2018 Wigan Warriors season

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Wigan Warriors 2018 season
Super League XXIII champions
Super League XXIII Rank2nd
Play-off resultChampions
Challenge Cup Quarter-finals
2018 recordWins: 24; draws: 0; losses: 8
Points scoredFor: 740; against: 417
Team information
Chairman Ian Lenagan
Head Coach Shaun Wane
Captain
Stadium DW Stadium
Top scorers
Tries Liam Marshall (17)
Points Sam Tomkins (252)
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The Wigan Warriors play Rugby League in Wigan, England. Their 2018 season results in the Super League XXIII and the 2018 Challenge Cup are shown below.

Contents

Super League

Before kick-off at the Wollongong Showground between Wigan and Hull F.C. - the first Super League game to be played in Australia WIN Stadium Panorama From Western Stand.jpg
Before kick-off at the Wollongong Showground between Wigan and Hull F.C. - the first Super League game to be played in Australia

Wigan generally kept to consistent good form throughout the 2018 league season. They won all seven Super 8s games and sixteen out of twenty-three in the regular season. The Warriors went on to finish the season second. [1] [2]

Regular season

Matches

DateOpponentH/AResultScorersAtt.Pos.
2 February 2018 Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils A 40–125,568
10 February 2018 Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. N 24–1012,416
23 February 2018 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves A 10–1612,012
2 March 2018 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings H32–1610,815
11 March 2018 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity H30–1811,455
18 March 2018 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers A P–PPostponed due to frozen pitch and heavy snowfall. [3]
23 March 2018 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants H48–1010,641
30 March 2018 Saintscolours.svg St Helens A 18–2117,980
2 April 2018 HKRcolours.svg Hull KR H44–610,977
7 April 2018 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons A 32–238,387
13 April 2018 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos A 9–812,221
20 April 2018 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers H28–1211,866
26 April 2018 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings A 32–245,668
4 May 2018 Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils H30–010,733
19 May 2018 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves N 38–1038,881
25 May 2018 HKRcolours.svg Hull KR A 8–247,222
7 June 2018 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity A 16–324,681
16 June 2018 Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. A 14–1013,256
22 June 2018 [a] Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers A 18–197,714
28 June 2018 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos H46–810,645
6 July 2018 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves H13–1213,249
12 July 2018 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants A 20–125,264
19 July 2018 Saintscolours.svg St Helens H6–1416,047
27 July 2018 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons H25–2010,656

Table

PosTeam
PldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Saintscolours.svg St. Helens 232102713298+41542 Super League Super 8s
2 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 231607573345+22832
3 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 231517567480+8731
4 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 231418531410+12129
5 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 2311111427629−20223
6 Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. 2311012534544−1022
7 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity 2310112581506+7521
8 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 2310112488531−4321
9 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 238213441527−8618 The Qualifiers
10 HKRcolours.svg Hull KR 238114476582−10617
11 Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils 237016384597−21314
12 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 233020387653−2666

Super 8s

Matches

DateOpponentH/AResultScorersAtt.Pos.
10 August 2018 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers H24–2210,293
18 August 2018 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons A 35–166,739
31 August 2018 Saintscolours.svg St Helens A 30–1014,061
6 September 2018 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity H25–109,959
14 September 2018 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves H26–612,372
20 September 2018 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants A 13–64,197
28 September 2018 Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. H14–1211,189

Table

PosTeam
PldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Saintscolours.svg St. Helens (L)302604895408+48752Semi-finals
2 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors (C)302307740417+32346
3 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 302019767582+18541
4 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 3018111767561+20637
5 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity 3013116747696+5127
6 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 3013116539794−25527
7 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 3012117596750−15425
8 Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. 3011019615787−17222
Source: Rugby League Project
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners

Grand Final Playoffs

Wigan finished second in the league, qualifying them for the Grand Final Playoffs. Wigan beat Castleford Tigers in the semifinals before beating Warrington Wolves, who had knocked them out of the Challenge Cup in the summer, to claim their fifth Grand Final championship. [4] [5]

