Year: | 2024 |
Betfred Super League Grand Final | |
Home: | Wigan Warriors |
Away: | Hull KR |
Home Abbr: | WIG |
Away Abbr: | HKR |
Home Half1: | 7 |
Home Half2: | 2 |
Home Total: | 9 |
Away Half1: | 0 |
Away Half2: | 2 |
Away Total: | 2 |
Date: | 12 October 2024 |
Location: | Manchester, England |
Mom Title: | Rob Burrow Award |
Mom: | Bevan French |
Anthem Title: | Jerusalem |
Anthem: | Laura Wright |
Referee: | Chris Kendall |
Attendance: | 68,173 |
Stadium: | Old Trafford |
Network: | Sky Sports (live) BBC Two (highlights) ![]() SuperLeague+ |
Tournaments: | Super League Grand Final |
Last: | 2023 |
Next: | 2025 |
The 2024 Super League Grand Final, named the 2024 Betfred Super League Grand Final for sponsorship reasons, was the 27th official Super League Grand Final and the championship-deciding rugby league game of the 2024 Super League season. The match saw Wigan Warriors take on Hull KR at Old Trafford in Manchester, England.
Wigan Warriors were the defending champions, having won six titles including in 2023, while Hull KR were making their first appearance at a Grand Final, having last won a league title in the First Division, the Super League's predecessor, in 1985.
Wigan successfully retained their title with a narrow 9–2 victory to claim their seventh Super League title, and in doing so, become the first team in Super League era to win all 4 major trophies in the same year.
Team | |||||||||
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1 | Wigan Warriors | 27 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 723 | 338 | +385 | 44 |
2 | 27 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 719 | 326 | +393 | 42 | |
Round | Opposition | Score | |
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scope=row style="text-align:center" | Semi-final | Leigh Leopards (H) | 38–0 |
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue. |
2023 Grand Final winners Wigan finished the regular season as league leaders, earning the Warriors a bye to the semi-final. They played the lowest ranked winner from the eliminators, which was the Leigh Leopards.
Final score: Wigan Warriors 38–0 Leigh Leopards[1]
Round | Opposition | Score | |
---|---|---|---|
scope=row style="text-align:center" | Semi-final | Warrington Wolves (H) | 10–8 |
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue. |
Hull Kingston Rovers ended the regular season in 2nd place, having lost a highly contested match against Wigan in the 25th round of the season. The position earned them a bye to the semi-finals, where they would play the highest ranked winner of the Eliminators, which was the Warrington Wolves.
Final score: Hull Kingston Rovers 10-8 Warrington Wolves[2]
The 2024 Super League season marked the introduction of the SuperLeague+ over-the-top streaming platform, allowing for the Grand Final to be broadcast globally on the platform alongside terrestrial broadcasters.[3]
In the United Kingdom, Sky Sports aired the event, with highlights on terrestrial channel BBC Two.[4]
Sky Sport's coverage was shared globally with Fox League in Australia and the US, Digicel in the Pacific Region, Premier Sports in South East Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, ESPN Africa in Central and Southern Africa, Sportsnet in Canada, SportsMax in the Caribbean and Sportdigital in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.
Pre-match and half-time entertainment was provided by The Lathums.[5]
Chris Kendall was the referee for the match, with Richard Thompson and Johnny Roberts as touch judges. Liam Moore was the video referee, while Jack Smith was the reserve referee.[6]
The Wigan Warriors squad remained unchanged following their semi-final match against Leigh.[7]
Hull KR's centre Oliver Gildart was replaced by Jack Broadbent, following his performance in the semi-final against Warrington, while captain and loose forward Elliot Minchella, returned to the squad following a two-match ban, displacing Matty Storton to a substitution. Dean Hadley was assigned as second-row, having covered for Minchella as loose forward during his ban.[8]
Wigan Warriors | Position | Hull KR | ||
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1 | Jai Field | 2 | Niall Evalds | |
2 | 35 | |||
3 | 1 | |||
4 | 36 | |||
5 | Liam Marshall | 5 | Ryan Hall | |
6 | 27 | Tyrone May | ||
7 | Harry Smith | 7 | Mikey Lewis | |
8 | 8 | |||
17 | 14 | |||
16 | 16 | |||
21 | 11 | |||
12 | 12 | |||
13 | 13 | |||
10 | Interchange | 9 | ||
15 | 15 | |||
19 | 17 | |||
27 | 20 | |||
Head coach |