Wigan Warriors is an English professional rugby league club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1872, the club was a founding member of the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, and competed in the inaugural season of the Northern Union's league championship. Since then, more than 1,100 players have appeared for the club's first team.
Jim Sullivan has made the most career appearances for Wigan, having played 774 games between 1921 and 1946. Sullivan is also the club's all-time top goal scorer (2,317) and point scorer (4,883), and holds the club record for most points scored in a single match, with 44 against Flimby & Fothergill in 1925.
The try scoring record is held by Billy Boston, who touched down 478 times for the club. Martin Offiah and Shaun Edwards share the record for most tries scored in one game, with Offiah scoring ten tries against Leeds in 1992 before Edwards repeated the feat against Swinton later that year.
The following is a list of rugby league players who have made 100 or more appearances for Wigan since the formation of the Northern Union in 1895. Appearances include all official league and cup games, but exclude friendlies. The list is ordered by date of debut, then by surname and first name.
Symbol | Meaning |
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* | Inducted into the Hall of Fame |
^ | Club record holder |
+ | Played for Wigan prior to the formation of the Northern Union in 1895 |
FB | Fullback | UB | Utility back |
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WG | Wing | ||
CN | Centre | ||
SO | Stand-off | ||
SH | Scrum-half | ||
PR | Prop | FW | Forward |
HK | Hooker | ||
SR | Second-row | ||
LF | Loose forward |
Name | Position | Club career | Appearances | Tries | Goals | DGs | Points | Representative | Refs |
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Jack Blackburn | FW | 1895–1900+ | 129 | 8 | 0 | — | 24 | – | |
Jack Brown | FW | 1895–1903+ | 258 | 2 | 2 | — | 10 | Lancashire | |
George Rigby | FW | 1895–1902+ | 188 | 15 | 2 | — | 49 | – | |
Bill Yates | FW | 1895–1902 | 162 | 5 | 0 | — | 15 | Lancashire | |
Reuben Collier | FW | 1896–1908 | 227 | 3 | 0 | — | 9 | – | |
Harry Ball | FW | 1898–1903 | 138 | 7 | 0 | — | 21 | – | |
Jack Hilton | FW | 1898–1906 | 197 | 8 | 1 | — | 26 | – | |
Joseph Topping | FW | 1900–10 | 105 | 4 | 0 | — | 12 | – | |
Tom Halliwell | FW | 1900–04 | 116 | 3 | 0 | — | 9 | – | |
Jimmy Blears | FW | 1901–09 | 127 | 7 | 1 | — | 23 | Lancashire | |
Jack Barton | FW | 1901–09 | 213 | 15 | 1 | — | 47 | – | |
Jack Mason | FB | 1902–06 | 153 | 2 | 118 | — | 242 | – | |
Billy Anderson | SO | 1902–06 | 149 | 14 | 18 | — | 78 | Lancashire | |
Fred Gleave | SO | 1903–14 | 193 | 20 | 1 | — | 62 | England | |
Jim Sharrock | FB | 1903–12 | 278 | 7 | 135 | — | 291 | England / Great Britain | |
Tom Whittaker | FW | 1903–14 | 297 | 22 | 0 | — | 66 | – | |
Jimmy Leytham | WG | 1903–11 | 280 | 258 | 267 | — | 1308 | England / Great Britain | |
Bert Jenkins | CN | 1904–20 | 389 | 182 | 0 | — | 546 | Wales / Great Britain | |
Johnny Thomas | SH | 1904–19 | 388 | 108 | 439 | — | 1202 | Wales / Great Britain | |
Dick Ramsdale | FW | 1905–20 | 313 | 35 | 0 | — | 105 | England / Great Britain | |
Walter Cheetham | FW | 1906–10 | 135 | 16 | 0 | — | 48 | – | |
Dick Silcock | FW | 1907–18 | 243 | 16 | 0 | — | 48 | Great Britain | |
Joe Miller | WG | 1907–19 | 206 | 151 | 2 | — | 457 | England / Great Britain | |
Lance Todd | CN/WG | 1908–13 | 185 | 126 | 7 | — | 392 | Lancashire | |
Charlie Seeling | LF | 1910–20 | 226 | 76 | 0 | — | 228 | Lancashire | |
