The 2007 Super League Grand Final was 10th official Grand Final and the conclusive and championship-deciding match of the Super League XII season. Held on Saturday 13 October 2007, at Old Trafford in Manchester, the game was played between St. Helens, who finished top of the league after the 27 weekly rounds, and Leeds Rhinos, who finished second after the weekly rounds.

Background

Going into this game, St Helens had never lost in a Grand Final - they had won in 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2006. Leeds Rhinos had one win from 2004 and two losses (1998 and 2005).

The St Helens stand-off, Leon Pryce, made a record-breaking seventh Grand Final appearance by playing in this game with previous appearances playing with Bradford Bulls and St Helens.

The pre-match coin toss was won by Leeds Rhinos. They chose to kick off and defended from the Stretford End of Old Trafford.

Katherine Jenkins was forced to withdraw herself from the pre-match entertainment due to a flu bug, her replacement was Russell Watson, who performed the Grand Final hymn, Jerusalem. Watson performed before the game at the first Super League Grand Final.

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1St. Helens271908783422+36138
2Leeds Rhinos271818747487+26037

Route to the Final

St Helens

RoundOppositionScore
Qualifying Semi-FinalLeeds Rhinos (H)10-8
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue.

Leeds Rhinos

RoundOppositionScore
Qualifying Semi-FinalSt Helens (A)10-8
Elimination FinalWigan Warriors (H)36-6
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue.

Match details

13 October 2007 18:00 UTC+1
St. Helens6 - 33Leeds Rhinos
Tries: Roby 26' Goals: LongTries: Webb 19' Lauitiiti 50' Donald 52' Smith 69' Jones-Buchanan 79' Goals: Sinfield (6) Drops: Burrow
Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 71,352 Referee: Ashley Klein (Australia)
St HelensPositionLeeds Rhinos
1England Paul WellensFullback1Australia Brent Webb
2England Ade GardnerWinger2Australia Scott Donald
3Australia Matthew GidleyCentre3New Zealand Clinton Toopi
4Samoa Willie TalauCentre4England Keith Senior
5Samoa Francis MeliWinger5England Lee Smith
6England Leon PryceStand Off6England Danny McGuire
7England Sean LongScrum half7England Rob Burrow
8England Nick FozzardProp8New Zealand Kylie Leuluai
9Wales Keiron CunninghamHooker9England Matt Diskin
10Australia Jason CaylessProp10England Jamie Peacock
11England Lee Gilmour2nd Row11England Jamie Jones-Buchanan
30Australia Chris Flannery2nd Row12England Gareth Ellis
12England Jon WilkinLoose forward13England Kevin Sinfield (c)
14England James RobyInterchange14New Zealand Ali Lauitiiti
15England Mike BennettInterchange16England Ryan Bailey
17England James GrahamInterchange18England Ian Kirke
23Samoa Maurie Fa'asavaluInterchange22England Carl Ablett
Australia Daniel AndersonCoachAustralia Tony Smith