Ladies’s Problem Cup Last: Wigan Warriors win maiden title with 42-6 domination of St Helens | Rugby League Information
Wigan Warriors ladies claimed a maiden Problem Cup triumph with a dominant 42-6 victory over St Helens at Wembley Stadium.
Saints had been there and executed it on this massive stage however the Warriors have been the dominant power within the Ladies’s Tremendous League this season and it confirmed.
The primary half was all Wigan and so they made it rely, transformed tries from Megan Williams, Mary Coleman and Emily Veivers giving them a powerful 18-0 lead on the break.
They then continued the second 40 as they’d the primary, transformed tries from Isabel Rowe, Eva Hunter, Grace Banks and Anna Davies giving them their 42 factors, Rowe changing each single strive.
St Helens acquired on the scoreboard by a transformed Katie Mottershead effort however it was solely a comfort as they had been outdone in each space.
The win marks an finish to St Helens’ dominant run of their Problem Cup which noticed them win 4 in a row from 2021-2024, with three of these coming at Wembley.
Warriors present model, aptitude, and metal to trounce Saints
On the huge pitch that’s Wembley, it was Wigan that managed to grab the territory early on, pinning St Helens in their very own half and making good metres.
That stress paid dividends on the tenth minute as a flat go despatched Williams bursting by and in below the sticks, Isabel Rowe changing for an early 6-0 lead.
St Helens had been saved out all through by some sturdy Wigan defence
St Helens tried to battle their approach again into the competition however simply 10 minutes later Wigan prolonged their benefit, Molly Jones breaking by the road, holding her nerve, and sending a pleasant go for Coleman to stroll over, Rowe as soon as once more obliging with the conversion for a 12-0 lead.
Wigan continued to get on the entrance foot and as soon as once more they capitalised, this time by Veivers who backed herself to barnstorm by the St Helens line and go over, Rowe including two extra as soon as once more.
Wigan Warriors’ Emily Veivers acquired in on the primary half strive scoring
The Warriors picked up within the second half the place they’d left the primary and after simply 4 minutes Isabel Rowe acquired in on the try-scoring motion as she despatched the dummy and walked in earlier than changing her personal effort to place Wigan 24-0 up.
St Helens managed to hit again by a transformed short-range effort from Katie Mottershead with simply over half-hour left to play however it was not lengthy till Wigan had been over for an additional transformed effort, Hunter slipping by a spot to go over and provides Wigan a 30-6 lead with 20 minutes on the clock.
Wigan then rubbed salt within the wound as Banks jumped on a knock-on and raced 50 metres downfield to go over, Davies diving in on the nook just some minutes later too because the rating ticked as much as 42-6 with Rowe sending over a touchline conversion.
Wigan Warriors celebrated selecting up their first ever ladies’s Problem Cup victory
That cemented their domination and introduced house their first Ladies’s Problem Cup, placing the Warriors firmly as the highest Ladies’s Tremendous League membership up to now in 2025.
Molyneux: We deserve this second | Banks: Little Grace could be so proud
Wigan Warriors’ co-captain Vicky Molyneux talking to BBC:
“I can [believe it], we deserve this a lot. Final 12 months we closed the hole, the work in pre-season. We thought of our ‘whys’ right now, why we wished this, we have executed it for our households. We deserve the whole lot on the market, we had been unbelievable. This simply means the world. I am so glad.”
Participant of the Match Grace Banks talking to BBC:
“I do not know learn how to really feel. I used to be anticipating it in any respect. I ‘m completely over the moon. This can be a massive shock.
I did not suppose, once I first began [playing rugby league] with the lads, I would find yourself taking part in at Wembley! However little Grace would positively be proud.”
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