2012 Wigan Warriors season

Wigan Warriors 2012 season
Super League XVII Rank	1st
Play-off result	Qualifying Semi-finals
Challenge Cup	Semi-finals
2012 record	Wins: 25; draws: 0; losses: 7
Points scored	For: 994; against: 449
Team information
Chairman	Ian Lenagan
Head Coach	Shaun Wane
Captain	Sean O'Loughlin
Stadium	DW Stadium
Top scorers
Tries	Sam Tomkins and Josh Charnley (36 each)
Points	Josh Charnley (294)
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The Wigan Warriors play Rugby League in Wigan, England. Their 2012 season results in the Super League XVII and 2012 Challenge Cup are shown below.

Super League

Main article: Super League XVII

Regular season

Matches

Date	Opponent	H/A	Result	Scorers	Att.	Pos.
5 February 2012	Huddersfield Giants	H	16–20		16,771
11 February 2012	Leeds Rhinos	H	20–6		15,370
19 February 2012	Bradford Bulls	A	54–16		15,699
26 March 2012	Castleford Tigers	A	46–4		8,156
6 March 2012	Catalans Dragons	H	36–12		14,464
11 March 2012	Widnes Vikings	A	37–36		7,357
18 March 2012	London Broncos	H	42–30		12,608
23 March 2012	Warrington Wolves	H	20–22		21,267
30 March 2012	Salford Red Devils	A	40–20		6,774
6 April 2012	St Helens	A	28–10		17,980
9 April 2012	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	H	36–6		13,609
22 April 2012	Hull F.C.	A	56–12		11,549
4 May 2012	Hull KR	H	36–22		14,457
18 May 2012	Huddersfield Giants	A	32–12		10,123
27 May 2012	St Helens	N	42–16		32,953
1 June 2012	Leeds Rhinos	A	50–8		16,113
9 June 2012	Catalans Dragons	A	26–39		13,858
25 June 2012	Widnes Vikings	H	52–12		13,445
29 June 2012	Bradford Bulls	H	22–30		19,628
8 July 2012	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	A	52–10		9,107
21 July 2012	London Broncos	A	44–6		4,309
27 July 2012	Castleford Tigers	H	40–16		13,975
3 July 2012	Hull F.C.	H	48–10		17,736
10 August 2012	Warrington Wolves	A	10–30		13,859
11 August 2017	Huddersfield Giants	H	18–14		10,619
20 August 2012	Salford Red Devils	H	38–6		13,703
2 September 2012	Hull KR	A	42–36		8,845
8 September 2012	St Helens	H	18–26		21,522

Source: ^[1]

Table

Super League XVII

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wigan Warriors (L)	27	21	0	6	994	449	+545	42	Play-offs
2	Warrington Wolves	27	20	1	6	909	539	+370	41
3	St Helens	27	17	2	8	795	480	+315	36
4	Catalans Dragons	27	18	0	9	812	611	+201	36
5	Leeds Rhinos (C)	27	16	0	11	823	662	+161	32
6	Hull F.C.	27	15	2	10	696	621	+75	32
7	Huddersfield Giants	27	14	0	13	699	664	+35	28
8	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	27	13	0	14	633	764	−131	26
9	Bradford Bulls	27	14	1	12	633	756	−123	23 [a]
10	Hull Kingston Rovers	27	10	1	16	753	729	+24	21
11	Salford City Reds	27	8	1	18	618	844	−226	17
12	London Broncos	27	7	0	20	588	890	−302	14
13	Castleford Tigers	27	6	0	21	554	948	−394	12
14	Widnes Vikings	27	6	0	21	532	1082	−550	12

Source: superleague.co.uk and BBC Sport.
Rules for classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.
Competition points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners
Notes:

1. Bradford Bulls deducted 6 points on 25 July 2012 for entering administration ^[2]

Play-offs

Main article: 2012 Super League season results § Play-offs

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Result	Scorers	Att.
14 September 2012	Qualifying play-offs	Catalans Dragons	H	46–6		7,232
28 September 2012	Qualifying Semi-Final	Leeds Rhinos	H	12–13		8,235

Source: ^[1]

Challenge Cup

Main article: 2012 Challenge Cup

After finishing second in the Super League XVI, Wigan Warriors entered the 2012 Challenge Cup at the fourth round. Their opening game saw them thrash North Wales Crusaders by 94 points. A win in the fifth round against Featherstone Rovers saw them beat derby rivals St Helens in the quarter-finals before losing to their other rivals, Leeds Rhinos, in the semi-finals. ^[3]

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Result	Scorers	Att.	Ref.
16 April 2012	Fourth round	North Wales Crusaders	H	98–4		4,198	[4]
27 April 2012	Fifth round	Featherstone Rovers	A	32–16		4,082	[5]
12 May 2012	Quarter-final	St Helens	H	18–4		12,864	[6]
14 June 2012	Semi-final	Leeds Rhinos	A	28–39		12,860	[7]

References

1. "Super League (Sky Sports)". SkySports.
2. "Bradford Bulls handed six-point deduction by RFL". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
3. Stadium, Andy Wilson at the Galpharm (14 July 2012). "Leeds Rhinos 39-28 Wigan Warriors | Challenge Cup semi-final report". The Guardian– via www.theguardian.com.
4. "Wigan 98-4 North Wales Crusaders". BBC Sport. 15 April 2012.
5. "Featherstone Rovers 16-32 Wigan". BBC Sport. 27 April 2012.
6. "Challenge Cup: Wigan Warriors 18-4 St Helens". BBC Sport. 12 May 2012.
7. "Challenge Cup: Leeds 39-28 Wigan". BBC Sport. 14 July 2012.