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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.
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.
The Locker Cup (previously the Wardonia Cup until 1972) is a friendly tournament contested by rugby league clubs Warrington Wolves and Wigan Warriors introduced in 1938. The single game tournament was played as a preseason friendly alternating between the club's home grounds annually until the switch to summer rugby in 1996 .
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The cross-code challenge occurred while both Bath and Wigan were in the twilight of their time at the top of their respective rugby football codes. Wigan's great rivals St. Helens won the first Super League title in 1996 and, although Wigan won the first grand final in 1998, and got to three subsequent Grand Finals, they would not win another ...
Wigan Warriors is an English professional rugby league club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1872, the club was a founding member of the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, and competed in the inaugural season of the Northern Union's league championship. Since then, more than 1,100 players have appeared for the club's first team.
In the Grand Final Warrington Wolves faced Wigan Warriors and lost by 30–16. In 2016, the club's 140th year, the club reached the Challenge Cup final losing 10–12 to Hull F.C. but the Wolves went on to win the League Leader Shield against Hull F.C. at the KCOM Stadium , bringing the first piece of silverware back to the Halliwell Jones ...
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 .