2001 World Club Challenge

2001 (2001) World Club Challenge ()

St Helens	Brisbane Broncos
(SL)	(NRL)
20	18

	1	2	Total
ST H	6	14	20
BRI	12	6	18

Date

26 January 2001

Stadium

Reebok Stadium

Location

Bolton, England

Referee

Stuart Cummings

Attendance

16,041

Broadcast partner

Broadcaster

Sky Sports

Commentators

Eddie Hemmings, Mike Stephenson

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The 2001 World Club Challenge was contested between Super League V champions, St Helens and 2000 NRL season premiers, the Brisbane Broncos.^[1] The Broncos made the trip to England to play St Helens before the start of the 2001 NRL and Super League seasons and were beaten by two late field goals from the home side in the final minutes.

Background

St Helens

For more details on this topic, see 2000 Super League Grand Final.

The 2000 Super League Grand Final was the conclusive and championship-deciding match of Super League V. It was contested by Wigan Warriors who had finished the regular season in 1s place, and St Helens RLFC who had finished in 2nd place, after both teams had played their way through the finals series. St Helens had played in the previous World Club Challenge, suffering a comprehensive defeat at the hands of the Melbourne Storm.

Brisbane Broncos

For more details on this topic, see 2000 NRL Grand Final.

The 2000 NRL grand final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the 2000 NRL season. It was contested by the Brisbane Broncos, who had finished the regular season in 1st place, and the Sydney Roosters, who had finished in 2nd place, after both teams played their way through the finals series. Prior to the previous World Club Challenge, the Broncos had contested the three preceding it, winning twice.

Match details

The match was played in wintery conditions on the night of Friday the 26th of January at Reebok Stadium in Bolton, England before a crowd of 16,041. The Broncos players wore black armbands in memory of the club's co-founder Paul "Porky" Morgan who had died from a heart attack the previous day.

26 January 2001

St Helens	20 – 18	Brisbane Broncos
Tries: Chris Joynt Sean Long Paul Sculthorpe Goals: Sean Long (3) Field Goals: Sean Long Paul Sculthorpe	(Report)	Tries: Shaun Berrigan Phillip Lee Brad Meyers Goals: Michael De Vere (3)

Reebok Stadium, Bolton
Attendance: 16,041
Referee/s: Stuart Cummings

Man of the Match: Sean Long

St Helens	Posit.	Brisbane
Paul Wellens	1. FB	Darren Lockyer
Sean Hoppe	2. WG	Lote Tuqiri
Kevin Iro	3. CE	Stuart Kelly
Paul Newlove	4. CE	Michael De Vere
Anthony Sullivan	5. WG	Wendell Sailor
Tommy Martyn	6. FE/SO	Shaun Berrigan
Sean Long	7. HB/SH	Scott Prince
David Fairleigh	8. PR	Shane Webcke
Keiron Cunningham	9. HK	Luke Priddis
Sonny Nickle	10. PR	Petero Civoniceva
Chris Joynt (c)	11. SR	Gorden Tallis (c)
Peter Shiels	12. SR	Dane Carlaw
Paul Sculthorpe	13. LF	Phillip Lee
Tim Jonkers	14. Bench	Shane Walker
Vila Matautia	15. Bench	Ashley Harrison
John Stankevich	16. Bench	Brad Meyers
Anthony Stewart	17. Bench	Chris Walker
Ian Millward	Coach	Wayne Bennett

First half

The first try of the match was scored by the Broncos from close to the Saints' try-line when Shaun Berrigan, playing at five-eighth, burrowed over from dummy half. St. Helens answered with a try from their loose forward, Paul Sculthorpe. This was followed by the Brisbane lock, Phillip Lee scoring at the other end. The half-time score was 6 - 12 in favour of the Broncos.

Second half

Brisbane were again the first to score in the second half through Brad Meyers, giving the visitors a good lead. But a converted try from Saints' scrum-half, Sean Long put the home team back in it at 18 - 12. The scores were then levelled when St. Helens centre, Paul Newlove ran around Wendell Sailor and dashed downfield, passing back inside to his captain, Chris Joynt to score. In the final minutes of the match the Saints managed to wear down the clock without conceding any points as try-scorers Sculthorpe and Long kicked a field goal each, leaving the score at the final siren at 20 - 18.

References

↑ 2001 World Club Challenge at superleague.co.uk

External links

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