A second-half onslaught by Wigan was enough to win them their sixth championship in the summer era after the teams were tied at 2-2 at the half.
Given his remarks at halftime, which led to an onslaught by the Warriors against the Catalans at the start of the second half, it’s safe to say that Matt Peet, the head coach of the Warriors, was pleased to win his first Super League Grand Final as head coach.
There were a few technical issues there because, according to Peet, “we identified a few areas where we thought Catalans might potentially get some joy down their left.”.
There was a recap of the recent months’ message, which was trust in one another, and we talked about how crucial it is to defend kicks in games like this.
I considered it to be a strong message in favor of mutual trust. “.
Jake Wardle, the winner of the Harry Sunderland Trophy, was also honored by Peet.
“He was awesome. I want to say thank you and that I’m really grateful that I trusted him to come to Wigan and thank you for putting in the effort every day.
We continue to love him because he has a wonderful family and works hard at his sport.
We hired him because of this, and he went with us. “.
Both the “special” group of players at his disposal and the talent that will be leaving were praised by the Wigan manager.
“I believe we underestimate some of the quality on the field tonight and some of those moving on when people are looking ahead to next year.
“This is a special group of players, I often say it, teams at Wigan don’t always look the best at the start but looking at team photographs at the end of the season, we say we had a good group there,”.
“I want to look at the men and staff in our group without looking ahead.
We will likely view this group as unique. ? In addition, Peet honored Harry Smith, the halfback, and Sam Tomkins, the retiring star for Catalans.
“I think our kicking game is a real strong part of ours now, Harry’s kicking game is great, we can all be really proud of how he is playing at the moment.
Sam is one of their best players, and every week we talk about the dangers posed by the opposition.
“Obviously there was a story around Sam but we prepared properly for the threat that he brings with his competitiveness. ”.
In terms of Catalans, Peet had some great words for head coach Steve McNamara and owner Bernard Guasch.
“Credit to French rugby league and the club they have built under Steve and Bernard.
The momentum there is building, young talented French players, the backbone is French.
They travel in numbers.
“Our supporters all season could see something building at Wigan and the fans are loving watching them play. ”.
Looking forward, Peet is excited to take on the Penrith Panthers in the World Club Challenge.
“I’m looking forward to it, it would be an honour, I haven’t thought about that.
“I know the club would like to go there.
It’s an exciting thing for next year and the future. Let’s hope we can start to think about that on Tuesday.
Our club has a great history in that competition.
“We will play anywhere, but I will let people higher up than me make that decision. ”.
