2007 Super League Grand Final

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Template other The 2007 Super League Grand Final was 10th official Grand Final and the conclusive and championship-deciding match of the Super League XII season. Held on Saturday 13 October 2007, at Old Trafford in Manchester, the game was played between St. Helens, who finished top of the league after the 27 weekly rounds, and Leeds Rhinos, who finished second after the weekly rounds.

Background

Going into this game, St Helens had never lost in a Grand Final - they had won in 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2006. Leeds Rhinos had one win from 2004 and two losses (1998 and 2005).

The St Helens stand-off, Leon Pryce, made a record-breaking seventh Grand Final appearance by playing in this game with previous appearances playing with Bradford Bulls and St Helens.

The pre-match coin toss was won by Leeds Rhinos. They chose to kick off and defended from the Stretford End of Old Trafford.

Katherine Jenkins was forced to withdraw herself from the pre-match entertainment due to a flu bug, her replacement was Russell Watson, who performed the Grand Final hymn, Jerusalem. Watson performed before the game at the first Super League Grand Final.

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	File:Saintscolours.svg St. Helens	27	19	0	8	783	422	+361	38
2	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos	27	18	1	8	747	487	+260	37

Route to the Final

St Helens

Round	Opposition	Score
Qualifying Semi-Final	Template:Leagueicon Leeds Rhinos (H)	10-8
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue.

Leeds Rhinos

Round	Opposition	Score
Qualifying Semi-Final	Template:Leagueicon St Helens (A)	10-8
Elimination Final	Template:Leagueicon Wigan Warriors (H)	36-6
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue.

Match details

13 October 2007 18:00 UTC+1

St. Helens File:Saintscolours.svg	6 - 33	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos
Tries: Roby 26' Goals: Long	Report	Tries: Webb 19' Lauitiiti 50' Donald 52' Smith 69' Jones-Buchanan 79' Goals: Sinfield (6) Drops: Burrow

Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 71,352 Referee: Ashley Klein (Australia)

St Helens		Position	Leeds Rhinos
	Template:Flagicon Paul Wellens	Fullback	1	Template:Flagicon Brent Webb
2	Template:Flagicon Ade Gardner	Winger	2	Template:Flagicon Scott Donald
3	Template:Flagicon Matthew Gidley	Centre	3	Template:Flagicon Clinton Toopi
4	Template:Flagicon Willie Talau	Centre	4	Template:Flagicon Keith Senior
5	Template:Flagicon Francis Meli	Winger	5	Template:Flagicon Lee Smith
6	Template:Flagicon Leon Pryce	Stand Off	6	Template:Flagicon Danny McGuire
7	Template:Flagicon Sean Long	Scrum half	7	Template:Flagicon Rob Burrow
8	Template:Flagicon Nick Fozzard	Prop	8	Template:Flagicon Kylie Leuluai
9	Template:Flagicon Keiron Cunningham	Hooker	9	Template:Flagicon Matt Diskin
10	Template:Flagicon Jason Cayless	Prop	10	Template:Flagicon Jamie Peacock
11	Template:Flagicon Lee Gilmour	2nd Row	11	Template:Flagicon Jamie Jones-Buchanan
13	Template:Flagicon Chris Flannery	2nd Row	12	Template:Flagicon Gareth Ellis
12	Template:Flagicon Jon Wilkin	Loose forward	13	Template:Flagicon Kevin Sinfield (c)
14	Template:Flagicon James Roby	Interchange	14	Template:Flagicon Ali Lauitiiti
	Template:Flagicon Mike Bennett	Interchange	16	Template:Flagicon Ryan Bailey
10	Template:Flagicon James Graham	Interchange	17	Template:Flagicon Ian Kirke
	Template:Flagicon Maurie Fa'asavalu	Interchange	18	Template:Flagicon Carl Ablett
	Template:Flagicon Daniel Anderson	Coach		Template:Flagicon Tony Smith