Bevan French reveals emotional Wigan Warriors team meeting before Challenge Cup Final

Winning a piece of silverware is always special but especially for Wigan Warriors yesterday as Bevan French revealed the “deep” team meeting the Warriors had in advance of the cup final.

In this meeting every player explained what winning the trophy would mean to them starting from wanting to help the club and advancing to really personal reasons.

After the game, star back Bevan French shed some light on what was said amongst the squad as they revealed their motivations: “Everyone within the squad spoke about what a win would mean to them and everyone spoke about helping the club but everyone got on a real personal level and what it would mean to themselves. A lot of them got deep and that was it for me.”

It’s been a tough 12 months for the versatile back but he conjured up a huge moment today creating a lovely try for Jai Field at the start of the second half.

Last year his season was cruelly ended prematurely by injury before he had to deal with the loss of his mum and he explained just how emotional he was after the game: “It’s pretty surreal, over the moon with it all. It’s crazy, the crowd, the atmosphere, the way we won as well, just crazy.”

For him it was all about his mum and he explained that before she passed away she told him to return to Wigan and produce a moment like this: “The last 12 months have been tough and today it all led down to this moment. It doesn’t seem real. Me and my mum spoke about these moments when she was still here. She told me to come back and contribute to winning some silverware for Wigan because of the way they supported me in this period.”