Super League Grand Final

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Super League Grand Final
2012SuperLeagueTrophy.jpg
Super League Trophy
Location Flag of England.svg Trafford, Manchester
Teams2
First meeting 1998
Latest meeting 2023
Next meeting 2024
Broadcasters Sky Sports
BBC
Stadiums Old Trafford
Statistics
Meetings total24
Most wins Saintscolours.svg St Helens (9)
Most player appearances Flag of England.svg Jamie Peacock
Flag of England.svg James Roby (11)

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 receives the Super League Trophy and goes on to play the NRL champions in the World Club Challenge. The Harry Sunderland Trophy is awarded to the man of the match. The match is normally played at Old Trafford in Greater Manchester.

Contents

Only four clubs have won the Super League, as of 2023 - St Helens (9), Leeds Rhinos (8), Wigan Warriors (6), and Bradford Bulls (3).

(St Helens and Bradford Bulls each won one of their Super League titles before the Play Off and Grand Final system was introduced in 1998).

Wigan Warriors are the current champions, after winning the 2023 Super League Grand Final, defeating Catalans Dragons 10–2, who also become the first ever team to have 2 or more players sin binned in the grand final.

Background

Use of a play-off system to decide the Championship brought back a rugby league tradition that had fallen out of use in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. The Premiership replaced the Championship final but it was to decide the Premiership winners, not the Championship winners. The Premiership was discontinued after the introduction of the Super League play-off series in 1998, ending with the Super League Grand Final. The inaugural Grand Final match was played that year on Saturday 24 October, between Wigan and Leeds.

Venue

Leeds celebrating their 2008 Grand Final victory at Old Trafford Rhinos2008.jpg
Leeds celebrating their 2008 Grand Final victory at Old Trafford

The Grand Final has been held at Old Trafford in Manchester every year since 1998, except in 2020, when it was held at the KCOM Stadium in Hull due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

CityStadiumYears
Flag of England.svg Manchester Old Trafford 1998–2019, 2021–
Flag of England.svg Hull KCOM Stadium 2020

Trophy

2012SuperLeagueTrophy.jpg

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

Leeds captain Kevin Sinfield currently holds the record for captaining the most Super League title winning sides after leading Leeds to seven of their Grand Final successes. St Helens contested the final six years in a row (from 2006 until 2011) during which time they succeeded only once in lifting the trophy, against Hull F.C. in 2006, after which they suffered consecutive defeats against Leeds in 2007, 2008, 2009, Wigan in 2010 and Leeds once again in 2011.

Awards

The Harry Sunderland Trophy is awarded to the Man-of-the-Match in the Super League Grand Final by the Rugby League Writers' Association. Named after Harry Sunderland, who was an Australian rugby league football administrator in both Australia and the United Kingdom, the Trophy was first awarded in the Rugby Football League Championship Final of the 1964–65 season following Sunderland's death.

Finals

The Super League Grand Final has been the championship-deciding game since Super League III in 1998: [3] This final is held at Old Trafford.

YearWinnersScoreRunner-upAttendance
1998 Wigancolours.svg Wigan 10–4 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds 43,533
1999 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 8–6 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Increase2.svg 50,717
2000 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 29–16 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Increase2.svg 58,132
2001 Bullscolours.svg Bradford 37–6 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Increase2.svg 60,164
2002 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 19–18 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Increase2.svg 61,138
2003 Bullscolours.svg Bradford 25–12 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Increase2.svg 65,537
2004 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds 16–8 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Increase2.svg 65,547
2005 Bullscolours.svg Bradford 15–6 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Increase2.svg 65,728
2006 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 26–4 Hullcolours.svg Hull Increase2.svg 72,575
2007 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds 33–6 Saintscolours.svg St Helens Decrease2.svg 71,352
2008 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds 24–16 Saintscolours.svg St Helens Decrease2.svg 68,810
2009 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds 18–10 Saintscolours.svg St Helens Decrease2.svg 63,259
2010 Wigancolours.svg Wigan 22–10 Saintscolours.svg St Helens Increase2.svg 71,526
2011 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds 32–16 Saintscolours.svg St Helens Decrease2.svg 69,107
2012 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds 26–18 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Increase2.svg 70,676
2013 Wigancolours.svg Wigan 30–16 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Decrease2.svg 66,281
2014 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 14–6 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Increase2.svg 70,102
2015 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds 22–20 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Increase2.svg 73,512
2016 Wigancolours.svg Wigan 12–6 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Decrease2.svg 70,202
2017 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds 24–6 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Increase2.svg 72,827
2018 Wigancolours.svg Wigan 12–4 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Decrease2.svg 64,892
2019 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 23–6 Redscolours.svg Salford Decrease2.svg 64,102
2020 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 8–4 Wigancolours.svg Wigan N/A
2021 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 12–10 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Decrease2.svg 45,177
2022 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 24–12 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Increase2.svg 60,783
2023 Wigancolours.svg Wigan 10–2 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Decrease2.svg 58,137

