Growing up, he had Shaun Edwards and Andy Farrell posters all over his bedroom walls and regularly followed his Wigan heroes to Wembley and back.
Luke Robinson then lived out his dream by playing for arguably the most famous rugby league club in the world. But his heart has long since been with Huddersfield Giants where the charismatic scrum-half featured more than 200 times and earned England honours. Now, as the club’s assistant coach, Yorkshireman Robinson is helping plot Wigan’s downfall in Saturday’s Betfred Challenge Cup final.
And hopefully ending his own heartache in the sport’s oldest knockout competition. Robinson, 37, recalled: “I was only 17 when Wigan won the Cup at Murrayfield in 2002. I played in the earlier rounds but didn’t make the final itself. It was an amazing experience, though, just to be around the group with players like Andy Farrell. It gave me an idea of what finals are like and how you win them.”
