# 2000 Super League season

Tetley's Bitter Super League was the official name for the year 2000's Super League championship season, the 106th season of top-level professional rugby league football in Britain, and the fifth championship run by the Super League. The season culminated in the Grand Final between St Helens R.F.C. and Wigan Warriors, which St Helens won, claiming their second consecutive Championship.

## Table

Super League V :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Wigan Warriors (L) | 28 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 960 | 405 | +555 | 49 | Semi Final |
| 2 | St Helens (C) | 28 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 988 | 627 | +361 | 46 | Qualifying Semi Final |
| 3 | Bradford Bulls | 28 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 1004 | 408 | +596 | 43 | Qualifying Semi Final |
| 4 | Leeds Rhinos | 28 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 692 | 626 | +66 | 34 | Elimination Semi Final |
| 5 | Castleford Tigers | 28 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 585 | 571 | +14 | 34 | Elimination Semi Final |
| 6 | Warrington Wolves | 28 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 735 | 817 | −82 | 26 | |
| 7 | Hull F.C. | 28 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 630 | 681 | −51 | 25 | |
| 8 | Halifax Blue Sox | 28 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 664 | 703 | −39 | 23 | |
| 9 | Salford City Reds | 28 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 542 | 910 | −368 | 20 | |
| 10 | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 557 | 771 | −214 | 16 | |
| 11 | London Broncos | 28 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 456 | 770 | −314 | 12 | |
| 12 | Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants | 28 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 502 | 1026 | −524 | 8 | |

## Play-offs

| Qualifying play-off | Qualifying play-off | Qualifying play-off | Qualifying semi-final | Qualifying semi-final | Qualifying semi-final | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Grand Final | Grand Final | Grand Final |
| | | | 1 | Wigan Warriors | 16 | | | | St. Helens | 29 |
| | | | | St. Helens | 54 | | | | Wigan Warriors | Wigan Warriors | 16 |
| 2 | St. Helens | 16 | | | | Wigan Warriors | Wigan Warriors | 40 | | | |
| 3 | Bradford Bulls | 11 | Elimination semi-final | Elimination semi-final | Elimination semi-final | Bradford Bulls | Bradford Bulls | 12 | | | |
| | | | Bradford Bulls | Bradford Bulls | 46 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Leeds Rhinos | 22 | Leeds Rhinos | Leeds Rhinos | 12 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Castleford Tigers | 14 | | | | | | | | | |

### Wide to West

St Helens, who finished second in the regular season table, hosted Bradford Bulls for the qualifying play-off in week one of the play-offs. One of Super League's most well known tries was scored in the final seconds of the match. Bradford led the game 11–10 into the final minute when, deep in the St Helens half with the match seemingly lost, St Helens were awarded a penalty. The try scored on the second tackle by Chris Joynt became known as "Wide to West" due to the phrase being used in live commentary by Eddie Hemmings. St Helens won 16–11.
Eddie Hemmings and Mike Stephenson commentated for Sky Sports:

#### Hemmings

    It's gonna be the match for Bradford.

#### Stephenson

    He's given a penalty.

#### Hemmings

    Oh, he has.

#### Stephenson

    He'd called held there. They're still not out of it. Oh, they've taken a short one, they know they've only got ten seconds. Will they get this play-the-ball in? They're holding him down.

#### Crowd

    [counting down until the end of match] 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

#### Hemmings

    Sculthorpe wants to get on with it, Bradford: counting down.

#### Stephenson

    Kick and chase now?

#### Hemmings

    This is the last play. Long... kicks it wide to Iro. Iro to Hall. Hall is trapped. Back it goes to Hoppe. Over the shoulder to Hall. There is Jonkers. Here is Long, and Long fancies it. Long fancies it. It's wide to West. It's wide to West. Dwayne West. Inside to Joynt. Joynt. JOYNT. JOYNT! OH! OH! FANTASTIC!

#### Stephenson

    I wouldn't believe it!

#### Hemmings

    They've won it, they've won it, they've won it. Chris Joynt; Chris Joynt has won it. It is unbelievable here, it is, frankly, unbelievable. Chris Joynt has won the match for St Helens.