Challenge Cup Final
Attendance: 60,669
Neutral Venue: Wembley Stadium, London, England
Referee: Stuart Cummings | Video: Match Action
Head 2 Head
Previous Results
Date Home Team Result Away Team Season
21 Sep 1997Wigan Warriors22 - 10Sheffield Eagles1997
10 Aug 1997Sheffield Eagles24 - 22Wigan Warriors1997
29 Jun 1997Wigan Warriors58 - 2Sheffield Eagles1997
Sheffield Eagles Lineup
 Num  PlayerAge   Tries   Goals   Drops   Points 
1 Waisale Sovatabua24        
2 Nick Pinkney27 1     4
3 Whetu Taewa26        
4 Keith Senior22        
5 Matt Crowther24 1     4
6 Dave Watson31        
7 Mark Aston30   2 1 5
8 Paul Broadbent29        
9 Johnny Lawless23        
10 Dale Laughton27        
11 Paul Carr30        
12 Darren Shaw26        
13 Rod Doyle28        
(14) Lynton Stott27        
15 Michael Jackson28        
16 Darren Turner24 1     4
17 Martin Wood29        
Total:        
 3 2 1 17

Data Courtesy Of : Richard Pepper, Chris Heinitz

Wigan Warriors Lineup
 Num  PlayerAge   Tries   Goals   Drops   Points 
1 Kris Radlinski22        
2 Mark Bell31 1     4
3 Danny Moore26        
4 Gary Connolly26        
5 Jason Robinson23        
6 Henry Paul24        
7 Tony Smith27        
8 Stephen Holgate26        
9 Robbie McCormack33        
10 Tony Mestrov28        
11 Denis Betts28        
12 Simon Haughton22        
13 Andy Farrell22   2   4
14 Lee Gilmour20        
15 Neil Cowie31        
16 Mick Cassidy24        
17 Terry O'Connor26        
Total:        
 1 2 0 8

Data Courtesy Of : Keith Sutch, Chris Heinitz

    Note: Those players whose number appears in bracketed italics are non-playing substitutes.