2000 World Club Challenge
| 2000 World Club Challenge | |||||||||||||
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| Date | 22 January 2000 | ||||||||||||
| Stadium | JJB Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Location | Wigan, England | ||||||||||||
| Man of the Match | Brett Kimmorley  | ||||||||||||
| Referee | Stuart Cummings  | ||||||||||||
| Attendance | 13,394 | ||||||||||||
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| Broadcaster |  Sky Sports | ||||||||||||
| Commentators | Eddie Hemmings, Mike Stephenson | ||||||||||||
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The 2000 World Club Challenge was contested by 1999 NRL season premiers, the Melbourne Storm and 1999's Super League IV champions, St. Helens. The match was played on 22 January at JJB Stadium, Wigan before a crowd of 13,394. The Melbourne Storm defeated St Helens 44 - 6.[1] This was the first World Club Challenge since the Super League war.
Background
St Helens
The 1999 Super League Grand Final was the conclusive and championship-deciding game of the Super League IV season. The match was played between English clubs St Helens and Bradford Bulls on Saturday 9 October 1999, at Old Trafford, Manchester, UK.
Melbourne Storm
The 1999 NRL Grand Final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the 1999 NRL season. It was contested by the competition's two newest clubs: the Melbourne Storm, competing in only its second year (having finished the regular season in 3rd place); and the St. George Illawarra Dragons, in their first year as a joint-venture club (having finished the regular season in 6th place), after both sides eliminated the rest of the top eight during the finals.
A new rugby league world record crowd of 107,999 was at Stadium Australia for the game. The attendance, which saw 67,142 more people attend than had done so for the 1998 NRL Grand Final at the Sydney Football Stadium, broke the record attendance for a Grand Final, eclipsing the previous record of 78,065 set in 1965. After trailing 0-14 at half time, the Melbourne Storm defeated the St. George Illawarra Dragons 20-18.[2]
Teams
| St Helens | Position | Melbourne |
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| Paul Atcheson | Fullback | Robbie Ross |
| Chris Smith | Winger | Brad Watts |
| Paul Newlove | Centre | Aaron Moule |
| Kevin Iro | Centre | Tony Martin |
| Sean Hoppe | Winger | Marcus Bai |
| Tommy Martyn | Stand Off / Five-eighth | Scott Hill |
| Sean Long (c) | Scrum Half / Halfback | Brett Kimmorley |
| Julian O'Neill | Prop | Wayne Evans |
| Paul Wellens | Hooker | Richard Swain |
| Sonny Nickle | Prop | Robbie Kearns (c) |
| Chris Joynt | 2nd Row | Paul Marquet |
| Bryan Henare | 2nd Row | Stephen Kearney |
| Paul Sculthorpe | Loose Forward / Lock | Matt Rua |
| Apollo Perelini | Interchange | Danny Williams |
| Fereti Tuilagi | Interchange | Russell Bawden |
| Anthony Stewart | Interchange | Tasesa Lavea |
| John Stankevitch | Interchange | Dane Morgan |
| Ian Millward | Coach | Chris Anderson |
Match details
22 January 2000 18:00 UTC+0 |
St Helens  |
6 – 44 | Melbourne Storm |
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| Tries: Sean Hoppe Goals: Sean Long (1) |
(Report) | Tries: Robbie Ross (2) Scott Hill (2) Aaron Moule Marcus Bai Wayne Evans Dane Morgan Goals: Brad Watts (5) Tasesa Lavea (1) |
References
- ↑ "Storm warning on World Club Challenge". Brisbane Times. 21 February 2008. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
- ↑ "1999 NRL Grand Final". rugbyleagueproject.org. Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates. Retrieved 15 June 2016.