Leeds Rhinos 44–16 St Helens — Preliminary Final, 1998 Super League Finals Series

Preliminary Final, 1998 Super League finals series: Leeds Rhinos 44–16 St Helens, at Headingley, Leeds on 18 Oct 1998.

Sourcing caveat: A first extraction of this match credited Francis Cummins with only 2 tries, which fell 4 points short of reconciling; a more detailed source page confirmed a hat-trick (3 tries), which reconciles exactly and is used here. Lineups sourced this round from Rugby League Project's per-match page (rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/2612). Both lineups fetched cleanly on the first pass with real, varied squad numbers and complete 4-player benches — no position-order renumbering artifact encountered. Leeds' starting thirteen matches this round's Qualifying Semi-Final entry for the club exactly, number-for-number, with the bench showing Graham Holroyd in place of the Qualifying Final's Marvin Golden — ordinary bench rotation, not a data-quality concern — giving strong cross-match confirmation across all three of Leeds' appearances so far this round. St Helens' lineup matches both the Elimination Final and Elimination Semi-Final entries for the club exactly, number-for-number, the strongest possible cross-match confirmation available for this club: identical across all three of its 1998 finals appearances to date. Coaches: Graham Murray (Leeds Rhinos) and Shaun McRae (St Helens), both reused from this round's already-established 1998 tenures.