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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.
Rugby union (pre-29 August 1895), and rugby league footballers who have played for Wigan Warriors (Wigan 1872–1996), see List of Wigan Warriors players Contents Top
In 1948 Wigan took part in the first televised rugby league match when their 8–3 Challenge Cup Final victory over Bradford Northern was broadcast to the Midlands. In another first this was the first rugby league match to be attended by the reigning monarch, King George VI, who presented the trophy.
B. Jack Barton; John Barton (rugby league) Ken Baxter (rugby league) Billy Belshaw; Nat Bentham; Bob Beswick; Jake Bibby; Brad Billsborough; Albert Blan; Billy Blan
The History of the Wigan Warriors stretches back to the club's foundation in 1872. It was one of the founding members of the Northern Rugby Football Union after the schism from the one code of rugby football in 1895. At the elite competition level, Wigan is the most successful club in the history of British Rugby League, measured by total of ...
Brian McTigue (third ¼ 1930 – 9 December 1981), also known by the nickname "The Wizard", was an English World Cup winning professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. [5] He is a Wigan RL Hall of Fame member and is considered to be one of the greatest forwards in Great Britain's history.
With Wigan, French has won three Super League Grand Finals 2023, and 2024, two Challenge Cup finals in 2022 and 2024, in addition to the World Club Challenge in 2024. The 2024 campaign saw him become the first player in British rugby league history to win Man of the Match in all three finals.
Colin Clarke is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played as a hooker in the 1960s and 1970s, and coached in the 1980s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Wigan (two spells), Salford and Leigh, [4] [1] and coached at club level for Wigan.