Anna Davies (two) and Molly Jones (two) rating tries as Wigan Warriors come from 8-4 behind at half-time to win Ladies’s Tremendous League Grand Closing vs St Helens 16-12; Dani McGifford and Phoebe Hook (two) scored tries for Saints in defeat; Wigan end season with historic treble
Final Up to date: 05/10/25 11:26pm
Wigan Warriors fought from behind to beat St Helens in Sunday’s Ladies’s Tremendous League Grand Closing 16-12, finishing a historic treble in doing so.
Anna Davies and Molly Jones scored two tries apiece for Wigan on the night time, as three tries in eight second-half minutes noticed them flip issues round from 8-4 behind.
Having fallen 4-0 behind, St Helens scored by way of Dani McGifford and Phoebe Hook to steer, whereas Hook grabbed her second late on to maintain Saints in it till the top, solely to fall brief.
Wigan’s Grand Closing triumph sits alongside their Problem Cup and League Leaders’ Protect successes already in 2025.
Wigan Warriors fought again to beat St Helens in Sunday’s Ladies’s Tremendous League Grand Closing, finishing the treble
On a day when St Helens got here into the ultimate as huge underdogs, they caught in a largely tight contest through which Wigan simply struck on the pivotal moments to tug by way of.
Saints struck for tries by way of Dani McGifford (pictured) and Phoebe Hook to steer
Certainly, Wigan head coach Denis Betts admitted to Sky Sports activities afterwards that he may sense and see his facet had been nervous, and so not at their prime stage.
“Sounds worthwhile! [winning a treble]. It’s one of those things when you’re such a young side as well, I think you saw tonight we were a little bit nervous,” he mentioned.
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Anna Davies scored the essential strive to make sure Wigan Warriors’ Grand Closing victory over St Helens
“We’d been really good all week and then at the start of the game, we were just a little bit anxious, didn’t really play how we practised, but we did it, worked hard for each other and we’ve got a real desire to win and it stayed strong tonight.
“It is a kind of unusual issues when you possibly can solely expertise it if you happen to’ve been chasing one thing after which unexpectedly you develop into chased.
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Hook scored within the nook to provide St Helens’ the lead simply earlier than half-time
“You turn from being the hunter into the hunted and it’s a mindset shift. It usually takes a couple of years, but it’s been just a season.
“Simply that connection, the gamers are actually shut and we labored actually exhausting on constructing relationships with them, The women are simply wonderful, I like them to bits.”
Davies: I wouldn’t have believed this was possible at start of year
Player of the match Anna Davies told Sky Sports:
“It feels wonderful. It has been a journey, positively. I have been there from the beginning.
“In case you’d have mentioned to me initially this 12 months this may occur, I would not have believed you.
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Davies gave Wigan the lead in the Women’s Super League final against St Helens
“Simply to see the younger ladies come by way of and be capable to do this right this moment. At one level at half-time I did not know if we would do it in any respect, so yeah, excited.
“If you’d asked me, I thought we might be able to do something like this next year, from watching the girls and how they’ve developed.
“However the truth that we’re in a position to come and do it in 2025 is one thing I would not have anticipated. I am completely delighted.”
Richards: Wigan just got us in little areas – I’m still so proud
St Helens Women head coach Craig Richards told Sky Sports:
“My first feeling is to congratulate Wigan. I assumed they had been implausible.
“They just got us in little areas where we just didn’t turn up. But I’m really, really proud of the girls. They’ve worked hard all season.
“We have been shut, however not fairly there.
“Rugby league’s a great game and at times if you switch off, you get caught out and that’s what we did.
“We talked about beginning fast within the second half and we did not fairly do this, however the ladies had been so brave. We’ll go away, mud ourselves down and we’ll go once more.”
