2017 Super League Grand Final

The 2017 Super League Grand Final was the 20th official Grand Final championship-deciding game of the Super League XXII. It was held at Old Trafford, Manchester on 7 October 2017, kick off 18.00. Leeds Rhinos became champions for a record 8th time after beating Castleford Tigers 24–6 in front of a sell out crowd of 72,827.^[1][2]

2017 (2017) Super League Grand Final
A view of Old Trafford during the match
Castleford Tigers Leeds Rhinos 6 24
1 2 Total CAS 0 6 6 LEE 7 17 24
Date	7 October 2017
Stadium	Old Trafford
Location	Manchester
Harry Sunderland Trophy	Danny McGuire ( Leeds Rhinos)
Headliners	Razorlight
Referee	James Child
Attendance	72,827
Broadcast partners
Broadcasters	Sky Sports
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Background

Main article: Super League XXII

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Castleford Tigers	30	25	0	5	965	536	+429	50
2	Leeds Rhinos	30	20	0	10	749	623	+126	40

Route to Final

Castleford Tigers

Finishing top of the table in the regular season, Castleford qualified directly to the play-off semi-final where they met St Helens at home. The game went to golden point extra time before a Luke Gale drop goal gave Castleford the win 23–22.^[3]

Leeds Rhinos

Leeds also had direct qualification to the semi-final where they hosted Hull F.C. at Headingley. In another close game it was Leeds who triumphed 18–16.^[4]

Match details

Views during the match

7 October 2017

Castleford Tigers	6–24	Leeds Rhinos
Tries: Foster Goals: Gale		Tries: Briscoe (2) McGuire (2) Goals: Watkins (3) Drop Goals: McGuire (2)

Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 72,827[5] Referee: James Child (Batley & Dewsbury)

Castleford Tigers		Position	Leeds Rhinos
5	Greg Eden	Fullback	31	Jack Walker
2	Greg Minikin	Winger	2	Tom Briscoe
3	Jake Webster	Centre	3	Kallum Watkins
4	Michael Shenton	Centre	14	Liam Sutcliffe
25	Jy Hitchcox	Winger	5	Ryan Hall
16	Ben Roberts	Stand Off	4	Joel Moon
7	Luke Gale	Scrum half	6	Danny McGuire
14	Nathan Massey	Prop	16	Brad Singleton
9	Paul McShane	Hooker	9	Matt Parcell
15	Jesse Sene-Lefao	Prop	17	Mitch Garbutt
11	Oliver Holmes	2nd Row	11	Jamie Jones Buchanan
12	Mike McMeeken	2nd Row	13	Stevie Ward
13	Adam Milner	Loose forward	10	Adam Cuthbertson
10	Grant Millington	Interchange	7	Rob Burrow
17	Junior Moors	Interchange	12	Carl Ablett
18	Matt Cook	Interchange	19	Brett Ferres
34	Alex Foster	Interchange	20	Anthony Mullally
	Darryl Powell	Coach		Brian McDermott