Wigan Warriors sealed first place in the Super League regular season and collected the League Leaders' Shield for the sixth time, finishing the campaign at the summit. The result that confirmed their position came against Catalans Dragons, with the victory wrapping up top spot as the competition moves into its play-off phase.
The Shield is now the sixth of Wigan's history, a marker of their performance across the regular fixtures. By finishing the season as the highest-ranked team, Wigan enter the play-offs with the status that accompanies ending the regular schedule at number one, a conclusion the club reached with this win over Catalans.
The match against Catalans Dragons provided the decisive moment, ending the regular season with Wigan on top of the table. That outcome determines the side's standing as the play-offs begin, setting the club's path into the knockout stage where its regular-season placing will define its position in the draw.
For Catalans Dragons, the defeat in that fixture left Wigan as the confirmed leaders. With the league moving straight from the regular programme into the play-off series, both clubs turn their attention now to the next phase of the competition, where Wigan will compete as the top-ranked side following this decisive result.
