2021 Super League Grand Final Explained

Year:2021
Super League Grand Final
Home:Catalans Dragons
Away:St Helens
Home Abbr:CAT
Away Abbr:STH
Home Half1:4
Home Half2:6
Home Total:10
Away Half1:6
Away Half2:6
Away Total:12
Date:9 October 2021
Location:Manchester
Mom Title:Harry Sunderland Trophy
Mom: Kevin Naiqama
(St Helens)
Anthem Title:Jerusalem
Anthem:Laura Wright
Referee:Liam Moore
Attendance:45,177
Stadium:Old Trafford
Network: Sky Sports
Fox League
Tournaments:Super League Grand Final
Last:2020
Next:2022

The 2021 Super League Grand Final was the 24th official Grand Final and championship-deciding game of Super League XXVI. The game was contested between Catalans Dragons and St Helens at Old Trafford.

Background

The two finalists finished first and second in the regular season with Catalans winning 19 of their 23 games and St Helens 16 out of 21. These league positions earned both clubs the chance to go to the second (semi-final) round of the play-offs and home advantage in their semi-final matches.

Team
1 Catalans Dragons231904688398172.982.61
2 St Helens211605548229239.376.19

Route to the final

Catalans Dragons

Catalans finished first in the regular season, to claim their first League Leaders Shield since entering the competition in 2000. In their semi-final, they played Hull KR, the lowest ranked winning team from the elimination finals. Catalans won the match 28–10, with tries from Benjamin Garcia, Josh Drinkwater, Arthur Mourgue, Fouad Yaha and Joe Chan to reach their first ever grand final, and becoming the first non English team in super league era to do so.

St Helens

Reigning and defending champions St Helens finished second in the regular season and faced Leeds Rhinos (the highest ranked team to win an elimination final), in their semi-final. St Helens won the match 36–8, to reach the grand final for a 3rd consecutive year, a record 13th time.

RoundOppositionScore
scope=row style="text-align:center"Preliminary Final Leeds Rhinos (H)36-8
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue.

Match details

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Catalans DragonsPositionSt Helens
29 Sam Tomkins1 Lachlan Coote
2 Tom Davies2
3 Samisoni Langi3 Kevin Naiqama 13', 66', 68'
4 Dean Whare 44' 4 Mark Percival
5 Fouad Yaha5 Regan Grace
6 James Maloney6 Jonny Lomax
7 Josh Drinkwater21 Lewis Dodd
8 Gil Dudson 20' 71'8 Alex Walmsley 27' 58'
9 Michael Mcilorum 62'9 James Roby
10 Julian Bousquet 23' 57'10 Matty Lees 30' 68'
11 Matt Whitley14 Sione Mata'utia
12 Mike McMeeken 50'20 Joe Batchelor
13 Benjamin Garcia 61' 71'13 Morgan Knowles 35' 54'
1 Arthur Mourgue 62'Interchange15 Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook 27' 54'
17 Mickael Goudemand 44'16 Kyle Amor
22 Joel Tomkins 20' 57' 61'17 Agnatius Paasi 30' 58'
28 Sam Kasiano 23' 75'18 Jack Welsby 35'
Steve McNamaraCoach Kristian Woolf