2006 Wigan Warriors season

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2006 Wigan Warriors season
Super League XI Rank8th
Play-off resultDid not qualify
Challenge Cup Fifth Round
2006 recordWins: 13; draws: 0; losses: 17
Points scoredFor: 644; against: 715
Team information
Stadium JJB Stadium
Top scorers
Tries Chris Ashton (14)
Points Michael Dobson (142)
<  2005 List of seasons 2007  >

The Wigan Warriors played in the Super League and Challenge Cup in the 2006 season.

Contents

Statistics

Tries

#NameTries
1 Chris Ashton 15
2 Pat Richards 12
3 Brett Dallas 10
4 Bryan Fletcher 10
4 Sean O'Loughlin 10

Goals

#NameGoals
1 Michael Dobson 57
2 Danny Tickle 33
3 Pat Richards 12
4 Danny Orr 5
5 Denis Moran 1

Points

#NamePoints
1 Michael Dobson 134
2 Danny Tickle 78
3 Pat Richards 72
4 Chris Ashton 60
5 Brett Dallas 40

Appearances

#NameAppearances
1 Sean O'Loughlin 30
2 Chris Ashton 29
3 Mickey Higham 29
4 Danny Orr 26
5 Pat Richards 26

2006 squad

NumberPlayerPositionPrevious club
1 Kris Radlinski Full back Wigan Warriors Youth Development
2 Mark Calderwood Winger Leeds Rhinos
3 Pat Richards Centre Wests Tigers
4 David Vaealiki Centre Parramatta Eels
5 Brett Dallas Winger North Sydney Bears
6 Danny Orr Stand off Castleford Tigers
7 Denis Moran Scrum half London Broncos
8 Scott Logan Prop South Sydney Rabbitohs
9 Mickey Higham Hooker Bradford Bulls
10 Iafeta Paleaaesina Prop New Zealand Warriors
11 Gareth Hock Second rower Wigan Warriors Youth Development
12 Bryan Fletcher Second rower South Sydney Rabbitohs
13 Sean O'Loughlin Loose forward Wigan Warriors Youth Development
14 Kevin Brown Stand off Wigan Warriors Youth Development
15 Danny Tickle Second rower Halifax
16 Bryn Hargreaves Prop Wigan Warriors Youth Development
17 Jerry Seu Seu Prop New Zealand Warriors
18 Wayne Godwin Hooker Castleford Tigers
19 Harrison Hansen Second rower Wigan Warriors Youth Development
20 Michael Dobson Scrum half Canberra Raiders
21 Chris Melling Winger Wigan Warriors Youth Development
22 Joel Tomkins Second rower Wigan Warriors Youth Development
23 Paul Prescott Prop Wigan Warriors Youth Development
24 Darrell Goulding Centre Wigan Warriors Youth Development
25 Sean Gleeson Centre Wigan Warriors Youth Development
26 John Walker Centre Wigan Warriors Youth Development
27 Thomas Coyle Scrum half Wigan Warriors Youth Development
28 Michael McIlorum Hooker Wigan Warriors Youth Development
29 Chris Ashton Full back Wigan Warriors Youth Development
30 Liam Colbon Winger Wigan Warriors Youth Development
31 Tim Jonkers Second rower Salford City Reds
32 Oliver Wilkes Prop Whitehaven
33Eamon O'CarrollProp Wigan Warriors Youth Development
35 Nathan McAvoy Centre Leeds Rhinos
36Danny HillSecond rower Hull
37 Stuart Fielden Prop Bradford Bulls

Key players

Key players for Wigan Warriors in 2006 were:

Transfers

2006 transfer (in)

NameSigned fromFeeDate
Pat Richards Wests Tigers 2005
Iafeta Paleaaesina New Zealand Warriors 2005
Scott Logan South Sydney Rabbitohs 2005
Bryan Fletcher South Sydney Rabbitohs 2005
Mark Calderwood Leeds Rhinos 2005
Mickey Higham Bradford Bulls 2005
Michael Dobson Canberra Raiders 2006
Oliver Wilkes Whitehaven 2006
Jordan James Swinton Lions 2006
Nathan McAvoy Leeds Rhinos 2006
Danny Hill Hull 2006
Stuart Fielden Bradford Bulls £450,0002006

2006 transfer (out)

NameSold ToFeeDate
Steven Wild Huddersfield Giants 2005
Martin Aspinwall Huddersfield Giants 2005
Brian Carney Newcastle Knights 2005
Terry Newton Bradford Bulls 2005
Jerome Guisset Catalans Dragons 2005
Andrew Farrell Saracens F.C. 2005
David Allen Widnes Vikings 2005
Bob Beswick Widnes Vikings 2005
James Coyle Widnes Vikings 2005
Desi Williams Hull Kingston Rovers 2005
Liam Botham Retired2005
Lee Jewitt Cronulla Sharks 2005
Denis Moran Released 2006
Jerry Seu Seu Retired2006
Jordan James Widnes Vikings 2006
Kevin Brown Huddersfield Giants 2006
Kris Radlinski Retired2006
Scott Logan Canberra Raiders 2006
Michael Dobson Canberra Raiders 2006
Wayne Godwin Hull 2006
Danny Tickle Hull 2006
Bryn Hargreaves St. Helens 2006
Oliver Wilkes Widnes Vikings 2006
Chris Melling Harlequins RL 2006

2006 loans (in)

NameSigned fromLoan startedLoan ended
Tim Jonkers Salford City Reds March 2006May 2006

2006 loans (out)

NameLoan toLoan startedLoan ended
Bryn Hargreaves Leigh Centurions June 2006September 2006
Paul Prescott Leigh Centurions June 2006September 2006
Jordan James Widnes Vikings May 2006September 2006
Oliver Wilkes Widnes Vikings May 2006September 2006
Kevin Brown Huddersfield Giants June 2006September 2006

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