2012 Super League Grand Final
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| Date | 6 October 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Stadium | Old Trafford | ||||||||||||
| Location | Manchester, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||
| Harry Sunderland Trophy | Kevin Sinfield, Leeds | ||||||||||||
| Jerusalem | Hayley Westenra | ||||||||||||
| Referees | Richard Silverwood | ||||||||||||
| Attendance | 70,676 | ||||||||||||
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The 2012 Super League Grand Final was the conclusive and championship-deciding match of the Super League XVII season. The match was held on Saturday 6 October 2012, at Old Trafford, Manchester, and was contested by English clubs Leeds Rhinos and Warrington Wolves. The 2012 Grand Final was a repeat of the 2012 Challenge Cup final, in which Warrington beat Leeds 35-18 at Wembley Stadium, although it was Leeds who would win the Super League Grand Final, winning 26-18.
The progress of the two teams competing in the match were decided by results in the Super League XVII play-offs.
As in 2011, Leeds Rhinos finished the regular season in 5th place, meaning the team started their play-off campaign in the elimination play-off, where they met West Yorkshire rivals Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, playing in their first play-off campaign at Headingley Carnegie Stadium. Leeds won the game 42-20 with Ben Jones-Bishop scoring a hat-trick and Danny McGuire becoming the all-time leading try-scorer in Super League history.
In the Preliminary Semi Final, Leeds would meet the lowest-placed loser from the Qualification play-off games, Catalans Dragons in the south of France, who they would beat 27-20, thanks to five goals from Kevin Sinfield and a drop goal from McGuire. That result booked Leeds' place in the Qualifying Semi-Final and the club call. Wigan Warriors were the team that were given the decision and chose Leeds. The match at the DW Stadium was won 13-12 by Leeds, despite Wigan scoring more tries (two to Leeds' one). Leeds reached the Grand Final, thanks to the boot of Kevin Sinfield, who kicked four goals, including the conversion to Kallum Watkins's try, and a first-half drop goal.
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