| 2010 World Club Challenge | |||||||||||||
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 Elland Road hosted the match | |||||||||||||
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| Date | 28 February 2010 | ||||||||||||
| Stadium | Elland Road | ||||||||||||
| Location | Leeds, West Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||
| Man of the Match | Cameron Smith  (but later stripped due to salary cap breach) | ||||||||||||
| Referee | Richard Silverwood (England) | ||||||||||||
| Attendance | 27,697 | ||||||||||||
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The 2010 World Club Challenge (known as the Gillette World Club Challenge due to sponsorship by Gillette Fusion[1]) was a rugby league tournament contested by Super League XIV champions, Leeds Rhinos, and 2009 NRL Premiers the Melbourne Storm. This was Leeds' third consecutive appearance in the World Club Challenge, and the second appearance in three years for Melbourne. Melbourne and Leeds previously played each other in the 2008 World Club Challenge with Leeds winning that match 11 - 4.
Melbourne Storm won the game 18-10;[2] however later in the year were stripped of the title (as well as its 2009 NRL premiership and other titles) after the club was found guilty of salary cap breaches. The prize money was redistributed to Leeds, but the title of World Club Champion was not.[3]
- ^ "Gillette Fusion to sponsor 2010 World Club Challenge". Super League. 20 November 2009. Archived from the original on 27 November 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
- ^ "Leeds 10-18 Melbourne". BBC Sport. 28 February 2010. Archived from the original on 1 March 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
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