DateMatchOpponentH/AResultScorersAtt.
5 October 2018Semi-final 2 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers H14–013,461
13 October 2018 Grand Final Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves N 12–464,892

Challenge Cup

As a 2017 Super League Super 8s team, Wigan Warriors entered the 2018 Challenge Cup in the sixth round and were drawn against Hull KR. [6] Wigan beat Hull KR and progress to the quarterfinals where they were knocked out by Warrington Wolves. [7]

DateRoundOpponentH/AResultScorersAtt.
13 May 2018Sixth Round HKRcolours.svg Hull KR A 28–103,524
2 June 2018Quarter Final Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves A 0–2310,213

Transfers

In

PlayerFromContractDateRef.
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gabriel Hamlin South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 2 YearsOctober 2017 [8]
Flag of England.svg Dan Sarginson Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 2 YearsDecember 2017 [9]
Flag of England.svg Joe Greenwood Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 3 ½ YearsJune 2018
Flag of England.svg Chris Hankinson Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 2 ½ YearsJuly 2018

Out

PlayerToContractDateRef.
Flag of Scotland.svg Lewis Tierney Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 2 YearsOctober 2017 [10]
Flag of England.svg Nick Gregson Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 1 YearOctober 2017 [11]
Flag of England.svg Gabriel Fell Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 1 YearNovember 2017 [12]
Flag of England.svg Kyle Shelford Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 1 YearOctober 2017 [13]
Flag of England.svg Michael McIlorum Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 2 YearsJanuary 2018 [14]
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Anthony Gelling Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 1 YearJanuary 2018 [15]
Flag of New Zealand.svg Frank-Paul Nu'uausala Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 1 YearFebruary 2018
Flag of England.svg Joel Tomkins HKRcolours.svg Hull KR 1 ½ YearsJune 2018

Loans Out

PlayerToContractDateRef.
Flag of England.svg Jake Shorrocks Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils One Month LoanMarch 2018
Flag of England.svg James Worthington ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique One Month LoanMay 2018
Flag of England.svg Joe Bretherton ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique One Month LoanMay 2018

Squad

2018 Wigan Warriors Squad
First team squadCoaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)

Updated: 16 January 2018
Source(s): 2018 Squad Numbers

Notes

  1. ↑ Originally scheduled for 18 March 2018

References

  1. ↑ "Wigan Warriors - Scores & Fixtures - Rugby League". BBC Sport.
  2. ↑ "Super League Results". Sky Sports. October 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Castleford P-P Wigan". 16 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Super League Grand Final: Wigan claim fifth title with victory over Warrington". BBC Sport. 11 October 2018.
  5. ↑ Piercy, James (13 October 2018). "Super League Grand Final 2018: Wigan 12-4 Warrington – as it happened". The Guardian– via www.theguardian.com.
  6. ↑ "Challenge Cup sixth round: Holders Hull FC drawn away to Featherstone Rovers". BBC Sport. 25 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Challenge Cup: Warrington Wolves v Wigan Warriors". BBC Sport. 31 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "Wigan Warriors sign Gabriel Hamlin from South Sydney Rabbitohs". Sky Sports. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  9. ↑ "Dan Sarginson: Wigan Warriors re-sign centre from Gold Coast Titans". BBC Sport. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  10. ↑ "Lewis Tierney: Scotland back joins Catalans Dragons from Wigan Warriors". BBC Sport. 19 October 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  11. ↑ "Leigh Centurions sign young pair Jack Blagbrough and Nick Gregson". BBC Sport. 19 October 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  12. ↑ "Gabe Fell returns to the Lions!". Swinton Lions. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2018.[ dead link ]
  13. ↑ "Lions land Shelford from Wigan Warriors!". Swinton Lions. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2018.[ dead link ]
  14. ↑ "Michael McIlorum: Catalans Dragons sign Wigan Warriors hooker on a two-year deal". BBC Sport. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  15. ↑ "Warriors sign former Wigan centre Anthony Gelling to one-year-deal". Newshub . 12 January 2018. Archived from the original on 17 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
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