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.
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 | ||||||||||
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1 | Catalans Dragons | 23 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 688 | 398 | 172.9 | 82.61 | |
2 | St Helens | 21 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 548 | 229 | 239.3 | 76.19 |
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.
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.
Round | Opposition | Score | |
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scope=row style="text-align:center" | Preliminary Final | Leeds Rhinos (H) | 36-8 |
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue. |
Catalans Dragons | Position | St Helens | |||
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29 | Sam Tomkins | 1 | Lachlan Coote | ||
2 | Tom Davies | 2 | |||
3 | Samisoni Langi | 3 | Kevin Naiqama 13', 66', 68' | ||
4 | Dean Whare 44' | 4 | Mark Percival | ||
5 | Fouad Yaha | 5 | Regan Grace | ||
6 | James Maloney | 6 | Jonny Lomax | ||
7 | Josh Drinkwater | 21 | 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 Whitley | 14 | Sione Mata'utia | ||
12 | Mike McMeeken 50' | 20 | Joe Batchelor | ||
13 | Benjamin Garcia 61' 71' | 13 | Morgan Knowles 35' 54' | ||
1 | Arthur Mourgue 62' | Interchange | 15 | 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 McNamara | Coach | Kristian Woolf |
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