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2007 (2007) Super League Grand Final  ()
St. Helens Leeds Rhinos 6 33
1 2 Total ST H 6 0 6 LEE 8 25 33
Date	13 October 2007
Stadium	Old Trafford
Location	Manchester
Harry Sunderland Trophy	Rob Burrow ( Leeds Rhinos)
Headliners	Kaiser Chiefs
Referee	Ashley Klein
Attendance	71,352
Broadcast partners
Broadcasters	Sky Sports
Commentators	Eddie Hemmings Mike Stephenson
Super League Grand Final ← 2006 2008 →

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.

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	St. Helens	27	19	0	8	783	422	+361	38
2	Leeds Rhinos	27	18	1	8	747	487	+260	37

Route to the Final※

St Helens※

Round	Opposition	Score
Qualifying Semi-Final	Leeds Rhinos (H)	10-8
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue.

Leeds Rhinos※

Round	Opposition	Score
Qualifying Semi-Final	St Helens (A)	10-8
Elimination Final	Wigan Warriors (H)	36-6
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue.

Match details※

13 October 2007 18:00 UTC+1

St. Helens	6 - 33	Leeds Rhinos
Tries: Roby 26' Goals: Long	Report	Tries: 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 Helens Position Leeds Rhinos Paul Wellens Fullback 1 Brent Webb 2 Ade Gardner Winger 2 Scott Donald 3 Matthew Gidley Centre 3 Clinton Toopi 4 Willie Talau Centre 4 Keith Senior 5 Francis Meli Winger 5 Lee Smith 6 Leon Pryce Stand Off 6 Danny McGuire 7 Sean Long Scrum half 7 Rob Burrow 8 Nick Fozzard Prop 8 Kylie Leuluai 9 Keiron Cunningham Hooker 9 Matt Diskin 10 Jason Cayless Prop 10 Jamie Peacock 11 Lee Gilmour 2nd Row 11 Jamie Jones-Buchanan 13 Chris Flannery 2nd Row 12 Gareth Ellis 12 Jon Wilkin Loose forward 13 Kevin Sinfield (c) 14 James Roby Interchange 14 Ali Lauitiiti Mike Bennett Interchange 16 Ryan Bailey 10 James Graham Interchange 17 Ian Kirke Maurie Fa'asavalu Interchange 18 Carl Ablett Daniel Anderson Coach Tony Smith

References※

1. ^ BBC Sport (13 October 2007). "Grand Final as it happened". BBC. Archived from the original on 15 October 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2007.