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The Wolves arrived with the league leaders shield already in the trophy | :00:39. | :00:45. | |
cabinet, but defeat to Hull at Wembley rev into their chances of | :00:46. | :00:49. | |
doing the trouble. They've never won here at Old Trafford, but arrived | :00:50. | :00:54. | |
with the best attacking Super League this season. They are going to need | :00:55. | :00:58. | |
it if they want to do the double. The Warriors have been one of the | :00:59. | :01:02. | |
best offensive teams at this season but they are looking to avoid three | :01:03. | :01:07. | |
successive defeats at the Theatre of dreams. Shaun Wane says the anyway | :01:08. | :01:11. | |
to drive out of here is with a trophy on the bus. It is one versus | :01:12. | :01:19. | |
two. It is the Super League Grand Final. Warrington, Wigan. Two towns | :01:20. | :01:28. | |
where rugby league is king. But there's only one crown. A theatre of | :01:29. | :01:35. | |
dreams will provide the stage for rugby league royalty to stake their | :01:36. | :01:42. | |
claim for a 2016 coronation. Twice already these great clubs have | :01:43. | :01:48. | |
fought each other at Old Trafford. Nearly 30 years ago, Wigan with | :01:49. | :01:56. | |
Shaun Wane as that foot soldier, earned success. Three years ago with | :01:57. | :02:01. | |
Shaun Wane as general they won again. But Wigan have lost their | :02:02. | :02:07. | |
last two finals in this arena, and Warrington have their own veteran of | :02:08. | :02:12. | |
the winner 's podium. Twice Tony Smith lead leads to Grand Final | :02:13. | :02:20. | |
glory. Could he inspire the desperate Wolves to a first league | :02:21. | :02:26. | |
title since 1955? Or at the third time of asking, will the battle | :02:27. | :02:30. | |
scarred Warriors finally take that crown? Joining us here are two men | :02:31. | :02:40. | |
who know just a bit about winning at Old Trafford, player and coach Kevin | :02:41. | :02:45. | |
Sinfield and Brian Noble. How strange for you to be stood here in | :02:46. | :02:49. | |
a suit and not have your beats on getting ready? It's a bit different | :02:50. | :02:53. | |
but it's great to be here and experience it. As you can hear the | :02:54. | :02:57. | |
noise behind us, it's been an incredible experience. I've really | :02:58. | :03:01. | |
enjoyed it. We are in for a great game. It should be a really special | :03:02. | :03:07. | |
game. We've got the best attack and the best defence, toss of a coin | :03:08. | :03:13. | |
might separate these teams. If Wigan play a bit more expansively Bell | :03:14. | :03:18. | |
challenge Warrington. I did think Warrington can change, it's in their | :03:19. | :03:22. | |
DNA, they are going to throw the ball around. What did you make of | :03:23. | :03:27. | |
Warrington's performance and what about the transformation of Tom | :03:28. | :03:31. | |
Lineham? I think they've been really disciplined the last few weeks. | :03:32. | :03:38. | |
After Wembley is always difficult. Tony has got them firing, they've | :03:39. | :03:42. | |
got some fantastic English players. The one who really stepped up for me | :03:43. | :03:50. | |
last week was Stefan Ratchford. For Wigan, the last few weeks they've | :03:51. | :03:54. | |
shown character and spirit, haven't they? And they have started to throw | :03:55. | :03:59. | |
the ball around. They are resilient. I hope they haven't thrown the ball | :04:00. | :04:03. | |
around with a view to catch up football. They are structured, they | :04:04. | :04:07. | |
are tough, they are going to be hard to break down. I think there's a | :04:08. | :04:11. | |
belief in the camp. I think they will really fancy it. Don't buy into | :04:12. | :04:16. | |
Shaun Wane's apparent we are the only using kids, they've got eight | :04:17. | :04:26. | |
or nine internationals in that team as well. I think we are in for a | :04:27. | :04:28. | |
bopper. Sean O'Loughlin is back, he's on the bench. Is that a gamble? | :04:29. | :04:32. | |
I don't think it's a gamble. With that quality you have to play him. | :04:33. | :04:37. | |
It surprised me he's not starting but a great addition to the team. | :04:38. | :04:41. | |
Going into today, there needs to be a story or a cause behind the team. | :04:42. | :04:46. | |
They've both got that. Warrington having never won it since 1955 and | :04:47. | :04:52. | |
lost on the last two occasions, Wigan staring down the barrel of a | :04:53. | :04:56. | |
third successive defeat. They want to win it but also get their monkeys | :04:57. | :05:01. | |
off their back. It will be the 2016 Super League champions? | :05:02. | :05:09. | |
COMMENTATOR: These are the moments that get you. This walk out of the | :05:10. | :05:20. | |
tunnel into the intense noise, the intense heat. Here they come to the | :05:21. | :05:25. | |
annual wall of noise. Not just one of rugby league's great occasions | :05:26. | :05:29. | |
but a highlight of the sporting calendar, now. It is another wow | :05:30. | :05:39. | |
moment at Old Trafford ahead of this Grand Final, and two clubs who can | :05:40. | :05:44. | |
claim every right to be here this year. Wigan and Warrington. They | :05:45. | :05:55. | |
finish second and first. This is the way they are lining up tonight. | :05:56. | :06:02. | |
Chris Sandow after a spell of injury absence is amongst the Interchange | :06:03. | :06:06. | |
players. He has potential to add some real magic to this occasion if | :06:07. | :06:11. | |
he is firing on all cylinders. A handful of individuals in that | :06:12. | :06:16. | |
Warrington side will have big parts to play. Wigan likewise on the | :06:17. | :06:21. | |
bench, touch and go all week for skipper Sean O'Loughlin but he's | :06:22. | :06:24. | |
named and he could have a crucial part to play when he comes on. But | :06:25. | :06:30. | |