Percy Williams | FW | 1910–12 | 111 | 17 | 0 | — | 51 | – | |
Frank Walford | WG | 1911–24 | 129 | 48 | 8 | — | 160 | – | |
Lew Bradley | WG | 1911–14 | 106 | 117 | 0 | — | 351 | – | |
Percy Coldrick | FW | 1912–24 | 280 | 79 | 0 | — | 237 | Wales / Great Britain | |
Arthur Francis | FW | 1912–19 | 130 | 41 | 44 | — | 211 | – | |
Harry Banks | FW | 1913–26 | 142 | 5 | 0 | — | 15 | – | |
George Owens | SO | 1913–27 | 218 | 54 | 8 | — | 178 | Wales | |
Syd Jerram | SH | 1914–27 | 245 | 54 | 23 | — | 208 | Wales | |
George Hesketh | SO | 1914–22 | 114 | 22 | 19 | — | 104 | Lancashire | |
Bert Webster | FW | 1918–24 | 128 | 25 | 0 | — | 75 | – | |
Ernest Shaw | FW | 1919–22 | 106 | 33 | 1 | — | 101 | England | |
Danny Hurcombe | CN/SH | 1919–25 | 199 | 72 | 3 | — | 222 | Wales / Great Britain | |
Tommy Howley | CN | 1920–26 | 219 | 101 | 28 | — | 359 | Wales / Great Britain | |
Frederick Roffey | FW | 1920–24 | 159 | 20 | 1 | — | 62 | Wales | |
Wilf Hodder | PR | 1921–30 | 277 | 35 | 0 | — | 105 | Wales | |
Jim Sullivan * | FB | 1921–45 | 774^ | 83 | 2317 | — | 4883^ | England / Wales / Great Britain | |
Johnny Ring | WG | 1922–31 | 331 | 368 | 4 | — | 1112 | Wales / Great Britain | |
Jack Price | LF | 1922–27 | 177 | 71 | 0 | — | 213 | England / Great Britain | |
Tommy Parker | CN | 1923–30 | 240 | 113 | 0 | — | 339 | Wales | |
Attie Van Heerden | WG | 1923–26 | 127 | 107 | 0 | — | 321 | Other Nationalities | |
George Van Rooyen | SR | 1923–28 | 178 | 26 | 0 | — | 78 | Other Nationalities | |
John Sherrington | LF | 1924–32 | 198 | 37 | 0 | — | 111 | Lancashire | |
Tommy Beetham | PR | 1924–30 | 262 | 10 | 0 | — | 30 | Cumberland | |
David Booysen | CN/SH | 1924–28 | 158 | 52 | 2 | — | 160 | Other Nationalities | |
Jack Bennett | HK | 1925–30 | 210 | 5 | 0 | — | 15 | England / Great Britain | |
Frank Stephens | SR | 1925–30 | 207 | 7 | 0 | — | 21 | Wales | |
Syd Abram | SH | 1926–32 | 171 | 49 | 1 | — | 149 | – | |
Roy Kinnear | CN | 1927–33 | 184 | 81 | 0 | — | 243 | Great Britain | |
Lou Brown | WG | 1927–30 | 130 | 106 | 0 | — | 318 | Other Nationalities | |
Len Mason | SR | 1927–35 | 365 | 50 | 5 | — | 160 | Other Nationalities | |
Arthur Binks | SO | 1927–30 | 121 | 15 | 0 | — | 45 | England | |
Hal Jones | SR | 1929–33 | 111 | 23 | 0 | — | 69 | Glamorgan and Monmouthshire | |
George Dixon | SR | 1929–33 | 128 | 7 | 0 | — | 21 | – | |
Gwynne Davies | CN | 1930–39 | 300 | 127 | 0 | — | 381 | Wales | |
George Bennett | SO | 1930–37 | 232 | 101 | 5 | — | 313 | Wales | |
Jack Morley | WG | 1932–39 | 292 | 223 | 4 | — | 677 | England / Wales / Great Britain | |
Hector Gee | SH | 1932–44 | 353 | 73 | 3 | — | 225 | – | |
Albert Davis | SR | 1933–40 | 181 | 6 | 0 | — | 18 | – | |
Gordon Innes | CN | 1933–37 | 155 | 60 | 4 | — | 188 | – | |
Harold Edwards | PR | 1933–37 | 146 | 8 | 0 | — | 24 | Wales | |
Joe Golby | HK | 1934–38 | 182 | 10 | 0 | — | 30 | – | |
Alf Ellaby | WG | 1934–36 | 103 | 90 | 0 | — | 270 | Lancashire | |
Ken Gee * | PR | 1935–54 | 559 | 54 | 508 | — | 1178 | England / Great Britain | |
Trevor Thomas | SR | 1936–39 | 112 | 9 | 0 | — | 27 | – | |
Joe Jones | FB | 1936–43 | 113 | 7 | 41 | — | 103 | Wales | |
George Banks | PR | 1936–48 | 246 | 14 | 0 | — | 42 | – | |
Ivor Jones | SR | 1936–45 | 106 | 34 | 3 | — | 108 | – | |
Ted Ward | CN | 1938–50, 1953 | 213 | 57 | 480 | — | 1131 | Wales / Great Britain | |
Joe Egan * | HK | 1938–49 | 362 | 28 | 12 | — | 108 | England / Great Britain | |
John Lawrenson | CN | 1938–48 | 219 | 187 | 128 | — | 817 | England / Great Britain | |
