Leeds Rhinos 36–6 Wigan Warriors — Elimination Final, 2007 Super League Finals Series
5 Oct 2007 · Headingley Carnegie Stadium, Leeds · Attendance: 16,112
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Elimination Final, 2007 Super League finals series: Leeds Rhinos 36–6 Wigan Warriors, at Headingley Carnegie Stadium, Leeds on 5 Oct 2007.
Sourcing caveat: Individual try minutes were not confirmed across sources and are omitted rather than guessed at. Both lineups fetched cleanly with real, varied squad numbers; Leeds' starting thirteen (Webb 1 through Sinfield 13) cross-matched exactly, unchanged, with this club's Qualifying Semi-Final appearance a week earlier, while its bench here (Ryan Bailey 16 in place of the previous week's Jordan Tansey 23) reflects a plausible, source-confirmed personnel change rather than a fetch discrepancy. Wigan started an unchanged front-line group from its Elimination Semi-Final win but rotated its back three (Colbon to Wing, Goulding into the centres, Vaealiki to Wing) and swapped Hock into the starting second row for Hansen, who moved to the bench — every individual player's own squad number stayed identical to the earlier matches even as their on-field slot changed, giving high confidence in the numbering. Coaches (Tony Smith and Brian Noble) reused from already-established sourcing for consistency.
Scorers
| Leeds Rhinos | Tries: Burrow (2); Webb (2); Lauitiiti Goals: Sinfield (7/7 conversions) Drop goals: Sinfield (2) |
| Wigan Warriors | Tries: Richards Goals: Richards (1/1 conversions) |
Team sheets
| Leeds Rhinos | Wigan Warriors | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brent Webb | Fullback | Pat Richards | 5 |
| 2 | Scott Donald | Wing | Liam Colbon | 23 |
| 3 | Clinton Toopi | Centre | Phil Bailey | 3 |
| 4 | Keith Senior | Centre | Darrell Goulding | 20 |
| 5 | Lee Smith | Wing | David Vaealiki | 14 |
| 6 | Danny McGuire | Five-Eighth | Trent Barrett | 6 |
| 7 | Rob Burrow | Halfback | Thomas Leuluai | 7 |
| 8 | Kylie Leuluai | Prop | Stuart Fielden | 8 |
| 9 | Matt Diskin | Hooker | Shane Millard | 16 |
| 10 | Jamie Peacock | Prop | Iafeta Palea'aesina | 10 |
| 11 | Jamie Jones-Buchanan | Second Row | Gareth Hock | 11 |
| 12 | Gareth Ellis | Second Row | Bryan Fletcher | 12 |
| 13 | Kevin Sinfield | Lock | Sean O'Loughlin | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Ali Lauiti'iti | Mick Higham | 9 | |
| 18 | Ian Kirke | Paul Prescott | 18 | |
| 22 | Carl Ablett | Harrison Hansen | 19 | |
| 16 | Ryan Bailey | Danny Hill | 21 | |
| Tony Smith | Coach | Brian Noble | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Steve Ganson |
Match report
Leeds Rhinos beat Wigan Warriors 36-6 at Headingley Carnegie Stadium on 5 October 2007 in a Super League Elimination Final, ending Wigan's giant-killing playoff run with a dominant, one-sided performance — Rob Burrow and Brent Webb each scored twice, and Kevin Sinfield landed all 7 goal attempts plus two field goals. The win set up an all-top-two Grand Final rematch of the regular-season pecking order against St Helens.