Treble Winners in the Super League era

Hull KR are within touching distance of a historic treble in 2025 and would become the fifth team in the Super League era to achieve this if they are victorious in Saturday’s Grand Final.

Standing in their way are current champions, Wigan Warriors, who are also looking to make history themselves by completing a three-peat.

Treble Chasers ? Three-Peet

The Grand Final rematch is ON next Saturday night at Old Trafford ?#SuperLeague

— Betfred Super League (@SuperLeague) October 4, 2025

What is 'The Treble'?

Winning ‘The Treble’ currently refers to winning the Challenge Cup, League Leaders’ Shield and Super League Grand Final all in the same season.

Only six teams have completed the treble in Rugby League history, and it has only been achieved four times during the Super League era.

The six teams are – Bradford Bulls, Huddersfield Giants, Leeds Rhinos, St Helens, Swinton Lions, and Wigan Warriors.

The teams to do it in Super League are the Bulls, the Rhinos, the Saints and the Warriors, who are also the 'big four' – the only four teams to have ever lifted the Super League trophy.

Wigan are the most successful team, winning the treble on four occasions.

Bradford Bulls - 2003 season

Bradford Bulls became the first team of the Super League era to win the treble in 2003.

Brian Noble’s Bulls were truly invincible, with their line-up consisting of the topmost talent at the time.

This included iconic characters such as Leon Pryce, Lesley Vainikolo, James Lowes, 2003 Man of Steel Jamie Peacock, Joe Vagana, 2003 top points scorer Paul Deacon (286), Robbie-Hunter Paul and Stuart Fielden – individuals who are household names of the 2000s generation.

Bradford beat bitter rivals Leeds Rhinos 22-20 in the Challenge Cup Final, before winning the League Leaders’ Shield in emphatic fashion and defeating Wigan Warriors 25-12 in the Grand Final to make it a clean sweep of trophies.

It was a Super League first, which holds a level of prestige in itself.

St Helens - 2006 season

St Helens became just the second team to win the treble in the modern era – and it came 40 years after winning their first.

Daniel Anderson’s men wanted to go bigger and better in 2006 after agonisingly missing out the 2005 Grand Final. 

Therefore, he recruited strongly for his second season in charge with Francis Meli, Jason Cayless, and Leon Pryce adding to a brilliant core group of Saints men such as Paul Sculthorpe, Sean Long and hometown heroes Keiron Cunningham and 2006 Man of Steel Paul Wellens, who were all reaching the peak of their powers.

Add in two rising stars in the shape of James Roby and James Graham, the dazzling stardom of centre Jamie Lyon, who emerged as 2006's top points scorer with 316, and the dangerous Lee Gilmour and Paul Anderson in the pack, the 2006 squad was one built for success.

The Red V were indeed a formidable force that year, and went on to win a tremendous ten of their last eleven games to finish eight points clear at the top of the table.

Their leader and captain Sculthorpe was integral to their success.

They thrashed Huddersfield Giants 42-12 in the Challenge Cup Final, before winning convincingly at Old Trafford against debutants Hull FC (26-4).

This was a Saints side full of class and one that knew how to put on a spectacle, with Pryce and Long masterfully pulling the attacking strings in the halves.

It was a special, special season for the Red V.

Leeds Rhinos - 2015 season

Ten years ago, Leeds Rhinos made history, as the curtain came down on a ‘Golden Generation.’

It was an emotional year for the club with a trio of legends announcing their retirement – Jamie Peacock, Kevin Sinfield and Kylie Leuluai.

But what a memorable and unexpected season it turned out to be.

Their sensational story started with a record-breaking 50-0 whitewash at the Challenge Cup Final against Hull KR, where Tom Briscoe banked five tries.

The League Leaders’ Shield race would then come down to the final match of the season as Leeds faced Huddersfield Giants.

The Rhinos needed a win to claim the Shield, which could also go over the Pennines to Wigan, should Leeds lose. A helicopter was in flight between Huddersfield and Wigan as a nerve-shredding 80 minutes unfolded. 