Jackie Bowen | LF | 1939–47 | 149 | 32 | 8 | — | 112 | Wales | |
Tommy Bradshaw | SH | 1939–51 | 302 | 35 | 0 | — | 105 | England / Great Britain | |
Jack Simpson | LF | 1939–45 | 113 | 21 | 0 | — | 63 | – | |
Jack Cunliffe | UB | 1939–59 | 447 | 85 | 371 | — | 997 | England / Great Britain | |
Jack Cayzer | SR | 1940–44 | 110 | 27 | 0 | — | 81 | – | |
Jack Maloney | FB/CN | 1940–44 | 106 | 20 | 0 | — | 60 | – | |
Martin Ryan | FB | 1940–52 | 300 | 67 | 63 | — | 327 | England / Great Britain | |
Jack Blan | FW | 1940–47 | 184 | 40 | 1 | — | 122 | Lancashire | |
Jack Fleming | SO | 1941–54 | 131 | 41 | 0 | — | 123 | – | |
Frank Barton | PR | 1941–52 | 279 | 35 | 0 | — | 105 | England / Great Britain | |
Jack Hilton | FW | 1942–53 | 137 | 122 | 0 | — | 366 | England / Great Britain | |
Ernie Ashcroft | CN | 1942–58 | 530 | 241 | 0 | — | 723 | England / Great Britain | |
Harry Atkinson | SR | 1943–48 | 116 | 16 | 0 | — | 48 | – | |
Gordon Ratcliffe | WG | 1945–53 | 212 | 185 | 0 | — | 555 | England / Great Britain | |
Billy Blan | SR/LF | 1945–52 | 255 | 77 | 4 | — | 239 | England / Great Britain | |
Brian Nordgren | WG | 1946–54 | 294 | 312 | 109 | — | 1154 | Other Nationalities | |
Cec Mountford | SO | 1946–50 | 210 | 70 | 55 | — | 320 | Other Nationalities | |
George Roughley | CN | 1947–53 | 123 | 40 | 0 | — | 120 | – | |
Nat Silcock, Jr. | SR | 1947–54 | 195 | 64 | 0 | — | 192 | England / Great Britain | |
John Alty | SH | 1948–53 | 155 | 31 | 0 | — | 93 | Lancashire | |
Ted Slevin | PR/SR | 1949–51 | 113 | 16 | 0 | — | 48 | England | |
Jack Broome | CN | 1949–56 | 215 | 59 | 0 | — | 177 | England | |
Ronnie Mather | HK | 1950–57 | 211 | 11 | 0 | — | 33 | Lancashire | |
Brian McTigue * | SR/PR | 1951–66 | 422 | 44 | 3 | — | 138 | Great Britain | |
Harry Street | LF | 1951–55 | 163 | 32 | 0 | — | 96 | England | |
Frank Collier | PR/SR | 1951–63 | 323 | 26 | 27 | — | 132 | Great Britain | |
Don Platt | FB | 1953–58 | 108 | 22 | 47 | — | 160 | – | |
Norman Cherrington | SR | 1953–62 | 257 | 80 | 0 | — | 240 | England / Great Britain | |
Billy Boston * | WG | 1953–67 | 487 | 478 | 7 | — | 1448 | Great Britain | |
Dave Bolton | SO | 1954–63 | 300 | 127 | 4 | — | 389 | Great Britain | |
Bill Sayer | HK | 1954–65 | 295 | 16 | 0 | — | 48 | Great Britain | |
Eric Ashton * | CN | 1955–68 | 497 | 231 | 448 | — | 1589 | England / Great Britain | |
Bill Bretherton | PR | 1956–59 | 119 | 13 | 0 | — | 39 | – | |
John Barton | PR | 1956–66 | 278 | 24 | 0 | — | 72 | Great Britain | |
Rees Thomas | SH | 1956–59 | 102 | 5 | 1 | — | 17 | – | |
Roy Evans | LF | 1957–65 | 282 | 34 | 0 | — | 102 | Great Britain | |
Mick Sullivan | WG | 1957–60 | 125 | 84 | 0 | — | 252 | Great Britain | |
Fred Griffiths | FB | 1957–62 | 161 | 43 | 663 | — | 1455 | – | |
Keith Holden | CN | 1958–67 | 152 | 58 | 0 | — | 174 | Lancashire | |
Geoff Lyon | SR | 1959–69 | 328 | 73 | 0 | — | 219 | Lancashire | |
Frank Carlton | WG | 1960–65 | 123 | 95 | 0 | — | 285 | Great Britain | |
Frank Parr | SH | 1961–71 | 309 | 95 | 15 | — | 315 | Lancashire | |
Alan Davies | CN | 1961–64 | 133 | 52 | 0 | — | 156 | Lancashire | |
Trevor Lake | WG | 1962–66 | 140 | 132 | 0 | — | 396 | – | |
Colin Clarke * | HK | 1963–77 | 436 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 225 | Great Britain | |
John Stephens | PR | 1963–78 | 238 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 69 | England | |
Laurie Gilfedder | SR/LF | 1963–67 | 143 | 17 | 384 | — | 819 | Lancashire | |
Kevin O'Loughlin | U | 1964–75 | 309 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 171 | Great Britain under-24 | |