again, if he holds out in the heat of this battle. Robert Hicks is the | :06:31. | :06:34. | |
referee for this one as well. It will be Wigan to get us under | :06:35. | :06:51. | |
way. 61 years since Warrington lifted rugby league's most prized | :06:52. | :06:57. | |
crown. Can they rewrite history tonight? Only four years for Wigan, | :06:58. | :07:02. | |
defeats in their last two Grand Finals have left a rather bitter | :07:03. | :07:06. | |
taste that they would love to rinse away. What are we expecting here | :07:07. | :07:18. | |
tonight? Going into the semifinals, it was difficult to pick the winner. | :07:19. | :07:23. | |
After Warrington's performance against St Helens, especially Sims | :07:24. | :07:33. | |
and Hill, they just didn't have the edge but it's all about the | :07:34. | :07:36. | |
composure. Whoever keeps their composure I think will win this | :07:37. | :07:41. | |
game. Straightaway a lovely kick there from Declan Patton. He's been | :07:42. | :07:47. | |
chosen in the starting line-up. Looked after the ball, good kick, | :07:48. | :07:51. | |
good chase. Now they'll be challenging Wigan with their | :07:52. | :07:54. | |
defensive effort. The two men on the bench tonight who had so much | :07:55. | :08:00. | |
chatter about them in the week, Chris Sandow and Shauna Lockman, the | :08:01. | :08:04. | |
fact they are on the bench is a reflection they are simply not fully | :08:05. | :08:09. | |
fit. They are a gamble. They are a gamble but they are special players | :08:10. | :08:14. | |
and they might be needed. There's knock-on by Bateman. It was on | :08:15. | :08:19. | |
target when it came him. Scrappy first set of six by Wigan. They went | :08:20. | :08:24. | |
across the field very early. It's an off-load, scrappy play. Renowned for | :08:25. | :08:32. | |
looking after the ball and challenging the opposition. They are | :08:33. | :08:39. | |
deep in their own half. That's a significant tactic therefore the | :08:40. | :08:43. | |
Cherry and Whites. Unsuccessful this time. Advantage Warrington, here. | :08:44. | :08:55. | |
Scrum and possession inside enemy territory. Ashton Sims. Here comes | :08:56. | :09:06. | |
Hill... 25 yards away when he gets up and plays him. They tried to find | :09:07. | :09:15. | |
a bit of wits, here. Wilde to his feet. It's back with Gidley again. | :09:16. | :09:22. | |
Well met by the Wigan defenders. This is good early pressure that | :09:23. | :09:26. | |
Warrington are putting on, here. Out come the defenders from Wigan again. | :09:27. | :09:33. | |
Final tackle, final play in this set. Gidley with a kick towards his | :09:34. | :09:40. | |
right hand side. Terrific leap by Lineham. Evans with a stutter and a | :09:41. | :09:47. | |
step but too many defenders. Tremendous defence for Wigan but | :09:48. | :09:53. | |
they are asking questions of Warrington Wolves in that set of | :09:54. | :09:57. | |
six. Shaun Wane looking on, the head coach. Williams... Sarginson the | :09:58. | :10:10. | |
full-back in the line, he drops it away, keeps it alive. Williams is | :10:11. | :10:16. | |
offering a threat, here. He's got support from Bateman, the ever | :10:17. | :10:20. | |
direct John Bateman. He's going to get a penalty. He was trying to get | :10:21. | :10:29. | |
a quick play of the ball. A great opportunity for Powell. He was | :10:30. | :10:38. | |
lucky, there. There's no control of the speed of the play of the ball. | :10:39. | :10:43. | |
It was a second effort that brought Bateman to the ground. It will be a | :10:44. | :10:47. | |
simple two points the Wigan Warriors. Wigan fans in good voice. | :10:48. | :10:54. | |
In terms of nerve settlers, they don't come much easier than this. | :10:55. | :11:03. | |
For Matty Smith, he's kicking it into the gale of the noise created | :11:04. | :11:08. | |
by the supporters. Wigan have the lead. | :11:09. | :11:13. | |
Russell, scampering on. Warrington with Sims. Bold it away to Wilde. | :11:14. | :11:26. | |
When it comes eventually to Lineham. No depth to hit the ball at pace. | :11:27. | :11:32. | |
Gidley's kick is on the touchline and that in the circumstances... | :11:33. | :11:37. | |
It's going to keep in. It's a very good kick regardless. With that | :11:38. | :11:42. | |
chase there from Warrington it could start an opportunity. Nice, neat | :11:43. | :11:53. | |
pick-up. His dad Jason Robinson played in the first ever Grand | :11:54. | :11:59. | |
Final. First Grand Final combination of father and son. This is Crosby. | :12:00. | :12:09. | |
Inside to Farrell who bursts with energy through the gap! Gets the | :12:10. | :12:21. | |
past away, Warrington's defends razor sharp when they to be. He | :12:22. | :12:29. | |
threw a forward pass to Charnley. It's no try. They should have been | :12:30. | :12:35. | |
celebrating... Brilliant defensive play by Rhys Evans. If you're | :12:36. | :12:41. | |
talking about depth, just watch this play. Rhys Evans, look at him. They | :12:42. | :12:50. | |
keep the ball going and they have to score. As I said before the game, | :12:51. | :12:55. | |
compose you will win you this game. That was eight brilliant opportunity | :12:56. | :13:03. | |
for Wigan. Lovely play, though. Inside ball. | :13:04. | :13:13. | |
It's all right knowing it's coming, it's stopping it when it looks good, | :13:14. | :13:20. | |
that's the problem. That's very high. Charnley leaps... He's knocked | :13:21. | :13:30. | |
on! Josh Charnley knocks on. Warrington get their result. Poor | :13:31. | :13:39. | |
technique, that. The elbows needed to be together, there. I don't know | :13:40. | :13:44. | |
whether he needed to take off either. He could have remained on | :13:45. | :13:49. | |
the ground. I agree. I think players go airborne because they think they | :13:50. | :13:54. | |
are not contested, then. You've got to attack the ball and Charnley was | :13:55. | :13:59. | |
