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Ahead of the 2024 NRL Grand Final, reports began circulating that the 2025 World Club Challenge would be at risk of being cancelled as teams that could potentially qualify (Penrith Panthers, Warrington Wolves, and Wigan Warriors) would have difficulty arranging travel to either the UK or Australia, then to the United States, with the usual date of the tournament being close to that of the 2025 ...
The 2024 season was the Wigan Warriors's 44th consecutive season playing in England's top division of rugby league. During the season, they competed in the Super League XXIX , the 2024 Challenge Cup , and the 2024 World Club Challenge .
The 2023 season was the Wigan Warriors's 43rd consecutive season playing in England's top division of rugby league. During the season, they competed in the Super League XXVIII and the 2023 Challenge Cup .
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.
The defending champions were Wigan Warriors who won the 2023 Grand Final, defeating Leeds Rhinos 50–42. [1] Five teams form the league and each played eight fixtures during the regular season, playing each of the other teams twice - home and away.
The Wigan Warriors qualified by defeating the Catalans Dragons in the 2023 Super League Grand Final. They previously played in eight World Club Challenges and won four, including a 21–4 victory over Penrith in 1991. The Warriors' last appearance was in a 12-point defeat to the Sydney Roosters in the 2019 World Club Challenge.
Wigan Warriors were the defending champions, having beaten Catalans Dragons in the Grand Final, to win their sixth Super League title. [1] They retained their title by defeating Hull KR 9–2 in the Final , and by doing so, they become the first team in Super League history to win all 4 major trophies in the same year.
St Helens, winners in 2024, are seeded together with Leeds Rhinos, Wigan Warriors and York Valkyrie. These four, pool 2, will be in different groups in the group stage. The other eight teams form pool 1 with two being drawn in each group.