# 2022 Challenge Cup final

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2022 (2022) Challenge Cup Final Huddersfield Giants Wigan Warriors 14 16 1 2 Total HUD 10 4 14 WIG 6 10 16 Date 28 May 2022 Stadium Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Location London, United Kingdom Lance Todd Trophy Chris McQueen God Save The Queen and Abide with Me Lizzy Jones Twinnie Referee James Child Attendance 51,628[1] Broadcast partners Broadcasters BBC One Finals ← 2021 2023 →

The **2022 Challenge Cup Final** was the 121st final of the [Rugby Football League](/source/Rugby_Football_League)'s [Challenge Cup](/source/Challenge_Cup) knock-out competition, which was contested between the [Huddersfield Giants](/source/Huddersfield_Giants) and the [Wigan Warriors](/source/Wigan_Warriors). It took place on 28 May 2022 at the [Tottenham Hotspur Stadium](/source/Tottenham_Hotspur_Stadium).[2] Wigan won the cup for the 20th time by beating Huddersfield 16–14.[3]

## Background

### Teams

Wigan Warriors and Huddersfield Giants have faced each other only once before in the Challenge Cup Final during the [1919–20 season](/source/1919%E2%80%9320_Challenge_Cup) resulting in a 21–10 victory to Huddersfield. Since then, Wigan have established themselves as the most successful team in the tournament, winning the trophy 19 times and reaching a further 13 finals, their last in [2017](/source/2017_Challenge_Cup_Final), and last winning in [2013](/source/2013_Challenge_Cup_Final). By contrast, Huddersfield's ten Challenge Cup Final appearances consist of six wins and four losses, their most recent in [2009](/source/2009_Challenge_Cup_Final), but have not won the competition since [1953](/source/1952%E2%80%9353_Challenge_Cup). Upon making the final, Wigan were fourth in the [Super League](/source/Super_League_XXVII), behind [rivals](/source/St_Helens_R.F.C.%E2%80%93Wigan_Warriors_rivalry), cup holders, and their semi-final opposition [St Helens](/source/St_Helens_R.F.C.) and [Catalans Dragons](/source/Catalans_Dragons) Meanwhile Huddersfield were fifth, only 1 point behind, the sides had met twice in the league with each side winning their home games, with little between the sides it made the final one of the hardest to call in recent years.

### Stadium

The [Tottenham Hotspur Stadium](/source/Tottenham_Hotspur_Stadium) hosted the final for one year only

The 2022 Challenge Cup Final was moved away from [Wembley](/source/Wembley_Stadium) to the [Tottenham Hotspur Stadium](/source/Tottenham_Hotspur_Stadium) due to a scheduling conflict between the [RFL](/source/Rugby_Football_League) and the [BBC](/source/BBC). This also resulted in the final being moved to late May from its usual date in July or August. The RFL later announced this would be a temporary change, and would return to Wembley for [2023](/source/2023_Challenge_Cup_Final).[4]

## Route to the final

### Huddersfield Giants

Round Opposition Venue Score Sixth round Barrow Raiders Craven Park 30–16 Quarter-final Hull F.C. Kirklees Stadium 24–16 Semi-final Hull KR Elland Road 25–4

### Wigan Warriors

Round Opposition Venue Score Sixth round Salford Red Devils DW Stadium 20–0 Quarter-final Wakefield Trinity Belle Vue 36–6 Semi-final St Helens Elland Road 20–18

## Pre-match

### 1895 Cup Final

In the curtain opener, [Leigh Centurions](/source/Leigh_Centurions) beat [Featherstone Rovers](/source/Featherstone_Rovers) 30–16 in the [2022 1895 Cup](/source/2022_RFL_1895_Cup) Final.[5]

### Anthems

Regular Challenge Cup anthem singer Lizze Jones sung *[Abide with Me](/source/Abide_with_Me)* ahead of the final. The [national anthem](/source/God_Save_the_Queen) was sung by [Twinnie](/source/Twinnie-Lee_Moore) from the roof of the [Tottenham Hotspur Stadium](/source/Tottenham_Hotspur_Stadium).[6]

### Ticketing

Ticket prices started at £30 for adults and £15 for under-16s, with a select number of free tickets for NHS and military personnel.[6]

## Match details

Saturday, 28 May 15:00 (BST)

Huddersfield Giants 14–16 Wigan Warriors Tries: Leutele (17') McQueen (33') McGillvary (58') Goals: Lolohea (2' pen.) 1/5 report Tries: Smith (25′) Field (42′) Marshall (77′) Goals: Smith (26', 43') 2/3

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London Attendance: 51,628 Referee: James Child Lance Todd Trophy: Chris McQueen

