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Wigan Warriors, over the past three seasons, have had an era of dominance, and will be looking to continue that trend when they face Hull KR this Saturday in the Grand Final.<\/p>\n
Following a lengthy spell under Shaun Wane that included three Super League titles, a change came in 2019 when Adrian Lam took the reigns at the Warriors, and it was always going to be a huge task to take over from someone with such prestige.<\/p>\n
Lam failed to win a trophy in his time at the helm, and after three seasons was sacked. In 2022, Wigan needed a change, and decided to take a huge risk \u2013 appointing a 38-year-old who had never played rugby league before, in what was a gutsy, but now what will go down as a perfect decision.<\/p>\n
Matt Peet made his way through the ranks at Wigan\u2019s as a scholarship coach, before becoming head of youth and eventually becoming Lam\u2019s assistant. He was given the head coach role on a full-time basis ahead of 2022, and won the Challenge Cup in his first season.<\/p>\n
The year after, the won the Grand Final against Catalans Dragons, and last year managed to better both of those by winning every trophy available to him, as he became just the second Wigan coach ever to complete the quadruple.<\/p>\n
Current assistant coach, and former player under Peet, Tommy Leuluai has been at Wigan for 14 years, in two separate stints, and has seen huge transformations as both a player and coach.<\/p>\n
The Warriors legend has given huge credit to the work Peet has done, and believes he is the main reason why the Warriors have had so much success over the past three seasons.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of credit has to go to Matty and what he\u2019s done,\u201d Leuluai said on T<\/a>he Bench Podcast<\/a>. \u201cHe deserves all the accolades he gets. He\u2019s an incredibly smart man. He\u2019s done it for a while too. I haven\u2019t coached for a long time, and he\u2019s coached for years at different levels, and there\u2019s things you pick up from him just on the paddock and just how he delivers his messages.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s incredibly smart. He\u2019s dedicated. He cares a lot about the players too. The boys love him. They know that he\u2019ll do anything for them.<\/p>\n Leuluai delved into how the Warriors coaching setup currently works, and how Peet allows him and fellow assistant Sean O\u2019Loughlin to work in their respective roles flawlessly.<\/p>\n \u201cMatty leads the whole thing. I look after attack, and Lockers [O\u2019Loughlin] defence, but we don\u2019t just stay in our lanes in that sense. Every single meeting everyone\u2019s chatting\u2026<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve only been in one coaching group so I don\u2019t know [how it\u2019s done elsewhere], but the beauty of it is that we trust between us. There\u2019s trust there and I hear stories about other coaching groups and maybe that\u2019s [different], but it\u2019s never like that with us.<\/p>\n As always when you\u2019re an assistant coach, the question is always asked whether you want to make the transition into being a full-time head coach. Leuluai was asked whether he could see himself as the top coach, but admitted it is something that is not on his mind.<\/p>\n \u201cNot at the moment,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019d be ready for a head [coach] role, in terms of how I\u2019d like to be ready myself. I feel like there\u2019s so much to learn.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not something that I\u2019m looking to do or looking for, but I suppose it\u2019s a natural progression, isn\u2019t it? So, we\u2019ll see. At the moment, I feel like I\u2019ve got so much to learn, I wouldn\u2019t feel confident jumping into a role like that.<\/p>\n \u201cI see what Matty [Peet] has to go through and I think, mate!\u201d<\/p>\n Wigan Warriors assistant names one rule he would get rid of in rugby league<\/p>\n The New Zealander was asked by host Jenna Brooks if there was one thing he would like to see less of in the current game, and Leuluai revealed that, if he could, he would change one controversial rule to ensure the game speeds up.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not a big fan of the captain\u2019s challenge me. I just feel like it\u2019s too slow. It slows down the game too much,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The captain\u2019s challenge has been a debated topic since it\u2019s inclusion to Super League at the start of the year. The concept was brought over from the NRL, where they have been using it since 2020. Leuluai said that whilst the outcomes of challenge appeals are quicker in Australia, it is still taking too long and kills momentum in matches.<\/p>\n On whether he was a fan of it in the NRL, he said: \u201cA little bit more because it\u2019s a bit quicker in terms of the technology, but I just feel like it\u2019s just slowing down which we\u2019re trying to speed up. So, I\u2019m just not a big fan of the captain\u2019s challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n
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