The last Warrington Wolves squad to reach the Super League Grand Final – where are they now?

For the first time in eight years, Warrington Wolves will embark on a trip to Old Trafford to play in the Super League Grand Final.

Sam Burgess’ side have somehow gone under the radar this season, despite finishing in third and not moving out of the top four for the entire campaign.

Their opponents have a similar story. Wakefield Trinity are also a side virgin to Super League success, but come 8pm on Saturday night, one of those two clubs will lift the Super League title for the very first time.

For Trinity, this is a brand new experience having never reached Old Trafford before. Warrington have made the big dance three times – in 2012, 2016, 2018 – and it is their last outing in Manchester that we are focusing on here.

Serious About Rugby League have taken a look at how Wire lined up back on October 13 2018, and where those 17 players are now. Whilst some squad members have roles in and around the club, only two are still playing for the Primrose and Blue outfit.

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Warrington Wolves’ 2018 Grand Final squad – where are they now?

Full-back: Stefan Ratchford

The Wire playmaker had an incredible season in 2018, scoring 15 tries and creating 19 more from the number one spot.

After hanging up the boots in 2025, he remains at Warrington and works as a transition coach, helping the Wolves’ younger talents integrate into the first-team squad.

Wingers: Tom Lineham and Josh Charnley

Scoring 16 and 15 tries respectively that season, both Lineham and Charnley are some of the most prolific try scorers in the modern era. Lineham hung up the boots at the end of last season following a spell at Goole Vikings, and last week scored a long-range try in the ‘745 game’ in aid of Rob Burrow CBE and Motor Neurone Disease.

Charnley is now at the Leigh Leopards, and has continued to score for fun – so much so he is now the all-time Super League top try scorer. He recently signed a new one-year deal to keep him at the Leopards’ Den until the end of 2027.

Centres: Bryson Goodwin and Toby King

Goodwin spent two seasons in Primrose and Blue, representing the club in 2018 and 2019. Scoring 26 tries and kicking 43 goals in that time, he returned to the NRL the following year and saw out his career with the Cronulla Sharks. He now works as a player agent in Australia.

King is one of only two players in the 17 to still be playing at the club. Aged 22, 2018 was King’s breakthrough year, and he would go on to play 23 games that eason, scoring 14 tries. Saturday’s game will be his last for the club, as he moves to join London Broncos in 2027.

Halves: Kevin Brown and Tyrone Roberts

Brown’s final Warrington game turned out to be this one, as the following year saw him sidelined after a pre-season Achilles injury. He would move to Salford Red Devils in 2020, where he would help them reach the Challenge Cup Final. He too now works as a player agent, whilst also is a regular on rugby league broadcasting.

Roberts’ sole season came at Warrington in 2018, with the former NSW Country representative playing 33 games. He returned to the NRL in 2019 with Gold Coast, before 2025 saw him link up with the Ballina Seagulls in the Australian amateur competition.

Props: Chris Hill and Mike Cooper

Hill was a Wire stalwart from 2012 to 2021, and in their Grand Final season, he topped the stats chart for metres made by a prop. Hill only got as far as winning the Challenge Cup with Warrington before he moved on to Huddersfield, Salford and Bradford to end his career.

Cooper was in his second spell at the Halliwell Jones Stadium at this point, having moved to the NRL to play for St George Illawarra in 2014-2016. He totalled 272 games for the Wolves, before making a mid-season switch to Wigan in 2022.

Post-retirement, Cooper has found himself with a suspended 18-month prison sentence after a stalking conviction.

Hooker: Daryl Clark

The former Man of Steel was another to have an impressive campaign, with his efforts that season resulting in an England call-up that saw him feature of the bench twice against New Zealand.

He now features for St Helens, but missed the end of the 2025 season due to injury.

Back Row: Bodene Thompson and Jack Hughes

Kiwi forward Thompson made a mid-season switch from the Leigh Centurions, with his seventh and final game for Wire being the Grand Final. The following year he moved to Toronto Wolfpack, before landing at Leeds Rhinos when they folded due to COVID. He now works as a safety advisor for a building company and is an NRL Community Ambassador.

Hughes played 36 games in the 2018 campaign – the most in his career. The former Wigan and Huddersfield man has been one of the competition’s most underrated back rowers, and will hang up the boots at the end of the current season.

Loose Forward: Ben Westwood

“Super Benny Westwood” is a modern-day Warrington legend, and can often be seen in and around the Halliwell Jones stadium on gameday. The 429-time Super League veteran would stay around for another season, playing 10 games in 2019.

Interchanges: Ben Murdoch-Masila, Declan Patton, Joe Philbin, George King

Murdoch-Masila returned to the NRL in 2021, and featured for the NZ Warriors and St George Illawarra before retiring in 2025. Patton most recently played for the North Wales Crusaders, but left the club after their liquidation earlier this season.

Philbin joins King in being the only players remaining at the club; he too will join London Broncos in 2027. Lastly, George King, brother of Toby, made up the final bench spot. After a spell at Hull KR, the Irish international now finds himself at Huddersfield Giants.