Wigan Warriors 25–12 Warrington Wolves — Elimination Play-off, 2003 Super League Finals Series

Elimination Play-off, 2003 Super League finals series: Wigan Warriors 25–12 Warrington Wolves, at JJB Stadium, Wigan on 27 Sep 2003.

Sourcing caveat: Individual try minutes were not confirmed across sources and are omitted rather than guessed at. This is the first 2003-season match sourced in this backlog; both lineups fetched cleanly on the first attempt with real, varied squad numbers (e.g. Wigan's Quentin Pongia at 30 (Prop), Andy Farrell at 13 (Lock); Warrington's Darryl Cardiss at 28 (Fullback), Sid Domic at 13 (Centre)) rather than a suspicious sequential 1-13 index, so no re-fetch was needed. No duplicate or missing shirt numbers were encountered. Wigan's starting thirteen and bench cross-matched exactly against its other three 2003 finals appearances later this round, giving strong confidence in its numbers. Coaches confirmed via web search: Mike Gregory (Wigan Warriors — directly corroborated by Wikipedia's 2003 Super League Grand Final lineup listing him as head coach, and consistent with this backlog's 13bb finding that he was succeeded by Denis Betts only in May 2004, well after this September 2003 match) and Paul Cullen (Warrington Wolves — his Wikipedia biography states he "accepted his first Super League head coaching role at Warrington in August 2002" and served continuously until his resignation on 26 May 2008, fully covering this match).