By contrast, Huddersfield's ten Challenge Cup Final appearances consist of six wins and four losses, their most recent in 2009, but have not won the competition since 1953.

The 2022 Challenge Cup Final was moved away from Wembley to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium due to a scheduling conflict between the RFL and the BBC.

[6] Huddersfield: Lolohea, McGillvary, Cudjoe, Leutele, Senior, Cogger, Russell, Hill, Levi, Wilson, Jones, McQueen, Yates (c) Interchanges: English, Greenwood, Golding, Trout.

Head coach: Ian Watson Wigan: Field, French, Thornley, Bibby, Marshall, Cust, Smith, Singleton, O'Neill, Byrne, Farrell (c), Bateman, Smithies.

Head coach: Matty Peet The game was viewed by many as a classic, with Wigan breaking Huddersfield hearts, with a match winning try late on.

many in the crowd were expecting to see the cup final's first yellow card since 2001, but referee James Child was extremely lenient in issuing Smithies with just a ticking off.

With less than 4 minutes of the game remaining, Wigan were pushing and pushing to find their match winning try, and after a switch of play from right to left by Thomas Leuluai, Smith put an inch perfect kick behind the Giants defence for Liam Marshall to score the match winning try, to the delight of the Wigan fans, and the despair of the Huddersfield fans.