Bill Francis | UB | 1964–77 | 400 | 159 | 43 | 0 | 563 | Wales / Great Britain | |
Ray Ashby | FB | 1964–67 | 124 | 10 | 1 | — | 32 | Great Britain | |
Cliff Hill | SO/CN | 1964–70 | 192 | 57 | 0 | — | 171 | Great Britain | |
Danny Gardiner | PR | 1965–68 | 149 | 2 | 0 | — | 6 | Great Britain | |
Peter Rowe | CN | 1966–73 | 218 | 55 | 0 | — | 165 | Wales | |
Colin Tyrer | FB | 1967–74 | 248 | 88 | 813 | 0 | 1890 | Lancashire | |
Doug Laughton | LF | 1967–72 | 185 | 38 | 0 | — | 114 | Great Britain | |
Geoff Fletcher | PR | 1967–74 | 143 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Lancashire | |
Dave Hill | SO/CN | 1967–76 | 329 | 113 | 15 | 0 | 369 | Great Britain | |
Bill Ashurst | CN/SR | 1968–73, 1977–78 | 186 | 74 | 146 | 6 | 520 | Great Britain | |
Brian Hogan | SR | 1968–77 | 207 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 57 | England | |
Stuart Wright | WG | 1969–75 | 173 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 309 | England | |
Eddie Cunningham | SR | 1969–74 | 107 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 135 | Lancashire | |
David Robinson | SR | 1970–74 | 147 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 51 | Great Britain | |
Keiron O'Loughlin | UB | 1970–79 | 260 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 279 | Lancashire | |
Warren Ayres | SH | 1970–73 | 131 | 64 | 6 | — | 204 | – | |
Dennis Ashcroft | PR | 1971–76 | 141 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | – | |
Terry Hollingsworth | UF | 1971–80 | 171 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 78 | – | |
Jim Nulty | SH | 1972–77 | 185 | 41 | 90 | 9 | 312 | Great Britain under-24 | |
Billy Melling | SR | 1972–81 | 177 | 38 | 0 | 9 | 123 | Lancashire | |
Bernard Coyle, Jr. | SH | 1973–80 | 134 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 96 | – | |
Green Vigo | WG | 1973–80 | 168 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 260 | Other Nationalities | |
Robert Irving | SR | 1973–77 | 154 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 120 | England | |
Jimmy Hornby | WG | 1973–82 | 201 | 87 | 3 | 0 | 267 | Great Britain under-24 | |
David Willicombe | CN | 1974–80 | 119 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 120 | Wales / Great Britain | |
George Fairbairn | FB | 1974–80 | 207 | 30 | 583 | 11 | 1267 | England / Great Britain | |
Dennis Ramsdale | WG | 1976–84 | 194 | 62 | 4 | 0 | 199 | – | |
Steve O'Neill | PR | 1976–81 | 124 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 39 | England | |
Nicky Kiss | HK | 1978–89 | 260 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 134 | Great Britain | |
Martin Foy | SO | 1979–83 | 115 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 103 | Lancashire | |
John Pendlebury | LF | 1979–84 | 122 | 29 | 45 | 1 | 182 | – | |
Danny Campbell | PR | 1979–85 | 145 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 38 | – | |
Mick Scott | SR | 1981–84 | 125 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 41 | – | |
Henderson Gill | WG | 1981–89 | 226 | 145 | 106 | 0 | 762 | England / Great Britain | |
Colin Whitfield | FB/CN | 1981–85 | 149 | 46 | 379 | 13 | 937 | Lancashire | |
Shaun Wane | PR | 1982–90 | 149 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 43 | Great Britain | |
David Stephenson | CN | 1982–87 | 214 | 71 | 286 | 6 | 845 | Great Britain | |
Graeme West | SR/PR | 1982–90 | 202 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 189 | New Zealand | |
