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Super League V
League	Super League
Duration	28 Rounds
Teams	12
Highest attendance	17,428 Wigan Warriors vs St. Helens (9 July)
Lowest attendance	2,040 London Broncos vs Salford City Reds (12 Aug)
Attendance	1,245,720 (average 7,415)
Broadcast partners	Sky Sports
2000 Season
Champions	St. Helens 3rd Super League title 10th British title
League Leaders	Wigan Warriors
Man of Steel	Sean Long
Top point-scorer(s)	Sean Long (352)
Top try-scorer(s)	Sean Long Tommy Martyn (22)
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Tetley's Bitter Super League was the official name for the year 2000's Super League championship season, the 106th season of top-level professional rugby league football in Britain, and the fifth championship run by the Super League. The season culminated in the Grand Final between St Helens R.F.C. and Wigan Warriors, which St Helens won, claiming their second consecutive Championship.

Table

Super League V
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wigan Warriors (L)	28	24	1	3	960	405	+555	49	Semi Final
2	St Helens (C)	28	23	0	5	988	627	+361	46	Qualifying Semi Final
3	Bradford Bulls	28	20	3	5	1004	408	+596	43	Qualifying Semi Final
4	Leeds Rhinos	28	17	0	11	692	626	+66	34	Elimination Semi Final
5	Castleford Tigers	28	17	0	11	585	571	+14	34	Elimination Semi Final
6	Warrington Wolves	28	13	0	15	735	817	−82	26
7	Hull F.C.	28	12	1	15	630	681	−51	25
8	Halifax Blue Sox	28	11	1	16	664	703	−39	23
9	Salford City Reds	28	10	0	18	542	910	−368	20
10	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	28	8	0	20	557	771	−214	16
11	London Broncos	28	6	0	22	456	770	−314	12
12	Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants	28	4	0	24	502	1026	−524	8

Source: Rugby League Project
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders

Play-offs

Further information: Super League play-offs


Qualifying play-off			Qualifying semi-final			Preliminary final		Grand Final



			1	Wigan Warriors	16			St. Helens	29

				St. Helens	54			Wigan Warriors	16

2	St. Helens	16				Wigan Warriors	40

3	Bradford Bulls	11	Elimination semi-final			Bradford Bulls	12



			Bradford Bulls		46

4	Leeds Rhinos	22	Leeds Rhinos		12

5	Castleford Tigers	14

Wide to West

St Helens, who finished second in the regular season table, hosted Bradford Bulls for the qualifying play-off in week one of the play-offs. One of Super League's most well known tries was scored in the final seconds of the match. Bradford led the game 11–10 into the final minute when, deep in the St Helens half with the match seemingly lost, St Helens were awarded a penalty. The try scored on the second tackle by Chris Joynt became known as "Wide to West" due to the phrase being used in live commentary by Eddie Hemmings. St Helens won 16–11.

Eddie Hemmings and Mike Stephenson commentated for Sky Sports:

Hemmings: It's gonna be the match for Bradford.
Stephenson: He's given a penalty.
Hemmings: Oh, he has.
Stephenson: He'd called held there. They're still not out of it. Oh, they've taken a short one, they know they've only got ten seconds. Will they get this play-the-ball in? They're holding him down.
Crowd: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Hemmings: Sculthorpe wants to get on with it, Bradford: counting down.
Stephenson: Kick and chase now?
Hemmings: This is the last play. Long... kicks it wide to Iro. Iro to Hall. Hall is trapped. Back it goes to Hoppe. Over the shoulder to Hall. There is Jonkers. Here is Long, and Long fancies it. Long fancies it. It's wide to West. It's wide to West. Dwayne West. Inside to Joynt. Joynt. JOYNT. JOYNT! OH! OH! FANTASTIC!
Stephenson: I wouldn't believe it!
Hemmings: They've won it, they've won it, they've won it. Chris Joynt; Chris Joynt has won it. It is unbelievable here, it is, frankly, unbelievable. Chris Joynt has won the match for St Helens.

References

Wilson, Andy (31 December 2009). "Rugby league in the noughties". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
Commentators: Eddie Hemmings, Mike Stephenson (2000-09-22). "Sky Sports: Super League play-offs - St Helens vs Bradford Bulls". Season 2000. St. Helens, United Kingdom. Sky Sports. Sky Sports 1. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)

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v t e Super League
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Awards	Albert Goldthorpe Medal League Leaders' Shield Man of Steel Awards Harry Sunderland Trophy Rob Burrow Award Super League Dream Team Fair Play Index
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v t e St Helens R.F.C.
St Helens Rugby Football Club Est. 1873 in St Helens, England
The Club	History Records Honours Players International representatives Coaches Hall of Fame
Home grounds	City Ground Knowsley Road (1890–2010) Halton Stadium (2011) Totally Wicked Stadium (2012–present)
League	Super League
World Club Challenge (3)	2001 2007 2007
Championships (17)	1931–32 1952–53 1958–59 1965–66 1969–70 1970–71 1974–75 1996 1999 2000 2002 2006 2014 2019 2020 2021 2022
Challenge Cup (13)	1955–56 1960–61 1965–66 1971–72 1975–76 1996 1997 2001 2004 2006 2007 2008 2021
League Leaders Shield (9)	2002 2005 2006 2007 2008 2014 2018 2019 2022
Other honours	4—time Premiership Champions 1—time Western Division Champions 1—time Regal Trophy Champions 2—time BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Champions 11—time Lancashire County Cup Champions 11—time Lancashire League Champions 1—time Charity Shield Champions BBC Sports Team of the Year Award (2006)
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Culture	NRFU Founder Super League Founding Member Rivalry with Wigan
Affiliation	Rugby Football League (1895) St Helens Ladies

v t e Super League Dream Team – 2000
1 Kris Radlinski 2 Jason Robinson 3 Steve Renouf 4 Michael Eagar 5 Graham Mackay 6 Tommy Martyn 7 Sean Long 8 Stuart Fielden 9 Keiron Cunningham 10 Terry O'Connor 11 Jamie Peacock 12 Denis Betts 13 Andy Farrell

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