way off. Chance for Warrington, here. An excellent opportunity from | :14:00. | :14:05. | |
an excellent starting position. Toby King gets up and plays. He is | :14:06. | :14:16. | |
Atkins... Gidley with a short pass. Ashton Sims smashing onto it. That's | :14:17. | :14:23. | |
a rugged Wigan defence. Didn't go too quick. Gidley, again. King with | :14:24. | :14:33. | |
a flipped pass! Its Warrington's turned to blow a chance. Two | :14:34. | :14:41. | |
opportunities, blown. A tremendous off-load, there. Difficult one to | :14:42. | :14:44. | |
take. But when you're playing at this level in a game of this | :14:45. | :14:49. | |
importance, those are the game breakers. Ryan Atkins put that one | :14:50. | :14:54. | |
down. The noise has barely subsided from the minute they walked out at | :14:55. | :15:00. | |
Old Trafford. Just that one kick so far separating Matty Smith's early | :15:01. | :15:09. | |
penalty. But a chance appease. They've got moments to regret, | :15:10. | :15:10. | |
moments to be relieved about. A high tempo game, very quickly | :15:11. | :15:21. | |
indeed. John Bateman just keeps going. He doesn't look much, but he | :15:22. | :15:26. | |
is hard to stop. Here comes Williams. That was topped on. -- | :15:27. | :15:37. | |
tapped on. They really rushed the Wigan ball-carriers there, put | :15:38. | :15:43. | |
pressure on the skill, and they went to tap on Gildart. He tapped it | :15:44. | :15:47. | |
forward. Rhys Evans will take it just about | :15:48. | :16:11. | |
inside Wigan territory. Duties are taken on by the outside backs | :16:12. | :16:18. | |
momentarily. Three tackles to go, Warrington are 20 metres away. Hill | :16:19. | :16:23. | |
will add a bit of muscularity to the situation. Clark, darting to the | :16:24. | :16:34. | |
left-hand side. Patton! Oh, yes! Declan Patton, absolutely wonderful! | :16:35. | :16:39. | |
Years the local lad who has become a local hero in the last few weeks. He | :16:40. | :16:47. | |
is -- he is the local lad. A bit of a show, a bit of a go. He has the | :16:48. | :16:53. | |
strength and the wherewithal. His team-mate went over the line with | :16:54. | :16:59. | |
him. Tremendous try. Watching Matty Smith, walking back, he was tired. | :17:00. | :17:06. | |
He left too much work for Bateman. Too close to the try line. Silence | :17:07. | :17:17. | |
in the head of Declan Patton. He has a chance to add to his four. He is | :17:18. | :17:24. | |
coming of age this year, is young Declan Patton. Adding the goal to | :17:25. | :17:31. | |
his try. Warrington lead, 6-2, with 21 minutes played. Five more efforts | :17:32. | :17:41. | |
to come here from Warrington. Either through brutal force or subtlety | :17:42. | :17:52. | |
will stop -- or subtlety. Warrington have a pretty good field position. | :17:53. | :18:03. | |
Clark, again, short to Hill, who knows his way to the try line, but | :18:04. | :18:07. | |
can't find the root on that occasion. Gidley, with a little | :18:08. | :18:15. | |
double pump. Enough bodies to deny him his moment of glory. Last play, | :18:16. | :18:19. | |
here it comes. Pumped away again. Jack Hughes has lost the ball. What | :18:20. | :18:34. | |
an effort. Lost it. Sarginson again, who with ball in hand, has not... | :18:35. | :18:39. | |
Years carried the ball very well indeed. That's a great pass. | :18:40. | :18:54. | |
It's a lovely play by Williams. Tierney has got room to run. And he | :18:55. | :19:02. | |
is smashed from right, left and centre. On the sixth tackle, Wigan | :19:03. | :19:13. | |
will find themselves 15 metres away. Bateman has been taken by Atkins, | :19:14. | :19:18. | |
and Atkins is running away. He thinks he is going the length of the | :19:19. | :19:24. | |
field. As it was, he was denied, anyway. | :19:25. | :19:32. | |
He couldn't hear him. They couldn't hear his whistle from 18 yards away, | :19:33. | :19:39. | |
so he has had to run all the way downfield and say, fellows, it is a | :19:40. | :19:45. | |
penalty, follow me. They have to go all the way back to the other end of | :19:46. | :19:59. | |
the field. Years offside. He had to go back one yard. He is offside. | :20:00. | :20:13. | |
They have a history of kicking for one or two match points. Warrington | :20:14. | :20:23. | |
with a lot of defending to do. Let's see if Wigan can execute him. Cornet | :20:24. | :20:27. | |
is out wide. Line has got his number. He has him in his pocket for | :20:28. | :20:34. | |
the time being, which might not be the case for all of tonight. -- line | :20:35. | :20:48. | |
am. Bateman has done well to slip away from the original tackle. Smith | :20:49. | :20:59. | |
is spinning it back to Farrell. Farrell has missed a man out. There | :21:00. | :21:02. | |
have been a lot of wide passes detainee. Lineham is there. Caught | :21:03. | :21:13. | |
well by Westwood. That was an exceptional set of tackles for | :21:14. | :21:21. | |
Warrington Wolves. 30 seconds of the half remaining. Atkins, just beyond | :21:22. | :21:31. | |
the 30 metre mark. Bailey was stopped in his tracks. Quite | :21:32. | :21:40. | |
literally. By Sean O'Loughlin. Has that her O'Loughlin? That is the | :21:41. | :21:44. | |
question. He is jogging back to position. Last tackle, last night. | :21:45. | :21:50. | |
Belted down field by Ratchford. The hooter sounds. Stoppage in play. | :21:51. | :21:59. | |
Wigan started with a little bit of excitement, but they will go down | :22:00. | :22:03. | |
with a tackle. The hooter sounds. It is that man's try that has made all | :22:04. | :22:08. | |
the difference, Declan Patton. Ratchford restarts the second half. | :22:09. | :22:20. | |
It's not been settled yet, not by a long way. Just the one try, Declan | :22:21. | :22:30. | |
Patton, in the 21st minute. Patton, a conversion for Warrington. It's as | :22:31. | :22:33. | |
