Leeds Rhinos 40–12 Wigan Warriors — Elimination Final, 2004 Super League Finals Series

Elimination Final, 2004 Super League finals series: Leeds Rhinos 40–12 Wigan Warriors, at Headingley, Leeds on 8 Oct 2004.

Sourcing caveat: An initial extraction of this match only surfaced Marcus Bai's hat-trick, leaving Leeds' scoring well short of their actual total; the full seven-try list was confirmed via a dedicated verification pass against a Yorkshire Post retrospective and now reconciles exactly. Both lineups fetched cleanly with real, varied squad numbers and no suspicious sequential index, so no re-fetch was needed. Leeds' starting thirteen and bench here are identical, player-for-player and number-for-number, to the entry independently sourced for `super_league_grand_finals.py`'s pre-existing 2004 Grand Final record (also fielded a week later against the same opponent) — a clean cross-source confirmation for every Leeds squad number in this match, including Kevin Sinfield reverting to Five-Eighth (with Danny McGuire at Halfback) from the Lock/Halfback combination used the week before in the Qualifying Semi-Final. Wigan's starting thirteen was unchanged from its two earlier 2004 finals appearances, with the bench rotated again (Mick Cassidy at 11 in for Brian Carney/Gary Connolly). Coaches reused from this round's own already-established findings: Tony Smith (Leeds) and Denis Betts (Wigan).