### Teams

**Huddersfield**: [Lolohea](/source/Tui_Lolohea), [McGillvary](/source/Jermaine_McGillvary), [Cudjoe](/source/Leroy_Cudjoe), [Leutele](/source/Ricky_Leutele), [Senior](/source/Innes_Senior), [Cogger](/source/Jack_Cogger), [Russell](/source/Oliver_Russell), [Hill](/source/Chris_Hill_(rugby_league)), [Levi](/source/Danny_Levi), [Wilson](/source/Oliver_Wilson_(rugby_league)), [Jones](/source/Josh_Jones_(rugby_league)), [McQueen](/source/Chris_McQueen), [Yates](/source/Luke_Yates) (c) *Interchanges*: [English](/source/Matty_English), [Greenwood](/source/Joe_Greenwood), [Golding](/source/Ashton_Golding), [Trout](/source/Owen_Trout). *Head coach*: [Ian Watson](/source/Ian_Watson_(rugby_league))

**Wigan**: [Field](/source/Jai_Field), [French](/source/Bevan_French), [Thornley](/source/Iain_Thornley), [Bibby](/source/Jake_Bibby), [Marshall](/source/Liam_Marshall), [Cust](/source/Cade_Cust), [Smith](/source/Harry_Smith_(rugby_league)), [Singleton](/source/Brad_Singleton), [O'Neill](/source/Brad_O'Neill), [Byrne](/source/Liam_Byrne_(rugby_league)), [Farrell (c)](/source/Liam_Farrell), [Bateman](/source/John_Bateman_(rugby_league)), [Smithies](/source/Morgan_Smithies). *Interchanges*: [Leuluai](/source/Thomas_Leuluai), [Mago](/source/Patrick_Mago), [Ellis](/source/Kaide_Ellis), [Havard](/source/Ethan_Havard). *Head coach*: [Matty Peet](/source/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](/source/Tui_Lolohea) penalty goal. [Ricky Leutele](/source/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](/source/Harry_Smith_(rugby_league)) to which he converted, to level the scores at 6–6. With 20 minutes of the game played, Huddersfield lost prop forward [Chris Hill](/source/Chris_Hill_(rugby_league)), with a leg injury. With the scores level at 6–6, [Chris McQueen](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Cade_Cust) went off with what appeared to be a dislocated elbow, and was replaced by [Thomas Leuluai](/source/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](/source/Thomas_Leuluai), Smith put an inch perfect kick behind the Giants defence for [Liam Marshall](/source/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.

## Post-match

The day following the final, Wigan Warriors had a trophy parade outside the Robin Park Area.[7]

Following, what was dubbed by the media, a successful final for rugby league certain outlets questioned the finals future at [Wembley](/source/Wembley_Stadium) especially if the trend of declining attendance figures in the sport continued. Wembley and the RFL are in a current agreement to hold the final at the stadium until [2027](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2027_Challenge_Cup_Final&action=edit&redlink=1).[8]

The match was watched by 1,519,400 people on [BBC One](/source/BBC_One).[9]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Wigan win the Challenge Cup – Wigan Warriors"](https://wiganwarriors.com/blog/2022/05/28/wigan-win-the-challenge-cup/). 28 May 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Wigan win thrilling Challenge Cup Final on another historic day at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium"](https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2022/may/wigan-win-thrilling-challenge-cup-final-on-another-historic-day-at-tottenham-hotspur-stadium/). 29 May 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Marshall grabs Challenge Cup glory for Wigan to break Huddersfield hearts"](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/may/28/huddersfield-wigan-rugby-league-challenge-cup-final-match-report). *The Observer*. 28 May 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Challenge Cup final: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to host showpiece instead of Wembley next year"](https://www.skysports.com/rugby-league/news/12196/12379438/challenge-cup-final-tottenham-hotspur-stadium-to-host-showpiece-instead-of-wembley-next-year). *[Sky Sports](/source/Sky_Sports)*. 12 August 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Featherstone 16–30 Leigh: Centurions claim 1895 Cup"](https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/featherstone-16-30-leigh-centurions-claim-1895-cup/). 28 May 2022.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-pre_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-pre_6-1) ["Betfred Challenge Cup Final pre-match entertainment revealed"](https://www.rugby-league.com/article/36909/betfred-challenge-cup-final-pre-match-entertainment-revealed).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Thousands turn out for Wigan Warriors homecoming party"](https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2022-05-29/thousands-turn-out-for-wigan-warriors-homecoming-party). 29 May 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Tottenham's Challenge Cup final shows rugby league there is life outside Wembley | Rugby league | the Guardian"](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2022/may/30/tottenhams-challenge-cup-final-shows-rugby-league-there-is-life-outside-wembley).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Cup Final TV audience figures – Wigan Warriors"](https://wiganwarriors.com/blog/2022/05/31/cup-final-tv-audience-figures/). 31 May 2022.

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v t e Wigan Warriors squad - 2022 Challenge Cup Final winners 23. Jai Field 1. Bevan French 4. Iain Thornley 2. Jake Bibby 5. Liam Marshall 6. Cade Cust 16. Harry Smith 8. Brad Singleton 28. Brad O'Neill 20. Liam Byrne 12. Liam Farrell 13. John Bateman 14. Morgan Smithies 7. Thomas Leuluai 10. Patrick Mago 15. Kaide Ellis 19. Ethan Havard Coach: Matt Peet

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