WIGAN captain Liam Farrell hailed the “unbelievable” talent of Bevan French after the Australian’s dazzling first-half try made the difference in his side’s 9-2 victory over Hull KR to win the Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford.

French nipped through a gap in the Rovers defence and evaded the despairing dive of Niall Evalds to seal a score that evoked comparisons with Rob Burrow’s famous burst over the halfway line to help win the title for Leeds in 2011.

There could hardly have been a more fitting winner of the first man-of-the-match award to be named after Burrow, who died in June, and veteran Farrell, who now has six Grand Final wins to his name, argued he has not seen anyone better.