2021 Super League Grand Final

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.

2021 (2021) Super League Grand Final  ()
12Total
CAT 4610
STH 6612
Date9 October 2021
StadiumOld Trafford
LocationManchester
Harry Sunderland TrophyFiji Kevin Naiqama
( St Helens)
JerusalemLaura Wright
RefereeLiam Moore
Attendance45,177
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Background

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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.

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPPWPCT
1 Catalans Dragons231904688398172.982.61
2 St Helens211605548229239.376.19

Route to the final

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Catalans Dragons

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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.

RoundOppositionScore
Preliminary Final Hull KR (H)28-10
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue.

St Helens

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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
Preliminary Final Leeds Rhinos (H)36-8
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue.

Match details

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9 October 2021
18:00 BST (UTC+01)
Catalans Dragons 10–12 St Helens
Tries: McMeeken 50'
Goals: Maloney 9' (pen), 27' (pen), 51'
Report (RFL)
Report (Sky Sports)
Tries: Naiqama 13' 66
Makinson  45'
Goals: Coote 21' (pen), 67'
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 45,177
Referee: Liam Moore
Harry Sunderland Award:
Kevin Naiqama (St Helens)
Catalans DragonsPositionSt Helens
29 Sam TomkinsFullback1 Lachlan Coote
2 Tom DaviesWing2 Tommy Makinson  45'
3 Samisoni LangiCentre3 Kevin Naiqama 13', 66', 68'
4 Dean Whare 44'Centre4 Mark Percival
5 Fouad YahaWing5 Regan Grace
6 James MaloneyScrum-half6 Jonny Lomax
7 Josh DrinkwaterStand-off21 Lewis Dodd
8 Gil Dudson 20' 71'Prop8 Alex Walmsley 27' 58'
9 Michael Mcilorum 62'Hooker9 James Roby
10 Julian Bousquet 23' 57'Prop10 Matty Lees 30' 68'
11 Matt WhitleySecond-row14 Sione Mata'utia
12 Mike McMeeken 50'Second-row20 Joe Batchelor
13 Benjamin Garcia 61' 71'Prop13 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

Notes

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References

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