Speaking factors, workforce information and the important thing storylines forward of Saturday’s Betfred Tremendous League Grand Ultimate between Wigan Warriors and Hull KR, dwell on Sky Sports activities…
Meet the finalists
Wigan Warriors
Head coach: Matt Peet
Captain: Liam Farrell
2024 Tremendous League season: Completed first, Problem Cup winners, League Leaders’ Protect winners, World Membership Problem winners
Path to the Grand Ultimate: Bye, 38-0 victory over Leigh Leopards (H)
Tremendous League titles: 13 appearances, six wins (1998, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2023)
Hull KR
Head coach: Willie Peters
Captain: Elliot Minchella
2024 Tremendous League season: Completed second
Path to the Grand Ultimate: Bye week, 10-8 victory over Warrington Wolves (H)
Tremendous League titles: 0
A dynasty continues? A brand new champion emerges?
There are a number of huge storylines to comply with within the Tremendous League Grand Ultimate 2024, together with what’s on the road for each Wigan Warriors and Hull KR.
Wigan, having already picked up the World Membership Problem, Problem Cup and League Leaders’ Protect, are going for a historic quadruple if they will win the Grand Ultimate. This is able to make them solely the fifth membership ever to finish such a feat.
In the event that they do win, it should even be the primary time that the ‘Cherry and Whites’ have picked up back-to-back victories at Outdated Trafford. They’ve six Tremendous League wins already and need their seventh.
In the meantime, Hull KR have already made historical past by attending to the Grand Ultimate for the primary time of their membership’s existence and now need to add to that by successful it on the primary go! That may make them solely the fifth workforce to win on the massive stage, becoming a member of the Warriors, St Helens, Leeds Rhinos and Bradford Bulls.
On the Rugby League Awards, Willie Peters was topped coach of the yr, with Mikey Lewis named Man of Metal and they’ll now need to present why they’re thought-about the most effective within the competitors.
What will occur? The remainder of Tremendous League weighs in…
So, what does the remainder of Tremendous League suppose goes to occur? One factor they agree on is that it’ll be an epic encounter…
Salford Pink Devils’ Marc Sneyd…
“I think it is fair isn’t it? One and two in the league after so many games.
“I see it being probably the greatest finals that we now have had, I truthfully do.
“The way KR play their game and the way Wigan play theirs, it has got everything you need for a final to elevate our game and make it look the way we want it to look.”
Warrington Wolves’ Matty Nicholson…
“I think it is going to be a really good game. Obviously, they are the best two teams in the competition.
“I feel Wigan would possibly simply pip it but it surely needs to be an important spectacle for rugby league.
“Hull KR have been a brilliant side this year.
“The desk does not lie, they completed prime of the desk and the highest two sides within the competitors are within the Grand Ultimate and it needs to be a extremely good sport of rugby league.”
Grand Final essential reading
Team News
Wigan Warriors have named an unchanged squad for the Grand Final from their 39-0 demolition of Leigh Leopards in the semi-finals.
For Hull KR, skipper Elliot Minchella returns to the fore but they will be without Oliver Gildart who has not been declared as fit enough to face his old team and return to the squad.
Wigan Warriors: Subject, Miski, Keighran, Wardle, Marshall, French, Smith, Havard, Byrne, Farrell, Ellis, Mago, Thompson, Leeming, Dupree, Hill, Nsemba, Walters, Eckersley, Forber, Farrimond.
Hull KR: Hiku, Evalds, Opacic, Corridor, Lewis, Sue, Litten, King, Hadley, Batchelor, Minchella, Parcel, Luckley, Whitbread, Storton, Tanginoa, Could, Burgess, Broadbent, Brown, Richardson.
The way to watch
The Tremendous League Grand Ultimate takes place at Outdated Trafford on Saturday October 12, dwell on Sky Sports activities.
The match will happen at 6pm, with protection on Sky Sports activities from 5pm.
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