October 26: In front of a record crowd at Old Trafford, St Helens clinched a 19-18 victory over the Bradford Bulls in the Super League grand final.
Long defies broken jaw
October 24: Sean Long played with a suspected broken jaw in last Saturday's Super League grand final, when he kicked the match winning drop goal for St Helens.
Lowes rages as Saints clinch title thriller
St Helens 24 - 8 Wigan
Bulls hold off Saints rally
September 2002
Wigan and Leeds advance with the help of some video nastiness
September 30: Wigan advanced to the next round of the Super League play-offs with victory over Castleford but both teams questioned the performance of the video referee.
Broncos alive and kicking
Andy Wilson reports on the Super League's greatest survival story - London Broncos who have a slim chance of qualifying for the Super League grand-final play-offs.
Halifax ask players to accept pay cut
Leeds secure play-off spot
Halifax clinch their spot
August 2002
Clubs back tri-series
August 23: The Super League clubs have agreed in principle to a mid-summer break to allow Great Britain to play a tri-series in Australia and New Zealand.
League ponders summer holiday
August 22:The Super League clubs have discovered that a change of season is no guarantee of success and will today debate the possibility of taking a break next July.
Saints reveal huge loss
August 21: St Helens said yesterday that they lost almost £1m in the last financial year despite winning the Challenge Cup, Super League and World Club Championship.
May 2002
Sinning Saints hauled up in front of RFL
The Rugby Football League have ruled that St Helens have a case to answer to after resting 12 players for their Super League match with Bradford the week before the Challenge Cup final.
April 2002
Saints defiant over skeleton team inquiry
April 23: A defiant St Helens have refused to cooperate with an RFL investigation into the skeleton team they fielded at Bradford at the weekend.
Saints in dock for fielding weak team
April 22: The Bradford Bulls chairman has accused St Helens of jeopardising the future funding of the Super League after they fielded a seriously weakened team in what should have been this showpiece fixture.
Landmark Bulls Bradford win 1,000th game
April 2: The 1,000th Super League match was a bit too one-sided to prove an adequate celebration, but did reflect the current dichotomy in the game.
March 2002
Saints to clear debts
Challenge Cup holders St Helens have come up with a plan to wipe out more than £1m of debt and leave them with a cash bonus of £625,000.
The Brits are booming
March 2: With Britons at the helm of Bradford, Castleford, Leeds, Wakefield and Widnes, home rule is back in vogue in the Super League.
Wigan raise smoke on the Bulls' trail
Andy Wilson
March 1: Crisis? What crisis? Andy Wilson welcomes the opening night of an open Super League.
