Wigan Warriors Crowned Champions Again in 2024 The final game of the 2024 Super League season pitched the top two sides over the regular season against one another in the Grand Final at Old Trafford as defending champions Wigan Warriors looked for back-to-back trophies against a Hull KR side appearing their first ever flagship event. Traditional Grand Final day weather greeted the sides, rain pouring onto an already sodden turf, in a stadium adorned with red and white and cherry and white as the Robins looked to upset the formbook and the bookies odds and become only the fifth name to be etched onto the trophy. The Warriors were handicapped by six points on the coupon, but many pundits thought that the gap would be wide in Wigan’s favour after two wins in the three meetings between the two sides this season, although only four points separated the sides the last time that they met at the beginning of September. READ MORE ON THIS STORY...

Wigan Warriors Crowned Champions Again in 2024 The final game of the 2024 Super League season pitched the top two sides over the regular season against one another in the Grand Final at Old Trafford as defending champions Wigan Warriors looked for back-to-back trophies against a Hull KR side appearing their first ever flagship event. Traditional Grand Final day weather greeted the sides, rain pouring onto an already sodden turf, in a stadium adorned with red and white and cherry and white as the Robins looked to upset the formbook and the bookies odds and become only the fifth name to be etched onto the trophy. The Warriors were handicapped by six points on the coupon, but many pundits thought that the gap would be wide in Wigan’s favour after two wins in the three meetings between the two sides this season, although only four points separated the sides the last time that they met at the beginning of September. READ MORE ON THIS STORY...

CHAMPIONEES

Well done gents.

Great achievement especially to win all four titles this season. Really looks like we and all other teams are light years away.

P.s. glad you won. Revenge was had, Pinocchio isn’t laughing anymore.

Enjoy.

For me we were nowhere near light years ahead of Hull KR tonight, it took a great individual moment and great defence to win today, I think Hull KR will be kicking themselves, they had the territory but really didn’t chance their arm.

Luke Thompson my MOM by a distance.

He was great, but then, he always is. Another great team performance.

Just watched the BBC highlights - brilliant defence from both teams & it could've gone either way at any time.
However, that hit on Junior....Burgess comes in with a forearm to his head whilst on the ground, then jogs away like butter isn't melting. If that's not picked up by the disciplinary, wtf are they watching? Never had Budgy as a dirty player but that was as bad as it gets.

I couldn’t see the replay from where I was sat but I was very surprised how a player could get dropped like that and not be some sort of foul play. I will have to watch the replay to comment properly.

I disagree, we had ample opportunity to put that game to bed, HKR never looked like scoring. That’s not to say that they didn’t put a great shift in though.

It didn’t show the full replay.

I agree we looked more threatening but I thought they got the better of the arm wrestle for long parts and made more meters in the forwards and had better field position.

Phenomenal performance at both ends of the pitch. A proper final performance. Did what we needed to at the right times and kept the intensity going until the 80th minute. We ARE the greatest SL era team no matter what any other fan says, the history book proves them wrong. To a man last night, they were all outstanding. Smith, French, Thompson, Havard just to name a few but i have to give a big rap to Adam Keighran too. I thought he was superb last night in both facets of the game. The jury on him was out for me half way through the season but he has properly got into the groove in the second half of the season. Walters (though didn't play) has started making strides and Leeming got better and better as the season went on. Half way through the season i thought only Thompson was living up to being a Wigan starter but they have all shown they are well worthy and i am more than happy to be proved wrong. Let's hope they keep the bit between their teeth and go again and want to do it again next season.

Marshall dropped a walk in try and Wardle bumbled another try.

The game wasn't as close as the score line suggests.

I didn't really understand the disallowed try in the first half either. Thompson was pinged for offside but he didn't seem to be anywhere near the ball.

Technically he was (just) within the 10m of the ball when it landed even though he was doing absolutely nothing to effect the play in any way, he even stopped and held his position when he realised he could be within the 10.One of those daft rules that really needs looking at.

I'd always assumed, it seems wrongly, that in that situation, the 10 m was measured 'as the crow files', the distance between the players in question, but is it 10 m measured along the pitch?

I think they are changing that rule before next season (I think I read that a few weeks back anyway).

It ruined what was an incredible finish by Marshall.

He looked confident that he'd got it down. Did TV ever show proof that he did? I tried to pause it on the BBC highlights yesterday but was probably a split second too late and at that point both the ball and his other arm were down, with his non ball carrying arm being in touch (I do think the ball may well have got down first though).

He certainly wasn't within the 10. When watching it live I thought the referee had penalised Wardle. That rule could be applied to every kick downfield.

It is a pity that the Sky action didn't show it in slow motion. My view, and I was sitting in the South Stand, is that Marshall scored.

Definitely scored

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Thought he probably had. It would've been a gutter to look back on had we not won on Saturday, with that near miss, as well as the Wardle one.

Just a mention for a few who've flown under the radar a little.

Tom Forber's been so impressive since coming into the team and was great again on Saturday. Brilliant how he's reached such a high level with so little first team experience.

Liam Byrne's been rock solid the last few weeks of the year. Nothing flashy and it would be nice to think there's more improvement in him but he's been very reliable.

Adam Keighran got little ball but he was a star defensively. Still think he's probably a left sided player playing on the right but he's been a great asset to the team across the year.

That rule either needs changing or applying consistently. We constantly see players encroaching following kicks but rarely penalised unless it results in a try. I accept that Thompson was offside under the letter of the law but he was not interfering with play.