Brian Case | PR | 1983–88 | 197 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Great Britain | |
Shaun Edwards * | SO/SH | 1983–97 | 466 | 274 | 23 | 4 | 1146 | England / Great Britain | |
Steve Hampson | FB | 1983–93 | 304 | 55 | 48 | 3 | 319 | Great Britain | |
Ian Potter | SR | 1984–88 | 190 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Great Britain | |
Martin Dermott | HK | 1985–96 | 231 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 87 | Great Britain | |
Ian Lucas | PR | 1985–92 | 178 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Great Britain | |
Andy Goodway | SR/LF | 1985–92 | 224 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 316 | Great Britain | |
Ellery Hanley * | SO/LF | 1985–90 | 204 | 189 | 9 | 2 | 776 | Great Britain | |
Joe Lydon | UB | 1986–94 | 262 | 89 | 283 | 16 | 938 | Great Britain | |
Dean Bell * | CN | 1986–94 | 253 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 384 | New Zealand | |
Ian Gildart | SR | 1987–94 | 139 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | Great Britain under-21 | |
Andy Gregory * | SH | 1987–91 | 182 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 118 | Great Britain | |
Denis Betts | SR | 1987–95, 1998–2001 | 367 | 129 | 1 | 0 | 518 | Great Britain | |
Ged Byrne | UB | 1987–90 | 107 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 100 | Lancashire | |
Kevin Iro | CN | 1987–90 | 100 | 60 | 36 | 0 | 312 | New Zealand | |
Andy Platt | PR | 1988–94 | 200 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 96 | Great Britain | |
Phil Clarke | LF | 1989–95 | 154 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 92 | England / Great Britain | |
Frano Botica * | SO/WG | 1990–95 | 180 | 66 | 827 | 13 | 1931 | New Zealand | |
Kelvin Skerrett | PR | 1990–96 | 176 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 84 | Wales / Great Britain | |
Sam Panapa | UB | 1991–94 | 119 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 180 | – | |
Neil Cowie | PR | 1991–2001 | 330 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 137 | Wales / Great Britain | |
Andy Farrell * | LF | 1991–2005 | 370 | 111 | 1336 | 19 | 3135 | England / Great Britain | |
Martin Offiah * | WG | 1992–96 | 159 | 186 | 1 | 3 | 749 | England / Great Britain | |
Mick Cassidy | SR | 1992–2004 | 368 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 208 | England / Ireland / Great Britain | |
Jason Robinson | WG | 1992–2000 | 281 | 171 | 0 | 1 | 685 | England / Great Britain | |
Martin Hall | HK | 1993–97 | 141 | 29 | 18 | 1 | 153 | Wales | |
Gary Connolly | CN | 1993–2002, 2004 | 313 | 137 | 6 | 0 | 560 | England / Ireland / Great Britain | |
Kris Radlinski * | FB | 1993–2006 | 323 | 183 | 1 | 0 | 734 | England / Great Britain | |
Simon Haughton | SR | 1993–2002 | 174 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 220 | England / Great Britain | |
Va'aiga Tuigamala | CN/WG | 1994–97 | 102 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 254 | Samoa | |
Henry Paul | SO | 1994–98 | 147 | 78 | 119 | 0 | 550 | New Zealand | |
Terry O'Connor | PR | 1994–2004 | 306 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 52 | Ireland / Great Britain | |
Paul Johnson | CN/SR | 1995–2003 | 133 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 224 | Great Britain | |
Mark Smith | HK | 1999–2004 | 124 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 48 | – | |
Brett Dallas | WG | 2000–06 | 177 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 428 | – | |
Terry Newton | HK | 2000–05 | 186 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 292 | England / Great Britain | |
