Matty Peet urges Wigan Warriors to become 'addicted' to success

Matty Peet wants his Wigan Warriors players to get ‘addicted’ to the feeling of reaching and taking part in major finals. The Warriors secured their spot in the Challenge Cup final on Saturday afternoon as they edged out St Helens 20-18 in a thrilling semi-final clash at Elland Road.

Liam Marshall scored two tries on the day, including a decisive length of the field effort in the second half, while Cade Cust and Liam Farrell also managed to touch down to book the Cherry and Whites’ place in the showpiece event at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. No team has won the cup more than Wigan, who have seen victory in 19 of the 32 finals they have been involved in.

However, they haven’t had their hands on the famous trophy for nine years, with their last cup success coming in 2013 with a win over Hull FC. Peet wants to make winning a habit at the DW Stadium and with his side in the cup final and second in the Super League table, he is well on his way towards doing that, it seems.

“It’s the first chance we’ve had and we’ve taken it,” Peet said after watching his side see off St Helens. “I want us to get addicted to it, I want us to get like Saints now who are expected to be there and anything else is seen as failure.

“We can only do that one game at a time and as far as today and this week goes, it’s job done.

“There’s no point working so hard for something if when you get there it’s not fun, it’s important that we do celebrate but it’s only a step, isn’t it. We’ll be judged on how we perform in the coming weeks in the final and then we move onto the next one, it never stops, you have to keep going and if we, at any point, take ourselves too seriously, we’ll get turned over.”

He added: “I always say that we have to accept winning