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Matty Peet
Matthew Peet (born 15 April 1984) is an English professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of the Wigan Warriors in the Super League. Background Peet was born in Wigan and played amateur rugby league for many years around the area. After failing to secure a professional contract, he switched direction and studied English at Manchester Metropolitan University. Upon graduation and completion of his degree in 2005, he returned to rugby league focusing on coaching. Career Peet began coaching at amateur level with the senior sides of both Westhoughton Lions and Wigan St Patricks, before joining Wigan in 2008 as a part time Scholarship coach. Peet went on to hold a number of roles within the club's youth ranks before being appointed to his first full-time position as the club's youth performance coach. In 2013, he was promoted to Head of Youth Performance, a role he would hold until 2018. Wigan's youth sides would win their respective Grand Finals six out of the seven ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wigan
Wigan ( ) is a town in Greater Manchester, England. The town is midway between the two cities of Manchester, to the south-east, and Liverpool, to the south-west. It is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is its administrative centre. The town has a population of 107,732 and the wider borough of 330,714. Wigan is part of the Historic counties of England, historic county of Lancashire. Wigan was in the territory of the Brigantes, an ancient List of ancient Celtic peoples and tribes, Celtic tribe that ruled much of what is now Northern England. The Brigantes were subjugated in the Roman conquest of Britain and the Roman settlement of was established where Wigan lies. Wigan was incorporated as a Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in 1246, following the issue of a charter by Henry III of England, King Henry III of England. At the end of the Middle Ages, it was one of four boroughs in Lancashire established by royal charter. The Industrial Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Super League Grand Final
The 2023 Super League Grand Final, was the 26th official grand final, and championship-deciding rugby league game of Super League XXVIII. The match was contested between Wigan Warriors and Catalans Dragons, at Old Trafford. St Helens were the defending champions, having won 4 consecutive titles in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, but they were eliminated in the Semi-final, losing 6–12 to Catalans Dragons in a repeat of the 2021 Final, which St Helens won 12–10. Background Route to the final Catalans Dragons Catalans ended the regular season in 2nd place, thus earning them a bye to the semi-finals, where they would play the highest ranked winner of the eliminators, which was St Helens. Catalans thought they had scored the first try of the game on 18 minutes, as Tom Johnstone touched down in the corner, but the referee decided the on field decision was NO TRY, with the video referee confirming this, as Johnstone was deemed to have pushed Jonny Lomax off the ball, while cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super League XXIV
Super League XXIV, known as the Betfred Super League XXIV for sponsorship reasons, was the 2019 iteration of and the 24th season of the Super League and 125th season of rugby league in Great Britain. Twelve teams competed over 29 rounds, including the Magic Weekend, which took place at Anfield. After the regular rounds, the top five highest teams entered the Super League play-offs, for a place in the Super League Grand Final. London Broncos were immediately relegated to the Championship after only being promoted last year, but a bad season saw them win just 10 games out of 29. They will be replaced by Toronto Wolfpack. Wigan Warriors were the defending champions, but they were eliminated from the competition, after suffering back to back defeats in the semi-finals. First against St Helens in the semi final, and eventually losing out to Salford in the preliminary final. Toronto Wolfpack won the Million Pound Game by beating Featherstone Rovers 24–6 and were promoted to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
