In British rugby league, winning The Double refers to winning the League Championship, currently the Super League, and the Challenge Cup in the same season.
Nine teams have won the double, the first being Broughton Rangers in 1902. Wigan Warriors are the most successful side having won a record 8 doubles.
Bradford Bulls achieved the double in 2003 beating Leeds Rhinos 22âÂÂ20 in the Challenge Cup and then going on to beat Wigan Warriors 25âÂÂ12 in the Grand Final. They also completed their only treble this year.
Broughton Rangers were the first team to record a league and cup double by finishing top of the Rugby Football League Championship With 43 points and beating Salford Red Devils 25âÂÂ0 at Rochdale in the Challenge Cup. This would be their only double before they disbanded In 1955.
Halifax won their only double the year after Broughton won the first double in 1901âÂÂ02. They finished top of the league with 49 points and beat Salford Red Devils 7âÂÂ0 at Headingley Stadium. This was their only double recorded.
Huddersfield Giants won their first of two doubles in 1913, finishing top of the league on points difference with Wigan Warriors and then went on to defeat them in the Championship Final 29âÂÂ2. They completed their double by beating Warrington Wolves 9âÂÂ5 in the Challenge Cup.
Huddersfield went on to win their second double by beating Leeds in the Championship Final 35âÂÂ2 and won the Challenge Cup beating St. Helens 37âÂÂ3.
Hull KR won their first double in 2025, defeating Warrington Wolves 8âÂÂ6 in the 2025 Challenge Cup final, and beating Wigan Warriors 24âÂÂ6 in the 2025 Super League Grand Final.
In Hunslet's most famous season where they won All Four Cups they also achieved the double beating Oldham 12âÂÂ7 in the Championship Final and Beating Hull F.C. 14âÂÂ0 In the Challenge Cup, which was their first cup final.
Leeds won their first double in 2015 beating Hull Kingston Rovers in the Challenge Cup Final by a record winning margin of 50âÂÂ0. They also won the treble this year after they beat Wigan Warriors 22âÂÂ20 in the Super League Grand Final to become the first Leeds team to win the Cup and Grand Final in the same season.
St. Helens claimed their first double in 1966 beating Halifax 35âÂÂ12 in the Championship Final and beat Wakefield Trinity 10âÂÂ0 in the Challenge Cup final. This would be the first of three doubles won by the Saints.
This was the first double won in the Super League era. St Helens finished top of the league and were crowned Champions of the first Super League season. They beat Bradford Bulls 40âÂÂ32 in the Challenge Cup at Wembley.
St Helens became the sixth team to win All Four Cups this year. They beat Huddersfield 42âÂÂ12 in the Challenge Cup final and went on to beat Hull F.C. 26âÂÂ4 in the Grand Final. The 2006 St Helens team became only the second rugby league team in history to win the BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award.
St Helens won their fourth double in 2021, beating Catalans Dragons 12âÂÂ10 in the Grand Final to successfully retaining their title and claim a third title in a row.
Swinton Lions Won their only double in 1928 beating Featherstone Rovers 11âÂÂ0 in the Championship Final as well as finishing top of the league during the regular season. They Beat Warrington Wolves 5-3 in the Challenge Cup final to complete their first double.
Warringtons only double came in 1954 when they beat Oldham 7âÂÂ3 in the Championship Final and beat Halifax 8âÂÂ4 in the Challenge Cup replay at Odsal.
Wigan Warriors made history in the 1990s by winning a record 6 consecutive doubles between 1989âÂÂ90 to 1995âÂÂ96, the last season of winter rugby league before the introduction of Super League.
Wigan won their seventh double in 2013 by beating Hull F.C. 16âÂÂ0 in the Challenge Cup final. They then went on to beat Warrington Wolves 30âÂÂ16 in the Grand Final to become only the third team in the Super League era to win the double.
Wigan won their eighth double as part of a Grand Slam. The first part of the double was defeating Warrington Wolves by 18-8 at Wembley in the Challenge Cup final, and completed the feat by beating Hull Kingston Rovers by 9-2 in the Super League Grand Final.
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Featherstone Rovers were the first women's team in British rugby league to achieve the double in 2012 when they won the inaugural Challenge Cup and won the Championship final.
Thatto Heath Crusaders achieved the double twice when they won both league and cup trophies in 2013 and 2016. The team then won again under the new St Helens name in 2021.
In 2017, Bradford Bulls became the third team to complete the women's double.
In 2019, Leeds Rhinos became the fourth team to complete the women's double.
Wigan Warriors completed the treble in 2025, doing so as an amateur side with three semi-professional teams in the league.
Similar to the UK, the double in French rugby league is achieved by winning the primary league competition, the Elite One Championship (French Rugby League Championship before 2002), and the primary cup competition, the Lord Derby Cup. The teams that have achieved this are as follows: