Wigan Warriors complete historic quadruple as Bevan French’s stunning solo try lights up Super League Grand Final win over Hull Kingston Rovers
and League Leaders’ Shield this season
Labour in power, Oasis selling out stadiums and now Wigan Warriors reigning supreme in rugby league. No, this is not the 1990s but 2024. And the glory days are well and truly back for the Cherry and Whites.
The great Wigan side of the 90s are sporting immortals, winning seven straight top-flight titles and eight successive Challenge Cup trophies. Yet on Saturday night Matt Peet’s Class of 24 accomplished something even that legendary team could not — winning all four major trophies in the same season.
By beating Hull KR in the Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford on Saturday, courtesy of Bevan French’s stunning solo try, they added to their World Club Challenge, Challenge Cup and League Leaders’ Shield successes. And their unprecedented quadruple makes it seven trophies in three seasons for the Warriors since the peerless Peet was installed as their head coach.
As for Hull KR, their long wait for a trophy goes on. They had come to Old Trafford looking to claim their first Super League crown — and first top-flight title in 39 years — in their maiden Grand Final appearance.
Having finished bottom of Super League only four years ago, they have enjoyed a fairytale rise under coach Willie Peters. But they were not able to complete their Cinderella story, meaning their winger Ryan Hall — Super League’s record try scorer — also lost his first Grand Final in his seventh outing in his last match before re-joining Leeds Rhinos.
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