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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]
Wigan Warriors lifting the Super League Trophy. By winning the Grand Final, Wigan Warriors won their second 'quadruple' since the 1993-94 season, having also won of the World Club Challenge, the Challenge Cup and the League Leaders' Shield. The quadruple has only been achieved elsewhere by Bradford Bulls in 2003 and St Helens in 2006. [9]
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 ...
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.
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 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 .
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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.