2006 Super League Grand Final
14 October 2006 · Old Trafford, Manchester
2006 Super League Grand Final result: St Helens def. Hull FC, 26-4, at Old Trafford, Manchester on 14 October 2006.
Sourcing caveat: See the finals-series match report for this fixture for a fuller scoring breakdown, including a note on a corrected summarization error involving a wrongly-attributed try. St Helens' Paul Anderson was corrected from a previously-recorded squad number of 8 to his genuine 17 (Prop) during round 36 of the finals-series lineups backlog (see HANDOVER.md 13az) — a comparison against that round's independently-researched finals-series Grand Final entry, itself sourced directly from Rugby League Project's Grand-Final-specific match page and cross-matched against St Helens' Qualifying Semi-Final appearance, found this file's pre-existing 8 was a data-entry slip; every other player's number in both this file's lineups was already correct and needed no change.
Result
| Team | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | St Helens | 26 |
| Runner-up | Hull FC | 4 |
Attendance: 72,582
Super League 2006 — full season ladder & finals series
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St Helens | 28 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 939 | 430 | +509 | 48 |
| 2 | Hull FC | 28 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 720 | 578 | +142 | 40 |
| 3 | Leeds Rhinos | 28 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 869 | 543 | +326 | 38 |
| 4 | Bradford Bulls | 28 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 802 | 568 | +234 | 32 |
| 5 | Salford City Reds | 28 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 600 | 539 | +61 | 26 |
| 6 | Warrington Wolves | 28 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 743 | 721 | +22 | 26 |
| 7 | Harlequins RL | 28 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 556 | 823 | -267 | 23 |
| 8 | Wigan Warriors | 28 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 644 | 715 | -71 | 22 |
| 9 | Huddersfield Giants | 28 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 609 | 753 | -144 | 22 |
| 10 | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | 28 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 591 | 717 | -126 | 20 |
| 11 | Castleford Tigers | 28 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 575 | 968 | -393 | 19 |
| 12 | Catalans Dragons | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 601 | 894 | -293 | 16 |
Qualified for the finals series — top 6 ("Top-Six"/Page play-off format) that season.
Finals series
Elimination Play-off
| Date | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Sep 2006 | Leeds Rhinos 17–18 Warrington Wolves | Headingley Carnegie Stadium, Leeds | 10,508 |
| 23 Sep 2006 | Bradford Bulls 52–6 Salford City Reds | Grattan Stadium, Bradford | 8,611 |
Qualifying Semi-Final
| Date | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Sep 2006 | St Helens 12–8 Hull FC | Knowsley Road, St Helens | 14,038 |
Elimination Semi-Final
| Date | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Sep 2006 | Bradford Bulls 40–24 Warrington Wolves | Grattan Stadium, Bradford | 12,302 |
Elimination Final
| Date | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Oct 2006 | Hull FC 19–12 Bradford Bulls | KC Stadium, Hull | 16,087 |
Grand Final
| Date | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Oct 2006 | St Helens 26–4 Hull FC | Old Trafford, Manchester | 72,582 |
Match officials
| Referee | Karl Kirkpatrick |
Scorers
| St Helens | Tries: Keiron Cunningham — minute unconfirmed; Ade Gardner — minute unconfirmed; Francis Meli — minute unconfirmed; Leon Pryce — minute unconfirmed; Willie Talau — minute unconfirmed Goals: Jamie Lyon (3/5) |
| Hull FC | Tries: Sid Domic — minute unconfirmed |
Teams
| St Helens | Hull FC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Wellens | Fullback | Shaun Briscoe | 1 |
| 2 | Ade Gardner | Wing | Motu Tony | 14 |
| 3 | Jamie Lyon | Centre | Sid Domic | 4 |
| 4 | Willie Talau | Centre | Kirk Yeaman | 3 |
| 5 | Francis Meli | Wing | Gareth Raynor | 5 |
| 6 | Leon Pryce | Five-Eighth | Paul Cooke | 13 |
| 7 | Sean Long (c) | Halfback | Richard Horne | 7 |
| 17 | Paul Anderson | Prop | Ewan Dowes | 8 |
| 9 | Keiron Cunningham | Hooker | Richard Swain (c) | 9 |
| 10 | Jason Cayless | Prop | Garreth Carvell | 10 |
| 11 | Lee Gilmour | Second Row | Lee Radford | 11 |
| 12 | Jon Wilkin | Second Row | Shayne McMenemy | 12 |
| 16 | Jason Hooper | Lock | Danny Washbrook | 24 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | James Roby | Richard Whiting | 6 | |
| 15 | Mike Bennett | Graeme Horne | 19 | |
| 19 | James Graham | Scott Wheeldon | 26 | |
| 23 | Maurie Fa'asavalu | Paul King | 15 | |
| Daniel Anderson | Coach | Peter Sharp | ||
Harry Sunderland Trophy
Paul Wellens (St Helens). Wellens won the Harry Sunderland Trophy — Super League's Grand Final Man of the Match award, not renamed the Rob Burrow Award until 2024 — for his defensive contribution, including two goal-line saves that kept Hull at bay during a sustained second-half raid.
Match context
St Helens beat Hull FC 26-4 at Old Trafford, completing an historic domestic treble for Daniel Anderson's side, who had already won that year's Challenge Cup (beating Huddersfield 42-12 at Twickenham) and the League Leaders' Shield — their fourth Super League Grand Final title, after 1999, 2000 and 2002. Francis Meli opened the scoring for Saints; Hull hit back through Sid Domic to level it, before Leon Pryce scored in the corner late in the first half, with Jamie Lyon adding a difficult touchline conversion to make it 10-4 at the break. Saints pulled away in the second half with tries from Ade Gardner (finishing off a high kick from Sean Long) and Willie Talau, before Keiron Cunningham's late try — described by the club as his 150th St Helens score — put the result beyond doubt. Paul Wellens won the Harry Sunderland Trophy. The win extended St Helens' status as Super League's most successful club, part of a run of Grand Final wins in 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2006 before a gap until their next title in 2014.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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