The Super League Grand Final between Wigan Warriors and Hull KR is scheduled for next Saturday at Old Trafford, and it promises to be an incredible spectacle.

To ensure their return to Old Trafford, the Warriors defeated their borough rivals, Leigh, 38-0, running in six tries.Here are the key learnings and conclusions from Love Rugby League’s visit to the Brick Community Stadium following Wigan’s easy semi-final victory.

A new name on the trophy — or a veteran’s name on the trophy?

The Old Trafford Super League Grand Final stage is ready. Who will triumph, the seasoned Wigan or the upstart Hull KR?

The fact that both teams finished in the top two at the end of the regular season shows that they both deserve to be at the big dance next week.

Next Saturday at Old Trafford is going to be an absolute belter. In front of a raucous crowd at the Theatre of Dreams, the two teams that have dominated the league all season go head to head on the largest platform.

There are all the makings of one of the greatest finals in recent memory for this year.

Wigan has the opportunity to make history.

The Warriors have the opportunity to create more history at Old Trafford next week as they compete in the Super League Grand Final once more.

Peet’s team has the opportunity to win the triple for the first time in Super League history as well as the fourth time overall in the club’s existence. They have already won all three trophies in the 1991–92, 1993–94, and 1994–95 seasons.

The Cherry and Whites would join Bradford Bulls, Leeds Rhinos, and St Helens as the only four teams in Super League history to achieve a triple. They would also enter an elite club if they triumph at Old Trafford the following week.

Although it wasn’t Leigh’s night, this season has been even more incredible.

It wasn’t the night for the Leopards, who are comfortably second best against a Wigan team that will head into next week’s Grand Final against Hull KR as favourites to retain their Super League crown.

However, Adrian Lam’s team deserves recognition for their incredible comeback in the second half that allowed them to advance to the playoffs.

The Leopards were in the bottom three of Super League after the first eight rounds of the season, and it appeared like they would not be making the top six.

But with players making a comeback from the sidelines, Lam’s team gained momentum in the second half of the season and won 11 of their previous 13 games going into their semi-final matchup with Wigan.

Leigh will have to wait a little bit longer to make it to their first Grand Final, but they should be happy with how Lam’s team performed in 2024.

The dynasty of Warriors

In the event that Wigan wins the Super League title at Old Trafford next week, they will have collected the final SIX trophies in a row.

For the first time in the team’s history, they have won back-to-back League Leaders’ Shields. They also won the Grand Final from the previous year, the World Club Challenge trophy in February, and the Challenge Cup final at Wembley earlier this year, defeating Warrington Wolves.

It is a preposterous statistic, to put it mildly. All six trophies in one go. In the past few years, Peet’s team has established a dynasty, and they will undoubtedly leave a legacy similar to that of their opponents, St. Helens.

It’s three years to the day when Peet was named as head coach of his hometown club, and we’re not sure whether anyone could have guessed the team would be this successful, this early.

A record-breaking 20-year Super League Playoff crowd

In their semi-final Battle of the Borough matchup against their neighbors Leigh, the Warriors shattered a 20-year Super League attendance record with 20,511 spectators inside Brick Community Stadium.

It exceeded every previous play-off attendance in the previous 20 years, going all the way back to 2004 when THREE different crowds totaling more than 20,000 attended games away from Old Trafford.

In the history of the Super League Playoffs, that number was only reached five times, during the Wigan vs. Leigh match.

Though they came very close to breaking Wigan’s own record against St Helens, which stands as the largest play-off gate in history at 21,790, the crowd may be a sign of Super League growth this season.

The landmark of Bevan French

For Bevan French, it was a memorable evening in many ways. He not only made his 100th Super League appearance, but he also assisted his Wigan team in getting to Old Trafford.

Arriving midway through the 2019 season, the Australian speedster has played every one of those games in the cherry and white jersey of Wigan.

He has been an incredible success in Super League, and most people would certainly say that he is among the most exciting players the league has ever had.