Super League Grand Final
 | |
| Locale | Old Trafford, Manchester |
|---|---|
| Teams | 2 |
| First meeting | 1998 |
| Latest meeting | 2015 |
| Next meeting | 2016 |
| Broadcasters |
Sky Sports BBC |
| Stadiums | Old Trafford |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 18 |
| Most wins |
 Leeds Rhinos (7 titles) |
| Largest victory |
 Bradford 37-6  Wigan |
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
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 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.[3]
Venue
The Grand Final is held at Old Trafford, Manchester, the largest capacity stadium in the North of England.
| City | Stadium | Years |
|---|---|---|
 Manchester | Old Trafford | 1998–present |
Attendances
| Year | City | Stadium | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Manchester | Old Trafford | 73,512 |
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 teams 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 seven titles. Leeds captain Kevin Sinfield currently holds the record for captaining the most Super League title winning sides after captaining Leeds to all 7 of their grand final successes. St Helens contested the final 6 years in a row (from 2006 until 2011) during which time they succeeded only once in lifting the trophy against Hull 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.
Results
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 | Wigan Warriors |
10–4 | Leeds Rhinos |
43,533 |
| 1999 |  St Helens |
8–6 | Bradford Bulls |
50,717 |
| 2000 | St Helens |
29–16 | Wigan Warriors |
58,132 |
| 2001 | Bradford Bulls |
37–6 | Wigan Warriors |
60,164 |
| 2002 | St Helens |
19–18 | Bradford Bulls |
61,138 |
| 2003 | Bradford Bulls |
25–12 | Wigan Warriors |
65,537 |
| 2004 | Leeds Rhinos |
16–8 | Bradford Bulls |
65,547 |
| 2005 | Bradford Bulls |
15–6 | Leeds Rhinos |
65,728 |
| 2006 | St Helens |
26–4 |  Hull F.C. |
72,582 |
| 2007 | Leeds Rhinos |
33–6 | St Helens |
71,352 |
| 2008 | Leeds Rhinos |
24–16 | St Helens |
68,810 |
| 2009 | Leeds Rhinos |
18–10 | St Helens |
63,259 |
| 2010 | Wigan Warriors |
22–10 | St Helens |
71,526 |
| 2011 | Leeds Rhinos |
32–16 | St Helens |
69,107 |
| 2012 | Leeds Rhinos |
26–18 |  Warrington Wolves |
70,676 |
| 2013 | Wigan Warriors |
30–16 | Warrington Wolves |
66,281 |
| 2014 | St Helens |
14–6 | Wigan Warriors |
70,102 |
| 2015 | Leeds Rhinos |
22-20 | Wigan Warriors |
73,512 |
Winners
| Club | Wins | Last win | Runners-up | Last final lost | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leeds | 7 | 2015 | 2 | 2005 |
| 2 | St Helens | 5 | 2014 | 5 | 2011 |
| 3 | Wigan | 3 | 2013 | 5 | 2015 |
| 4 | Bradford | 3 | 2005 | 3 | 2004 |
| 5 | Warrington | 0 | - | 2 | 2013 |
| 6 | Hull | 0 | - | 1 | 2006 |
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.
| Club | Wins | Winning years | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wigan Warriors | 7 | 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2013 |
| 2 | St Helens | 3 | 1965–66, 1996, 2006 |
| 3 |  Huddersfield Giants | 2 | 1912–13, 1914–15 |
| 4 |  Broughton Rangers | 1 | 1901–02 |
| 5 |  Halifax | 1 | 1902–03 |
| 6 |  Hunslet Hawks | 1 | 1907–08 |
| 7 |  Swinton Lions | 1 | 1927–28 |
| 8 | Warrington Wolves | 1 | 1953–54 |
| 9 | Bradford Bulls | 1 | 2003 |
| 10 | Leeds Rhinos | 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 RFC and Leeds Rhinos have won the treble in the Super League era.
| Club | Wins | Winning years | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wigan Warriors | 3 | 1991–92, 1992–93, 1994–95 |
| 2 | Huddersfield Giants | 2 | 1912–13, 1914–15 |
| 3 | St Helens RFC | 2 | 1965–66, 2006 |
| 4 | Hunslet Hawks | 1 | 1907–08 |
| 5 | Swinton Lions | 1 | 1927–28 |
| 6 | Bradford Bulls | 1 | 2003 |
| 7 | Leeds Rhinos | 1 | 2015 |
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 over cups that could be won.
| Club | Wins | Winning years | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hunslet Hawks | 1 | 1907–08 |
| 2 | Huddersfield Giants | 1 | 1914–15 |
| 3 | Swinton Lions | 1 | 1927–28 |
| 4 | Wigan Warriors | 1 | 1994–95 |
| 5 | Bradford Bulls | 1 | 2003–04 |
| 6 | St Helens | 1 | 2006–07 |
Pre match Headliners
| Year | Act |
|---|---|
| 1998-2003 | - |
| 2004 | Heather Small |
| 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.
See also
References
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