The 2017 Super League Grand Final was the 20th official grand final championship-deciding game of the Super League XXII. It was held at Old Trafford, Manchester on 7 October 2017, kick off 18.00. Leeds Rhinos became champions for a record 8th time after beating Castleford Tigers 24–6 in front of a sell out crowd of 72,827.
Background
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts 1 Castleford Tigers 30 25 0 5 965 536 +429 50 2 Leeds Rhinos 30 20 0 10 749 623 +126 40
Route to Final Castleford Tigers Finishing top of the table in the regular season, Castleford qualified directly to the play-off semi-final where they met St Helens at home. The game went to golden point extra time before a Luke Gale drop goal gave Castleford the win 23–22.
Leeds Rhinos Leeds also had direct qualification to the semi-final where they hosted Hull F.C. at Headingley. In another close game it was Leeds who triumphed 18–16.
Match details
Prior the 2017 Super League Grand Final, Castleford and Leeds had met four previous times during the year with Castleford winning all four encounters including a 66-10 victory in round 3. Castleford went into the match as heavy favourites to win their first ever championship however in the grand final itself, Leeds would comfortably win 24-6 with Castleford's only points coming in the final minute of the match.
Castleford TigersPositionLeeds Rhinos5 Greg Eden Fullback31 Jack Walker 2 Greg Minikin Winger2 Tom Briscoe3 Jake Webster Centre3 Kallum Watkins4 Michael Shenton Centre14 Liam Sutcliffe25 Jy Hitchcox Winger5 Ryan Hall16 Ben Roberts Stand Off4 Joel Moon7 Luke Gale Scrum half6 Danny McGuire14 Nathan Massey Prop16 Brad Singleton9 Paul McShane Hooker9 Matt Parcell 15 Jesse Sene-Lefao Prop17 Mitch Garbutt11 Oliver Holmes 2nd Row11 Jamie Jones Buchanan12 Mike McMeeken 2nd Row13 Stevie Ward13 Adam Milner Loose forward10 Adam Cuthbertson 10 Grant Millington Interchange7 Rob Burrow17 Junior Moors Interchange12 Carl Ablett18 Matt Cook Interchange19 Brett Ferres34 Alex Foster Interchange20 Anthony Mullally Darryl Powell Coach Brian McDermott
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