Wigan secure back-to-back titles after Bevan French’s stunner sinks Hull KR

Wigan secure back-to-back titles after Bevan French’s stunner sinks Hull KR

Wigan 9-2 Hull KRFrench’s first-half score only try in Super League final

Matt Peet’s Wigan Warriors became the first club in the Super League era to complete a remarkable clean sweep of every domestic ­trophy on offer in a season after securing back-to-back Grand Final triumphs courtesy of ­victory against Hull KR.

Rugby league has had some truly extraordinary sides throughout its 129-year existence and there can now be no doubting that this Wigan squad belongs among them. Only four sides had ever swept the board in a single season before and won all four major trophies and the Warriors became the fifth here with an industrious victory against a Rovers side whose wait for a major honour will extend into a 40th season.

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