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Wigan Warriors is an English professional rugby league club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. The club competes in the Super League , the top tier of the British rugby league system . Formed in 1872, the club is a founding member of the Northern Rugby Football Union following the schism in 1895.
Attendances have generally risen for the Wigan Warriors since the start of the 2002 season, averaging around 14,000 over the three seasons from 2006 to 2009. Aside from Grand Finals, the largest Super League attendance was recorded at the stadium in 2005 when Wigan Warriors played their local rivals, St Helens R.F.C. [53]
The DW Stadium is shared by Wigan Warriors Rugby League club and Wigan Athletic Football Club: the football club are soon to become owners but as a guarantee to Wigan Rugby League, the rugby club was given a 50-year lease [20] on the stadium so that the club could still use the stadium, as part of a stadium share, when Whelan sold the club in 2007.
St. George Illawarra qualified for what was their first World Club Challenge by defeating the Sydney Roosters 32–8 in the 2010 NRL Grand Final.Rather than play a warm-up match in England as other visiting NRL teams had done, after two pre-season trial match victories in Sydney, the Dragons travelled to London, trained, then moved on to Manchester for the World Club Challenge.
Wigan remain focused on repeating Super League glory but the World Club Challenge is a major incentive, says boss Matt Peet.
The 2013 Super League Grand Final was the 16th official Grand Final and conclusive and championship-deciding match of Super League XVIII.The game was held on Saturday 5 October 2013, [1] at Old Trafford, Manchester, and was contested by Wigan Warriors and Warrington Wolves.
Wigan Warriors pull off a Magic Weekend nilling of St Helens to return to the top of Super League. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...
Wigan eventually signed their first new player with former Sydney Roosters player Amos Roberts, who was released from his contract a year prematurely, [20] but lost another player to the Warrington Wolves in Mickey Higham. [21] Joel Tomkins, a Wigan Warriors Youth Development product, also extended his contract until the end of the 2011 season ...