The 2003 World Club Challenge

World Club Challenge

The World Club Challenge is an annual rugby league football match held between the champions of the Australasian National Rugby League and the European Super League competitions to determine the world's best rugby league club...

match was contested on Sunday, 16 February by National Rugby League season 2002

National Rugby League season 2002

The 2002 NRL season was the 95th season of professional rugby league football in Australia and the fifth to be run by the National Rugby League...

 premiers, the Sydney Roosters

Sydney Roosters

The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...

 and Super League VII

Super League VII

Tetley's Super League VII was the official name for the year 2002's Super League championship season, the 108th season of top-level professional rugby league held in Britain, and the seventh championship run by Super League...

 premiers, St Helens. 19,807 spectators turned out at Bolton

Bolton

Bolton is a town in Greater Manchester, in the North West of England. Close to the West Pennine Moors, it is north west of the city of Manchester. Bolton is surrounded by several smaller towns and villages which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, of which Bolton is the...

's, Reebok Stadium

Reebok Stadium

The Reebok Stadium is the home stadium of English Premier League football club Bolton Wanderers, and is located on the Middlebrook Retail Park in Horwich, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. It is commonly known as 'The Reebok'...

 for the match, which was refereed by Russell Smith.

Teams

2003 World Club Challenge Teams

St Helens		Sydney Roosters Sydney Roosters The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...
Darren Albert	Fullback	Anthony Minichiello
Ade Gardner	Winger	Todd Byrne
Martin Gleeson	Centre	Chris Flannery
Paul Newlove	Centre	Justin Hodges
Anthony Stweart	Winger	Shannon Hegarty
Tommy Martyn	Stand Off / Five-eighth	Brad Fittler
Sean Long	Scrum Half / Halfback	Craig Wing
Darren Britt	Prop	Jason Cayless
Jason Hooper	Hooker	Michael Crocker
John Stankevitch	Prop	Peter Cusack
Chris Joynt	2nd Row	Adrain Morley
Darren Smith	2nd Row	Craig Fitzgibbon
Paul Sculthorpe	Loose Forward / Lock	Luke Ricketson
Barry Ward	Interchange	Ned Catic
Tim Jonkers	Interchange	Todd Payten
Mickey Higham	Interchange	Chad Robinson
Mark Edmondson	Interchange	Brett Finch
Ian Millward	Coach	Ricky Stuart

The lineups were:
Sydney Roosters

Sydney Roosters

The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...

• Anthony Minichiello

Anthony Minichiello

Anthony Minichiello is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who, to date, has played his entire career for the Sydney Roosters of the National Rugby League. He plays at fullback and on the Wing. Minichiello has represented New South Wales and Australia...

• Todd Byrne

Todd Byrne

Todd Byrne is a professional rugby league player who currently plays for Hull in the Super League competition...

• Chris Flannery
• Justin Hodges

Justin Hodges

Justin Hodges is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Brisbane Broncos of the National Rugby League...

• Shannon Hegarty

Shannon Hegarty

Shannon Hegarty is an Australian rugby league footballer for the Jacksonville Axemen of the USA Rugby League...

• Brad Fittler

Brad Fittler

Bradley Scott "Freddie" Fittler AM is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and former player. The current coach of NSW City team in the City vs. Country clash, he coached in the NRL for the Sydney Roosters between 2007 and 2009. As a player, Fittler captained both New South Wales...

• Craig Wing

Craig Wing

Craig Wing is an Australian rugby union player. He currently plays rugby union in Japan. A former rugby league player for New South Wales State of Origin and Australian international utility player, Wing played for South Sydney Rabbitohs and Sydney Roosters.-South Sydney Rabbitohs:Craig Wing was a...

• Jason Cayless

Jason Cayless

Jason Paul Cayless is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. A New Zealand international representative prop forward, he is the younger brother of Parramatta Eels great, Nathan Cayless. He played his club football for the Sydney Roosters, with whom he won the 2002...

• Michael Crocker

Michael Crocker

Michael Crocker is an Australian professional rugby league footballer with the South Sydney Rabbitohs of the NRL...

