2008 Super League Grand Final
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| Date | 4 October 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Stadium | Old Trafford | ||||||||||||
| Location | Manchester, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||
| Harry Sunderland Trophy | Lee Smith, Leeds | ||||||||||||
| Jerusalem | Katherine Jenkins | ||||||||||||
| Referees | Ashley Klein | ||||||||||||
| Attendance | 68810 | ||||||||||||
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The 2008 Super League Grand Final was the conclusive and championship-deciding match of the Super League XIII season. Held on Saturday 4 October 2008, at Old Trafford, Manchester, the match was between League Leaders St. Helens and defending champions from 2007 Leeds Rhinos.
Regular season final standings
Position in Super League table: 1st
Position in Super League table: 2nd
Pre-match entertainment was provided by Scouting for Girls, who performed a four song set, and Katherine Jenkins. Jenkins returned a year after bring forced to withdraw from the 2007 game to perform the Grand Final anthem, Jerusalem. And the coin to see who kicked off was tossed by 12-year-old James Baxter who won the opportunity through a competition
Harry Sunderland Trophy winner: Lee Smith, Leeds Rhinos
This game was the last in Leeds' colours for Gareth Ellis and Nick Scruton, who join Wests Tigers and Bradford Bulls in 2009, respectively. Similarly, it was the last game Nick Fozzard and Willie Talau played for Saints as they head to Hull Kingston Rovers and Salford City Reds in 2009, respectively. It was also Daniel Anderson's last game in charge of Saints.
Leeds' achievement of winning consecutive Super League titles marks the first time in their history that the club have managed to defend the Championship.
Leeds' victory also marked the first time that a Super League team had won both the World Club Challenge and the Grand Final in the same calendar year.
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