1999 Super League Grand Final
| 1999 Super League Grand Final | |||||||||||||
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| Date | 9 October 1999 | ||||||||||||
| Stadium | Old Trafford | ||||||||||||
| Location |  Manchester | ||||||||||||
| Harry Sunderland Trophy |  Henry Paul ( Bradford) | ||||||||||||
| Referee | Stuart Cummings | ||||||||||||
| Attendance | 50,717 | ||||||||||||
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The 1999 Super League Grand Final was the Second official Grand Final conclusive and championship-deciding game of the
Background
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Bradford Bulls
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30 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 897 | 445 | +452 | 51 |
| 2 |  St. Helens
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30 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 1034 | 561 | +473 | 46 |
Route to the Final
Bradford Bulls
By finishing first in the regular season, Bradford automatically qualified for the play-off semi-final. They were drawn at home to
St Helens
The play-off system in use only gave the league leaders a bye to the semi-finals. St Helens had finished second so had to play a qualifying play-off first. Drawn at home to Leeds Rhinos St Helens won 38–14 to go through to the semi-final. This was an away fixture to Bradford where they were beaten 40–4. However this loss did not end their season. The losers of the qualifying semi-final got another chance by playing the winners of the other semi-final in a final eliminator. Therefore Saints' third play-off game was a home tie against Castleford Tigers where they won through 36–6.
| Round | Opposition | Score |
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| Qualifying Play-off |  Leeds Rhinos (H)
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38-14 |
| Qualifying Semi-Final | Bradford Bulls (A)
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40-4 |
| Final Eliminator |  Castleford Tigers (H)
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36-6 |
| Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue. | ||
Match details
9 October 1999
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| Bradford Bulls
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6 - 8 | St. Helens
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| Tries: Henry Paul Goals: Henry Paul |
Report |
Tries: Kevin Iro Goals: Sean Long (2) |
(Widnes)
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| Bradford Bulls | Position | St Helens | ||
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| Stuart Spruce
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Fullback | Paul Atcheson
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 Tevita Vaikona
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Winger | Chris Smith
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| Scott Naylor
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Centre | Kevin Iro
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 Michael Withers
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Centre | Paul Newlove
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| 5 | Leon Pryce
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Winger | Anthony Sullivan
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| 6 | Robbie Paul
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Stand Off | 6 | Paul Sculthorpe
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| 7 | Henry Paul
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Scrum half | 7 | Tommy Martyn
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| Paul Anderson
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Prop | Apollo Perelini
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| 9 | James Lowes
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Hooker | 9 | Keiron Cunningham
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| Stuart Fielden
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Prop |  Julian O'Neill
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| David Boyle
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2nd Row | Fereti Tuilagi
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| Bernard Dwyer
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2nd Row | Sonny Nickle
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| 13 | Steve McNamara
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Loose forward | 13 | Chris Joynt
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| Paul Deacon
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Interchange | Paul Wellens
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| Nathan McAvoy
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Interchange | Sean Long
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| Mike Forshaw
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Interchange | Sean Hoppe
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| Brian McDermott
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Interchange |  Vila Matautia
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| Matthew Elliott
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Coach | Ellery Hanley
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