Significance
- Manly became the first Australian team in six years to win the World Club Challenge, since the Sydney Roosters defeated St Helens RLFC in 2003. They are only the fourth side from Australia to have won a final on British soil in the history of the event – Brisbane Broncos (1992), Melbourne Storm (2000, 2010, 2013) and Sydney Roosters (1976, 2003) being the other three.
- Manly won their first World Club Challenge at their second attempt having lost the 1987 World Club Challenge to Wigan.
- Failure to defend their World Club Challenge title from 2008 meant the Leeds Rhinos' first loss in the 2009 competitive season. They would have been the first club to have gained two consecutive titles had they won.
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