St Helens 36–6 Castleford Tigers — Preliminary Final, 1999 Super League Finals Series

Preliminary Final, 1999 Super League finals series: St Helens 36–6 Castleford Tigers, at Knowsley Road, St Helens on 3 Oct 1999.

Sourcing caveat: Individual try minutes were not confirmed across sources and are omitted rather than guessed at. Lineups sourced this round from Rugby League Project's per-match page (rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/3306). Both lineups fetched cleanly with real, varied squad numbers and complete 4-player benches on the first pass. Castleford's entire thirteen and bench recurred number-for-number and unchanged from its two previous 1999 finals appearances. A genuine one-match lineup change was found and recorded as printed on the St Helens side: Fereti Tuilagi (2) starts at Second Row in place of Des Clark, who drops out of the 17 entirely, with Sean Long (7) — St Helens' regular Halfback-in-waiting/utility — moving onto the bench in the vacated slot; this is corroborated by this match's own scorer list, already present in the file before this round, crediting Long with two tries, confirming he did take the field. The change recurred identically in St Helens' Grand Final appearance six days later (see below), so it reads as a settled late-season selection shift rather than a one-off. Coaches reused from this round's own already-confirmed findings: Ellery Hanley (St Helens) and Stuart Raper (Castleford Tigers).