2022 Wigan Warriors season

Wigan Warriors 2022 season
2022 Challenge Cup champions
Super League XXVII Rank	2nd
Play-off result	Semi-final
Challenge Cup	Winners
2022 record	Wins: 23; draws: 0; losses: 9
Points scored	For: 826; against: 503
Team information
Chairman	Ian Lenagan
Head Coach	Matt Peet
Captain	Thomas Leuluai
Stadium	DW Stadium
Avg. attendance	12,280
Agg. attendance	159,623
High attendance	19,210
Low attendance	9,581
Top scorers
Tries	Bevan French (31)
Goals	Harry Smith (90)
Points	Harry Smith (206)
Home colours Away colours
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The 2022 season was the Wigan Warriors's 42nd consecutive season playing in England's top division of rugby league. During the season, they competed in the Super League XXVII and the 2022 Challenge Cup.

Preseason friendlies

Date and time	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
23 January, 15:00	Newcastle Thunder	A	Kingston Park	W	42–12	Halsall (3), Mago, Miski, Shorrocks, Eckersley, Hanley	Smith (4/6), Eckersley (1/2)	927	[1]
29 January, 17:30	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	W	14–6	Field (2), Thornley	Field (1/3)	7,657	[2]

Super League

Main article: Super League XXVII

Regular season

Matches

  Win  Loss

Date and time	MW	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Report
11 February, 20:00	1	Hull KR	A	Craven Park	W	24–10	Bibby (2), Field, Marshall (2)	Field, Hardaker	9,044 [3]	Sky Sports	[4]
18 February, 20:00	2	Leeds Rhinos	H	DW Stadium	W	34–12	Field (3), Powell (2), Farrell	Field (3), Hardaker (3)	12,575 [5]	Sky Sports	[6]
24 February, 20:00	3	Huddersfield Giants	H	DW Stadium	W	22–12	Farrell (2), Bibby, Bateman	Hardaker (3)	10,291 [7]		[8]
5 March, 18:00	4	Toulouse Olympique	A	Stade Ernest-Wallon	W	29–28	Field (2), Hardaker, Cust, Marshall	Hardaker (4) Drop-goals: Smith	5,466 [9]		[10]
12 March, 18:00	5	Catalans Dragons	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus	L	0–28			7,481 [11]	Sky Sports	[12]
17 March, 20:00	6	Castleford Tigers	H	DW Stadium	W	32–22	Hardaker, Farrell (2), Havard, Field	Hardaker (6)	10,042 [13]	Sky Sports	[14]
31 March, 20:00	7	Hull F.C.	H	DW Stadium	W	19–18	Field (2), Havard	Hardaker (3) Drop-goals: Smith	9,581 [15]	Sky Sports	[16]
15 April, 15:00	8	St Helens	A	Totally Wicked Stadium	L	4–22	Field		17,980 [17]	Sky Sports	[18]
18 April, 15:00	9	Wakefield Trinity	H	DW Stadium	W	54–10	French (2), Singleton (2), Miski, Smith, Field (2), Cust	Smith (9)	11,621		[19]
24 April, 13:00	10	Salford Red Devils	H	DW Stadium	W	30–24	Field (2), Ellis, Farrell, Smith	Smith (5)	10,783 [20]	Channel 4	[21]
29 April, 20:00	11	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	W	40–24	Thornley (2), Field, Farrell, Marshall (2), Havard	Smith (6)	10,104 [22]	Sky Sports	[23]
13 May, 19:45	12	Huddersfield Giants	A	Kirklees Stadium	L	22–32	Halsall (2), Nicholson (2)	Smith (3)	4,962 [24]	Sky Sports	[25]
21 May, 15:00	13	Hull F.C.	A	MKM Stadium	L	22–31	Bateman, Marshall, French, Farrell	Smith (3)	11,396 [26]		[27]
4 June, 14:00	14	Castleford Tigers	A	Wheldon Road	W	32–12	Marshall (2), French, Miski, Bibby, Farrell	Smith (4)	6,497 [28]	Channel 4	[29]
10 June, 20:00	15	Salford Red Devils	A	AJ Bell Stadium	W	30–12	Smith, Marshall (2), French (3)	Smith (3)	5,944 [30]	Sky Sports	[31]
24 June, 20:00	16	Toulouse Olympique	H	DW Stadium	W	40–6	Miski (4), Farrell, French, Field	Smith (6)	14,493 [32]		[33]
3 July, 15:00	17	Wakefield Trinity	A	Belle Vue	W	46–22	Pearce-Paul (2), Marshall, Farrell, French (2), Miski (2)	Smith (7)	7,046 [34]		[35]
9 July, 16:45	18	St Helens	N	St James' Park	L	18–20	French (2), Farrell	Smith (3)	36,821	Sky Sports	[36]
15 July, 20:00	19	Hull F.C.	H	DW Stadium	W	60–0	French (7), Field (2), Marshall, Smith	Smith (8)	11,314 [37]		[38]
21 July, 20:00	20	Leeds Rhinos	A	Headingley	L	12–42	French, Bibby	Smith (2)	13,368 [39]	Sky Sports	[40]
28 July, 20:00	21	Hull KR	H	DW Stadium	W	46–4	French (3), Marshall (3), Cooper, Pearce-Paul, Mago	Smith (5)	11,032 [41]	Sky Sports	[42]
5 August, 20:00	22	Warrington Wolves	H	DW Stadium	W	32–6	Halsall, Bibby, Marshall (3), Field	Smith (4)	13,261 [43]	Sky Sports	[44]
14 August, 15:00	23	Wakefield Trinity	A	Belle Vue	L	12–30	Halsall, Field	Smith (2)	3,933 [45]		[46]
19 August, 20:00	24	Toulouse Olympique	H	DW Stadium	W	52–6	French (3), Cust, Smith, Bibby, Pearce-Paul, Farrell	Smith (8)	12,145 [47]		[48]
26 August, 20:00	25	St Helens	H	DW Stadium	W	30–10	French (2), Field, Farrell, Marshall	Smith (5)	19,210 [49]	Sky Sports	[50]
29 August, 15:00	26	Hull KR	A	Craven Park	L	28–38	Partington, O’Keefe, Bibby, Halsall, McDonnell	O’Keefe (4)	7,315 [49]		[51]
2 September, 20:00	27	Catalans Dragons	H	DW Stadium	W	48–4	Marshall (2), French (2), Smith, Ellis, Havard, Bibby	Smith (8)	13,275 [52]	Sky Sports	[53]

