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The 2022 Challenge Cup Final was the 121st final of
The 2022 Challenge Cup Final was moved away from
. 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 rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 11 ...
's Challenge Cup knock-out competition, which was contested between Huddersfield Giants
Huddersfield Giants are an English professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, the birthplace of rugby league, who play in the Super League competition. They play their home games at the John Smiths Stadium which is sha ...
and Wigan Warriors
The Wigan Warriors are a professional rugby league club in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the Super League.
Formed in 1872 as Wigan Football Club, Wigan was a founding member of the Northern Rugby Football Union followin ...
. It took place on 28 May 2022 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is the home of Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur in north London, replacing the club's previous ground, White Hart Lane. With a seating capacity of 62,850, it is the third-largest football stadium in England and the ...
. Wigan won the cup for the 20th time by beating Huddersfield 16–14.
Background
Teams
Wigan Warriors and Huddersfield Giants have faced each other only once before in the Challenge Cup Final during the 1919–20 season 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 in2017
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, and last winning in 2013
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. By contrast, Huddersfield's ten Challenge Cup Final appearances consist of six wins and four losses, their most recent in 2009, but have not won the competition since 1953
Events
January
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* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
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. Upon making the final, Wigan were fourth in the Super League, behind rivals
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, cup holders, and their semi-final opposition St Helens and Catalans Dragons
The Catalans Dragons (French: ''Dragons Catalans'', Catalan: ''Dracs Catalans'') are a professional rugby league club from Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales department, France. The team competes in the Super League and are the only team from outs ...
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 2022 Challenge Cup Final was moved away from Wembley
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to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is the home of Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur in north London, replacing the club's previous ground, White Hart Lane. With a seating capacity of 62,850, it is the third-largest football stadium in England and the ...
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Events
Predicted and scheduled events
* January 1
** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1927 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law.
** Croatia will adopt the eu ...
.
Pre-match
1895 Cup Final
In the curtain opener, Leigh Centurions beatFeatherstone Rovers
Featherstone Rovers are a professional rugby league club in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England, who play in the Championship. Featherstone is a former coal mining town with a population of around 16,000 and Rovers are one of the last "smal ...
30–16 in the 2022 1895 Cup Final.
Anthems
Regular Challenge Cup anthem singer Lizze Jones sung '' Abide with Me'' ahead of the final. Thenational anthem
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was sung by Twinnie from the roof of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is the home of Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur in north London, replacing the club's previous ground, White Hart Lane. With a seating capacity of 62,850, it is the third-largest football stadium in England and the ...
.
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.Route to the final
Huddersfield Giants
Wigan Warriors
Match details
Teams
Huddersfield: Lolohea, McGillvary,Cudjoe
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, Leutele, Senior, Cogger, Russell, Hill
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, Levi
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, Wilson, Jones, McQueen, Yates (c)''Interchanges'':
English
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, Greenwood, Golding
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* Arthur Golding (c. 1536 – 1606), English translator
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, Trout
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.''Head coach'': Ian Watson Wigan:
Field
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, French, Thornley, Bibby, Marshall
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, Cust, Smith
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, Singleton
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, O'Neill, Byrne '
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, Farrell (c), Bateman Bateman may refer to:
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, Smithies.''Interchanges'': Leuluai, Mago,
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, 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
Ricky Leutele (born 10 April 1990) is a Samoa international rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Leigh Leopards in the Betfred Super League.
Leutele previously played for the Huddersfield Giants in the Super League, Toronto Wolfpac ...
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
Morgan Smithies (born 7 November 2000) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a and forward for the Wigan Warriors in the Super League and both and the England Knights at international level.
Background
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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
Cade Cust (born 14 September 1998) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a or for the Wigan Warriors in the Super League.
He previously played for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League.
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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.
Post-match
The day following the final, Wigan Warriors had a trophy parade outside the Robin Park Area. Following, what was dubbed by the media, a successful final for rugby league certain outlets questioned the finals future atWembley
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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
Predicted and scheduled events
* January 1 – In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1931 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law.
* February 6 – Annular solar ec ...
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The match was watched by 1,519,400 people on BBC One
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