2017 Super League Grand Final


The 2017 Super League Grand Final was the 20th official Grand Final championship-deciding game of the Super League XXII. It was held at Old Trafford, Manchester on 7 October 2017, kick off 18.00. Leeds Rhinos became champions for a record 8th time after beating Castleford Tigers 24–6 in front of a sell out crowd of 72,827.

Background

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1 Castleford Tigers302505965536+42950
2 Leeds Rhinos3020010749623+12640

Route to Final

Castleford Tigers

Finishing top of the table in the regular season, Castleford qualified directly to the play-off semi-final where they met St Helens at home. The game went to golden point extra time before a Luke Gale drop goal gave Castleford the win 23–22.

Leeds Rhinos

Leeds also had direct qualification to the semi-final where they hosted Hull F.C. at Headingley. In another close game it was Leeds who triumphed 18–16.

Match details

Prior the 2017 Super League Grand Final, Castleford and Leeds had met four previous times during the year with Castleford winning all four encounters including a 66-10 victory in round 3. Castleford went into the match as heavy favourites to win their first ever championship however in the grand final itself, Leeds would comfortably win 24-6 with Castleford's only points coming in the final minute of the match.