'Reflects well on rugby league': Wigan boss Matt Peet on winning Sports Journalists' Association Committee Award

Wigan head coach Matt Peet said that him winning the Sports Journalists' Association (SJA) Committee Award "reflects well on rugby league".

Peet, 40, led his side to a quadruple in the same calendar year - as they won the World Club Challenge against Penrith Panthers, the Challenge Cup final against Warrington Wolves, the League Leaders' Shield, and the Grand Final against Hull Kingston Rovers. And their feat of overcoming so many challengers which included so many top-class performers was recognised.

Speaking on Sky Sports News when the prestigious award had been announced, Peet said: "It makes me very proud, very grateful to be selected by the committee. And I think it reflects really well on our organisation, on our club, our players, and I think it reflects well on rugby league and our competition. It's not an award that rugby league is synonymous with so to know that our sport is getting some recognition, it makes me very proud to be at the forefront of it."

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Reflecting on the quadruple, he added: "We never set out with that ambition. We set out with an ambition of improving and learning and we knew we had some big games along the way so I'm just very proud of the players and the club from top to bottom. This is a town that takes great pride in its rugby league club so when we have a season like that it's important that we enjoy it and look to build now.

"It was only in the build-up to the Grand Final that we really spoke about the opportunity we had to win four and how that was quite unique. Through the year, there were some great moments. We had the World Club Challenge here and there was the way Kris (Radlinski, Wigan CEO) built the week and there was so much going on in this community. This is a town that has got rugby running through its veins and everywhere you went there was a great atmosphere. The energy was fantastic and I do think that's what won us the game ultimately. The players were great but they had a whole town behind us."

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