Super League Grand Final: St Helens 24-12 Leeds Rhinos

The Super League Grand Final was the fourth in a row that St. Helens had won, breaking the previous record of three.

The lead was quickly taken by Saints, with Jon Bennison sending them further in front.

Kruise Leeming was able to cut the deficit on the verge of half-time.

Saints' lead was extended to 18 points by Mark Percival before the end of the game.

In his three seasons in charge, Woolf has won the showpiece end-of-season event in each of them.

St.Helens became the first team to win four Super League titles in a row under Holbrook and they also beat Leeds to win a ninth Grand Final.

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Despite a valiant effort from Rhinos, particularly in a surging end to the first half, they were undone by a resolute St Saints performance.

James Roby equalled Jamie Peacock's record of playing in 11 Grand Finals as he started for the reigning champion.

One of the fastest tries in a Grand Final was scored by Lees when he touched down after being sent through by the Saints.

Jack Welsby put in a perfectly weighted kick for Bennison to go in at the corner as Saints raced to a 12-0 lead.

Leeming powered over just before the half-time hooter to give the visitors a 2-0 lead.

Just minutes into the second half, Hurrell was able to cross the line despite the best efforts of his former team.

They were out of sight by the time Martin's try came.

St Helens' pathway to dominance

St Helens' victory establishes them as one of the greatest teams in the Super League era and they are only the second team to achieve three titles in a row.

As an assistant to former England and Great Britain coach Wayne Bennett, Woolf will be leaving his position as head coach of the Dolphins next season.

Under the leadership of another Australian, Holbrook laid the foundations for Saints' current dominance.

In Holbrook's first season with the club, the club won the title for the second year in a row, after beating the Red Devil's at Old Manchester.

Welsby scored the winning points in an empty KCOM Stadium at the end of a thrilling encounter with Wigan, but with the country slowly easing out of restrictions this time last year, Saints beat Catalans in front of a reduced crowd.

Saints have lost to the Rhinos four times in finals since 2007, and there was controversy in the run-up to the final.

Morgan was starting for Saints even though he was initially banned for dangerous contact on Chris Atkin.

The ban was overturned after Saints won a second appeal against it.

As his name was read out before the start of the final, the loose forward was booed by the crowd at Elland Road but avoided any further controversy as the Saints dominated with a fine team performance to win.

Immense turnaround despite final defeat

Despite being off the pace compared to most of their rivals, the Rhinos turned their campaign around.

The club won just one of their first six games before Agar stepped down.

Prior to Rohan Smith's appointment in April, Jamie Jones-Buchanan took over on an interim basis, and since then, they have put together a good run of form.

They had won 11 of 13 matches coming into the Grand Final.

After finishing fifth in the league, they reached the final for a third time, an impressive achievement in such a short time.

They had looked in with a shout of forcing an upset when Leeming scored just before the break.

They weren't able to break free of Saints' hold on them.

Bennison, Makinson, Hurrell, Hopoate, Welsby, Paasi, Roby, Lees, Batchelor, Sironen, and the list goes on.

Mata'utia, Lussick, Wingfield and McCarthy-Scarsbrook were added to the roster.

Myler, Briscoe, Hardaker, Handley, Austin, Smith, O'Connor, Oledzki, Martin, Prior, and O'Connor are all from the same club.

Thompson, Leeming, Walters and Donaldson were added to the roster.

Liam Moore was the referee