Teams
Huddersfield: Lolohea, McGillvary, Cudjoe, Leutele, Senior, Cogger, Russell, Hill, Levi, Wilson, Jones, McQueen, Yates (c)
Interchanges: English, Greenwood, Golding, Trout.
Head coach: Ian Watson
Wigan: Field, French, Thornley, Bibby, Marshall, Cust, Smith, Singleton, O'Neill, Byrne, Farrell (c), Bateman, Smithies.
Interchanges: Leuluai, Mago, Ellis, Havard.
Head coach: Matty Peet
Summary
The game was viewed by many as a classic, with Wigan breaking Huddersfield hearts, with a match winning try late on. Huddersfield had led the game for the most part, taking a 2–0 lead through a Tui Lolohea penalty goal. Ricky Leutele scored the games first try, to give Huddersfield a 6–0 lead, Lolohea hit the post with the conversion. Wigan then scored through Harry Smith to which he converted, to level the scores at 6–6. With 20 minutes of the game played, Huddersfield lost prop forward Chris Hill, with a leg injury. With the scores level at 6–6, Chris McQueen threw a dummy and went over to give Huddersfield a 10–6 lead. Lolohea missed the conversion (0/2).
Half time- Huddersfield 10–6 Wigan.
Wigan came out strong for the second half, and were soon in the ascendancy, as Jai Field went over in the opening minutes of the 2nd half. Smith successfully converted the try, to put Wigan into the lead for the first time in the game. Huddersfield hit back soon after, with Jermaine McGillvary touching down in the far corner, despite 4 Wigan defenders trying to keep him out. There was a bit of controversy halfway through the 2nd half, when Morgan Smithies was penalised of 2 reckless high tackles, within the space of a couple of minutes. many in the crowd were expecting to see the cup final's first yellow card since 2001, but referee James Child was extremely lenient in issuing Smithies with just a ticking off. Lolohea opted to go for the 2 points to try and give the giants A 4 point lead, but missed the relative straight forward penalty. however, with the clock ticking down and Huddersfield defending stoutly, Cade Cust went off with what appeared to be a dislocated elbow, and was replaced by Thomas Leuluai. With less than 4 minutes of the game remaining, Wigan were pushing and pushing to find their match winning try, and after a switch of play from right to left by Thomas Leuluai, Smith put an inch perfect kick behind the Giants defence for Liam Marshall to score the match winning try, to the delight of the Wigan fans, and the despair of the Huddersfield fans. Smith missed the conversion, and with less than 2 minutes remaining, Huddersfield could not gain possession of the ball, and the match was won by Wigan.
