Super League V

Super League V
League	Super League
Duration	28 Rounds
Teams	12
Highest attendance	17,428; Wigan Warriors vs St. Helens (9 July)
Lowest attendance	2,040; London Broncos vs Salford City Reds (12 Aug)
Attendance	1,245,720 ; (average 7,415)
Broadcast partners	Sky Sports
2000 Season
Champions	St. Helens; 3rd Super League title; 10th English title
League Leaders	Wigan Warriors
Man of Steel	Sean Long
Top point-scorer(s)	Sean Long (352)
Top try-scorer(s)	Sean Long (22) ; Tommy Martyn (22)

Tetley's Bitter Super League was the official name for the year 2000's Super League championship season, the 106th season of top-level professional rugby league football in Britain, and the fifth championship run by Super League. The season culminated in the Grand Final between St Helens R.F.C. and Wigan Warriors, which St Helens won, claiming their second consecutive Championship.

Table

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wigan Warriors	28	24	1	3	960	405	+555	49	Play-off Semi Final
2	St. Helens	28	23	0	5	988	627	+361	46	Play-off Qualifying Final
										Play-off Qualifying Final
3	Bradford Bulls	28	20	3	5	1004	408	+596	43
4	Leeds Rhinos	28	17	0	11	692	626	+66	34	Eliminator Final
										Eliminator Final
5	Castleford Tigers	28	17	0	11	585	571	+14	34
6	Warrington Wolves	28	13	0	15	735	817	-82	26
7	Hull	28	12	1	15	630	681	-51	25
8	Halifax Blue Sox	28	11	1	16	664	703	-39	23
9	Salford City Reds	28	10	0	18	542	910	-368	20
10	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	28	8	0	20	557	771	-214	16
11	London Broncos	28	6	0	22	456	770	-314	12
12	Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants	28	4	0	24	502	1026	-524	8

Play-offs

Qualifying / Elimination finals

Semi-finals

Preliminary final

Grand Final

1

Wigan Warriors

16

St. Helens

54

14 October 2000

St. Helens

29

Wigan Warriors

16

2

St. Helens

16

Wigan Warriors

40

3

Bradford Bulls

11

Bradford Bulls

12

Bradford Bulls

46

Leeds Rhinos

12

4

Leeds Rhinos

22

5

Castleford Tigers

14

Key:

Losing team progressing

Winning team progressing

Wide to West

St Helens, who finished second in the regular season table, hosted Bradford Bulls for the qualifying play-off in week one of the play-offs. One of Super League's most well known tries was scored in the final seconds of the match.[1] Bradford led the game 11–10 into the final minute when, deep in the St Helens half with the match seemingly lost, St Helens were awarded a penalty. The try scored on the second tackle by Chris Joynt became known as "Wide to West" due to the phrase being used in live commentary by Eddie Hemmings. St Helens won 16–11.

Eddie Hemmings and Mike Stephenson commentated for Sky Sports:[2]

Hemmings: It's gonna be the match for Bradford.
Stephenson: He's given a penalty.
Hemmings: Oh, he has.
Stephenson: He'd called held there. They're still not out of it. Oh, they've taken a short one, they know they've only got ten seconds. Will they get this play-the-ball in? They're holding him down.
Crowd: [counting down until the end of match] 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Hemmings: Sculthorpe wants to get on with it, Bradford: counting down.
Stephenson: Kick and chase now?
Hemmings: This is the last play. Long... kicks it wide to Iro. Iro to Hall. Hall is trapped. Back it goes to Hoppe. Over the shoulder to Hall. There is Jonkers. Here is Long, and Long fancies it. Long fancies it. It's wide to West. It's wide to West. Dwayne West. Inside to Joynt. Joynt. JOYNT. JOYNT! OH! OH! FANTASTIC!
Stephenson: I wouldn't believe it!
Hemmings: They've won it, they've won it, they've won it. Chris Joynt; Chris Joynt has won it. It is unbelievable here, it is, frankly, unbelievable. Chris Joynt has won the match for St Helens.

