Wigan Warriors is a professional rugby league club based in Wigan, England. The team currently plays in the Super League.
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| Full name | Wigan Warriors Rugby League Football Club |
| Colours | Cherry and white |
| Founded | 1872 |
| Website | www.wiganrl.com |
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| Competition | Super League (Europe) |
The team's players wear cherry and white hooped shirts with white or red shorts, and play at the JJB Stadium. The club is owned by Dave Whelan, who also owns Wigan Athletic F.C. and JJB Sports.
Prior to the founding of the Super League, Wigan dominated British rugby league but has not had quite as much success since.
Wigan's fans are also known as 'the pie eaters' a reference to a strike in the 1920s when Wigan miners were forced to eat 'humble pie' and return to work before miners in other towns.
Their academy has produced some of the greatest ever rugby league players and some of their players have gone on to play rugby union.Having won both the Championship and the Challenge Cup a record 17 times each, they are the most successful rugby league club in English history.
On 11th April 2006 their coach Ian Millward, who was appointed in May 2005 was sacked for their poor start to the Super League XI season - winning just one of the first 8 rounds.
Current squad
(*On loan from Salford City Reds for 1 month)
Honours
- World Club Challenge: 1987-8, 1991-2,1993-4 (3 times)
- Championship (including Super League): 1908-9, 1921-2,1925-6, 1933-4, 1945-6, 1946-7, 1949-50, 1951-2, 1959-60, 1986-7, 1989-90, 1990-1, 1991-2, 1992-3, 1993-4, 1994-5, 1998 (17 times)
- Challenge Cup : 1923-4, 1928-9, 1947-8, 1950-1, 1957-8, 1958-9, 1964-5, 1984-5, 1987-8, 1988-9, 1989-90, 1990-1, 1991-2, 1992-3, 1993-4, 1994-5, 2002 (17 times)
- Premiership: 1986-7, 1991-2, 1993-4, 1994-5, 1996-7 (5 times)
- Regal Trophy: 1982-3, 1985-6, 1986-7, 1988-9, 1989-90, 1992-3, 1994-5, 1995-6 (8 times)
- Charity Shield : 1985-6, 1987-8, 1991-2, 1995-6 (4 times)
- Relegated From Super League: 2006
Records
Player records
- Most goals in a match: 22 by Jim Sullivan vs Flimby & Fothergill, 14 February 1925
- Most tries in a match: 10 by:
- Martin Offiah vs Leeds , 10 May 1992
- Shaun Edwards vs Swinton, 29 September 1992
- Most points in a match: 44 by Jim Sullivan vs Flimby & Fothergill, 14 February, 1925
- Most goals in a season: 186 by Frano Botica, 1994-5
- Most tries in a season: 62 by Johnny Ring, 1925-6
- Most points in a season: 423 by Frano Botica 1994-5
- Most career goals: 2317 by Jim Sullivan, 1921-46
- Most career tries: 478 by Billy Boston, 1953-68
- Most career points: 4883 by Jim Sullivan, 1921-46
- Most career appearances: 774 by Jim Sullivan, 1921-46