1999 Super League Grand Final

none April 2022 1999 Super League Grand Final 1999 Super League logo Bradford Bulls St. Helens BRA Bradford 16 ST H St Helens 16 6 0 6 2 6 8 9 October 1999 Old Trafford ENG Manchester Harry Sunderland Trophy NZL Henry Paul (Bradford 16 Bradford) Jerusalem Stuart Cummings 50,717 Sky Sports Eddie Hemmings Mike Stephenson Super League Grand Final 1998 2000 The 1999 Super League Grand Final was the second official grand final conclusive and championship-deciding game of the Super League IV season. The match was played between St. Helens and Bradford Bulls on Saturday 9 October 1999, at Old Trafford. Background Super League IV Super League IV retained the top five play off after the success of the previous years grand final. The league was expanded to 14 teams with Wakefield Trinity Wildcats and Gateshead Thunder both made their debuts in Super League although Gateshead Thunder and Sheffield Eagles both left the league after merging with Hull FC and Huddersfield Giants respectively. Bradford Bulls finished as League Leaders for the first time since they finished top in Super League II as Champions. TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts116x16px Bradford Bulls302514897445+45251216x16px St. Helens3023071034561+47346 Route to the Final Bradford Bulls By finishing first in the regular season, Bradford automatically qualified for the play-off semi-final. They were drawn at home to St Helens and in a one-sided game, they brushed St Helens aside 40–4 to qualify for the Grand Final. St Helens The play-off system in use only gave the league leaders a bye to the semi-finals. St Helens had finished second so had to play a qualifying play-off first. Drawn at home to Leeds Rhinos St Helens won 38–14 to go through to the semi-final. This was an away fixture to Bradford where they were beaten 40–4. However this loss did not end their season. The losers of the qualifying semi-final got another chance by playing the winners of the other semi-final in a final eliminator. Therefore Saints' third play-off game was a home tie against Castleford Tigers where they won through 36–6. + St Helens Round Opposition Score Qualifying Play-off leeds 16 Leeds Rhinos (H)38-14 Qualifying Semi-Final bradford 16 Bradford Bulls (A) 40-4 Final Eliminator castleford 16 Castleford Tigers (H)36-6 Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue. Match details #eeeeee 9 October 1999 Bradford Bulls 16px 6 - 8 Report 16px St. Helens Tries: Henry Paul Goals: Henry Paul Tries: Kevin IroGoals: Sean Long (2) Old Trafford, Manchester 50,717 Stuart Cummings (Widnes) Bradford BullsPositionSt HelensENG Stuart Spruce FullbackENG Paul AtchesonTON Tevita Vaikona WingerENG Chris Smith ENGScott Naylor CentreNZL Kevin IroIRE rugby league Michael Withers CentreENG Paul Newlove5ENG Leon Pryce WingerENG Anthony Sullivan6NZL Robbie Paul Stand Off6ENG Paul Sculthorpe7NZL Henry Paul Scrum half7ENG Tommy MartynENG Paul Anderson Prop NZL Apollo Perelini9ENG James Lowes Hooker9 ENG Keiron CunninghamENG Stuart Fielden Prop AUS Julian O'Neill AUS David Boyle 2nd RowSAM Fereti Tuilagi ENG Bernard Dwyer 2nd Row ENG Sonny Nickle13ENG Steve McNamara Loose forward13ENG Chris Joynt ENG Paul Deacon InterchangeENG Paul Wellens ENG Nathan McAvoy InterchangeENG Sean LongENG Mike Forshaw InterchangeNZL Sean Hoppe ENG Brian McDermott InterchangeSAM Vila Matautia AUS Matthew Elliott Coach ENG Ellery Hanley References External links 1999 Super League Grand Final at rlphotos.com 1999 Category:St Helens R.F.C. matches Category:Bradford Bulls matches Grand final Category:1999 in English rugby league Category:1999 rugby league matches