close as you would like it to be, as a neutral. Lots of excitement in the | :22:34. | :22:40. | |
first half. There were half chances, some outstanding defence. An element | :22:41. | :22:44. | |
of enterprise in the kicking game as well. The best, I feel, is still to | :22:45. | :22:51. | |
come. O'Loughlin goes back to Williams. This is a good first set | :22:52. | :23:07. | |
by Wigan. They have got themselves into some very competitive kicking. | :23:08. | :23:19. | |
Line has done well again. -- Lineham. Defensively, they are | :23:20. | :23:29. | |
clearing every kick. Bailey, driving it in. Smart and quick footwork by | :23:30. | :23:40. | |
Russell. A couple of tackles still to go in this set, the first that | :23:41. | :23:44. | |
Warrington have had in the second half. That is a good kick from | :23:45. | :23:48. | |
Patton, a really good kick. That puts Wigan on the back foot. Well | :23:49. | :23:59. | |
executed, that kick. Shaun Wane and Cole looking on full stop his side | :24:00. | :24:07. | |
have work to do, but it is well within their capabilities. Here is | :24:08. | :24:14. | |
Tierney on the left-hand side. Inside ball. Great covering defence | :24:15. | :24:23. | |
by Evans. The pass was off the floor when the tackle was complete, so | :24:24. | :24:29. | |
Wigan are given a penalty. Wigan have created a chance. Magnificent | :24:30. | :24:35. | |
cover defence from Rhys Evans. The defence has saved Warrington again. | :24:36. | :24:41. | |
Gildart, dummy half, will try to run away from Evans. He gets a hand on | :24:42. | :24:49. | |
him, though. A lot of these Wigan players were brought up through the | :24:50. | :24:52. | |
Wigan system. Gildart was one of those. There is another O'Loughlin, | :24:53. | :25:05. | |
who came through the system. You sense that something is going to | :25:06. | :25:14. | |
give soon. Williams skipping Sutton. Here is the last. It is anybody's | :25:15. | :25:23. | |
here, but it is Warrington who just about hold on. The kicked the fence, | :25:24. | :25:29. | |
once again, Warrington has been tremendous. It is not just the | :25:30. | :25:35. | |
full-backs and wingers, prop forwards, half-backs, they are all | :25:36. | :25:41. | |
working hard. To defuse the plays. Sandow is coming on. Clark is going. | :25:42. | :25:49. | |
It is interesting to see now who will be running dummy half. It looks | :25:50. | :25:53. | |
as if Declan Patton is going to there. Sandow will assume the | :25:54. | :25:59. | |
half-backs role. It is a big opportunity for Sandow. He has been | :26:00. | :26:03. | |
off the field for the last couple of weeks. The stages separate bit of | :26:04. | :26:14. | |
magic. His first kick has caught Charnley. That is the second time in | :26:15. | :26:24. | |
the game. Gelling came from an offside position. They have made a | :26:25. | :26:31. | |
case, the Warrington Wolves. They have given a scrum. The game has | :26:32. | :26:47. | |
been with Wigan in this second hour. This is the best field position | :26:48. | :26:56. | |
Warrington have had. Sims, 20 metres out. Declan Patton, who has held his | :26:57. | :27:03. | |
own in this game. Chris Hill has driven it in. This is Sandow now. | :27:04. | :27:12. | |
Atkins is trying to force his way closer. Warrington fans are followed | :27:13. | :27:24. | |
expectation. Trying to push our Farrell, who threatens to off-load | :27:25. | :27:29. | |
one-handed. Wigan are on their own line. Backs to the wall, here. | :27:30. | :27:38. | |
Sandow, spinning it back. Good off-load. Hughes with a pass. Atkins | :27:39. | :27:50. | |
with the dummy. He is claiming it! The referee was close, but he wants | :27:51. | :27:56. | |
a second opinion. He thinks it's a try on the field. As Ryan Atkins | :27:57. | :28:05. | |
claimed the second try of the night? -- has Ryan Atkins... The referee | :28:06. | :28:13. | |
has awarded it on the field of play, so that would take some undoing. It | :28:14. | :28:17. | |
will be forensically examined, because it doesn't look as clear-cut | :28:18. | :28:27. | |
as we initially thought. I think there is a loose ball. He's lost it. | :28:28. | :28:32. | |
Is it a Wigan hand that knocks it free, and does he then touch it | :28:33. | :28:40. | |
down. For me, there is in us -- there is enough evidence to disallow | :28:41. | :28:47. | |
the try. This could be crucial. We can see the ball coming free, but | :28:48. | :28:51. | |
the video referee has to be absolutely certain as to how it has | :28:52. | :28:55. | |
come free in order to deny the try. I don't agree. The video referee is | :28:56. | :29:02. | |
there to make the correct call. I think this is going to be no try. | :29:03. | :29:09. | |
Yes. Ryan Atkins is denied his moment. Warrington still lead 6-2. | :29:10. | :29:17. | |
That was the correct decision. There has got to be downward pressure, and | :29:18. | :29:22. | |
funny, there was none. That is a big try saving tackle from Ben Flower. | :29:23. | :29:27. | |
Landed his weight at that crucial time. | :29:28. | :29:45. | |
Bateman is swarmed around by those Warrington defenders. | :29:46. | :29:57. | |
He had a bit of momentum worked up before he hit the Warrington line. | :29:58. | :30:05. | |
Farrell with a pass away. This is going to be Gildart's try. It's his | :30:06. | :30:17. | |
moment. Wigan draw level. And it's the old redoubtable, Liam Farrell, | :30:18. | :30:22. | |
who made the telling cross and then kept his composure for Gildart to | :30:23. | :30:26. | |
score. What a good try that was there. It all came from this at the | :30:27. | :30:32. | |
other end. Ben Flower was therein amongst a wealth of Wigan players. | :30:33. | :30:39. | |
Williams took to the line and Farrell came through on the side. | :30:40. | :30:44. | |
Gildart on the left-hand shoulder of Farrell to finish tremendously well. | :30:45. | :30:48. | |
