2017 Super League Grand Final

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Castleford Tigers	30	25	0	5	965	536	+429	50
2	Leeds Rhinos	30	20	0	10	749	623	+126	40

Finishing top of the table in the regular season, Castleford qualified directly to the play-off semi-final where they met St Helens at home. The game went to golden point extra time before a Luke Gale drop goal gave Castleford the win 23–22.^[3]

Leeds also had direct qualification to the semi-final where they hosted Hull F.C. at Headingley. In another close game it was Leeds who triumphed 18–16.^[4]

Prior the 2017 Super League Grand Final, Castleford and Leeds had met four previous times during the year with Castleford winning all four encounters including a 66-10 victory in round 3. Castleford went into the match as heavy favourites to win their first ever championship however in the grand final itself, Leeds would comfortably win 24-6 with Castleford's only points coming in the final minute of the match.^[5]

7 October 2017

Castleford Tigers	6–24	Leeds Rhinos
Tries: Foster Goals: Gale		Tries: Briscoe (2) McGuire (2) Goals: Watkins (3) Drop Goals: McGuire (2)

Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 72,827[6] Referee: James Child (Batley & Dewsbury)

Castleford Tigers		Position	Leeds Rhinos
5	Greg Eden	Fullback	31	Jack Walker
2	Greg Minikin	Winger	2	Tom Briscoe
3	Jake Webster	Centre	3	Kallum Watkins
4	Michael Shenton	Centre	14	Liam Sutcliffe
25	Jy Hitchcox	Winger	5	Ryan Hall
16	Ben Roberts	Stand Off	4	Joel Moon
7	Luke Gale	Scrum half	6	Danny McGuire
14	Nathan Massey	Prop	16	Brad Singleton
9	Paul McShane	Hooker	9	Matt Parcell
15	Jesse Sene-Lefao	Prop	17	Mitch Garbutt
11	Oliver Holmes	2nd Row	11	Jamie Jones Buchanan
12	Mike McMeeken	2nd Row	13	Stevie Ward
13	Adam Milner	Loose forward	10	Adam Cuthbertson
10	Grant Millington	Interchange	7	Rob Burrow
17	Junior Moors	Interchange	12	Carl Ablett
18	Matt Cook	Interchange	19	Brett Ferres
34	Alex Foster	Interchange	20	Anthony Mullally
	Darryl Powell	Coach		Brian McDermott