2010 World Club Challenge

Intercontinental rugby league match November 2019 2010 World Club Challenge Leeds elland road stadium.jpg 250px 2005 World Club Challenge logo Elland Road hosted the match Leeds Rhinos Melbourne Storm Super League National Rugby League LEE Leeds Rhinos 16 MEL Melbourne Storm 16 4 6 10 4 14 18 28 February 2010 Elland Road Leeds, West Yorkshire, England Man of the Match Cameron Smith Melbourne 16 (but later stripped due to salary cap breach) Richard Silverwood (England) 27,697 United Kingdom Sky Sports (live (host broadcaster)) Australia Fox Sports (live (simulcast of Sky Sports)) Australia Nine Network (delayed until 2 March 2010) Eddie Hemmings Mike Stephenson Phil Clarke World Club Challenge 2009 2011 The 2010 World Club Challenge (known as the Gillette World Club Challenge for sponsorship reasonshttp://www.superleague.co.uk/article.php?id=16007 Gillette Fusion to sponsor 2010 World Club Challenge 2009-11-20 Super League 20 November 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091127005030/http://www.superleague.co.uk/article.php?id=16007 27 November 2009 live) was a rugby league tournament contested by Super League XIV champions, Leeds Rhinos, and 2009 NRL Premiers the Melbourne Storm. This was Leeds' third consecutive appearance in the World Club Challenge, and the second appearance in three years for Melbourne. Melbourne and Leeds previously played each other in the 2008 World Club Challenge with Leeds winning that match 11 - 4. Melbourne Storm won the game 18-10;https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_league/super_league/leeds/8530844.stm Leeds 10-18 Melbourne 2010-02-28 BBC Sport 2010-03-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20100301053959/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_league/super_league/leeds/8530844.stm 1 March 2010 live however later in the year were stripped of the title (as well as its 2009 NRL premiership and other titles) after the club was found guilty of salary cap breaches. The prize money was redistributed to Leeds, but the title of World Club Champion was not, as the game had been retroactively declared null and void. Background right 2 horizontal North Stand at Elland Road prior to the 2010 World Club Challenge.jpg 150 East Stand at Elland Road prior to the 2010 World Club Challenge.jpg 150 Elland Road prior to the match. Leeds Rhinos 2009 Super League Grand Final 2009 Leeds Rhinos season Leeds Rhinos qualified through being the 2009 Super League champions, defeating St Helens R.F.C. 18–10 in the Grand Final. Melbourne Storm 2009 NRL Grand Final 2009 Melbourne Storm season Melbourne Storm qualified by being crowned the 2009 National Rugby League premiers with a 23–16 defeat of the Parramatta Eels, in the NRL Grand Final. This premiership was later stripped from the Storm due to salary cap breaches. The Storm, despite being stripped of their two premierships, were initially allowed to keep the World Club Challenge title, including the trophy and prize money they won; however, on 11 May 2011, a final report released further detailing the Melbourne Storm salary cap scandal recommended the Storm be stripped of the 2010 World Club Challenge.http://nrl.com/nrl-report-recommends-waldron-ban/tabid/10874/newsid/62732/default.aspx NRL report recommends Waldron ban - NRL.com 2011-05-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20110514200511/http://www.nrl.com/nrl-report-recommends-waldron-ban/tabid/10874/newsid/62732/default.aspx 2011-05-14 dead In addition the prize money won was redistributed to Leeds, but the game itself was declared null and void. Warm-up match Melbourne played a warm-up game against the Harlequins RL Super League team at the Twickenham Stoop.http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12212_5690668,00.html Quins to warm up Storm 12 November 2009 Sky Sports 9 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20100107075005/http://www.skysports.com/story/0%2C19528%2C12212_5690668%2C00.html 7 January 2010 live The match took place on Sunday 21 February - a week before the Storm played for the world title.http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/sport/rugby-league/quins-announce-melbourne-storm-match-$1340131.htm Quins announce Melbourne Storm match Staff writers 12 November 2009 inthenews.co.uk 9 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20120315073126/http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/sport/rugby-league/quins-announce-melbourne-storm-match-$1340131.htm 15 March 2012 dead The event was dubbed the World City Challenge – London Series.http://www.londonrl.com/features/170-londonrl-launch-sponsorship-initiative LondonRL launch sponsorship initiative London RL 9 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110724225622/http://www.londonrl.com/features/170-londonrl-launch-sponsorship-initiative 