Sydney Roosters 36–14 Wigan Warriors — 2014 World Club Challenge
Allianz Stadium, Sydney · Attendance: 31,515
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
2014 World Club Challenge: Sydney Roosters 36–14 Wigan Warriors, at Allianz Stadium, Sydney.
Sourcing caveat: No player-of-the-match award was identified in sources found and is omitted rather than guessed (Michael Jennings' hat-trick was the standout individual performance on the day).
Scoring timeline
| 4′ | Sydney Roosters — try, Jennings |
| 28′ | Sydney Roosters — try, Jennings |
| 43′ | Wigan Warriors — try, Burgess |
| 48′ | Sydney Roosters — try, Jennings |
| 51′ | Wigan Warriors — try, Charnley |
| 56′ | Sydney Roosters — try, Waerea-Hargreaves |
| 58′ | Wigan Warriors — try, Charnley |
| 64′ | Sydney Roosters — try, Kenny-Dowall |
Tries with a sourced minute, in order scored. Tries whose exact minute isn't recorded in available sources appear in the Scorers table below but not here.
Scorers
| Sydney Roosters | Tries: Jennings 4'; Moa; Jennings 28'; Jennings 48'; Waerea-Hargreaves 56'; Kenny-Dowall 64' Goals: Maloney (6/6 conversions) |
| Wigan Warriors | Tries: Burgess 43'; Charnley 51'; Charnley 58' Goals: Smith (1/3 conversions) |
Teams
| Sydney Roosters | Wigan Warriors | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony Minichiello | Fullback (c) | Matt Bowen | 1 |
| 5 | Shaun Kenny-Dowall | Wing | Josh Charnley | 2 |
| 4 | Mitchell Aubusson | Centre | Darrell Goulding | 3 |
| 3 | Michael Jennings | Centre | Dan Sarginson | 23 |
| 2 | Daniel Tupou | Wing | Joe Burgess | 32 |
| 6 | James Maloney | Five-eighth | Blake Green | 6 |
| 7 | Mitchell Pearce | Halfback | Matty Smith | 7 |
| 8 | Jared Waerea-Hargreaves | Front row | Ben Flower | 10 |
| 9 | Jake Friend | Hooker | Mike McIlorum | 9 |
| 10 | Sam Moa | Front row | Gil Dudson | 16 |
| 11 | Boyd Cordner | Second row | Jack Hughes | 14 |
| 12 | Sonny Bill Williams | Second row | Liam Farrell | 12 |
| 13 | Frank-Paul Nu'uausala | Lock | Sean O'Loughlin | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Daniel Mortimer | Scott Taylor | 8 | |
| 15 | Aidan Guerra | Eddy Pettybourne | 22 | |
| 16 | Dylan Napa | Dominic Crosby | 17 | |
| 17 | Rémi Casty | John Bateman | 25 | |
| Trent Robinson | Coach | Shaun Wane | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Ben Cummins |
Match report
The first-ever meeting between the two clubs, and the first World Club Challenge staged in Australia in 20 years. Sydney dominated the opening half, building an 18-0 lead through tries from Sam Moa and two of Michael Jennings' eventual hat-trick, with James Maloney landing every conversion attempt. Wigan fought back in the second half through tries from Joe Burgess and a Josh Charnley double, narrowing the margin briefly, but further Roosters tries from Jared Waerea-Hargreaves and Shaun Kenny-Dowall, plus Jennings completing his treble, pulled the game away again for a comprehensive 36-14 victory — the Roosters' second World Club Challenge win on home soil, a unique feat in the competition's history. Captain Anthony Minichiello praised his side's preparation, while Wigan's Sean O'Loughlin conceded his team had faced "a world-class team."This match belonged to the modern, annual World Club Challenge era launched in 2000, pitting that season's NRL Premiers directly against the same season's Super League Grand Final winners in a single fixture. The fixture as a whole began as a single unofficial match in 1976 and was repeated only sporadically through the 1980s and early 1990s: it wasn't played at all in 1988, 1990, 1993, or 1995-96, the last of those gaps caused by the Super League War splitting Australian rugby league into two rival competitions. The 1997 attempt to relaunch it as a 22-club, two-conference "World Club Championship" — five Australasian clubs touring Europe and five European clubs touring Australasia simultaneously — reportedly lost more than $5 million and was shelved for three years. It returned in 2000 as the simple one-off match still used today, missing only during the brief 2015-2017 multi-match "World Club Series" expansion (when the marquee fixture still determined the World Club Challenge title, alongside several other NRL-Super League pairings played the same week) and the 2021-2022 Covid-19 cancellations and the 2025 withdrawal by Penrith Panthers. The result here was Sydney Roosters' 2nd World Club Challenge title and the 22nd staging of the fixture since its unofficial 1976 debut.