2001 World Club Challenge

Intercontinental rugby league match June 2020 August 2019 2001 World Club Challenge Bolton macron wanderers stadium.jpg 250px The Reebok Stadium hosted the match St. Helens Brisbane Broncos SL NRL ST H St Helens 16 BRI Brisbane 16 6 14 20 12 6 18 26 January 2001 Reebok Stadium Bolton, England Man of the Match Sean Long St Helens 16 Stuart Cummings ENG 16,041 GBR Sky Sports Eddie Hemmings Mike Stephenson World Club Challenge 2000 2002 The 2001 World Club Challenge was contested between Super League V champions, St. Helens and 2000 NRL season premiers, the Brisbane Broncos.2001 World Club Challenge at superleague.co.uk The Broncos made the trip to England to play St Helens before the start of the 2001 NRL and Super League seasons and were beaten by two late drop goals (known as a field goal in Australia, but not to be confused with the archaic field goal) from the home side in the final minutes. Background St Helens 2000 Super League Grand Final The 2000 Super League Grand Final was the conclusive and championship-deciding match of Super League V. It was contested by Wigan Warriors who had finished the regular season in 1s place, and St Helens R.F.C. who had finished in 2nd place, after both teams had played their way through the finals series. St Helens had played in the previous World Club Challenge, suffering a comprehensive defeat at the hands of the Melbourne Storm. Brisbane Broncos 2000 NRL Grand Final The 2000 NRL grand final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the 2000 NRL season. It was contested by the Brisbane Broncos, who had finished the regular season in 1st place, and the Sydney Roosters, who had finished in 2nd place, after both teams played their way through the finals series. Prior to the previous World Club Challenge, the Broncos had contested the three preceding it, winning twice. Teams _Vwidered _band_red FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF St Helens _Brisbane2001 _2 gold stripes 800000 800000 800000 800000 800000 Brisbane Broncos FB 1Paul WellensRW 2Sean HoppeRC 3Kevin IroLC 4Paul NewloveLW 5Anthony SullivanSO 20Tommy MartynSH 7Sean LongPR 10David FairleighHK 9Keiron CunninghamPR 12Sonny NickleSR 11Chris Joynt (c)SR 8Peter ShielsLF 13Paul SculthorpeSubstitutions:IC 15Tim JonkersIC 16Vila MatautiaIC 18John StankevitchIC 19Anthony StewartCoach:ENG Ian Millward FB 1Darren LockyerLW 2Lote TuqiriRC 3Stuart KellyLC 4Michael De VereRW 5Wendell SailorFE 6Shaun BerriganHB 7Scott PrincePR 8Shane WebckeHK 9Luke PriddisPR 10Petero CivonicevaSR 11Gorden Tallis (c)SR 12Dane CarlawLK 13Phillip LeeSubstitutions:IC 14Shane WalkerIC 15Ashley HarrisonIC 16Brad MeyersIC 17Chris WalkerCoach:AUS Wayne Bennett Match details The match was played in wintery conditions on the night of Friday the 26th of January at Reebok Stadium in Bolton, England before a crowd of 16,041. The Broncos players wore black armbands in memory of the club's co-founder Paul "Porky" Morgan who had died from a heart attack the previous day. #eeeeee 26 January 2001 St. Helens St Helens 16 20 – 18 (Report) Brisbane 16 Brisbane Broncos Tries: Chris Joynt Sean Long Paul Sculthorpe Goals: Sean Long (3) Field Goals: Sean Long (1) Paul Sculthorpe (1) Tries: Shaun Berrigan Phillip Lee Brad Meyers Goals: Michael De Vere (3) Reebok Stadium, Bolton 16,041 Stuart Cummings ENG Sean Long St Helens 16 First half The first try of the match was scored by the Broncos from close to the Saints' try-line when Shaun Berrigan, playing at five-eighth, burrowed over from dummy half. St. Helens answered with a try from their loose forward, Paul Sculthorpe. This was followed by the Brisbane lock, Phillip Lee scoring at the other end. The half-time score was 6 - 12 in favour of the Broncos. Second half Brisbane were again the first to score in the second half through Brad Meyers, giving the visitors a good lead. But a converted try from Saints' scrum-half, Sean Long put the home team back in it at 18 - 12. The scores were then levelled when St. Helens centre, Paul Newlove ran around Wendell Sailor and dashed downfield, passing back inside to his captain, Chris Joynt to score. In the final minutes of the match the Saints managed to wear down the clock without conceding any points as try-scorers Sculthorpe and Long kicked a drop/field goal each, leaving the score at the final siren at 20 - 18. References External links 2001 World Club Challenge at rugbyleagueproject.com 2001 World Club Challenge at rlphotos.com 2001 World Club Challenge by Chris Joynt 2001 Category:Brisbane Broncos matches Category:St Helens R.F.C. matches Category:2001 in English rugby league Category:2001 in Australian rugby league