24 July 2011 dead Melbourne were without Cooper Cronk, Brett White and Ryan Tandy, with both sides giving a number of youngsters a taste of first-team action.http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12196_5760490,00.html Sky Sports Storm short for Rhinos test 9 December 2009 12 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091213045032/http://www.skysports.com/story/0%2C19528%2C12196_5760490%2C00.html 13 December 2009 live 21 February 2010 14:00 GMT Harlequins RL Harlequins 16 10–34 (Report) Melbourne 16 Melbourne Storm Tries: Ben Jones-Bishop, Will SharpGoals: Danny Orr Tries: Anthony Quinn, Kevin Proctor, Dane Nielsen (2), Hep Cahill, Rory KostjaysnGoals: Gareth Widdop (5) The Stoop 3,612 Teams Melbourne were missing seven players from their 2009 premiership squad, including regular hb Cooper Cronk who missed the match through injury, with captain Cameron Smith playing out of position. Leeds were almost at full strength, missing only Australian winger Scott Donald. n center Leeds Rhinos blue yellow blue Melbourne Storm purple navy white 17 ns y NZL Brian McClennan Brent Webb 1 Kallum Watkins 23 Brett Delaney 3 Keith Senior 4 Ryan Hall 5 Danny McGuire 6 Rob Burrow 7 Kylie Leuluai 8 Matt Diskin 14 Jamie Peacock 10 Jamie Jones-Buchanan 11 Ian Kirke 17 Kevin Sinfield (c) 13 Danny Buderus 9 Ali Lauitiiti 12 Greg Eastwood 15 Ryan Bailey 16 AUS Craig Bellamy Billy Slater 1 Luke MacDougall 2 Dane Nielsen 3 Greg Inglis 4 Anthony Quinn 5 Brett Finch 6 Cameron Smith (c) 7 Aiden Tolman 8 Ryan Hinchcliffe 9 Jeff Lima 10 Adam Blair 11 Ryan Hoffman 12 Todd Lowrie 13 Rory Kostjaysn 14 Kevin Proctor 15 Hep Cahill 16 Jesse Bromwich 17 Match details #eeeeee 2010 World Club Challenge 28 February 2010 18:30 GMT (UTC+0) Leeds Rhinos Leeds 16 10 – 18 1st: 4 – 42nd: 6 – 14Report Melbourne 16 Melbourne Storm 1McGuire 48 3/3Sinfield pen 4 (1/1)Burrow pen 33 49 (2/2) 2MacDougall 51Quinn 78 5/5Smith pen 7 pen 38 52 pen 60 79 Elland Road, Leeds 27,697 Richard Silverwood ENG Cameron Smith Melbourne 12(Note: Later stripped due to Melbourne Storm's breach of the NRL's salary cap) First half In slippery and rainy conditions, Leeds almost scored in the first few minutes when Brent Webb ran over, but was held up by Luke MacDougall on the last tackle. Soon after they posted the first points with a penalty goal to captain Kevin Sinfield. Soon after Melbourne drew level with a penalty goal of their own through captain Cameron Smith. In the 13th minute, Kallum Watkins almost scored in the corner, but the ball slipped from his grasp before he could ground the ball. Melbourne then went close to scoring through Ryan Hinchcliffe in the 26th minute, but he was bundled into touch by the Leeds defence. After Sinfield left the field in the 30th minute with a leg injury, Rob Burrow kicked another penalty goal, leaving Leeds two points in front. Smith then levelled the score again with the fourth consecutive penalty goal. The half ended with the scored tied 4–all, after Hinchcliffe was denied a try in the 40th minute when a knock-on was spotted in the lead-up by the video referee. Second half Eight minutes into the second half, Smith attempted a grubber kick which landed in the path of Danny McGuire, who ran down the length of the field to score the first try. The try was awarded by video referee Phil Bentham despite Melbourne's protests that McGuire was offside. Burrow's conversion pushed the margin out to six. Melbourne responded quickly after through a try to MacDougall who scored in the right corner. Despite the tough angle, Smith made the conversion. Melbourne would gain the lead for the first time after 60 minutes, with Smith scoring another penalty goal to go up 12–10. The penalty was awarded against Keith Senior for dissent as Leeds' frustration over Melbourne's defensive tactics mounted. Watkins again went close to scoring a try in the 74th minute, but he knocked-on reaching out to score. A late Anthony Quinn try sealed the game, with Storm winning 18–10.Middleton David 2010 Official Rugby League Annual News Magazines Sydney 30Leeds 10-18 Melbourne https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_league/super_league/leeds/8530844.stm 21 February 2023 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 28 February 2010 Player of the Match The Player of the Match was awarded to Cameron Smith from the Melbourne Storm, but he was later stripped of the award because of the Storm's salary cap breach.September 2016 References External links Match replay at YouTube.com 2010 Category:2010 in English rugby league Category:Melbourne Storm matches Category:Leeds Rhinos matches Category:2010 in Australian rugby league Category:Sports competitions in Leeds Category:Rugby league in West Yorkshire