It is that past there. Soft hands there to Farrell, and there is the | :30:49. | :31:01. | |
centre, Oliver Gildart, to score. Matty Smith with a kick to give his | :31:02. | :31:04. | |
side the lead will stop it is a tough one. As he put it wide? Yes, | :31:05. | :31:14. | |
he has. We are all square, 6-6. The potential of golden point raises its | :31:15. | :31:15. | |
head. There's no doubt it's energised this | :31:16. | :31:32. | |
Wigan side. Russell. Matty Russell, five short of the halfway line. | :31:33. | :31:38. | |
Three tackles gone. Sims, trying to pick another route but equally | :31:39. | :31:42. | |
frustrated. Now Westerman who has got the hands to give it away to | :31:43. | :31:50. | |
Gidley. Toby King has kept the hold and then gives it back to Gidley. | :31:51. | :31:53. | |
Here comes Ratchford, now it's with Evans... Sarginson back to cover. | :31:54. | :32:04. | |
Toby King had to give that. That was where the crucial chance was. Wigan | :32:05. | :32:10. | |
under pressure, two tackles gone. Isa. Wigan game just trying to make | :32:11. | :32:23. | |
some hard yards, here. He is a little different, Anthony Gelling, | :32:24. | :32:31. | |
in a good way. Mosley in a good way. Sarginson. So that's again the fifth | :32:32. | :32:41. | |
tackle. -- mostly in a good way. Ratchford again comes forward. What | :32:42. | :32:50. | |
a good chase that was from Wigan. A really good line chase, there which | :32:51. | :32:55. | |
gave Ratchford not a chink of space to run it. Evans slipped up at dummy | :32:56. | :33:01. | |
half. He's covered the distance in terms of getting beyond that gain | :33:02. | :33:05. | |
line. Warrington are creeping closer. Russell is going to see if | :33:06. | :33:11. | |
there's any tired limbs out there. A couple of tackles to go. 20 metres | :33:12. | :33:21. | |
away. Gidley. Sandow. A little chip over the top. Charnley. Good play by | :33:22. | :33:31. | |
Warrington. Gidley and Sandow, good combination. It's given Warrington a | :33:32. | :33:38. | |
little left. A little chip kick, there. Despite Charnley claiming the | :33:39. | :33:42. | |
ball, good chase to pin him in the goal area. This is what a final | :33:43. | :33:51. | |
should be. We asked 6-6, 60 minutes gone, everything to play for. Matty | :33:52. | :33:57. | |
Smith looking for a clearance, here. Ratchford looking for a safe catch. | :33:58. | :34:01. | |
And a big fellow who might bring it forward and there he is. So | :34:02. | :34:09. | |
Warrington turning the screw, here. But Wigan have been nothing if not | :34:10. | :34:14. | |
resilient this year. They have been one of the real fighters of Super | :34:15. | :34:19. | |
League. Gidley with a pass away to Ratchford. They are clearing a bit | :34:20. | :34:25. | |
of space here which closes quickly. Gildart with the tackle. Here's | :34:26. | :34:32. | |
Hill, straightens up, sets the platform. Two tackles to go. | :34:33. | :34:37. | |
Warrington are going to go right to Sandow. The little fellow dribbles | :34:38. | :34:42. | |
it into the goal area again. Referee says play on and Sarginson nearly | :34:43. | :34:47. | |
making a break. The momentum would have taken him over the line. | :34:48. | :34:53. | |
Farrell. The man who made the break that maybe try that had them singing | :34:54. | :34:58. | |
in the stands those in Cherry and white. Frank Ball, the wrecking | :34:59. | :35:09. | |
ball. -- Frank for, the wrecking ball. Here is Smith with a kick. | :35:10. | :35:18. | |
Wigan finishing their set. In a better position than they had | :35:19. | :35:23. | |
recently. Look at the line again, the chase line. Lineham has lost | :35:24. | :35:32. | |
that. In the heat of the battle, the weight of the collision, Wigan's | :35:33. | :35:37. | |
defence wins out and they've earned themselves a really good position | :35:38. | :35:42. | |
now. Look at him, there's the reaction. There's the kick, the | :35:43. | :35:48. | |
Chase and then the physicality of the collision. That forced the | :35:49. | :35:56. | |
error. Momentum is massive in sport. The momentum is with Wigan, I feel. | :35:57. | :36:03. | |
A big moment in the match by definition, a big moment in the | :36:04. | :36:07. | |
season. There's tackle two but there's four more to go. They've | :36:08. | :36:10. | |
only got a couple of strides to make. Smith puts it back. Sarginson | :36:11. | :36:17. | |
trying to make something happen. Warrington making sure it doesn't. | :36:18. | :36:23. | |
Bateman ten metres away. Here he goes, a man with determination. He's | :36:24. | :36:28. | |
met well. That squirted out, the referee is happy with the player of | :36:29. | :36:32. | |
the ball. Sarginson puts the kick into the corner! Charnley! Josh | :36:33. | :36:41. | |
Charnley with what could be the perfect leaving present! He's on his | :36:42. | :36:46. | |
way, once this match has finished, but he might just be going with a | :36:47. | :36:52. | |
big smile and a smile he is painted on his team-mates' faces, with a try | :36:53. | :36:55. | |
in the corner that gives Wigan the lead. This is the mistake Lineham | :36:56. | :37:05. | |
loses the ball. You've got to take your hat off... That's brilliant | :37:06. | :37:12. | |
play by Sarginson. He just looks up, spots the space and has a brilliant | :37:13. | :37:21. | |
kick. You can just put the kick in behind it and Russell really had | :37:22. | :37:24. | |
rushed up there to close the pass play down. That man finished the | :37:25. | :37:33. | |
try. I think the Wigan contingent are quite happy with that moment. | :37:34. | :37:42. | |
He's kicked one, he's missed one. Big kick, this. 6-point lead if he | :37:43. | :37:49. | |
puts it over. Going to have to score a try and a goal to draw level. | :37:50. | :37:55. | |
Started it wide and sent it further wide. Wigan have the lead and | :37:56. | :38:06. | |
