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	2007 Super League Grand Final
St Helens	Leeds Rhinos
6	33
Date	13 October, 2007
Stadium	Old Trafford
Location	Manchester, United Kingdom
Harry Sunderland Trophy	Rob Burrow, Leeds
Jerusalem	Russell Watson
Referee	Ashley Klein
Attendance	71,352
	Broadcast partner
Broadcaster	Sky Sports
Commentators	Eddie Hemmings, Mike Stephenson

The 2007 Super League Grand Final was held on Saturday 13 October 2007, at Old Trafford in Manchester, England. 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.

[edit] Route to final

Further information: Super League XII

Regular Season Final Standings

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

[edit] St Helens

Position in Super League table: 1st

Qualifying semi-final: Won 10-8 v Leeds

[edit] Leeds Rhinos

Position in Super League table: 2nd

Qualifying semi-final Lost 10-8 to St Helens

Final eliminator: Won 36-6 v Wigan Warriors

[edit] Pre-match

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).^[1]

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.^[1]

The pre-match coin toss was won by Leeds Rhinos. They chose to kick off and defended from the Stretford End of Old Trafford.^[1]

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.^[1]

St Helens's kit consisted of a white jersey with a red ‘Vee-neck', white shorts and red stockings. Leeds wore navy blue kit with yellow trim.

[edit] Teams

St Helens	Position	Leeds Rhinos
Paul Wellens	Fullback	Brent Webb
Ade Gardner	Winger	Scott Donald
Matthew Gidley	Centre	Clinton Toopi
Willie Talau	Centre	Keith Senior
Francis Meli	Winger	Lee Smith
Leon Pryce	Stand Off	Danny McGuire
Sean Long	Scrum Half	Rob Burrow
Nick Fozzard	Prop	Kylie Leuluai
Keiron Cunningham	Hooker	Matt Diskin
Jason Cayless	Prop	Jamie Peacock
Lee Gilmour	2nd Row	Jamie Jones-Buchanan
Chris Flannery	2nd Row	Gareth Ellis
Jon Wilkin	Loose Forward	Kevin Sinfield (c)

James Roby	Interchange	Ali Lauitiiti
Mike Bennett	Interchange	Ryan Bailey
James Graham	Interchange	Ian Kirke
Maurie Fa'asavalu	Interchange	Carl Ablett

Daniel Anderson	Coach	Tony Smith

[edit] Match details

13 October 2007 18:00 UTC+1	St Helens	6 - 33	Leeds Rhinos	Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 71,352 Referee: Ashley Klein (Australia)
13 October 2007 18:00 UTC+1	Tries: Roby 26' Goals: Long	Report	Tries: Webb 19' Lauitiiti 50' Donald 52' Smith 69' Jones-Buchanan 79' Goals: Sinfield (6) Drops: Burrow

[edit] Man of the Match

Harry Sunderland Trophy Winner: Rob Burrow, Leeds Rhinos.

[edit] See also

Super League XII

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d BBC Sport. "Grand Final as it happened". BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/7043251.stm. Retrieved 2007-10-16.

[BBCa-0] BBC Sport. "Grand Final as it happened". BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/7043251.stm. Retrieved 2007-10-16.

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