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In Sky Sports end of season review, Wigan were praised for their academy, coaching setup, squad hunger, and utilisation of Bevan French. [2] The Guardian described the 2024 squad as one of the all time greats. [3] The 2024 Wigan team won the BBC Sports Team of the Year Award, seeing the club win for a second time after their first in 1994. [4]
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 ...
Jack Farrimond made his Super League début for Wigan on 9 March 2024 against the London Broncos. [4] He played again in the return fixture on 21 June, this time scoring two tries and six out of six conversions. [5] Farrimond played in Wigan's Magic Weekend derby day victory 20–0 victory over St Helens. He was praised by head coach and media ...
Wigan remain focused on repeating Super League glory but the World Club Challenge is a major incentive, says boss Matt Peet. Wigan Warriors: World Club Challenge glory captures the imagination in 2024
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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.
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.