As a participant, Betts gained seven males’s Problem Cups amongst a raft of trophies with an all-conquering Wigan aspect throughout 9 years with the membership from 1986 to 1995.
After teaching spells at quite a lot of golf equipment together with Widnes, he returned to Wigan as ladies’s head coach in 2024 and swiftly set about turning round their fortunes.
In final season’s Problem Cup, they had been overwhelmed on the semi-final stage by eventual finalists Leeds Rhinos, and Betts has seen the development in his aspect ever since.
That loss formed his aspect and regardless of the outcome, he believes that the place the group is now was borne out of their experiences in 2024.
“It took just a few video games and months to get going however we noticed a bit little bit of it within the semi-final [in 2024] once we had been overwhelmed by Leeds at St Helens,” Betts added.
“We noticed glimpses of it and all through this season we have slowly acquired higher and it culminated in a very robust win at York towards Leeds [in 2025’s semi-final].
“We have given ourselves an opportunity within the high 4 however we have by no means actually taken that and put a efficiency in that might give us an actual foothold in that elite group, so to talk.
“So we went away and dusted ourselves down. The squad has modified a bit bit however not massively, we have nonetheless acquired the core aspect of what that group is and so they’ve labored actually arduous.”