they've not had that for a while. Wigan in control, just about. | :38:07. | :38:15. | |
Away comes Gildart, but not very far. Toby King. Good effort that, | :38:16. | :38:28. | |
defensively. Sarginson involved again. There's only one way this guy | :38:29. | :38:35. | |
goes. He's done well to get the off-load away this time. Powell | :38:36. | :38:42. | |
stashing forward. Wigan on the sixth. Smith with a kick. Charnley | :38:43. | :38:47. | |
applying the pressure and Russell rolls into the area and there's | :38:48. | :38:52. | |
absolutely nothing more he can do. That's brilliant play. Matty Smith | :38:53. | :39:02. | |
on the button with the kick. All on the back of that carry from Bateman | :39:03. | :39:08. | |
and off-load. A pretty good front foot kick their that earns a repeat | :39:09. | :39:14. | |
set. Wigan have looked more likely scorers, most of the play has been | :39:15. | :39:22. | |
in the Warrington half. Eight and a half minutes left to play. A try | :39:23. | :39:27. | |
here for Wigan just about seals it. Yet think. They won't write any game | :39:28. | :39:38. | |
off. Farrell. Wigan are getting closer and closer. A quick try... | :39:39. | :39:46. | |
O'Loughlin has thrown it away. Penalty! For Wigan. What's he given | :39:47. | :39:59. | |
this for? That's harsh, isn't it? That is a very harsh tackle. What | :40:00. | :40:08. | |
are you supposed to do, leave and put the ball down? Matty Smith | :40:09. | :40:15. | |
started the night with a penalty in the sixth minute. To give his side | :40:16. | :40:19. | |
the early lead. Here we are 72 minutes into the game to give his | :40:20. | :40:28. | |
side a 6-point lead. Over it goes. Warrington have to score a try and | :40:29. | :40:32. | |
convert it to get themselves level. So even if they score there'll be | :40:33. | :40:37. | |
pressure on the kick. Matty Smith sees his side into a 12- lead. | :40:38. | :40:44. | |
Stefan Ratchford to send it skywards. They are going for the | :40:45. | :40:51. | |
short one. They need possession. Picked up by Sandow. Warrington | :40:52. | :40:57. | |
getting something, here. Evans... You've got to applaud that restart | :40:58. | :41:04. | |
from Ratchford. Here's Clark, going wide and wider still. Two tackles | :41:05. | :41:13. | |
gone. Atkins is going the direct route and almost, very nearly | :41:14. | :41:19. | |
finding a way through. Three tackles to go, here. Warrington turning up | :41:20. | :41:29. | |
the heat. Real chance. Sandow. Wigan 's defending is manful at the | :41:30. | :41:35. | |
moment. Warrington asking all the questions. Gidley, the man of so | :41:36. | :41:41. | |
much experience. Hughes, Atkins, Russell! He ran in to a brick wall! | :41:42. | :41:51. | |
Cherry and white brick wall came across and however much it hurts | :41:52. | :41:54. | |
they were not going to let him score. He had to come inside there, | :41:55. | :42:03. | |
Matty Russell. Had to come inside. Brilliant defence. Matty Smith's | :42:04. | :42:11. | |
face says it all. Tony Smith need something special for his side to | :42:12. | :42:16. | |
win it from here. Two minutes left. This might be the last set of 64 | :42:17. | :42:23. | |
Warrington, here. Caution has got to go to the wind now. They need a bit | :42:24. | :42:33. | |
of magic because they are floundering at the moment. They just | :42:34. | :42:40. | |
need someone to take the reins and say get forward, put a tackle, two | :42:41. | :42:48. | |
tackles, and then set something up. We are into the realms of | :42:49. | :42:56. | |
desperation. Sandow. Wigan's defenders finding their target every | :42:57. | :43:03. | |
time. Couple of tackles to go. King to Gidley. Back it goes for | :43:04. | :43:08. | |
Ratchford. Atkins straightens up. Back to Ratchford again. Ratchford | :43:09. | :43:17. | |
with a pass. Westerman! Five yards away with one played to go. Here is | :43:18. | :43:22. | |
Ratchford again. Gidley, with everything he's got, goes that the | :43:23. | :43:27. | |
line. It's simply not enough. Wigan's defence is there. Is that | :43:28. | :43:36. | |
the final four Warrington? Fantastic online defence. They've given | :43:37. | :43:43. | |
absolutely everything. Their defence has been absolutely fantastic. 30 | :43:44. | :43:59. | |
seconds to go. Bateman... Wigan's season has been all about hanging | :44:00. | :44:06. | |
on. Showing a will, showing a desire. Wracked by injuries to key | :44:07. | :44:13. | |
players, and yet they still kept turning up and they still kept | :44:14. | :44:17. | |
winning games. And here they are now, winning the biggest game of | :44:18. | :44:23. | |
them all. A wind they deserve. Warrington have been vetted and | :44:24. | :44:29. | |
bettered by the team in sherry and white. The cherry and whites can | :44:30. | :44:39. | |
celebrate another Grand Final win. It's going to be 62 years at least | :44:40. | :44:44. | |
before Warrington will have lifted the title. What a fantastic effort | :44:45. | :44:50. | |
from those guys in sherry and white. Got to feel sorry for the walls. | :44:51. | :44:54. | |
They've been there and thereabouts all season. Today Wigan have | :44:55. | :45:01. | |
defended their way to the championship. Their defence was | :45:02. | :45:06. | |
absolutely amazing. I think Warrington lost a bit of composure. | :45:07. | :45:11. | |
They needed to give it a bit more. Wigan created far more opportunities | :45:12. | :45:14. | |
and I think they deserve to win this Grand Final. | :45:15. | :45:18. | |
It was close, but it was Wigan's, 12-6. It was unbelievable, one of | :45:19. | :45:29. | |
the best feelings I have had in a Grand Final. I want to say thanks to | :45:30. | :45:34. | |
everyone who has played a part this year. Every squad player has played | :45:35. | :45:39. | |
a game and has been a part of this. When did you know you were going to | :45:40. | :45:42. | |
