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- In 1895 Wigan joined with other clubs from Yorkshire and Lancashire to found the Northern Union which led eventually to the sport of rugby league.
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4,883 – Jim Sullivan. Wigan Warriors are an English professional Rugby League club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. The club competes in the Betfred 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 and is the most successful club in the history ...
2 days ago · 2024: The year he did it all! When you start a season winning the World Club Challenge, you think things cannot get much better but for Matt Peet and Wigan things certainly did.
On 6 September 1902, Wigan played at Central Park for the first time in the opening match of the newly formed First Division. An estimated crowd of 9,000 spectators saw Wigan beat Batley 14–8. In the 1905–06 season theclub won its first cup in rugby league, the Lancashire County Cup.
4 days ago · Asked in his post-match news conference following Wigan's 9-2 Grand Final victory over Hull KR whether his side match up to the squad of 1994, Peet batted the question away. "No, truthfully and ...
3 days ago · Wigan Warriors were crowned Super League champions 2024 against Hull KR; They have gone back-to-back for the first time in their history; The victory gives Wigan Warriors a historic quadruple ...
The Club has grown from humble beginnings into one of the giants of British sport. The town’s first rugby club was Wigan FC, founded in 1872 by a group of members of the town’s Cricket Club. Wigan FC played on Folly Field, near Upper Dicconson Street.
In 2022, Wigan Warriors celebrated its 150th year. It was fitting that the Club, with Matt Peet in his first season as Head Coach, won the Challenge Cup for the 20th time, with the final played at the magnificent Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
