Wigan beat Leeds in Wheelchair Grand Final

Wigan Warriors' Declan Roberts (right) scored 22 points with two tries and seven conversions

Wigan Warriors defeated Leeds Rhinos in a thrilling Wheelchair Grand Final in Manchester to become Super League champions for the first time.

Late scores from Jack Heggie and Martin Lane turned the match back in the Warriors' favour.

It was a second successive Grand Final defeat for the Rhinos, who lost to Halifax Panthers last year.

The triumph completed a weekend double for Wigan, with the men's team having beaten Catalans Dragons in the Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford.

Leeds had won the League Leaders' Shield for topping the table at the end of the regular season and had defeated Wigan in both previous meetings.

But the Warriors, inspired by a team-talk during the week from men's head coach Matty Peet, took the lead with an early try from Heggie.

That set the pattern for the first half at the National Basketball Centre as Wigan scored five tries to Leeds' four, with Declan Roberts to the fore for the Warriors.

They went in 28-16 up and the Rhinos would come to regret missing all their conversions.

Yet the Yorkshire side, who were aiming to repeat their Super League title of 2021, were rejuvenated after the break.

Jodie Boyd-Ward completed her hat-trick before Nathan Collins' fourth try took Leeds into the lead for the first time.

However, there was still time for another twist as those Heggie and Lane tries, both converted by Roberts, secured a famous Wigan win.

More to follow.