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	St Helens (C, L)	27	21	0	6	674	374	+300	42	Advance to semi-finals
2	Wigan Warriors	27	19	0	8	818	483	+335	38
3	Huddersfield Giants	27	17	1	9	613	497	+116	35	Advance to elimination finals
4	Catalans Dragons	27	16	0	11	539	513	+26	32
5	Leeds Rhinos	27	14	1	12	577	528	+49	29
6	Salford Red Devils	27	14	0	13	700	602	+98	28
7	Castleford Tigers	27	13	0	14	544	620	−76	26
8	Hull Kingston Rovers	27	12	0	15	498	608	−110	24
9	Hull FC	27	11	0	16	508	675	−167	22
10	Wakefield Trinity	27	10	0	17	497	648	−151	20
11	Warrington Wolves	27	9	0	18	568	664	−96	18
12	Toulouse Olympique (R)	27	5	0	22	421	745	−324	10	Relegated to the Championship

Source:
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield winners; (R) Relegated

Play-offs

Date and time	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Red Cards	Yellow Cards	Attendance	TV	Report
16 September, 20:00	Semi-final	Leeds Rhinos	H	DW Stadium	L	8–20	Marshall, Powell	Smith (0/3)	Bateman  51'		12,777	Sky Sports	[54]

Challenge Cup

Looking towards the Wigan end at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium during the 2022 Challenge Cup Final

Main article: 2022 Challenge Cup

Date and time	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Report
25 March, 19:35	Round 6	Salford Red Devils	H	DW Stadium	W	20–0	Byrne, Marshall, Bateman	Hardaker (4)	6,005 [55]	Premier Sports	[56]
10 April, 14:30	Quarter-finals	Wakefield Trinity	A	Belle Vue	W	36–6	Field (3), Havard, Hardaker, Farrell	Hardaker (6)	3,756	BBC Two	[57]
7 May, 14:30	Semi-finals	St Helens	N	Elland Road	W	20–18	Marshall (2), Cust, Farrell	Smith (2)	22,141	BBC One	[58]
28 May, 15:00	Final	Huddersfield Giants	N	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium	W	16–14	Smith, Field, Marshall	Smith (2)	51,628	BBC One	[59]

Transfers

Matt Peet being confirmed as the new Wigan head coach ahead of the 2022 season

Gains

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Kaide Ellis	St. George Illawarra Dragons	2 years	July 2021 [60]
Patrick Mago	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Abbas Miski	London Broncos
Cade Cust	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	2 Years	November 2021 [61]
Iain Thornley	Leigh Centurions		November 2021 [62]
Ramon Silva
Mike Cooper	Warrington Wolves	1 year	July 2022 [63] [a]

Losses

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Jackson Hastings	Wests Tigers	2 Years	April 2021 [64]
Oliver Gildart			May 2021 [65]
Dominic Manfredi	Retired	—	August 2021 [66]
Amir Bourouh	Salford Red Devils	2 Years	August 2021 [67]
Tony Clubb	Retired	—	September 2021 [68]
Joe Bullock	Warrington Wolves	3 Years	October 2021 [69]
Zak Hardaker	Released	—	April 2022 [70]

Squad

2022 Wigan Warriors Squad

First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Bevan French – FB 2 Jake Bibby – CE, WG 3 Zak Hardaker – CE, FB (GK) 4 Iain Thornley – CE 5 Liam Marshall – WG 6 Cade Cust – HK, SH, SO 7 Thomas Leuluai – SO, HK, SH 8 Brad Singleton – PR 9 Sam Powell – HK 10 Patrick Mago – PR 11 Willie Isa – SR, CE 12 Liam Farrell – SR 13 John Bateman – LF, SR		14 Morgan Smithies – LF 15 Kaide Ellis – LF, PR 16 Harry Smith – SO, SH (GK) 17 Oliver Partington – PR, LF 19 Ethan Havard – PR, LF 20 Liam Byrne – PR 21 Kai Pearce-Paul – SR 22 Joe Shorrocks – LF 23 Jai Field – SO, SH 24 Abbas Miski – WG 25 Sam Halsall – CE, WG 26 James McDonnell – SR, CE		27 Umyla Hanley – FB 28 Brad O'Neill – HK 29 Alex Sutton – CE 30 Matty Nicholson – LF 31 Ramon Silva – PR 32 Junior Nsemba 33 Zach Eckersley 34 Logan Astey 35 Jack Bibby 36 Mike Cooper – LF, PR 37 Harvie Hill 38 Ben O'Keefe (GK) 39 Tom Forber				Head coach Matt Peet Assistant coaches Lee Briers Sean O’Loughlin Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Injured GK = Goal Kicker

Notes

1. Cooper was originally scheduled to join Wigan in 2023 but was released by Warrington in July, and therefore able to join Wigan for the remainder of the 2022 season.

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