Results

Grand Final winners and runners up
ClubWinnersRunners-upYears wonYears runner-up
Saintscolours.svg St Helens 95 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2014, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 83 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017 1998, 2005, 2022
Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 66 1998, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2023 2000, 2001, 2003, 2014, 2015, 2020
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 33 2001, 2003, 2005 1999, 2002, 2004
Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 04 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018
Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 02 2021, 2023
Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. 01 2006
Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 01 2017
Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils 01 2019

The Double

In rugby league, the term 'the Double' is referring to the achievement of a club that wins the top division and Challenge Cup in the same season. To date, this has been achieved by ten clubs, four of them during the Super League era.

ClubWinsWinning years
1 Wigancolours.svg Wigan 71989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93,
1993–94, 1994–95, 2013
2 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 41965–66, 1996, 2006, 2021
3 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield 21912–13, 1914–15
4 Barrowcolours.svg Broughton Rangers 11901–02
5 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 11902–03
6 Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet 11907–08
7 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton 11927–28
8 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington 11953–54
9 Bullscolours.svg Bradford 1 2003
10 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds 1 2015

The Treble

The Treble refers to the team who wins all three domestic honours on offer during the season; Grand Final, League Leaders' Shield and Challenge Cup. To date seven teams have won the treble, only Bradford Bulls, St Helens and Leeds Rhinos have won the treble in the Super League era.

ClubWinsWinning years
1 Wigancolours.svg Wigan 31991–92, 1992–93, 1994–95
2 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield 21912–13, 1914–15
3 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 21965–66, 2006
4 Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet 11907–08
5 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton 11927–28
6 Bullscolours.svg Bradford 1 2003
7 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds 1 2015

The Quadruple

The Quadruple refers to winning the Super League, League Leaders' Shield, Challenge Cup and World Club Challenge in one season.

ClubWinsWinning years
1 Wigancolours.svg Wigan 11994–95
2 Bullscolours.svg Bradford 12003–04
3 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 12006–07

Headliners

YearAct
1998–2003none
2004 Heather Small
2005 Madness
2006 Deacon Blue
2007 The Kaiser Chiefs
2008 Scouting for Girls
2009 The Wombats
2010 Diana Vickers
2011 Feeder*
2012–2013none
2014 James
2015 The Charlatans
2016 Feeder
2017 Razorlight
2018 Blossoms
2019 Shed Seven
2020–2022none
2023 Reverend and the Makers

Records

Match records

31 points - Bullscolours.svg Bradford 37-6 Wigancolours.svg Wigan (2001)
1 point - Saintscolours.svg St Helens 19-18 Bullscolours.svg Bradford (2002)
48 points - Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds 32-16 Saintscolours.svg St Helens (2011)
12 points - Saintscolours.svg St Helens 8-4 Wigancolours.svg Wigan (2020), Wigancolours.svg Wigan 10-2 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans (2023)
73,512 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds v Wigancolours.svg Wigan (at Old Trafford, 2015)

Club records

9 - Saintscolours.svg St. Helens (Super League Grand Final 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2014, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
4 - Saintscolours.svg St. Helens (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
14 - Saintscolours.svg St Helens (1999, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
6 - Wigancolours.svg Wigan (2000, 2001, 2003, 2014, 2015, 2020)
4 - Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves (2012, 2013, 2016, 2018)

Player records

  • 11:
Jamie Peacock (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015)
James Roby (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)


  • 9:
Jamie Peacock (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015)
  • 8:
Kevin Sinfield (2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015)
  • Youngest winner:
  • Oldest winner:

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  2. ↑ "The Play-Off Series - Super League". superleague.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 September 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
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