Warrington Wolves head coach Sam Burgess isn't even 20 games into his first-team coaching career and he now has a shot at guiding his side to Challenge Cup glory.

His side ran in eight tries in their thumping win against Huddersfield today to set up a showdown with Wigan Warriors at Wembley.

All the pieces for rugby league's day out at the national stadium are now set with Leeds Rhinos beating Wigan earlier in the day in the second Women's semi-final.

Leeds will face St Helens in that final on 8 June, the same day that Warrington do battle with Wigan in the men's decider.

Warrington head coach Sam Burgess was keen to deflect attention off himself when talking to BBC Sports after the win.

When asked what it's like to guide the Wolves to the final after just a few months in the job, the former England international said: "It's not about me, honesty.

"I coach the guys and they play. I'm just really proud of them because there has been a big change with what we are doing.

On the win itself, he added: "It's great isn't it. There is good energy in the stadium, the fans will have enjoyed the day and enjoyed the ride.

"I'm really proud of the team, it was a big effort. It wasn't a walkover as we scored a few long-range tries in the first half."

Warrington’s Toby King speaking to BBC Sport:

“This is what it’s about. Sunday, sun shining, Challenge Cup semi finals. It doesn’t get much better.

“We were switched on; Wigan is going to be mega, they are a top side. They set the benchmark with how they played yesterday.”

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Warrington’s Matt Dufty speaking to BBC Sport:

“Wembley was one our goals at the start of the year. We’ve been talking about it. It is a dream come true; there’s so much history there. The job is not done yet. We trained and prepared really well; Huddersfield are tough but we executed our plan flawlessly.

“The game is steeped in history and it doesn’t get more historic than Warrington v Wigan, it’ll be some experience. Sam Burgess’ team is built on effort; we turned up in the heat and won.”

Warrington’s Danny Walker speaking to BBC Sport:

“I’m over the moon to go [to Wembley] and play. I know my role well in this side; I go out and express myself. That’s what we all do. When Dufty is on form like that, he’s unstoppable.

“It was really warm; it was tough. The score line flatters us a bit, Huddersfield are a tough team, they keep going. Credit to our boys, we got the job done. We’ve got one more to go.”

We have some post-match reaction coming through now, so let's dig into that.

I'm sure we will hear from Warrington head coach Sam Burgess pretty quickly.

He will be buzzing, as the former dual-code England international is now just one win away from grabbing his first piece of silverware as a coach.

Warrington supporters are bouncing and singing joyous tunes.

They are heading to their first Challenge Cup final since 2019.

And that was a decider they won.

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Warrington Wolves have savaged Huddersfield in this semi-final to book their place in the Challenge Cup final at Wembley.

They head to the national stadium on 8 June to face Wigan.

John Kear
Wales coach on BBC Two

It has been a rout. Dufty has been a handful all day, that time with the assist.

What a way to end this stellar performance from Warrington. It has been a masterclass.

John Kear
Wales coach on BBC Two

The fans have really enjoyed their afternoon in the sun, as have the Wolves players.

Giants are just chasing shadows. The decision making was superb.

Warrington don't look to be done with their scoring exploits yet.

Rodrick Tai chases a neat kick through and ploughs into Tui Lolohea as he swooped onto the ball just in front of his own try line.

Leroy Cudjoe just doesn't give up on a searching kick to the corner.

He gets around Josh Thewlis and manages to dunk the ball down just before it runs dead.

While he managed to ground the ball, his foot was on the line and the try is disallowed.

Huddersfield haven't had a ton of joy today.

Leroy Cudjoe might just have snuck in for another Huddersfield try...

We are into the final 10 minutes now, and Huddersfield will be man short of much of it with Jake Connor in the sin-bin.

It's turned out to be a miserable day for the Giants.

And after Jake Connor trudges off the pitch, Warrington point to the posts for their penalty.

Josh Thewlis sinks the easy kick and extends the lead.

John Kear
Wales coach on BBC Two

Connor had done the job. It was unnecessary, and the referee has just lost patience with him.

Jake Connor had made the tackle and Josh Thewlis was going nowhere when he pushed him back to the ground.

Referee Liam Moore already spoke to the captains and shows no patience.

He shows Connor the yellow card and marches him to the sin-bin.

And we have another scuffle.

And it all stars with those two again, as Josh Thewlis and Jake Conner get into it.