2025 Super League Grand Final

2025 (2025) Betfred Super League Grand Final
The match will take place at Old Trafford
Hull Kingston Rovers Wigan Warriors
1 2 Total HKR 0 0 0 WIG 0 0 0
Date	11 October 2025
Stadium	Old Trafford
Location	Manchester, England
Jerusalem	Camilla Kerslake
Referee	Liam Moore
Broadcast partners
Broadcasters	Sky Sports (live) BBC Two (highlights) Fox League SuperLeague+
Super League Grand Final ←  2024 2026  →

The 2025 Super League Grand Final, named the 2025 Betfred Super League Grand Final for sponsorship reasons, will be the 28th official Super League Grand Final and the championship-deciding rugby league game of the 2025 Super League season. The match will be contested between Hull Kingston Rovers and Wigan Warriors at Old Trafford in Manchester, England, a repeat of the 2024 Grand Final.

Wigan Warriors are the defending champions, having won seven titles including in 2024, while Hull Kingston Rovers are making their second consecutive appearance at a Grand Final in an attempt to win their first ever treble, having finishing top of the Super League table and lifted the League Leader's Shield and having also won the 2025 Challenge Cup final.

Background

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Points
1	Hull Kingston Rovers	27	22	0	5	786	292	+494	44
2	Wigan Warriors	27	21	0	6	794	333	+461	42

Route to the final

Hull Kingston Rovers

Round	Opposition	Score
Semi-final	St Helens (H)	20–12
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue.

Hull Kingston Rovers finished the regular season as league leaders, earning the team a bye to the semi-final. They played the lowest ranked winner from the eliminators, which was St Helens.

Final score: Hull Kingston Rovers 20-12 St Helens ^[1]

Wigan Warriors

Round	Opposition	Score
Semi-final	Leigh Leopards (H)	18–6
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue.

2024 Grand Final winners Wigan finished the regular season in second place, earning the Warriors a bye to the semi-final. They played the highest ranked winner from the eliminators, which was the Leigh Leopards, a repeat of their 2024 semi-final fixture.

Final score: Wigan Warriors 18–6 Leigh Leopards ^[2]

Pre-match

Broadcasting

In the United Kingdom, both regular providers Sky Sports, via their Main Event channel, and the SuperLeague+ streaming platform will air the Grand Final, with highlights of the Grand Final also to be aired a day later on BBC Two. ^[3]

Sky Sports' coverage will also be shared with Fox League in Australia and Fox Sports in the USA, Digicel in the Pacific Region, Premier Sports Asia in South East Asia, Dubai TV, Sportsnet in Canada, SportsMax in the Caribbean and Sportdigital in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. A deal agreed between IMG and Sport Media Group will also see the Grand Final broadcast for the first time on Sport Media's main channel in Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova and Ukraine. ^[3]

Region	Network
United Kingdom	Sky Sports Main Event BBC Two (nextday highlights)
Australia	Fox League
United States	Fox Sports 1
Canada	Sportsnet
Caribbean	SportsMax
Pacific Islands	Digicel
South East Asia	Premier Sports
United Arab Emirates	Dubai TV
Estonia Latvia Lithuania Moldova Ukraine	Sport Media Group, Channel 1

Entertainment

See also: Super League Grand Final § Pre-match entertainment

Pre-match and half-time entertainment will be provided by The Pigeon Detectives, ^[4] with the Grand Final anthem 'Jerusalem' to be sung by Camilla Kerslake. ^[5]

Officiating

Liam Moore will referee the match, and will be aided by touch judges Marcus Griffiths and Richard Thompson. The video referee will be Jack Smith, while the reserve referee will be Chris Kendall. ^[6]

Team selection

Hull KRs' squad remained largely unchanged from their semi-final victory against St Helens, with the exception of Noah Booth replacing Eribe Doro, and the retiring Michael McIlorum's selection remaining in doubt due to a prior ankle injury. ^[7] Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, who will also retire after the Grand Final, initially faced a 3 match ban, ultimately ruling him out from the Grand Final, due to committing a Grade C head contact offence in the semi-final fixture, however, this ban was overturned upon appeal. ^[8] Hull KR will also be looking to win their first ever grand final, and the fourth team to win the treble.

The Wigan Warriors squad remained unchanged following their semi-final match against Leigh, and will be looking to win 3 successive finals for the first time. ^[9]

Prize money

Prize money will be £200,000 for the victors and £140,000 for the runners-up. ^[10]

Match details

11 October 2025 18:00 BST (UTC+01)

Hull KR	–	Wigan Warriors

Old Trafford, Manchester Referee: Liam Moore Touch judges: Marcus Griffiths Richard Thompson Video referee: Jack Smith [6] Rob Burrow Award:

Details

Hull KR		Position	Wigan Warriors
1		Fullback	1
2		Wing	2
3		Centre	3
4		Centre	4
5		Wing	5
6		Scrum-half	6
7		Stand-off	7
8		Prop	8
9		Hooker	9
10		Prop	10
11		Second-row	11
12		Second-row	12
13		Loose forward	13
14		Interchange	14
15			15
16			16
17			17
18		Concussion substitute	18
	Willie Peters	Head coach		Matt Peet

References

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3. Walker, Callum (9 October 2025). "2025 Super League Grand Final to be broadcast in five eastern European countries". Total Rugby League. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
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5. "Camilla Kerslake to perform at the Grand Final". Betfred Super League. 25 September 2025. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
6. Olawumi, Ben (6 October 2025). "2025 Super League Grand Final match officials confirmed including referee". Love Rugby League. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
7. Shaw, Matthew (9 October 2025). "Super League Grand Final squads named as Hull KR wait on Micky McIlorum". Hull Daily Mail. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
8. "Retiring Waerea-Hargreaves cleared for Grand Final". BBC Sport. 6 October 2025. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
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