Sneyd inspires Warrington to grab place at Wembley

These may still be considered the formative years of Sam Burgess's coaching career but, as Warrington celebrate back-to-back Challenge Cup finals, it was worth a moment to reflect on how, just as he did in his playing days, Burgess belied his lack of experience on the biggest stage once again.

- Aaron Bower

This year has not been anything like as enjoyable a season in charge of the Wolves for Burgess. After the high of guiding Warrington to a cup final and a playoff semi-final in his first year as a head coach, the early part of this campaign has been much more testing for the 36-year-old, with inconsistency at the heart of most of what they have done. It is perhaps easy to forget that, in coaching terms at least, he is still incredibly young.

But, in their biggest game of the season and on one of the hottest, most energy-sapping days of the year so far, Burgess - who has admitted he would be interested in coaching the new Perth franchise in National Rugby League - got his selection and his tactics on the money to set up an intriguing final against Hull KR next month at Wembley.