Challenge Cup 1997

Final

St Helens 32 def. Bradford Bulls 22

Info On Record

Champions
St Helens
No. Of Teams
106
No. Of Games
107
No. Of Players
663

Final

Challenge Cup 1997
Final

St Helens
32
22 Bradford
Bulls
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/15574
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 3rd May, 1997
Referee Stuart Cummings (Widnes)
Venue Wembley (London)
Crowd 78,022
St Helens Scoresheet Bradford
Tommy MARTYN 2 T Paul LOUGHLIN
Karle HAMMOND   James LOWES
Chris JOYNT   Danny PEACOCK
Anthony SULLIVAN   Glen TOMLINSON
 
Bobbie GOULDING 6 G 3 Steve McNAMARA
St Helens Teams Bradford
Steve PRESCOTT 1 FB 1 Stuart SPRUCE
Danny ARNOLD 2 W 2 Abi EKOKU
Andy HAIGH 3 C 3 Danny PEACOCK
Paul NEWLOVE 4 C 4 Paul LOUGHLIN
Anthony SULLIVAN 5 W 5 Paul COOK
 
Tommy MARTYN 6 FE 6 Graeme BRADLEY
Bobbie GOULDING 7 HB 7 Robbie HUNTER-PAUL
 
Apollo PERELINI 8 FR 8 Brian McDERMOTT
Keiron CUNNINGHAM 9 HK 9 James LOWES
Julian O'NEILL 10 FR 10 Tahi REIHANA
Chris JOYNT 11 2R 11 Sonny NICKLE
Derek McVEY 12 2R 12 Bernard DWYER
Karle HAMMOND 13 L 13 Steve McNAMARA
 
Ian PICKAVANCE 14 B 14 Paul MEDLEY
Vila MATA'UTIA 15 B 15 Matt CALLAND
Andy NORTHEY 16 B 16 Glen TOMLINSON
Chris MORLEY 17 B 17 Simon KNOX
 
Shaun McRAE   HC   Matthew ELLIOTT
   
 

Team Info

St Helens

Previous Game:
Round 8 vs. Castleford
Next Game:
Round 9 vs. Bradford
Out:
Paul Anderson (bench)
In:
Derek McVey (second row)
Changes:
Chris Morley (second row to bench)

Bradford

Previous Game:
Round 8 vs. Sheffield
Next Game:
Round 9 vs. St Helens
Out:
Paul Anderson (front row), Jeff Wittenberg (bench), Nathan Graham (bench), Gary Christie (bench)
In:
Robbie Hunter-Paul (halfback), Tahi Reihana (front row), Bernard Dwyer (second row), Matt Calland (bench)
Changes:
Glen Tomlinson (halfback to bench), Simon Knox (second row to bench)

Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson

Sources: Richard Bailey's Rugby League World, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1998