Between 1973 and 1996, following the abolition of the Championship Final, the league leaders were declared season champions. In this era, the Premiership was the third trophy required for the treble.
Only six teams have completed the treble, and it has only been achieved four times during the Super League era.[1]Wigan Warriors are the most successful team, winning the treble on 4 occasions.
Huddersfield Giants were the first team to complete the treble in the 1912-1913 season, beating Warrington Wolves 9-5 in the Challenge Cup final. They then went on to finish top of the league and win the Championship Final 29-2 beating Wigan.[3]
1914-15
Huddersfield won their second treble before going on to win All Four Cups in 1914-15, beating St. Helens 37-3 in the Challenge Cup final and then beating Leeds 35-2 in the Championship Final a few weeks after they finished top of the league.[3]
St Helens won their first treble in 1966, beating Wigan 21-2 in the Challenge Cup, finishing top of the league and beating Halifax 35-12 in the Championship Final.
Swinton Lions won their only treble in 1927-28 before going on to win All Four Cups. They started by beating Warrington 5-3 in the Challenge Cup and beat Featherstone Rovers 11-0 in the Championship Final after they finished top of the league.[7]
Wigan Warriors
1991-92
Wigan Warriors won their first treble in the 1991-92 season, finishing top of the league, defeating Castleford 28-12 in the Challenge Cup final and beating St Helens 48-16 in the Premiership final.
1993-94
Wigan won their second treble in 1993-94, finishing top of the league, defeating Leeds 26-12 in the Challenge Cup final and beating Castleford 24-20 in the Premiership final.
1994-95
Wigan won the treble for a third time in the 1994-95 season, finishing top of the league, beating Leeds 30-10 in the Challenge Cup final and beating Leeds 69-12 in the Premiership final.
Similar to the UK, the treble in French rugby league is achieved by winning the primary league competition, the Elite One Championship (French Rugby League Championship before 2002), the primary cup competition, the Lord Derby Cup, in addition to being the league leader at the end of the regular season. The teams that have achieved this are as follows:
NB: Treble information prior to 2002, the start of the Elite One Championship era, is unavailable.
The World Club Challenge is won in the first match of the following season, to complete a quadruple in the UK or the treble in Australia
In the UK, Winning the World Club Challenge alongside the treble is often referred to as The Grand Slam or The Quadruple. The competition has been played since 1976, and the competition is played as the opener to the following season.
In Australia, due to the lack of a primary cup competition, Australian teams (and those from other countries associated with the Australian league) are unable to win the treble, with the only major trophies traditionally available being that of the NRL Grand Final and Minor Premiership (equivalent of the League Leaders' Shield).
For a list of clubs to win this competition whist winning their respective Grand Final and League Leaders' Shield see here.
For a list of British clubs to win this competition whist also winning the treble see the list below:
Wigan Warriors
1993–94
Wigan Warriors are the only team to achieve a quadruple of trophies in the same year, during the 1993-94 season. After winning the league, Wigan defeated Leeds 26-16 at Wembley to win the Challenge Cup, then beat Castleford Tigers 24-20 at Old Trafford to win the Premiership Trophy and complete the Treble. Following their Treble victory they beat Brisbane Broncos 20–14 in the World Club Challenge who were the 1993 NSWRL Champions.[15]
Bradford Bulls became the second team to hold 4 trophies, though this was over 2 different seasons, and the first of the Super League era, winning the treble in 2003 before completing the quadruple by beating Penrith Panthers 22–4 in the following year's World Club Challenge. Given the current winners of the NRL and Super League take part in this game it is considered as part of the quadruple.[16]
^Wigan have a widly misreported quadruple in 1994–95[19][20] with the club winning the treble in addition to the 1994–95 Regal Trophy. Note: No World Club Challenge was held in 1995 as it didn't become a regular competition until 2000.
^This is the first widly reported quadruple to include the calendar year's World Club Challenge and not the following season's.[8] Note: The 2025 World Club Challenge was abandoned by Penrith Panthers, although no title was awarded for 2025, Wigan, without challenge, would retain their title for a second year.[21]