play and take part? Yesterday, probably. I have done a lot of work | :45:43. | :45:49. | |
in the last two weeks with the physios and conditioners, just to | :45:50. | :45:52. | |
get it right. Training yesterday, I was all right. Shaun Wane gave me a | :45:53. | :46:02. | |
note. What about these young guys, while you sat on the sidelines? | :46:03. | :46:11. | |
Unbelievable. There's always been people out, people in, but just a | :46:12. | :46:17. | |
great job by everyone involved. Full of emotion for the players, the way | :46:18. | :46:22. | |
they have handled themselves. The fans have understood what we've gone | :46:23. | :46:25. | |
through this year. If people knew the half of it, this is the best win | :46:26. | :46:34. | |
we've had. This is a Wigan victory, the Academy, your guys. The number | :46:35. | :46:43. | |
of Wigan kids in that team. Young kids from Wigan, I know where they | :46:44. | :46:49. | |
are from, I know their dads and it is a good feeling. It was tight. | :46:50. | :46:55. | |
When it was tight, it could go either way. We saw that tonight. In | :46:56. | :47:00. | |
the second half, we probably gave away a few too many penalties, gave | :47:01. | :47:04. | |
them a bit of field position, and made one or two back errors when it | :47:05. | :47:08. | |
was crucial, but it was nip and tuck, like some of the other games. | :47:09. | :47:14. | |
How do you reflect on the season as a whole? Yes, decent, decent. We | :47:15. | :47:22. | |
gave ourselves a chance for all three trophies, so we've probably | :47:23. | :47:28. | |
got the lesser of the three. We'll be an there, fighting again next | :47:29. | :47:32. | |
year. We will bring one of these home eventually. Sooner rather than | :47:33. | :47:35. | |
later, I hope will stop congratulations to Wigan. They've | :47:36. | :47:40. | |
had to fight over a lot of injuries and adversity. They showed some of | :47:41. | :47:45. | |
their toughness today, so good on them. We will be back, and we will | :47:46. | :47:52. | |
challenge in the near future. I will miss this place. I have been holding | :47:53. | :47:57. | |
it in for a few weeks now. This is the one I wanted to finish on and | :47:58. | :48:07. | |
I've done it. And you scored a try, so you wrote it well. I said I | :48:08. | :48:12. | |
wanted to finish on some silverware, and I have been fighting, week in, | :48:13. | :48:16. | |
week out, to get as that. It has finally come to the day, and it is | :48:17. | :48:20. | |
one of those well I'm... I'm overwhelmed. Wigan really brought it | :48:21. | :48:27. | |
tonight. It was a slugfest out there. Full credit to them, I can't | :48:28. | :48:34. | |
fault any of the boys. We tried our backsides off and couldn't get the | :48:35. | :48:41. | |
win in the end. I don't really want to go in... Direction I might lose | :48:42. | :48:49. | |
it. It's a tough pill to swallow at the moment, but I love the character | :48:50. | :49:01. | |
in our room, and we'll be back. Sometimes it is the sheer will to | :49:02. | :49:05. | |
succeed that overcomes everything else. And that is surely the epitaph | :49:06. | :49:14. | |
to Wigan's season. Sean O'Loughlin off the injury list play a big part | :49:15. | :49:20. | |
a night. And 2016, Wigan are the Super League champions. | :49:21. | :49:28. | |
What an arm wrestle on a final, Brian. It was a test in the best | :49:29. | :49:34. | |
possible sense. The bounce of the ball didn't quite go Warrington's | :49:35. | :49:38. | |
way, but full credit to Wigan. They were resilient and had the play. You | :49:39. | :49:43. | |
could see the desire and challenge of Warrington. They got there, | :49:44. | :49:48. | |
didn't they? Kevin, you talked about needing a story, something behind | :49:49. | :49:51. | |
it, and Wigan have battled against injury all season. Was that what got | :49:52. | :49:58. | |
them over the line? They have really dug in and fought adversity. I | :49:59. | :50:02. | |
wasn't sure they would have the emotion for tonight, but they have | :50:03. | :50:07. | |
come up with. On the sideline today, Sam Tomkins, Joel Tomkins, Michael | :50:08. | :50:11. | |
McIlorum, three key players and they have done without them tonight and | :50:12. | :50:16. | |
stood up. What were the key points? Liam Farrell. They weren't troubled | :50:17. | :50:25. | |
by Warrington's running dummy halfs. They kicked a bit better around | :50:26. | :50:30. | |
established better field position than Warrington. There wasn't much | :50:31. | :50:46. | |
between them, was the? -- was there? Sarginson played really well, didn't | :50:47. | :50:52. | |
he? He had a real great game. Brian mentioned already about the defence | :50:53. | :50:56. | |
being on top. The Wigan defence was outstanding tonight. Josh Charnley, | :50:57. | :51:02. | |
some emotional at the end. He goes off to a new chapter of his life, | :51:03. | :51:05. | |
but it is another of those stories we have had in the game. He has gone | :51:06. | :51:10. | |
for the right reasons and couldn't finish on a better high. You can see | :51:11. | :51:17. | |
how much it meant to him. There is a back story there. He goes with best | :51:18. | :51:21. | |
wishes, but who knows, he will probably go back to Wigan. Tony | :51:22. | :51:27. | |
Smith was rueful at the end and said, if you put the S and arts, | :51:28. | :51:33. | |
they know how close they got. It is a tough one for Warrington. To do it | :51:34. | :51:44. | |
three times in the space of format of five years is tough. To beat the | :51:45. | :51:49. | |
league leaders is that. To be that close in two finals... They will be | :51:50. | :51:55. | |
back. Per Shaun Wane, who has looked a bit under pressure at times this | :51:56. | :52:00. | |
season, that will be a very sweet trophy, won't it? It is the only way | :52:01. | :52:09. | |
