1999 Super League Grand Final
The 1999 Super League Grand Final was the Second official Grand Final conclusive and championship-deciding game of the Super League IV season. The match was played between St. Helens and Bradford Bulls on Saturday 9 October 1999, at Old Trafford.
| 1999 Super League Grand Final | |||||||||||||
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| Date | 9 October 1999 | ||||||||||||
| Stadium | Old Trafford | ||||||||||||
| Location |  Manchester | ||||||||||||
| Harry Sunderland Trophy |  Henry Paul ( Bradford) | ||||||||||||
| Referees | Stuart Cummings | ||||||||||||
| Attendance | 50,717 | ||||||||||||
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Background
Super League IV retained the top five play off after the success of the previous years Grand Final. The league was expanded to 14 teams with Wakefield Trinity Wildcats and Gateshead Thunder both made their debuts in Super League although Gateshead Thunder and Sheffield Eagles both left the league after merging with Hull FC and Huddersfield Giants respectively. Bradford Bulls finished as League Leaders for the first time since they finished top in Super League II as Champions.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Bradford Bulls |
30 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 897 | 445 | +452 | 51 |
| 2 |  St. Helens |
30 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 1034 | 561 | +473 | 46 |
Bradford Bulls
| Round | Opposition | Score |
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| Qualifying Semi-Final | St Helens (H) |
40-4 |
| Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue. | ||
St Helens
| Round | Opposition | Score |
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| Qualifying Play-Off |  Leeds Rhinos (H) |
38-14 |
| Qualifying Semi-Final | Bradford Bulls (A) |
40-4 |
| Final Eliminator |  Castleford Tigers (H) |
36-6 |
| Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue. | ||
Match details
9 October 1999 |
| Bradford Bulls |
6 - 8 | St. Helens |
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| Tries: Henry Paul Goals: Henry Paul |
Report | Tries: Kevin Iro Goals: Sean Long (2) |
| Bradford Bulls | Position | St Helens | ||
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| Stuart Spruce |
Fullback | Paul Atcheson | ||
 Tevita Vaikona |
Winger | Chris Smith | ||
| Scott Naylor |
Centre | Kevin Iro | ||
 Michael Withers |
Centre | Paul Newlove | ||
| 5 | Leon Pryce |
Winger | Anthony Sullivan | |
| 6 | Robbie Paul |
Stand Off | 6 | Paul Sculthorpe |
| 7 | Henry Paul |
Scrum Half | 7 | Tommy Martyn |
| Paul Anderson |
Prop | Apollo Perelini | ||
| 9 | James Lowes |
Hooker | 9 | Keiron Cunningham |
| Stuart Fielden |
Prop | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Julian O'Neill | ||
| David Boyle |
2nd Row |  Fereti Tuilagi | ||
| Bernard Dwyer |
2nd Row | Sonny Nickle | ||
| 13 | Steve McNamara |
Loose Forward | 13 | Chris Joynt |
| Paul Deacon |
Interchange | Paul Wellens | ||
| Nathan McAvoy |
Interchange | Sean Long | ||
| Mike Forshaw |
Interchange | Sean Hoppe | ||
| Brian McDermott |
Interchange | Vila Matautia | ||
| Matthew Elliott |
Coach | Ellery Hanley | ||
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