Super League Grand Final


The Super League Grand Final is the championship-deciding game of rugby league's Super League competition. It is played between two teams who have qualified via the Super League Play-Off series.
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 in the Grand Final.
St. Helens are the current champions, after winning the 2019 Grand Final.
Only 4 clubs have won the Grand Final, as of 2019 - Leeds Rhinos, St. Helens, Wigan Warriors, and Bradford Bulls

History

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 Super League 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.
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.

Venue

The Grand Final is held at Old Trafford, Manchester, the largest capacity stadium in the North of England.
CityStadiumYears
ManchesterOld Trafford1998–2020

Attendances
YearCityStadiumAttendance
2015 ManchesterOld Trafford73,512

Qualification for World Club Challenge

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.

Trophy

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.
The record for most Super League titles won is held by Leeds with eight titles. Leeds captain Kevin Sinfield currently holds the record for captaining the most Super League title winning sides after captaining Leeds to 7 of their grand final successes. St. Helens contested the final 6 years in a row 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: These final were held at Old Trafford.
YearWinnersScoreRunner-upAttendance
1998 Wigan10-4 Leeds43,533
1999 St. Helens8-6 Bradford 50,717
2000 St. Helens29-16 Wigan 58,132
2001 Bradford37-6 Wigan 60,164
2002 St. Helens19-18 Bradford 61,138
2003 Bradford25-12 Wigan 65,537
2004 Leeds16-8 Bradford 65,547
2005 Bradford15-6 Leeds 65,728
2006 St. Helens26-4 Hull 72,575
2007 Leeds33-6 St. Helens 71,352
2008 Leeds24-16 St. Helens 68,810
2009 Leeds18-10 St. Helens 63,259
2010 Wigan22-10 St. Helens 71,526
2011 Leeds32-16 St. Helens 69,107
2012 Leeds26-18 Warrington 70,676
2013 Wigan30-16 Warrington 66,281
2014 St. Helens14-6 Wigan 70,102
2015 Leeds22-20 Wigan 73,512
2016 Wigan12-6 Warrington 70,202
2017 Leeds24-6 Castleford 72,827
2018 Wigan12-4 Warrington 64,892
2019 St. Helens23-6 Salford 64,102

Results

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 a total ten different clubs but by only four different clubs during the Super League era.
ClubWinsWinning years
1 Wigan71989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93,
1993–94, 1994–95, 2013
2 St. Helens31965–66, 1996, 2006
3 Huddersfield21912–13, 1914–15
4 Broughton Rangers11901–02
5 Halifax11902–03
6 Hunslet11907–08
7 Swinton11927–28
8 Warrington11953–54
9 Bradford12003
10 Leeds12015

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 Wigan31991–92, 1992–93, 1994–95
2 Huddersfield21912–13, 1914–15
3 St. Helens21965–66, 2006
4 Hunslet11907–08
5 Swinton11927–28
6 Bradford12003
7 Leeds12015

All Four Cups

Winning all Four Cups refers to winning the Super League, League Leaders' Shield, Challenge Cup and World Club Challenge in one season. Not all of these cups were available in the past but have replaced other cups that could be won.
ClubWinsWinning years
1 Hunslet11907–08
2 Huddersfield11914–15
3 Swinton11927–28
4 Wigan11994–95
5 Bradford12003–04
6 St. Helens12006–07

Pre match Headliners

Club Records