2016 Super League Grand Final

8 October 2016 · Old Trafford, Manchester

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2016 Super League Grand Final result: Wigan Warriors def. Warrington Wolves, 12-6, at Old Trafford, Manchester on 8 October 2016.

Sourcing caveat: See the finals-series match report for this fixture for a fuller scoring breakdown and its own sourcing notes. This entry's Warrington lineup previously listed Kurt Gidley (squad number 1) at fullback and Stefan Ratchford (squad number 6) at stand-off; corrected (29 Aug 2026) to Ratchford at fullback and Gidley at stand-off, per Rugby League Project's own match page and Sky Sports' pre-match Grand Final preview ("[Ratchford] took the number one [fullback] spot from Matty Russell in Round 16"; "[Gidley and Wigan's George Williams] line up ... at stand-off") — the jersey numbers themselves (Gidley 1, Ratchford 6) were already correct and are unchanged.

Result

TeamScore
WinnerWigan Warriors12
Runner-upWarrington Wolves6

Attendance: 70,202

Super League 2016 — full season ladder & finals series

PosClubPWDLPFPADiffPts
1Warrington Wolves302118852541+31143
2Wigan Warriors302109669560+10942
3Hull FC3020010749579+17040
4St Helens3020010756641+11540
5Castleford Tigers3015114830808+2231
6Catalans Dragons3015015723716+730
7Widnes Vikings3012018603643-4024
8Wakefield Trinity3010020571902-33120

Qualified for the finals series — top 8 (entered the Super 8s stage, not a direct top-N knockout) that season.

Finals series

Semi-Final

DateResultVenueAttendance
29 Sep 2016Warrington Wolves 18–10 St HelensHalliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington12,036
30 Sep 2016Wigan Warriors 28–18 Hull FCDW Stadium, Wigan10,013

Grand Final

DateResultVenueAttendance
8 Oct 2016Wigan Warriors 12–6 Warrington WolvesOld Trafford, Manchester70,202

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Match officials

RefereeRobert Hicks

Scorers

Wigan WarriorsTries: Charnley 63'; Gildart 55'
Goals: Smith (2/2)
Warrington WolvesTries: Patton 21'
Goals: Patton (1/1)

Teams

Wigan WarriorsWarrington Wolves
4Dan SarginsonFullbackStefan Ratchford6
2Josh CharnleyWingTom Lineham2
3Anthony GellingCentreRhys Evans3
20Oliver GildartCentreRyan Atkins4
22Lewis TierneyWingMatthew Russell5
6George WilliamsStand-offKurt Gidley1
7Matty SmithScrum-halfDeclan Patton26
24Frank-Paul Nu'uausalaPropChris Hill8
16Sam PowellHookerDaryl Clark9
10Ben FlowerPropAshton Sims10
14John BatemanSecond-rowSam Wilde27
12Liam FarrellSecond-rowJack Hughes12
25Willie IsaLoose forwardJoe Westerman14
Substitutes
19Taulima TautaiGeorge King18
21Ryan SuttonToby King24
8Dominic CrosbyChris Sandow7
13Sean O'LoughlinRyan Bailey33
Shaun WaneCoachTony Smith

Harry Sunderland Trophy

Liam Farrell. Won the Harry Sunderland Trophy, Super League's Grand Final Man of the Match honour at the time.

Match context

Wigan Warriors beat Warrington Wolves 12-6 in front of a capacity 70,202 crowd at Old Trafford, a rematch of the 2013 Grand Final — and the final match of Josh Charnley's rugby league career before he switched codes to rugby union. Warrington led 6-2 at half-time via a Declan Patton try and conversion, after an earlier Matty Smith penalty goal for Wigan, before Wigan scored twice through Oliver Gildart and Charnley — both unconverted — either side of a disallowed Ryan Atkins try for Warrington. A second Smith penalty goal in the 69th minute sealed it. Liam Farrell was named Man of the Match and won the Harry Sunderland Trophy.

Sources

Data last verified: 11 August 2026.

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