League Play-Off series.[2]

The winning team receive the Super League Trophy and go on to play the NRL champions in the World Club Challenge.

The Harry Sunderland Trophy is awarded to the man of the match in the Grand Final.

Leeds are the current champions, beating Wigan 22-20 to add to their Challenge Cup and League Leaders Shield successes, therefore completing the season treble.

History[edit]

Use of a play-off system to decide the Championship brought back a rugby league tradition that had fallen out of use in the '70s, '80s and '90s. The Super League Premiership replaced the Championship final but it was to decided the Premiership winners, not the Championship winners. The Premiership was discontinued after the introduction of the Super League play-off series in 1998.

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 and Leeds. The venue of every Super League Grand Final to date has been Old Trafford, Manchester.[3]

Venue[edit]

The Grand Final is held at Old Trafford, Manchester, the largest capacity stadium in the North of England.

City Stadium Years
England Manchester Old Trafford 1998-present

Qualification for World Club Challenge[edit]

The winners of the Grand Final qualify to play the winners of the National Rugby League in the World Club Challenge. The Grand Final Runner up can play in the World Club Series if a team were to win the double.

Results[edit]

The Super League Grand Final has been the championship-deciding game since Super League III in 1998:[4] These final were held at Old Trafford.

Year Winners Score Runner-up Attendance
1998 Wigancolours.svg Wigan 10–4 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds 43,533
1999 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 8–6 Bullscolours.svg Bradford 50,717
2000 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 29–16 Wigancolours.svg Wigan 58,132
2001 Bullscolours.svg Bradford 37–6 Wigancolours.svg Wigan 60,164
2002 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 19–18 Bullscolours.svg Bradford 61,138
2003 Bullscolours.svg Bradford 25–12 Wigancolours.svg Wigan 65,537
2004 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds 16–8 Bullscolours.svg Bradford 65,547
2005 Bullscolours.svg Bradford 15–6 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds 65,728
2006 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 26–4 Hullcolours.svg Hull 72,582
2007 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds 33–6 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 71,352
2008 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds 24–16 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 68,810
2009 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds 18–10 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 63,259
2010 Wigancolours.svg Wigan 22–10 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 71,526
2011 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds 32–16 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 69,107
2012 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds 26–18 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington 70,676
2013 Wigancolours.svg Wigan 30–16 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington 66,281
2014 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 14–6 Wigancolours.svg Wigan 70,102
2015 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds 22-20 Wigancolours.svg Wigan 73,512

Statistics[edit]

The following statistics relate to the Super League Grand Final only, not the season as a whole:[5]

Winners[edit]

Club Wins Last win Runners-up Last final lost
1 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds 7 2015 2 2005
2 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 5 2014 5 2011
3 Wigancolours.svg Wigan 3 2013 5 2015
4 Bullscolours.svg Bradford 3 2005 3 2004
5 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington 0 - 2 2013
6 Hullcolours.svg Hull 0 - 1 2006

Attendances[edit]

Cityy Stadium Attendance
1 England Manchester Old Trafford 73,512

Most Consecutive Appearances: St Helens (6), Bradford (5), Leeds (3)
Most Consecutive Wins: Leeds (3), St Helens (2)
Most Consecutive Losses: St Helens (5), Warrington (2), Wigan (2) [6]

Pre match Headliners[edit]

Year Act
2005 Madness
2006 Deacon Blue
2007 -
2008 Scouting for Girls
2009 The Wombats
2010 Diana Vickers
2011 Feeder*
2012 -
2013 -
2014 James
2015 The Charlatans
  • Feeder were canceled due to the pitch being wet and a stage could not be constructed.

Trophy and prize[edit]

The winners of the Super League collect the Grand Final rings and the teams name, captain and year are engraved into the trophy. The winners also collect £100,000 with the runner up collecting £50,000.

References[edit]

See also[edit]