Leeds Rhinos won a third successive Grand Final in 2009
The Rugby Super League is the top-level professional Rugby League football club competition in Europe, which firstbegan in March 1996 and saw the British rugby league season switch from winter to summer for the first time in over a century. Originally intended to be a European competition, it has been dominated largely by English teams since its inception, being entirely British for a period of its history until the 2006 season where the Catalans Dragons of Perpignan in southern France were admitted to the competition.
During the league's regular season, each team plays 27 games over 27 rounds from February to September, consisting of 13 home games, 13 away games and one game labelled a 'Magic Weekend' game at a neutral venue, which is currently the Millenium Stadium in Cardiff.
At the end of the regular season, the top eight teams in the League play in the play-offs, which culminate in the Super league Grand Finall to determine the Super League Champions. Teams with the most points, best points difference and head-to-head records will progress to the play-off stages, with a chance to be crowned as Grand Final winners and champions.
PREVIOUS WINNERS OF THE SUPER LEAGUE GRAND FINAL
Wigan Warriors won the inaugural Super League Grand Final against Leeds Rhinos in front of a crowd of 43,533 spectators, the Grand Final has grown in popularity and has been able to kee pace with Old Traffords increasing crowd capacity with 70,000+ attnedances the norm.
St Helens have made the most appearances in the Grand Final winning four times and finishing runners up in four consecutive seasons from 2007 to 2010. Leeds Rhinos most wins (4) with St Helens after the 2010 Grand Final.
Past Winners
1998 Wigan Warriors 10–4 Leeds Rhinos
1999 St Helens 8–6 Bradford Bulls
2000 St Helens 29–16 Wigan Warriors
2001 Bradford Bulls 37–6 Wigan Warriors
2002 St Helens 19–18 Bradford Bulls
2003 Bradford Bulls 25–12 Wigan Warriors
2004 Leeds Rhinos 16–8 Bradford Bulls
2005 Bradford Bulls 15–6 Leeds Rhinos
2006 St Helens 26–4 Hull
2007 Leeds Rhinos 33–6 St Helens
2008 Leeds Rhinos 24–16 St Helens
2009 Leeds Rhinos 18–10 St Helens
2010 Wigan Warriors 22–10 St Helens
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