2015 Super League Grand Final
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| Date | 10 October 2015 | ||||||||||||
| Stadium | Old Trafford | ||||||||||||
| Location | Manchester, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||
| Harry Sunderland Trophy | Danny McGuire | ||||||||||||
| Jerusalem | Laura Wright | ||||||||||||
| Referees | Ben Thaler | ||||||||||||
| Attendance | 73,512 | ||||||||||||
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The 2015 Super League Grand Final was the conclusive and championship-deciding match of the Super League XX season. It was held on Saturday 10 October 2015, at Old Trafford, Manchester, with a 6pm kick-off time. The sellout crowd of 73,512 at Old Trafford set a new Super League Grand Final attendance record, eclipsing the previous record of 72,582 established at the 2006 Super League Grand Final. British indie rock band The Charlatans headlined the pre-match and half-time entertainment.
The Leeds Rhinos were crowned champions after defeating the Wigan Warriors by 22-20. This meant that Leeds completed the treble by winning all of the major English domestic trophies - The Challenge Cup, the League Leaders Shield and the Super League Grand Final.
Wigan finished the regular Super League season in second place after beating Castleford 47-12 at the DW Stadium, as Leeds winger Ryan Hall scored a try on the hooter in a 20-16 victory over Huddersfield to claim the 2015 League Leaders Shield. Wigan then hosted Huddersfield in the Super League play off semi-final and defeated them 32-8 to reach their third consecutive Super League Grand Final.
Leeds finished the regular Super League season on top of the table to claim the League Leaders Shield. In the Super League play off semi-final, Leeds hosted St. Helens at Headingley and won 20-13 to reach their first Super League Grand Final since 2012.
The match was a rematch of the 1998 Super League Grand Final, the first ever, where Wigan won the trophy.
Before the match, 6 players of the field were playing their last game for their club. For both Jamie Peacock and Kylie Leuluai (Leeds) it was their last game of professional rugby league before retirement. For Matty Bowen it was his last game for Wigan before leaving the club as a free agent. Rugby League legend Kevin Sinfield (Leeds) was also leaving the code to switch to rugby union next year, while Joe Burgess (Wigan) was heading off to the NRL and Larne Patrick (Wigan) would return to the Huddersfield Giants next season after his loan spell would finish. So it was a question in the media as to which team would farewell their players with happy memories, Leeds? Or Wigan?
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