Wigan Warriors 26–27 Leeds Rhinos — Qualifying Play-off, 2010 Super League Finals Series
12 Sep 2010 · DW Stadium, Wigan · Attendance: 12,177
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Qualifying Play-off, 2010 Super League finals series: Wigan Warriors 26–27 Leeds Rhinos, at DW Stadium, Wigan on 12 Sep 2010.
Sourcing caveat: Wigan's listed try-scorers (2 tries) plus 5 goals total only 18, well short of their actual 26 points — the source found is clearly missing at least 2 further tries that aren't identified by name; reported as found rather than guessed at. Leeds' figures reconcile cleanly (4 tries + 5 goals + 1 field goal = 27). Sam Tomkins' number here (6) was independently confirmed via Love Rugby League's report on Wigan's 2010 squad-number announcement — a genuinely unusual pairing this early in his career, not a data error.
Scorers
| Wigan Warriors | Tries: Tomkins (2) Goals: Richards (5/5 conversions) |
| Leeds Rhinos | Tries: Buderus; Donald; Hall; McGuire Goals: Sinfield (5/5 conversions) Drop goals: Sinfield |
Team sheets
| Wigan Warriors | Leeds Rhinos | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Sam Tomkins | Fullback | Brent Webb | 1 |
| 24 | Darrell Goulding | Wing | Ryan Hall | 5 |
| 3 | Martin Gleeson | Centre | Brett Delaney | 3 |
| 4 | George Carmont | Centre | Keith Senior | 4 |
| 5 | Pat Richards | Wing | Scott Donald | 2 |
| 19 | Paul Deacon | Five-Eighth | Danny McGuire | 6 |
| 7 | Thomas Leuluai | Halfback | Rob Burrow | 7 |
| 8 | Stuart Fielden | Prop | Kylie Leuluai | 8 |
| 9 | Mark Riddell | Hooker | Danny Buderus | 9 |
| 10 | Andy Coley | Prop | Ryan Bailey | 16 |
| 11 | Liam Farrell | Second Row | Ian Kirke | 17 |
| 12 | Joel Tomkins | Second Row | Carl Ablett | 18 |
| 13 | Sean O'Loughlin (c) | Lock | Kevin Sinfield (c) | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Harrison Hansen | Matt Diskin | 14 | |
| 15 | Paul Prescott | Greg Eastwood | 15 | |
| 16 | Mike McIlorum | Chris Clarkson | 27 | |
| 29 | Chris Tuson | Ali Lauiti'iti | 12 | |
| Michael Maguire | Coach | Brian McClennan | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Thierry Alibert |
Match report
Leeds Rhinos won 27-26 away at Wigan Warriors' DW Stadium on 12 September 2010 in a Super League Qualifying Play-off, level 14-14 at half-time. The League Leaders came unstuck at home to the 4th seed in a major upset — Kevin Sinfield's field goal proved decisive after Wigan's Pat Richards missed a match-winning penalty attempt from 40 metres in the final minute. The result sent Wigan into the Preliminary Semi-Finals rather than straight to the Qualifying Semis, while Leeds advanced directly, only to be outranked by St Helens for club-call purposes.