Wigan Warriors 0–8 Leeds Rhinos — Eliminator, 2021 Super League Finals Series
23 Sep 2021 · DW Stadium, Wigan · Attendance: 7,396
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Eliminator, 2021 Super League finals series: Wigan Warriors 0–8 Leeds Rhinos, at DW Stadium, Wigan on 23 Sep 2021.
Sourcing caveat: Only one named source (Sky Sports) was found for full match detail; the scoreline and date were separately corroborated via BBC search results, but individual try/goal minutes rest on the Sky Sports report alone. No referee name was identified in sources found.
Scoring timeline
| 50′ | Leeds Rhinos — try, Handley |
Tries with a sourced minute, in order scored, with the conversion kicked/missed alongside each one where source data lets us match a kicker to that specific try. Tries whose exact minute isn't recorded in available sources appear in the Scorers table below but not here; goal tallies we can't attribute to one specific try are shown as descriptive text in Scorers rather than guessed into this timeline.
Scorers
| Wigan Warriors | No scorers recorded. |
| Leeds Rhinos | Tries: Handley 50' Goals: Martin (1 conversion 51', 1 penalty goal 74') |
Team sheets
| Wigan Warriors | Leeds Rhinos | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Zak Hardaker | Fullback | Richard Myler | 16 |
| 22 | Jake Bibby | Wing | Luke Briscoe | 24 |
| 11 | Willie Isa | Centre | Harry Newman | 3 |
| 4 | Oliver Gildart | Centre | Tom Briscoe | 2 |
| 5 | Liam Marshall | Wing | Ash Handley | 5 |
| 20 | Harry Smith | Five-Eighth | Robert Lui | 6 |
| 31 | Jackson Hastings | Halfback | Kruise Leeming | 9 |
| 8 | Brad Singleton | Prop | Matt Prior (c) | 10 |
| 9 | Sam Powell | Hooker | Brad Dwyer | 14 |
| 14 | Oliver Partington | Prop | Bodene Thompson | 20 |
| 13 | John Bateman | Second Row | James Donaldson | 25 |
| 12 | Liam Farrell (c) | Second Row | Rhyse Martin | 12 |
| 15 | Morgan Smithies | Lock | Zane Tetevano | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 19 | Liam Byrne | Konrad Hurrell | 4 | |
| 21 | Ethan Havard | Mikolaj Oledzki | 8 | |
| 27 | Kai Pearce-Paul | Tom Holroyd | 18 | |
| 25 | Joe Shorrocks | Cameron Smith | 17 | |
| Adrian Lam | Coach | Richard Agar | ||
Match officials
| Referee | — |
Match report
Leeds Rhinos won 8-0 away at the DW Stadium in a match that was scoreless at half-time — the first 0-0 half-time score in Super League play-off history to that point. Ash Handley's 50th-minute try, converted by Rhyse Martin, put Leeds ahead, and a Martin penalty goal in the 74th minute sealed the win. The result effectively ended Adrian Lam's tenure as Wigan head coach.