The 2002 Super League

Super League

Super League is the top-level professional rugby league football club competition in Europe. As a result of sponsorship from engage Mutual Assurance the competition is currently officially known as the engage Super League. The League features fourteen teams: thirteen from England and one from...

 Grand Final was held on Saturday 19 October 2002, at Old Trafford, Manchester, UK. The game was played between St Helens and Bradford Bulls

Bradford Bulls

Bradford Bulls is a professional rugby league club based in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. They play in the European Super League and are currently joint 10th in the league....

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Referee: Russell Smith (Castleford)

Attendance: 61,138

Final Score: Bradford Bulls

Bradford Bulls

Bradford Bulls is a professional rugby league club based in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. They play in the European Super League and are currently joint 10th in the league....

 18 - 19 St Helens

Bradford Team

Michael Withers

Michael Withers

Michael Withers is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s who represented at international level for Ireland. He played club football in Australia for the Balmain Tigers of the National Rugby League, and in England with Wigan Warriors and Bradford Bulls of...

, Tevita Vaikona

Tevita Vaikona

Tevita Vaikona is a professional rugby footballer, a powerful winger who enjoyed massive success in rugby league and picked up many honours before switching codes to rugby union where he was also hugely successful....

, Scott Naylor

Scott Naylor

Scott Naylor is a rugby league coach and former player. He played for the Bradford Bulls of Super League from 1998 to 2003 and now coaches the Salford City Reds.-International honours:...

, Brandon Costin

Brandon Costin

Brandon Costin is a retired professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and first decade of the 21st century. He initially played under the name Brandon Pearson. He played for the Huddersfield Giants, Canberra Raiders, South Sydney Rabbitohs, Bradford Bulls and the United States national...

, Lesley Vainikolo

Lesley Vainikolo

Lesley Vainikolo is a dual code professional rugby football player who currently plays for Gloucester Rugby. He plays on the wing....

, Robbie Paul

Robbie Paul

Robert Rawiri 'Robbie' Hunter-Paul is a New Zealand rugby league player. He currently plays for Leigh Centurions in England. He played for the New Zealand national team 27 times. He is the younger brother of Leeds Carnegie player Henry Paul.-Early years:Born in Tokoroa, New Zealand, his junior...

, Paul Deacon

Paul Deacon

Paul Deacon is a retired rugby league footballer. He previously played for Bradford Bulls from 1998 until joining his hometown club Wigan Warriors in 2010...

, Joe Vagana

Joe Vagana

Joe Vagana is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. During his career Vagana played for the Auckland Warriors and the Bradford Bulls and also represented both Samoa and New Zealand in international competition...

, James Lowes

James Lowes

James Lowes is a British former rugby league player and assistant coach for the Leeds Rhinos. He played for Hunslet Hawks and Leeds Rhinos, but his best years were with the Bradford Bulls, where he won many trophies...

, Stuart Fielden

Stuart Fielden

Stuart Fielden is an English professional rugby league footballer for Wigan of Super League...

, Daniel Gartner

Daniel Gartner

Daniel Gartner is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. His position was second row and he played in Australia with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and in England with the Bradford Bulls, winning championships with both clubs...

, Jamie Peacock

Jamie Peacock

James "Jamie" Peacock is an English professional rugby league footballer for the Leeds Rhinos of the European Super League...

, Mike Forshaw

Mike Forshaw

Michael "Mike" Forshaw is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He began his playing career with Wigan in 1987 and went on to play for Wakefield Trinity, Bradford Bulls & Warrington Wolves.He had a brief stint at Saracens F.C...

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Subs: Leon Pryce

Leon Pryce

Leon Pryce is an English professional rugby league footballer of Jamaican descent for the St. Helens club of Super League...

, Lee Gilmour

Lee Gilmour

Lee Gilmour is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays for Huddersfield Giants of Super League.Gilmour's usual position is , but he has played on the and in the s when a back-line player suffered an injury....

, Paul Anderson, Brian McDermott

Brian McDermott

Brian G. McDermott is an English professional rugby league football coach and former player. He started as Head Coach of Harlequins RL of Super League on 8 July 2006 and departs on 4 September 2010.-Biography:...

St Helens Team

Paul Wellens

Paul Wellens

Paul Simon Wellens is an English multi-award–winning rugby league footballer. Wellens plays for St. Helens in the European Super League. Wellens is a Great Britain and England international...

, Darren Albert

Darren Albert

Darren Albert is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. A New South Wales State of Origin representative winger, he played his club football for the Newcastle Knights , St...

, Martin Gleeson

Martin Gleeson

Martin Gleeson is an English professional rugby league footballer, who plays for Hull in the Super League. A Great Britain and England international representative , and /, he previously played for Wigan Warriors, Huddersfield Giants, St. Helens and Warrington...

, Paul Newlove

Paul Newlove

Paul Newlove is an English former rugby league footballer of the 1980s, 90s and 2000s. A Great Britain and England international representative, he competed in the Super League competition, featuring as a . He played for the St...

, Anthony Stewart, Paul Sculthorpe

Paul Sculthorpe

Paul Sculthorpe , is an English retired rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. A Great Britain international representative /, and /, he played club football for St. Helens, with whom he won a total of four Grand Finals, three Challenge Cups and two World Club Challenges...

, Sean Long

Sean Long

Sean Long is an English former professional rugby league and current rugby union footballer with Preston Grasshoppers. He has played for Wigan, Widnes and Hull but is best known for playing for St Helens in the Super League. Internationally he has represented England and Great Britain at /...

, Darren Britt

Darren Britt

Darren Britt is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He played for the Western Suburbs Magpies and the Canterbury Bulldogs in the National Rugby League competition....

, Keiron Cunningham

Keiron Cunningham

Keiron Cunningham is a former British professional rugby league footballer. A Great Britain and Wales international representative hooker, he played his entire club rugby career at St...

, Barry Ward

Barry Ward

Barry Ward born 13 January 1971 in New South Wales, Australia is a former rugby league player. He played for the Bulldogs, Illawarra Steelers, Sydney Roosters and St Helens as a prop and in the second-row....

, Mike Bennett, Tim Jonkers

Tim Jonkers

Tim Jonkers , is an ex-professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. An Ireland international representative second-row forward, he played his club football with St...

, Chris Joynt

Chris Joynt

Chris M. Joynt is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. A Great Britain international representative , and /, he played his club football with St...

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Subs: Sean Hoppe

Sean Hoppe

Sean Edward Hoppe is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who represented his country.-Early years:...

, Mickey Higham

Mickey Higham

Mickey Higham is an English rugby league player who currently plays for English club Warrington Wolves in the Super League competition...

, John Stankevitch

John Stankevitch

John Stankevitch is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 2000s. He played for St Helens and Widnes in the European Super League as a and as a . Since retiring through a serious shoulder and neck injury, he has had two stints at Widnes as assistant and a head coach role at Doncaster...

, Peter Shiels

Peter Shiels

Peter Shiels , is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He played for Penrith, Western Suburbs, Western Reds, Newcastle Knights in Australia and St Helens in the European Super League as a and as a .-Personal life:Peter is married to Linda , the sister of fellow...

Scorers

Tries: Mike Bennett, Sean Long, Martin Gleeson

Goals: Sean Long (3)

Drop Goals: Sean Long