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 drop goals (known as a field goal in Australia, but not to be confused with the archaic field goal) from the home side in the final minutes.
Background
St Helens
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 R.F.C. 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
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.
Teams
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.
Primera mitad
El primer try del partido lo anotaron los Broncos cerca de la línea de try de los Saints, cuando Shaun Berrigan, jugando de medio apertura , logró anotar desde la posición de medio scrum. St. Helens respondió con un try de su tercera línea, Paul Sculthorpe. A continuación, el segunda línea de Brisbane, Phillip Lee, anotó en el otro extremo del campo. El marcador al descanso era de 6-12 a favor de los Broncos.
Segunda mitad
Brisbane volvió a ser el primero en anotar en la segunda mitad gracias a Brad Meyers, lo que les dio una buena ventaja. Pero un try convertido del medio scrum de los Saints , Sean Long, volvió a meter al equipo local en el partido, 18-12. El marcador se igualó cuando el centro de St. Helens, Paul Newlove, superó a Wendell Sailor y corrió campo abajo, pasando el balón a su capitán, Chris Joynt, para anotar. En los últimos minutos del partido, los Saints lograron agotar el tiempo sin conceder puntos, ya que los anotadores de tries, Sculthorpe y Long, patearon un drop/field goal cada uno, dejando el marcador al sonar la bocina final en 20-18.
Referencias
- ↑ Campeonato Mundial de Clubes de 2001 en superleague.co.uk
Enlaces externos
- Campeonato Mundial de Clubes 2001 en rugbyleagueproject.com
- Campeonato Mundial de Clubes 2001 en rlphotos.com
- Desafío Mundial de Clubes 2001 por Chris Joynt
- Desafío Mundial de Clubes
- Partidos de los Brisbane Broncos
- Partidos del St Helens RFC
- 2001 en la liga de rugby inglesa
- 2001 en la liga australiana de rugby