south sydney has won the most grand finals in rugby league.
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south sydney
founded as leeds st. johns in 1895 the club is now known as the leeds rhinos have a long history. in recent years the team has comepted in several major finals. under coach graham murray they competed in the first super league grand final in 1998 but were defeated by wigan warriors. a year later leeds won the rugby league challenge cup, defeating london broncos at wembley in the last final held at wembley stadium before its re-building. after several years without a trophy the appointment of tony smith of coach saw leeds top the league at the end of the season and went on to be crowned super league champions on 16 october 2004 after defeating arch rivals bradford bulls 16-8 at old trafford. in 2005 the rhinos reached the final of both the challenge cup and the super league but lost both games to hull f.c. and bradford bulls respectively. leeds now hold the 2007 crown after thrashing former champions st helens 33-6 in the grand final. this was coach tony smith's final game before leaving to be g.b coach and this win makes it two grand final trophies in four years. they won the next two super league grand finals, topping the regular season league table in the latter, setting a record for the most consecutive grand final wins. they also won the crown in 2011, coming from 5th place after the regular season rounds. the team reached the challenge cup final for the first time at the redeveloped wembley stadium in 2010, and then again in 2011, losing out 6-30 to the warrington wolves and then 18-28 to wigan warriors. leeds rhinos are the best supported rugby league club in the united kingdom, their headingley ground holds up to 20,500 spectators and is regularly filled, with sell out's particularly common, at games against bradford bulls, st. helens and wigan warriors. leeds based tetley's bitter, leeds building society, jet2 and leeds carnegie are all major sponsors of the leeds rhinos.
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a grand final is a game that decides a sports league's championship (or premiership) winning team, i.e. the conclusive game of a finals (or play-off) series. synonymous with a championship game in north american sports, grand finals have become a significant part of australian culture. the earliest leagues to feature a grand final were in australian rules football, followed soon after by rugby league. currently the largest grand finals are in the australian football league (afl) and national rugby league (nrl). their popularity influenced other competitions such as soccer's a-league, the national basketball league, suncorp super netball and european rugby league's super league to adopt grand finals as well. most grand finals involve a prestigious award for the player voted best on field.
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