Australian Willie Peters has enhanced his glowing coaching reputation after guiding Hull KR to a rare trophy treble as they outplayed world club champions Wigan to win the Super League grand final 24-6 at Old Trafford.

Peters’ side, inspired by English ace Mikey Lewis and the former NRL great Jared Waerea-Hargreaves in his farewell match, delivered a superb four-try display to add the British game’s biggest trophy to the Challenge Cup and League Leaders Shield that they’d annexed earlier in the season.

The 46-year-old former Wigan, Illawarra and South Sydney player Peters, who’ll be a key part of Kevin Walters’ Kangaroos’ coaching team in the Ashes later this month, is increasingly becoming a target to oversee NRL clubs after his extraordinary transformation of Rovers.

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