• Peter Cusack

Peter Cusack (rugby league)

Peter Cusack is an Australian professional rugby league footballer with Hull in the European Super League. His position of choice is at prop...

• Adrian Morley

Adrian Morley

Adrian Morley is an English professional rugby league footballer for the Warrington Wolves of Europe's Super League...

• Craig Fitzgibbon

Craig Fitzgibbon

Craig "Fitzy" Fitzgibbon is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for Hull in the European Super League and previously the Sydney Roosters of the NRL. A New South Wales State of Origin and Australian international representative forward, he is the son of former rugby league player and...

• Luke Ricketson

Luke Ricketson

Luke Ricketson is an Australian retired professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. An Australian and Ireland international, and New South Wales State of Origin representative back-rower, he played his entire club football career for the Sydney Roosters of the NRL...

• Ned Catic

Ned Catic

Ned Catic is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays for Barrow Raiders after being released by Castleford Tigers at the end of the 2008 Super League season...

• Todd Payten

Todd Payten

Todd Payten is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League competition. He previously played for the Sydney Roosters and the Canberra Raiders, and played junior football with the Temora Dragons...

• Chad Robinson

Chad Robinson

Chad Robinson is an Australian professional rugby league footballer.He will join European Super League side Harlequins RL for the 2009 season...

• Brett Finch

Brett Finch

Brett Finch is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Wigan Warriors of the Super League...

• Ricky Stuart

Ricky Stuart

Ricky Stuart is an Australian rugby league football coach and former player of the 1980s and 90s. He is currently the head coach of the New South Wales State of Origin team, having replaced Craig Bellamy following a fifth consecutive failure in the 2010 series...

 (coach)

St Helens

• 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...

• Ade Gardner

Ade Gardner

Adrian Antonio Gardner is an English professional rugby league footballer for St. Helens of Super League. A Great Britain representative winger, he previously played for Barrow Raiders. He is the older brother of Ex-Salford City Reds winger, Mat Gardner.Gardner went to St Columba's Roman...

• 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

Anthony Stewart

Anthony Stewart is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who currently plays for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League . He was born in Quebec, and his family moved to Toronto while he was a child. Stewart played minor hockey in Toronto, winning three all-Ontario championships...

• Tommy Martyn

Tommy Martyn

Tommy Martyn played for St Helens in the Rugby League Premiership and, subsequently, Super League. He also played for Oldham and Leigh Centurions.Martyn teamed up with Bobbie Goulding in the halves for the 1997 Challenge Cup final at Wembley. His two tries and try-saving ankle-tap on Danny Peacock...

• 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....

• Jason Hooper

Jason Hooper

Jason Hooper is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played for St Helens.St Helens stand-off or loose forward Jason Hooper announced his retirement at the age of 29 because of a long-term shoulder injury.-External links:**********...

• 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...

• 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...

• Darren Smith
• 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...

• 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....

• 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...

• 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...

• Mark Edmondson

Mark Edmondson

Mark Edmondson is a former professional Australian male tennis player....

• Ian Millward

Ian Millward

Ian Millward is an Australian rugby league coach and former player. Millward is currently the head coach at Super League side Castleford....

 (coach)

Result

Sydney Roosters

Sydney Roosters

The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...

 38 (Craig Fitzgibbon, Adrian Morley, Todd Byrne, Brad Fittler, Todd Payten tries

Try

A try is the major way of scoring points in rugby league and rugby union football. A try is scored by grounding the ball in the opposition's in-goal area...

; Fitzgibbon 9 goals

Field goal (rugby)

A drop goal, also referred to as a dropped goal or field goal, is a method of scoring points in rugby union and rugby league. A drop goal cannot be scored in open play by punting the ball, and instead must be scored by drop kicking the ball over the crossbar and between the uprights. After the...

)

St Helens 0

External links

• 2003 World Club Challenge at rugbyleagueproject.com
• 2003 World Club Challenge at rlphotos.com
• 2003 World Club Challenge at superleague.co.uk