We looked out of it energy wise after 55 minutes and i really thought Warrington would snatch it near the end but somehow we kept turning up with scrappy tackles and scrambling defence to shut them down and then we had the conviction to finish them off in a very Grand Final way at the end with that lovely switch of play. Wane may not be the most entertaining coach but he has the ability to make his players fight to the death and never ever give up.

Defense Defense Defense and Manfredi who should have been MOM

Who cares, were champs..

Congratulation. Deserved winners. Enjoy your celebrations

Regards

King James

Wigan win by never ever accepting defeat , this comes from SW .

All this nonsense about his limitations as a coach is embarrassing .

Rugby League is a very simple game to coach , instilling desire , the ability to run through brick walls , play through the pain barrier etc.. however takes special management qualities , Wane has these in abundance .

Well done Wigan and SW , deserving champions

We won because we know how to win

Did it the hard way against a side that didn't choke

We want it back, mind...

How did you win that?

Well you were playing Warrington and a HB combination of Brown and Roberts.

Courageous and disciplined defence, thats how. We gave them far too many chances but what a defensive machine this team has been over the last couple of months.

We won because we don’t celebrate knock ons when we’re losing like we’ve just won the final. We actually know how to go on and win finals.

Some say Hill and co are still there now on the pitch high fiving each other.

Hill is a bit stigish

Defence wins matches. Was it John Monie who said that? I can't remember but I don't care

Personally I don’t think it was a spectacle. Both teams chose the biggest night of the year to be offensively off but defensively I thought both teams were immense with ours being the better all round.

I think that performance typifies Shaun Wane. Tough, gritty, not a pretty picture but it’s enough to do the job.

Roll on the Adrian Lam and Shaun Edwards era’s. Let’s hope and pray we stick on this path. We talk about the “Glory Days” of Wigan Rugby League. The unbeaten Challenge Cup era and trophies being won year on year, but I genuinely believe the past few years and the years to come could well surpass that era for us. That’s not saying we’ll conquer all and dominate for years, it’s impossible these days. What it is saying is that we have been and will continue to be a force to be reckoned with. Winning trophies more or less every other year. It’s an era I think we’ll come to remember fondly in 20/30yrs time.

All that and I haven’t even had a drink

We won that through sheer grit and determination, a fitting end to the Wane era.

I don’t know how much of it was our defence and how much was Warrington’s inability to create but I was watching the second half waiting for them to score and fearing the worst. We somehow managed to close every gap.

I’m delighted, not just as a Wigan fan but for Wane, Tomkins, Bateman & Sutton. Most of all for Manfredi, after what that bloke has been through that was a proper fairytale.