2013 Super League Grand Final
5 October 2013 · Old Trafford, Manchester
2013 Super League Grand Final result: Wigan Warriors def. Warrington Wolves, 30-16, at Old Trafford, Manchester on 5 October 2013.
Sourcing caveat: See the finals-series match report for this fixture for a fuller scoring breakdown and its own sourcing notes.
Result
| Team | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | Wigan Warriors | 30 |
| Runner-up | Warrington Wolves | 16 |
Attendance: 66,281
Super League 2013 — full season ladder & finals series
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huddersfield Giants | 27 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 851 | 507 | +344 | 42 |
| 2 | Warrington Wolves | 27 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 836 | 461 | +375 | 41 |
| 3 | Leeds Rhinos | 27 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 712 | 507 | +205 | 37 |
| 4 | Wigan Warriors | 27 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 816 | 460 | +356 | 35 |
| 5 | St Helens | 27 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 678 | 536 | +142 | 31 |
| 6 | Hull FC | 27 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 652 | 563 | +89 | 28 |
| 7 | Catalans Dragons | 27 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 619 | 604 | +15 | 28 |
| 8 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 27 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 642 | 760 | -118 | 26 |
| 9 | Bradford Bulls | 27 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 640 | 658 | -18 | 22 |
| 10 | Widnes Vikings | 27 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 695 | 841 | -146 | 22 |
| 11 | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | 27 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 660 | 749 | -89 | 21 |
| 12 | Castleford Tigers | 27 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 702 | 881 | -179 | 20 |
| 13 | London Broncos | 27 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 487 | 946 | -459 | 12 |
| 14 | Salford City Reds | 27 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 436 | 953 | -517 | 11 |
Qualified for the finals series — top 8 (Top-Eight play-off format) that season.
Finals series
Qualifying Play-off
| Date | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Sep 2013 | Huddersfield Giants 8–22 Wigan Warriors | John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield | 8,000 |
| 14 Sep 2013 | Warrington Wolves 40–20 Leeds Rhinos | Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington | 8,695 |
Elimination Play-off
| Date | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Sep 2013 | Hull FC 14–4 Catalans Dragons | KC Stadium, Hull | 4,970 |
| 14 Sep 2013 | St Helens 46–10 Hull Kingston Rovers | Langtree Park, St Helens | 9,926 |
Preliminary Semi-Final
| Date | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Sep 2013 | Huddersfield Giants 76–18 Hull FC | John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield | 5,547 |
| 20 Sep 2013 | Leeds Rhinos 11–10 St Helens | Headingley Carnegie Stadium, Leeds | 12,189 |
Qualifying Semi-Final
| Date | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Sep 2013 | Warrington Wolves 30–22 Huddersfield Giants | Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington | 10,042 |
| 27 Sep 2013 | Wigan Warriors 22–12 Leeds Rhinos | DW Stadium, Wigan | 14,600 |
Grand Final
| Date | Result | Venue | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Oct 2013 | Wigan Warriors 30–16 Warrington Wolves | Old Trafford, Manchester | 66,281 |
Match officials
| Referee | Richard Silverwood |
Scorers
| Wigan Warriors | Tries: Josh Charnley — minute unconfirmed; Darrell Goulding — minute unconfirmed; Blake Green — minute unconfirmed; Mike McIlorum — minute unconfirmed; Pat Richards — minute unconfirmed Goals: Pat Richards (5/6) |
| Warrington Wolves | Tries: Simon Grix — minute unconfirmed; Joel Monaghan — minute unconfirmed; Ben Westwood — minute unconfirmed Goals: Stefan Ratchford (2/3) |
Teams
| Wigan Warriors | Warrington Wolves | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Tomkins | Fullback | Stefan Ratchford | 19 |
| 2 | Josh Charnley | Wing | Joel Monaghan | 5 |
| 3 | Darrell Goulding | Centre | Chris Bridge | 3 |
| 17 | Iain Thornley | Centre | Ryan Atkins | 4 |
| 5 | Pat Richards | Wing | Chris Riley | 2 |
| 6 | Blake Green | Stand-off | Lee Briers | 6 |
| 7 | Matty Smith | Scrum-half | Richard Myler | 7 |
| 10 | Lee Mossop | Prop | Paul Wood | 16 |
| 9 | Mike McIlorum | Hooker | Mick Higham | 14 |
| 20 | Gil Dudson | Prop | Chris Hill | 18 |
| 11 | Harrison Hansen | Second Row | Ben Harrison | 13 |
| 12 | Liam Farrell | Second Row | Ben Westwood | 12 |
| 13 | Sean O'Loughlin | Lock | Simon Grix | 15 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 15 | Ben Flower | Michael Monaghan | 9 | |
| 4 | Jack Hughes | Adrian Morley | 8 | |
| 26 | Dominic Crosby | Mike Cooper | 17 | |
| 21 | Scott Taylor | Garreth Carvell | 10 | |
| Shaun Wane | Coach | Tony Smith | ||
Harry Sunderland Trophy
Blake Green (Wigan Warriors). Green won the Harry Sunderland Trophy — Super League's Grand Final Man of the Match award, not renamed the Rob Burrow Award until 2024 — despite playing through a facial cut sustained early in the game.
Match context
Wigan Warriors beat Warrington Wolves 30-16 at Old Trafford to win their first Super League title since 2010, completing a stirring second-half comeback. Warrington raced into a 16-2 lead inside 26 minutes through tries from Joel Monaghan, Simon Grix and Ben Westwood, and led 16-6 at half-time after Darrell Goulding's 40th-minute try for Wigan, set up by Sam Tomkins. Wigan then scored 28 unanswered points across the second half — tries from Michael McIlorum, Josh Charnley, Blake Green and a late Pat Richards try and conversion — to complete the turnaround. In just the 2nd minute, Warrington's Ben Westwood punched Green in the face; it went unseen by the officials at the time and produced no card during the match, but Westwood was cited afterward by the RFL, pleaded guilty and received a one-match ban — a lighter, off-field-only sanction unlike the following year's Ben Flower incident, which drew an immediate red card and a six-month ban. Green was named Man of the Match and won the Harry Sunderland Trophy. The win, combined with Wigan's earlier Challenge Cup victory over Hull FC, completed the first Super League/Challenge Cup "double" since St Helens in 2006, and was veteran winger Pat Richards' final match for the club after eight seasons, capped with a try.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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