References

Wilson, Andy (31 December 2009). "Rugby league in the noughties". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
Commentators: Eddie Hemmings, Mike Stephenson (2000-09-22). "Sky Sports: Super League play-offs - St Helens vs Bradford Bulls". Season 2000. St. Helens, United Kingdom. Sky Sports. Sky Sports 1. Missing or empty |series= (help)

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[1] Wilson, Andy (31 December 2009). "Rugby league in the noughties". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 24 May 2010.

[NineFinalPres-2] Commentators: Eddie Hemmings, Mike Stephenson (2000-09-22). "Sky Sports: Super League play-offs - St Helens vs Bradford Bulls". Season 2000. St. Helens, United Kingdom. Sky Sports. Sky Sports 1. Missing or empty |series= (help)

Super League
Current teams	Castleford Tigers Catalans Dragons Huddersfield Giants Hull FC Hull Kingston Rovers Leigh Centurions Leeds Rhinos Salford Red Devils St Helens Wakefield Trinity Warrington Wolves Wigan Warriors
Former teams	Bradford Bulls Crusaders Gateshead Thunder Halifax London Broncos Oldham Bears Paris Saint Germain Sheffield Eagles Toronto Wolfpack Widnes Vikings Workington Town
Seasons	I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI
Season results	I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI
Grand Finals	I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI
Major events	World Club Series (World Club Challenge) Magic Weekend The Qualifiers Super 8s Play-offs Grand Final International Origin
Awards	Albert Goldthorpe Medal League Leaders' Shield Man of Steel Awards Harry Sunderland Trophy Super League Dream Team Fairplay Index Super League Ultimate 13: Grand Final Team Woman of Steel
Related articles	Rugby Football League Championship Super League Records Super League war Super League Show 2009–11 licences 2012–14 licences 2022 licence Quota players Players with 100+ tries Women's Super League

St Helens
Est. 1873 in St Helens, England
The Club	History Records Honours Players International representatives Coaches Hall of Fame
Home grounds	City Ground Knowsley Road (1890-2010) Halton Stadium (2011) Totally Wicked Stadium (2012-Present)
Hall of Fame	Jack Arkwright Frank Barrow Billy Benyon Tommy Bishop Frank Carlton Eric Chisnall Harry Cook Kel Coslett Keiron Cunningham Bob Dagnall Bernard Dwyer Alf Ellaby Les Fairclough Ray French Doug Greenall Jeff Heaton Neil Holding Dick Huddart Les Jones Chris Joynt Vince Karalius Len Killeen Barry Ledger Steve Llewellyn Sean Long Paul Loughlin John Mantle Tommy Martyn Roy Mathias Stan McCormick Glyn Moses Alex Murphy Paul Newlove George Nicholls George Parsons Geoff Pimblett Harry Pinner Alan Prescott Austin Rhodes Wilf Smith Jim Stott Jim Sullivan Abe Terry Phil Veivers Tom van Vollenhoven John Warlow Cliff Watson
League	Super League
World Club Challenge (2)	2001 2007
Championships (13)	1931–32 1952–53 1958–59 1965–66 1969–70 1970–71 1974–75 1996 1999 2000 2002 2006 2014
Challenge Cup (12)	1955–56 1960–61 1965–66 1971–72 1975–76 1996 1997 2001 2004 2006 2007 2008
Other honours	4—time Premiership Champions 1—time Western Division Champions 1—time Regal Trophy Champions 2—time BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Champions 11—time Lancashire County Cup Champions 11—time Lancashire League Champions 1—time Charity Shield Champions BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award (2006)
Seasons (120)	1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20
Culture	NRFU Founder Super League Founding Member Rivalry with Wigan Testimonials
Affiliation	Rugby Football League (1895) St Helens Ladies

Super League V

Table

Play-offs

Wide to West

See also

References

External links