2024 Wigan Warriors season

Wigan Warriors 2024 season
Super League XXIX Rank	2nd
2024 record	Wins: 6; draws: 0; losses: 1
Team information
Head Coach	Matt Peet
Captain	Liam Farrell
Stadium	DW Stadium
Top scorers
Tries	Liam Marshall (2)
Goals	Harry Smith (5)
Points	Harry Smith (10)
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The 2024 season is the Wigan Warriors's 44th consecutive season playing in England's top division of rugby league. During the season, they competed in the Super League XXIX, the 2024 Challenge Cup, and the 2024 World Club Challenge.

Preseason friendlies

Date and Time	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
20 January; 14:00	Midlands Hurricanes	A	Alexander Stadium	W	24–20	Brown (2), Kerr (2)	Farrimond (4/4)	Unknown	[1]
26 January, 20:00	Wakefield Trinity	A	Belle Vue	A [lower-alpha 1]	12–22 [lower-alpha 2]	Douglas, Farrimond	Hampshire (2/2)	Unknown	[2]
4 February, 14:00	Hull F.C.	A	MKM Stadium	W	40–0	Wardle, Mago, French, Dupree, Douglas, Farrimond, Hampshire	Smith (4/5), Keighran (2/2)	Unknown	[3]

World Club Challenge

Main article: 2024 World Club Challenge

Date and Time	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Report
24 February, 20:00	Penrith Panthers	H	DW Stadium	W	16–12	Miski, Leeming, Wardle	Smith (2/3)	24,091	BBC Two	[4]

Super League

Main article: Super League XXIX

Fixtures

Date and Time	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Pos.	Report
17 February, 17:30	Castleford Tigers	A	The Jungle	W	32–4	Mago, French, Marshall (2), Leeming	Smith (4/5 + 1 pen.), Keighran (pen.)	10,170	BBC Two	2nd	[5]
24 February, 15:00	Leigh Leopards	H	DW Stadium	Postponed due to Wigan's participation in the World Club Challenge
1 March, 20:00	Huddersfield Giants	H	DW Stadium	W	30–16	Marshall (3), French, Dupree	Smith (4/5)	15, 357	SuperLeague+	2nd	[6]
9 March, 15:00	London Broncos	A	Plough Lane	W	60–22	Wardle, Miski, Dupree, Hill (2), O’Neill, Mago, Eckersley, Hampshire, Keighran	Keighran (10/11)	4,116	SuperLeague+	1st	[7]
14 March, 20:00	Salford Red Devils	A	AJ Bell Stadium	W	22–12	Marshall, Miski, Wardle, French	Smith (1/2), Keighran (2/2)	6,087	SuperLeague+	2nd	[8]
29 March, 15:00 (Good Friday)	St Helens	A	Totally Wicked Stadium	L	4–12	French	Smith (0/1)	17,980	Sky Sports Main Event	4th	[9]
4 April, 20:00	Leigh Centurions	A	Leigh Sports Village	W	40–12	Miski, Isa, French, Smith, Field, Keighran, Nsemba, Marshall	Smith (4/8)	10,308	Sky Sports Action	3rd	[10]
19 April, 20:00	Castleford Tigers	H	DW Stadium		–				Sky Sports Arena
26 April, 20:00	Hull KR	A	Craven Park		–				Sky Sports Action
2 May, 20:00	Catalans Dragons	H	DW Stadium		–				Sky Sports TBC
11 May, 15:00	Huddersfield Giants	A	Kirklees Stadium		–				SuperLeague+
26 May, 15:00	Salford Red Devils	A	AJ Bell Stadium		–				SuperLeague+
1 June, 15:00	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium		–				SuperLeague+
14 June, 20:00	Castleford Tigers	A	The Jungle		–				SuperLeague+
21 June, 20:00	London Broncos	H	DW Stadium		–				SuperLeague+
5 July, 20:00	Leigh Leopards	H	DW Stadium		–				SuperLeague+
12 July, 20:00	St Helens	H	DW Stadium		–				SuperLeague+
20 July, 14:00	Hull F.C.	A	MKM Stadium		–				SuperLeague+
26 July, 20:00	Warrington Wolves	H	DW Stadium		–				SuperLeague+
2 August, 20:00	Huddersfield Giants	H	DW Stadium		–				SuperLeague+
9 August, 20:00	Leeds Rhinos	A	Headingley		–				SuperLeague+
17 August, 17:00 (Magic Weekend)	St Helens	N	Elland Road		–				Sky Sports
25 August, 15:00	Hull F.C.	H	DW Stadium		–				SuperLeague+
31 August, 20:00 (BST)	Catalans Dragons	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus		–				SuperLeague+
6 September, 20:00	Hull KR	H	DW Stadium		–				SuperLeague+
13 September, 20:00	Leeds Rhinos	H	DW Stadium		–				SuperLeague+
20 September, 20:00	Salford Red Devils	H	DW Stadium		–				SuperLeague+

