Wigan Warriors 16–12 Warrington Wolves — Qualifying Semi-Final, 2014 Super League Finals Series
3 Oct 2014 · DW Stadium, Wigan · Attendance: 15,023
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Qualifying Semi-Final, 2014 Super League finals series: Wigan Warriors 16–12 Warrington Wolves, at DW Stadium, Wigan on 3 Oct 2014.
Sourcing caveat: Try-scorer and goal-kicker detail for this match rests primarily on Rugby League Project, with date, venue and score independently corroborated by a BBC preview and club fixture archives — a direct BBC match report could not be located. A Grokipedia (AI-generated) page gave a materially different, unverifiable try-scorer list, which was discarded as likely unreliable rather than used. Individual try minutes were not confirmed and are omitted rather than guessed at. Warrington's jersey numbers here (and Stefan Ratchford's fullback role) match the club's official 2014 squad list exactly, corroborated independently across all three of Warrington's matches this round. Wigan's Joel Tomkins again has no confirmed number (see the Qualifying Play-off entry's caveat).
Scorers
| Wigan Warriors | Tries: Burgess; Gelling; Tomkins Goals: Smith (2 conversions) |
| Warrington Wolves | Tries: Monaghan; O'Brien Goals: O'Brien and Ratchford (conversions, split between the two) |
Team sheets
| Wigan Warriors | Warrington Wolves | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Bowen | Fullback | Stefan Ratchford | 6 |
| 2 | Josh Charnley | Wing | Joel Monaghan | 5 |
| 5 | Anthony Gelling | Centre | Chris Bridge | 3 |
| 23 | Dan Sarginson | Centre | Ryan Atkins | 4 |
| 32 | Joe Burgess | Wing | Rhys Evans | 18 |
| 6 | Blake Green | Five-Eighth | Gareth O'Brien | 20 |
| 7 | Matty Smith | Halfback | Richard Myler | 7 |
| 10 | Ben Flower | Prop | Chris Hill | 8 |
| 9 | Mike McIlorum | Hooker | Michael Monaghan | 14 |
| 17 | Dominic Crosby | Prop | Anthony England | 19 |
| UNCONFIRMED | Joel Tomkins | Second Row | James Laithwaite | 23 |
| 12 | Liam Farrell | Second Row | Trent Waterhouse | 11 |
| 13 | Sean O'Loughlin (c) | Lock | Ben Harrison | 15 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 19 | Sam Powell | Mick Higham | 9 | |
| 22 | Eddy Pettybourne | Roy Asotasi | 10 | |
| 24 | Tony Clubb | Ben Currie | 17 | |
| 25 | John Bateman | Matthew Russell | 1 | |
| Shaun Wane | Coach | Tony Smith | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Phil Bentham |
Match report
Wigan Warriors beat Warrington Wolves 16-12 at the DW Stadium on 3 October 2014 in a Super League Qualifying Semi-Final — a tight, low-scoring rematch of the 2013 Grand Final, which Wigan had won 30-16. Wigan led 8-4 at half-time and held on to advance to a second consecutive Grand Final.