The 2002 World Club Challenge was held on Friday, 1 February 2002, at the Alfred McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield, England. The game was contested by Bradford Bulls and Newcastle Knights.
Background
Bradford Bulls The 2001 Super League Grand Final was held on Saturday 13 October 2001, at Old Trafford, Manchester, UK. The game was contested by Bradford Bulls and Wigan Warriors.
Newcastle Knights The 2001 NRL grand final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the 2001 NRL season. It was contested by the Newcastle Knights (who had finished the regular season in 3rd place), and the Parramatta Eels (who had finished the regular season in 1st place), after both sides eliminated the rest of the top eight during the finals. The attendance of 90,414 was the third highest ever seen at a rugby league match in Australia.
Match summary
Teams
FB 1Michael WithersRW 2Tevita VaikonaRC 3Scott NaylorLC 4Lee GilmourLW 5Lesley VainikoloSO 6Robbie Paul (c)SH 7Paul DeaconPR 8Joe VaganaHK 9James LowesPR 10Brian McDermottSR 11Jamie PeacockSR 12Daniel GartnerLF 13Mike ForshawSubstitutions:IC 14Leon PryceIC 15Brandon CostinIC 16Paul AndersonIC 17Stuart FieldenCoach: Brian Noble FB 1Robbie O'DavisLW 2Josh SmithRC 3Matthew GidleyLC 4Mark HughesRW 5Kurt GidleyFE 6Sean RudderHB 7Andrew Johns (c)PR 8Matt ParsonsHK 9Danny BuderusPR 10Josh PerrySR 11Daniel AbrahamSR 12Steve SimpsonLK 13Bill PedenSubstitutions:IC 14Clinton O'BrienIC 15Clint NewtonIC 16John MorrisIC 17Matt JobsonCoach: Michael Hagan
External links 2002 World Club Challenge at news.bbc.co.uk 2002 World Club Challenge at superleague.co.uk 2002 World Club Challenge at rugbyleagueproject.com