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football in Britain, and the fifth championship run by the

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. The season culminated in the

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between St Helens R.F.C. and

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, which St Helens won, claiming their second consecutive Championship.

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Play-offs

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

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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

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commentated for

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: ;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: ounting down until the end of match5, 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

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, and Long fancies it. Long fancies it. It's wide to West. It's wide to West.

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. 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.

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External links

Super League V at wigan.rlfans.com
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Table

Play-offs

Wide to West

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