2002 World Club Challenge

Rugby league match June 2020 2002 World Club Challenge Huddersfield the-john-smiths-stadium.jpg 250px 2002 World Club Challenge logo The Kirklees Stadium hosted the match Bradford Bulls Newcastle Knights Super League National Rugby League BRA Bradford 16 NEW Newcastle 16 26 15 41 14 12 26 1 February 2002 Kirklees Stadium Huddersfield, England Man of the Match James Lowes Bradford 16 Stuart Cummings ENG 21,113 United Kingdom Sky Sports Eddie Hemmings Mike Stephenson World Club Challenge 2001 2003 The 2002 World Club Challenge was held on Friday, 1 February 2002, at the Alfred McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield, England. The game was contested by Bradford Bulls and Newcastle Knights. Background Bradford Bulls The 2001 Super League Grand Final was held on Saturday 13 October 2001, at Old Trafford, Manchester, UK. The game was contested by Bradford Bulls and Wigan Warriors.June 2020 Newcastle Knights The 2001 NRL grand final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the 2001 NRL season. It was contested by the Newcastle Knights (who had finished the regular season in 3rd place), and the Parramatta Eels (who had finished the regular season in 1st place), after both sides eliminated the rest of the top eight during the finals. The attendance of 90,414 was the third highest ever seen at a rugby league match in Australia.June 2020 Match summary #eeeeee 1 February 2002 Bradford Bulls Bradford 16 41 – 26 (Report) Newcastle 16 Newcastle Knights Tries: Michael Withers (2) Robbie Paul (2) Lesley Vainikolo Daniel Gartner Goals: Paul Deacon (8) Field Goals: Paul Deacon Tries: Andrew Johns (2) Josh Smith Matthew Gidley Danny Buderus Goals: Andrew Johns (3) Alfred McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield 21,113 Stuart Cummings ENG James Lowes Bradford 16 Teams _BradfordBulls _Bradford2002 _BradfordBulls _BradfordBulls 000000 FFFFFF 000000 FFFFFF FFFFFF Bradford Bulls _bluelower _Newcastle2002WCC _bluelower _hoops_red FF0000 0018A8 FF0000 0018A8 0018A8 Newcastle Knights FB 1Michael WithersRW 2Tevita VaikonaRC 3Scott NaylorLC 4Lee GilmourLW 5Lesley VainikoloSO 6Robbie Paul (c)SH 7Paul DeaconPR 8Joe VaganaHK 9James LowesPR 10Brian McDermottSR 11Jamie PeacockSR 12Daniel GartnerLF 13Mike ForshawSubstitutions:IC 14Leon PryceIC 15Brandon CostinIC 16Paul AndersonIC 17Stuart FieldenCoach:ENG Brian Noble FB 1Robbie O'DavisLW 2Josh SmithRC 3Matthew GidleyLC 4Mark HughesRW 5Kurt GidleyFE 6Sean RudderHB 7Andrew Johns (c)PR 8Matt ParsonsHK 9Danny BuderusPR 10Josh PerrySR 11Daniel AbrahamSR 12Steve SimpsonLK 13Bill PedenSubstitutions:IC 14Clinton O'BrienIC 15Clint NewtonIC 16John MorrisIC 17Matt JobsonCoach:AUS Michael Hagan External links 2002 World Club Challenge at news.bbc.co.uk 2002 World Club Challenge at superleague.co.uk 2002 World Club Challenge at rugbyleagueproject.com 2002 Category:Bradford Bulls matches Category:Newcastle Knights matches Category:2002 in English rugby league Category:2002 in Australian rugby league Category:2002 rugby league matches