2000 Super League Grand Final

The 2000 Super League Grand Final was the third official Grand Final and the conclusive and championship-deciding game of 2000's Super League V. Held on Saturday 14 October 2000 at Old Trafford, Manchester, the game was played between St. Helens and Wigan Warriors. Wigan wore blue for the encounter and St Helens wore their traditional red and white. The match was refereed by Russell Smith of Castleford and played before a crowd of 58,132. In the end St Helens, inspired by their captain Chris Joynt, defeated Wigan Warriors 29–16.^[2]

2000 (2000) Super League Grand Final
Wigan Warriors St. Helens 16 29
1 2 Total WIG 4 12 16 ST H 11 18 29
Date	14 October 2000
Stadium	Old Trafford
Location	Manchester
Harry Sunderland Trophy	Chris Joynt ( St Helens)
Referee	Russell Smith
Attendance	58,132[1]
Broadcast partners
Broadcasters	Sky Sports
Commentators	Eddie Hemmings Mike Stephenson
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Background

Further information: Super League V

Tetleys Super League V reverted to 12 teams after Gateshead Thunder and Sheffield Eagles left the league although Huddersfield Giants subsequently became Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants and finished bottom for the third consecutive season. Wigan Warriors finished top for the first time since Super League III when they won the Grand Final.

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Wigan Warriors	28	24	1	3	960	405	+555	49
2	St. Helens	28	23	0	5	988	627	+361	46

Route to the Final

Wigan Warriors

Wigan

Round	Opposition	Score
Qualifying Semi-Final	St Helens (H)	54-16
Final Eliminator	Bradford Bulls (H)	40-12
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue.

St Helens

St Helens

Round	Opposition	Score
Qualifying Play-off	Bradford Bulls (H)	16-11
Qualifying Semi-Final	Wigan Warriors (A)	54-16
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue.

Match details

14 October 2000

Wigan Warriors	16 - 29	St. Helens
Tries: Andy Farrell, Dave Hodgson, Tony Smith Goals: Andy Farrell (2)		Tries: Sean Hoppe, Chris Joynt (2), Fereti Tuilagi, Tim Jonkers Goals: Sean Long (4) Drop Goals Paul Sculthorpe

Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 58,132 Referee: Russell Smith (Castleford)

St Helens		Position	Wigan Warriors
1	Paul Wellens	Fullback	1	Jason Robinson
2	Steve Hall	Winger	2	Brett Dallas
3	Kevin Iro	Centre	3	Kris Radlinski
	Sean Hoppe	Centre		Steve Renouf
5	Anthony Sullivan	Winger	5	David Hodgson
6	Tommy Martyn	Stand Off	6	Tony Smith
	Sean Long	Scrum half		Willie Peters
	Apollo Perelini	Prop		Terry O'Connor
9	Keiron Cunningham	Hooker	9	Terry Newton
	Julian O'Neill	Prop		Neil Cowie
	Tim Jonkers	2nd Row		Mick Cassidy
	Chris Joynt	2nd Row		Denis Betts
	Paul Sculthorpe	Loose forward		Andy Farrell
	Fereti Tuilagi	Interchange		Lee Gilmour
	Scott Barrow	Interchange		Chris Chester
	John Stankevitch	Interchange		Tony Mestrov
	Sonny Nickle	Interchange		Brady Malam
		Coach		Frank Endacott