It was like being on a knife edge, before Ryan Hall in the dying seconds, made memories at the then John Smith’s Stadium.

A chip by Danny McGuire bounced perfectly for Hall, who sprinted away from Jermaine McGillvary to touch down on the hooter and win the game for Leeds to become the 2015 league leaders.

The scenes were indescribable.

By this point, the Rhinos were really starting to believe their treble dream could become a reality.

They progressed through the Play-Offs in dramatic fashion, before facing Wigan at Old Trafford, where an unlikely hero would become the man of the hour.

Young Josh Walters, who came on from the bench, scored the game-levelling try for Leeds, before Sinfield crucially converted to takes the scores to 22-20 in the Rhinos' favour.

A tense 15 minutes followed but Brian McDermott's men held on to claim a seventh Grand Final win and their first time beating the Warriors in a major final.

It was a completely star-studded Leeds outfit. Along with the departing three, names such as 2015 Man of Steel Zak Hardaker, Kallum Watkins, Joel Moon, Carl Ablett, Adam Cuthbertson and the late Rob Burrow immediately spring to mind.

We won't forget this one in a hurry.

Wigan Warriors - 2024 season

The Warriors won the treble for a record fourth time in the 2024 season and went one step further by becoming the first team in the Super League era to hold all four major trophies at the same time – as known as, the quadruple.

This achievement came thirty years on from the Wigan side of 1994 which lifted all the trophies they possibly could.

A clean sweep in modern day is certainly an ‘unheard of’ feat, but Matt Peet’s unstoppable Cherry and Whites found a way to do it and lived up to their 'Kings of Rugby' name tag.

First, it was a breath-taking win against Penrith Panthers in the World Club Challenge.

Then, the Warriors topped the table after an enthralling neck and neck battle with Hull KR all season. It was their Round 25 result, where Wigan came from behind to beat the Robins 24-20, that proved to be decisive in sealing first place.

Prior to this, Wigan defeated rivals Warrington Wolves 18-8 at Wembley to lift the Challenge Cup for a record-extending 21st time, before going on to finish the job at Old Trafford against KR in October.

There was little to separate the Grand Finalists in the opening forty, as a blistering battle unfolded – in front of a bumper crowd of 68,173 – the highest attendance for a Grand Final since 2017.

But a dominant Wigan knew how to turn it up a notch in big games, as super man Bevan French scored a sensational solo try to win the 2024 final 9-2.

In fact, French earned Player of the Match across all three of Wigan's major finals. A real Warriors wizard.

This Wigan team is certainly something extraordinary and their bond is clear for all to see.

While there’s dynamic duo Jai Field and Bevan French who are the league’s entertainers, they have general Harry Smith to guide them around the pitch.

Jake Wardle and Liam Marshall have formed a lethal left edge in recent seasons, with Marshall finishing as the top try scorer last year with 29 tries.

Junior Nsemba burst onto the scene in 2024 and has shown extremely promising signs, and prop Luke Thompson has made an immense impact since his return to Super League.

And that’s just naming a few members of this wonderful Wigan side.

2024 was a season to remember, that’s for sure.

Will Hull KR join this list of existing treble-winners? More history is waiting to be written on Saturday.

The Warriors have already had two trophies taken from them by the Robins this year, so will not want to part with the Super League trophy so easily.

Willie Peters’ side, however, will be out for revenge, with Wigan being the team who made them wait that little bit longer to taste silverware.

Arguably, they would say it’s been worth it given the year they've had in 2025...but can they go all the way on Saturday, and will we see finally see a new name engraved on the Super League trophy?

Or will Wigan retain the title? Only Leeds and St Helens have completed three-peats before them...

Tickets for the Betfred Super League Grand Final are on sale now! Will you be joining us on Saturday 11 October? Tickets start at just £30 for adults, and £15 for juniors - secure your place today and join us for the biggest night in Rugby League!

The Betfred Super League Grand Final will also be shown live and exclusively on Sky Sports (K.O. 6pm).