Adam Keighran preparing to kick at goal in front of the Wigan fans at Plough Lane in March 2024

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Catalans Dragons	7	6	0	1	172	86	+86	12	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Warrington Wolves	7	5	0	2	214	98	+116	10
3	Wigan Warriors	6	5	0	1	188	78	+110	10	Advance to Eliminators
4	Hull KR	7	5	0	2	182	83	+99	10
5	St Helens	7	5	0	2	138	58	+80	10
6	Huddersfield Giants	7	4	0	3	174	126	+48	8
7	Salford Red Devils	7	4	0	3	151	154	−3	8
8	Leeds Rhinos	7	4	0	3	116	122	−6	8
9	Leigh Leopards	6	1	0	5	116	126	−10	2
10	Castleford Tigers	7	1	0	6	98	228	−130	2
11	Hull FC	7	1	0	6	86	250	−164	2
12	London Broncos	7	0	0	7	70	296	−226	0

Updated to match(es) played on 6 April 2024. Source:

Challenge Cup

Main article: 2024 Challenge Cup

Date and time	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Report
22 March; 20:00	Round 6	Sheffield Eagles	H	DW Stadium	W	44–18	French (3) Marshall (2) Wardle, Leeming, Mago	Smith (6/9)	5,733	Not Televised	[11]
14 April; 15:00	Quarter-finals	Castleford Tigers	A	The Jungle	W	60–6	Marshall (4), O’Neill, French, Keighran, Miski (2), Leeming, Wardle, Dupree	Smith (6/12)	4,097	Not Televised
18 May; 13:45	Semi-finals	Hull KR	N	Eco-Power Stadium		–				BBC One

Transfers

Gains

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Sam Walters	Leeds Rhinos	3 Years	June 2023 [12]
Kruise Leeming	Gold Coast Titans	4 Years	June 2023 [13]
Tiaki Chan	Catalans Dragons	3 Years	June 2023 [14]
Adam Keighran	Catalans Dragons	2 Years	July 2023 [15]
Luke Thompson	Canterbury Bulldogs	4 Years	October 2023 [16]
Sam Eseh	Wakefield Trinity	2 Years + 1 Year	October 2023 [17]

Losses

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Kai Pearce-Paul	Newcastle Knights		December 2022 [18]
Toby King	Warrington Wolves	End of Loan	September 2023
Logan Astley	Oldham R.L.F.C.	2 Years	October 2023 [19]
Cade Cust	Salford Red Devils		October 2023 [20]
Iain Thornley	Wakefield Trinity	2 Years	October 2023 [21]
Kieran Tyrer	Oldham R.L.F.C.		October 2023 [22]
Morgan Smithies	Canberra Raiders	3 Years	October 2023 [23]
Sam Powell	Warrington Wolves	2 Years	November 2023 [24]
Joe Shorrocks	Salford Red Devils		November 2023 [25]
Ramon Silva	Barrow Raiders		January 2022 [26]

Squad

2024 Wigan Warriors Squad

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First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Jai Field – FB, SO 2 Abbas Miski – WG 3 Adam Keighran – CE, SO, HK 4 Jake Wardle – CE, WG 5 Liam Marshall – WG 6 Bevan French – FB, WG 7 Harry Smith (gk) – SH, SO 8 Ethan Havard – PR 9 Brad O'Neill – HK, LF 10 Liam Byrne – PR 11 Willie Isa – SR, CE, LF, WG 12 Liam Farrell (c) – SR, LF 13 Kaide Ellis – PR, LF		14 Mike Cooper – PR, LF 15 Patrick Mago – PR 16 Luke Thompson – PR, LF 17 Kruise Leeming – HK 19 Tyler Dupree – PR 20 Harvie Hill 21 Junior Nsemba – LF 22 Sam Walters – SR 23 Ryan Hampshire – FB, SH, SO, WG 24 Tiaki Chan – PR 25 Sam Eseh – PR 26 Zach Eckersley		27 Tom Forber 28 Jocob Douglas 29 Harvey Makin				Head coach Matt Peet Assistant coaches Thomas Leuluai Sean O’Loughlin Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) (gk) = Goal kicker Updated: 11 December 2023 Source(s): 2024 Squad Numbers

Notes

1. Match abandoned after 63 minutes due to repeated floodlight failure
2. At time of abandonment

References

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