to answer the critics. He walked out of press conference a few weeks ago | :52:10. | :52:13. | |
because of the backchat. In the last four or five weeks, Shaun has been | :52:14. | :52:20. | |
in charge of his lot and they rock up for him. It was a win of the | :52:21. | :52:26. | |
Wigan Academy, that. It is great for English rugby to see young British | :52:27. | :52:36. | |
players out there. Great for the game. That brings down the curtain | :52:37. | :52:41. | |
on the domestic season. It is time for the International stars to take | :52:42. | :52:44. | |
centre stage. It is time for the four nations. | :52:45. | :53:10. | |
Yes, Sam Burgess is back in the fold, and our coverage of the four | :53:11. | :53:15. | |
Nations starts with England against New Zealand, live from Huddersfield | :53:16. | :53:22. | |
on Saturday the 29th of October. We go on air at 1:15pm, and we'll | :53:23. | :53:25. | |
include highlights of Australia versus Scotland. Joining us as well | :53:26. | :53:30. | |
is the assistant English coach, Denis Betts. What did you make of | :53:31. | :53:37. | |
the final? Were you watching as the England coach going, don't get | :53:38. | :53:42. | |
injured? It was a great, intense game. We saw some players who will | :53:43. | :53:46. | |
be representing their country in the next few weeks. From my point of | :53:47. | :53:52. | |
view, it is hard to be neutral. I was hoping that they came through | :53:53. | :53:55. | |
unscathed, but also that they keep their form. Did anyone play | :53:56. | :54:04. | |
themselves into the squad? I spoke with Shaun Wane earlier in the | :54:05. | :54:06. | |
weight. We just wanted to get through tonight. Williams was | :54:07. | :54:13. | |
outstanding, Farrell was the man of the match. Sarginson had a good | :54:14. | :54:19. | |
game. It's going to be an exciting couple of weeks coming to the four | :54:20. | :54:27. | |
nations. What will it be like for you to work alongside Wane? I am | :54:28. | :54:31. | |
looking forward to the international series. It is dealing with that | :54:32. | :54:41. | |
elite end of players. We will let the players get over tonight and | :54:42. | :54:45. | |
enjoy it, but step into the next thing, which is international rugby. | :54:46. | :54:49. | |
Working with them will be exciting. What are you looking forward to most | :54:50. | :54:53. | |
about the four Nations? Seeing the team is getting to grips with each | :54:54. | :55:01. | |
other. We have seen Matty Russell tonight. There will be some tough | :55:02. | :55:05. | |
and great games. I think we are interested to see the make up of the | :55:06. | :55:15. | |
New England side. It seems like a time of transition for the | :55:16. | :55:18. | |
international game, but with the World Cup only a year away. Very | :55:19. | :55:23. | |
much so. I am looking forward to seeing England perform. We have some | :55:24. | :55:27. | |
fantastic young players, as we talked about earlier stop with | :55:28. | :55:30. | |
Dennis's involvement, John Lambert and's involvement, surrounding Wane | :55:31. | :55:37. | |
is a really strong backroom staff. New Zealand have a few more familiar | :55:38. | :55:44. | |
names back in the squad. They will be tough. Even without the familiar | :55:45. | :55:47. | |
names, they're a fantastic side. The NRL generates a lot of the | :55:48. | :56:02. | |
players that come through to the national team. It is an exciting | :56:03. | :56:08. | |
time to be involved in international rugby. It is not just the players | :56:09. | :56:19. | |
who have been changing over. It is an exciting thing to have Wane | :56:20. | :56:22. | |
Bennett and myself involved. Can England when? Absolutely, I believe | :56:23. | :56:30. | |
that. We have the talent. You wouldn't want to pick a fight with | :56:31. | :56:40. | |
him, and I am confident that Wane Bennett the latter the mix. You can | :56:41. | :56:45. | |
keep up with the four nations on the BBC sport website, including the | :56:46. | :56:48. | |
announcement of the England squad on Monday. We cover all the action, | :56:49. | :56:59. | |
including a double header at the Ricoh Arena, including England | :57:00. | :57:03. | |
versus Australia. That is the end of the domestic season. How do you | :57:04. | :57:06. | |
reflect on the season we have just had? It's been an exciting year, I | :57:07. | :57:16. | |
think. We've seen some fantastic games, two semifinals that have been | :57:17. | :57:20. | |
close, a relegation battle that has gone down to the wire. And we have | :57:21. | :57:23. | |
had a final that has been outstanding. The game is in good | :57:24. | :57:28. | |
health. We have some fantastic players, a competition that is | :57:29. | :57:32. | |
driving at the top end. We have seen a Super League side go down - is | :57:33. | :57:37. | |
that the good thing? Not for them. In terms of the structure? Promotion | :57:38. | :57:42. | |
and relegation is therefore a reason. It causes and upset, all the | :57:43. | :57:48. | |
things we don't like sometimes in the game. But it is there, everyone | :57:49. | :57:54. | |
has to embrace it. A Super League team has gone down and a team from | :57:55. | :57:57. | |
the championship has gone up, and that was the ambition for the game. | :57:58. | :58:02. | |
Kevin, anything you would like to see tweaked or changed? There are | :58:03. | :58:07. | |
loads of things I would like to change, but I think it is tough. It | :58:08. | :58:15. | |
is tough on Hull Kingston Rovers. We all knew that Century as were | :58:16. | :58:21. | |
capable. We know the players and the staff are there. What Jamie is doing | :58:22. | :58:31. | |
is producing a strong team for next year. Good luck for the four | :58:32. | :58:36. | |
nations. Wigan are the 2016 Super League champions. We will see you | :58:37. | :58:38. | |
for the four nations. Goodbye. | :58:39. | :58:44. |