Match details 2010 Super League Grand Final

pre-match entertainment provided performance diana vickers. rhydian roberts sang jerusalem , minute s silence observed terry newton had died previous weekend before st helens, wearing blue white (as both sides traditional colours red , white), kicked off.

in fourth minute wigan twelve metres out st helens try-line when, on fifth tackle, passed through hands out right side centre martin gleeson forced way through defence. video referee awarded try , pat richards conversion attempt missed cherry & whites in front 4-0. @ fifteen-minute mark wigan working ball out of own half when again moved ball out right sam tomkins made break , passed inside thomas leuluai in support. leuluai passed deacon passed gleeson cross untouched, putting ball down behind uprights second try. richards kicked simple conversion wigan in front 10-0. 3 minutes later wigan had again made way within spitting distance of st helens try line passed ball out right winger darrell goulding dive on in corner untouched. richards sideline conversion successful warriors led 16-0 little on quarter of match gone. in twenty-eighth minute st helens had managed make way inside wigan s ten-metre line jon wilkin got ball , ran inside across defensive line, passing andrew dixon ran untouched through gap close-range try. simple conversion kicked jamie foster st helens trailing 16-6. no more points scored in remaining minutes half-time score.

pat richards did not return field after break due achilles tendon injury. in fourth minute of second half, wigan on st helens twenty-metre line when ball went leuluai dummied way through gap in defence , managed evade several more tacklers before clambering way try line ruled video referee ball stripped him. penalty awarded wigan , option kick taken, riddell missed. st helens enjoyed possession failed convert chances points before wigan on attack again fifty-third minute. twelve metres out ball played , passed right, finding sam tomkins dummied , took on defensive line, somehow managing maintain momentum , reach out of two-man tackle plant ball on line. riddell missed conversion attempt badly wigan leading 20-6. few minutes later cherry & whites got penalty in easy kicking position , riddell got 2 points, extending lead 22-6. in sixtieth minute wigan crossed st helens line again called video referee due obstruction. wigan awarded penalty ten minutes later , took kick, tomkins attempt missed, leaving margin @ sixteen points ten minutes of game remaining. in seventy-fourth minute st helens had made opposition s quarter of field swung ball out francis meli score on left wing. foster missed sideline conversion attempt, score 22-10 in favour of wigan. no more points scored in remaining minutes of match wigan celebrated first championship since 1998.

thomas leuluai awarded harry sunderland trophy grand final s man-of-the-match. wigan s new australian coach michael maguire had won championship in first season head coach. st helens fourth consecutive grand final defeat , disappointing exit game retiring captain keiron cunningham in 496th game.

wigan s celebrations continued following day team s open-top bus tour jjb sports hq @ martland park market place, wigan attracting thousands of fans despite rainy weather.