1999 Super League Grand Final

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Template other The 1999 Super League Grand Final was the Second official Grand Final conclusive and championship-deciding game of the Super League IV season. The match was played between St. Helens and Bradford Bulls on Saturday 9 October 1999, at Old Trafford.

Background

Super League IV retained the top five play off after the success of the previous years Grand Final. The league was expanded to 14 teams with Wakefield Trinity Wildcats and Gateshead Thunder both made their debuts in Super League although Gateshead Thunder and Sheffield Eagles both left the league after merging with Hull FC and Huddersfield Giants respectively. Bradford Bulls finished as League Leaders for the first time since they finished top in Super League II as Champions.

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	File:Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls	30	25	1	4	897	445	+452	51
2	File:Saintscolours.svg St. Helens	30	23	0	7	1034	561	+473	46

Route to the Final

Bradford Bulls

By finishing first in the regular season, Bradford automatically qualified for the play-off semi-final. They were drawn at home to St Helens and in a one-sided game, they brushed St Helens aside 40–4 to qualify for the Grand Final.

St Helens

The play-off system in use only gave the league leaders a bye to the semi-finals. St Helens had finished second so had to play a qualifying play-off first. Drawn at home to Leeds Rhinos St Helens won 38–14 to go through to the semi-final. This was an away fixture to Bradford where they were beaten 40–4. However this loss did not end their season. The losers of the qualifying semi-final got another chance by playing the winners of the other semi-final in a final eliminator. Therefore Saints' third play-off game was a home tie against Castleford Tigers where they won through 36–6.

St Helens

Round	Opposition	Score
Qualifying Play-off	Template:Leagueicon Leeds Rhinos (H)	38-14
Qualifying Semi-Final	Template:Leagueicon Bradford Bulls (A)	40-4
Final Eliminator	Template:Leagueicon Castleford Tigers (H)	36-6
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue.

Match details

9 October 1999

Bradford Bulls File:Bullscolours.svg	6 - 8	File:Saintscolours.svg St. Helens
Tries: Henry Paul Goals: Henry Paul	Report	Tries: Kevin Iro Goals: Sean Long (2)

Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 50,717 Referee: Stuart Cummings (Widnes)

Bradford Bulls		Position	St Helens
	Template:Flagicon Stuart Spruce	Fullback		Template:Flagicon Paul Atcheson
	Template:Flagicon Tevita Vaikona	Winger		Template:Flagicon Chris Smith
	Template:FlagiconScott Naylor	Centre		Template:Flagicon Kevin Iro
	Template:Flagicon Michael Withers	Centre		Template:Flagicon Paul Newlove
5	Template:Flagicon Leon Pryce	Winger		Template:Flagicon Anthony Sullivan
6	Template:Flagicon Robbie Paul	Stand Off	6	Template:Flagicon Paul Sculthorpe
7	Template:Flagicon Henry Paul	Scrum half	7	Template:Flagicon Tommy Martyn
	Template:Flagicon Paul Anderson	Prop		Template:Flagicon Apollo Perelini
9	Template:Flagicon James Lowes	Hooker	9	Template:Flagicon Keiron Cunningham
	Template:Flagicon Stuart Fielden	Prop		Template:Flagicon Julian O'Neill
	Template:Flagicon David Boyle	2nd Row		Template:Flagicon Fereti Tuilagi
	Template:Flagicon Bernard Dwyer	2nd Row		Template:Flagicon Sonny Nickle
13	Template:Flagicon Steve McNamara	Loose forward	13	Template:Flagicon Chris Joynt
	Template:Flagicon Paul Deacon	Interchange		Template:Flagicon Paul Wellens
	Template:Flagicon Nathan McAvoy	Interchange		Template:Flagicon Sean Long
	Template:Flagicon Mike Forshaw	Interchange		Template:Flagicon Sean Hoppe
	Template:Flagicon Brian McDermott	Interchange		Template:Flagicon Vila Matautia
	Template:Flagicon Matthew Elliott	Coach		Template:Flagicon Ellery Hanley

External links

• 1999 Super League Grand Final at rlphotos.com