2014 Super League Grand Final

11 October 2014 · Old Trafford, Manchester

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2014 Super League Grand Final result: St Helens def. Wigan Warriors, 14-6, at Old Trafford, Manchester on 11 October 2014.

Sourcing caveat: See the finals-series match report for this fixture for a fuller scoring breakdown and its own sourcing notes. Paul Wellens' squad number was corrected from 1 to 17 (29 Aug 2026), per St Helens' official 2014 preseason squad-number release and a same-season squad announcement, both independently confirming 17 — a likely mix-up with the generic "1 = starting fullback" assumption rather than a personnel or position error.

Result

TeamScore
WinnerSt Helens14
Runner-upWigan Warriors6

Attendance: 70,102

Super League 2014 — full season ladder & finals series

PosClubPWDLPFPADiffPts
1St Helens271908796563+23338
2Wigan Warriors271818834429+40537
3Huddersfield Giants271737785626+15937
4Castleford Tigers271728814583+23136
5Warrington Wolves271719793515+27835
6Leeds Rhinos2715210685421+26432
7Catalans Dragons2714112733667+6629
8Widnes Vikings2713113611725-11427
9Hull Kingston Rovers2710314627665-3823
10Salford Red Devils2711115608695-8723
11Hull FC2710215653586+6722
12Wakefield Trinity Wildcats2710116557750-19321
13Bradford Bulls278019512984-47210
14London Broncos2710264381237-7992

Qualified for the finals series — top 8 (Top-Eight play-off format) that season.

Finals series

Qualifying Play-off

DateResultVenueAttendance
18 Sep 2014Wigan Warriors 57–4 Huddersfield GiantsDW Stadium, Wigan8,652
19 Sep 2014St Helens 41–0 Castleford TigersLangtree Park, St Helens7,548

Elimination Play-off

DateResultVenueAttendance
20 Sep 2014Warrington Wolves 22–19 Widnes VikingsHalliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington7,229
20 Sep 2014Leeds Rhinos 20–24 Catalans DragonsHeadingley Carnegie Stadium, Leeds7,112

Preliminary Semi-Final

DateResultVenueAttendance
25 Sep 2014Castleford Tigers 14–30 Warrington WolvesThe Jungle, Castleford6,219
26 Sep 2014Huddersfield Giants 16–18 Catalans DragonsJohn Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield6,900

Qualifying Semi-Final

DateResultVenueAttendance
2 Oct 2014St Helens 30–12 Catalans DragonsLangtree Park, St Helens8,888
3 Oct 2014Wigan Warriors 16–12 Warrington WolvesDW Stadium, Wigan15,023

Grand Final

DateResultVenueAttendance
11 Oct 2014St Helens 14–6 Wigan WarriorsOld Trafford, Manchester70,102

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Match officials

RefereePhil Bentham

Scorers

St HelensTries: Iosia Soliola 54'; Tommy Makinson 68'
Goals: Mark Percival (3/3)
Wigan WarriorsTries: Joe Burgess 39'
Goals: Matty Smith (1/2)
Sin bin: Ben Flower 2' (sent off, not sin-binned — punched Lance Hohaia)

Teams

St HelensWigan Warriors
17Paul WellensFullbackMatt Bowen1
2Thomas MakinsonWingJosh Charnley2
22Mark PercivalCentreAnthony Gelling5
4Josh JonesCentreDan Sarginson23
5Adam SwiftWingJoe Burgess32
15Mark FlanaganStand-offBlake Green6
6Lance HohaiaScrum-halfMatty Smith7
16Kyle AmorPropBen Flower10
9James RobyHookerSam Powell19
8Mose MasoePropDominic Crosby17
10Louie McCarthy-ScarsbrookSecond RowJoel Tomkins—
11Iosia SoliolaSecond RowLiam Farrell12
3Jordan TurnerLockSean O'Loughlin13
Substitutes
13Willie ManuEddy Pettybourne22
18Alex WalmsleyTony Clubb24
27Greg RichardsJohn Bateman25
28Luke ThompsonGeorge Williams27
Nathan BrownCoachShaun Wane

Harry Sunderland Trophy

James Roby (St Helens). Roby won the Harry Sunderland Trophy — Super League's Grand Final Man of the Match award, not renamed the Rob Burrow Award until 2024.

Match context

St Helens beat Wigan Warriors 14-6 at Old Trafford to win their first Super League title since 2006, in departing coach Nathan Brown's final match in charge. The match is remembered above all for an ugly incident in the 2nd minute: Wigan prop Ben Flower punched St Helens' Lance Hohaia in the face following a heavy tackle exchange, knocking him down, then delivered a second punch to Hohaia's face while he lay defenceless on the ground. Referee Phil Bentham sent Flower off immediately — the first, and to date only, red card shown in a Super League Grand Final — leaving Wigan to play the remaining 78 minutes with 12 men. Despite the numerical disadvantage, Wigan led 6-2 at half-time through a Joe Burgess try, but St Helens' extra man told as the match wore on: tries from Sia Soliola and Tommy Makinson (the latter from a high kick, with around 12 minutes left) secured the win, with Mark Percival kicking 3 from 3 conversions. James Roby was named Man of the Match and won the Harry Sunderland Trophy. The RFL charged Flower with a Grade F offence — rugby league's most serious disciplinary tier — and an independent panel handed him a six-month ban, reported at the time as the longest in Super League history for an on-field incident, ruling him out until mid-April 2015 and covering Wigan's World Club Series fixture against the Brisbane Broncos. Hohaia was separately charged with a lesser, Grade B striking offence for hitting Flower with his forearm earlier in the same passage of play, and received a one-match ban after an early guilty plea. Hohaia retired from rugby league the following April, citing recurrent concussion symptoms, and publicly wished Flower well when he made his playing comeback that same month.

Sources

Data last verified: 11 August 2026.

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