David Hodgson | CN/WG | 2000–04 | 117 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 192 | Great Britain | |
Adrian Lam | SH | 2001–04 | 119 | 44 | 1 | 10 | 188 | – | |
Martin Aspinwall | CN | 2001–05 | 109 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 132 | England A | |
Brian Carney | WG | 2001–05 | 111 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 194 | Great Britain | |
Stephen Wild | CN/SR | 2001–05 | 100 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 120 | England / Great Britain | |
Sean O'Loughlin * | LF | 2002–20 | 459 | 88 | 3 | 2 | 360 | England / Great Britain | |
Danny Tickle | SR | 2002–06 | 141 | 34 | 217 | 2 | 572 | England A | |
Gareth Hock | SR | 2003–12 | 191 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 192 | England / Great Britain | |
Harrison Hansen | SR | 2004–13 | 242 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 172 | New Zealand / Samoa | |
Paul Prescott | PR | 2004–13 | 146 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | Ireland | |
Joel Tomkins | SR/CN | 2005–11, 2014–18 | 236 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 260 | England | |
Darrell Goulding | CN | 2005–14 | 174 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 288 | England | |
Iafeta Paleaaesina | PR | 2006–10 | 145 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 84 | New Zealand | |
Pat Richards | WG | 2006–13 | 224 | 168 | 896 | 4 | 2468 | Ireland | |
Stuart Fielden | PR | 2006–12 | 141 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | England / Great Britain | |
Phil Bailey | CN/SR | 2007–10 | 101 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 60 | – | |
Thomas Leuluai | SH | 2007–12, 2017–22 | 327 | 74 | 0 | 1 | 297 | New Zealand | |
Michael McIlorum | HK | 2007–17 | 241 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 96 | England / Ireland | |
George Carmont | CN | 2008–12 | 154 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 320 | Samoa | |
Andy Coley | PR | 2008–11 | 125 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 52 | – | |
Lee Mossop | PR | 2008–13, 2015–16 | 165 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 52 | England | |
Sam Tomkins | FB | 2008–13, 2016–18 | 213 | 168 | 137 | 10 | 956 | England | |
Josh Charnley | WG | 2010–16 | 173 | 164 | 103 | 0 | 862 | England | |
Liam Farrell | SR/LF | 2010– | 321 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 520 | England | |
Dom Crosby | PR | 2012–16 | 102 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 | – | |
Matty Smith | SH | 2012–16 | 139 | 22 | 304 | 25 | 721 | England | |
Anthony Gelling | CN | 2012–17 | 115 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 208 | Cook Islands | |
Ben Flower | PR | 2012–20 | 184 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 84 | Wales | |
Sam Powell | HK | 2012– | 250 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 188 | England Knights | |
Joe Burgess | WG | 2013–15, 2017–20 | 129 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 428 | England | |
George Williams | SO | 2013–19 | 179 | 61 | 70 | 1 | 385 | England | |
Dan Sarginson | CN | 2014–16, 2018–19 | 125 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 140 | England | |
John Bateman | SR | 2014–18, 2021–22 | 174 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 160 | England | |
Ryan Sutton | PR | 2014–18 | 118 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 44 | – | |
Tony Clubb | PR | 2014–21 | 165 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 92 | – | |
Taulima Tautai | PR | 2015–19 | 132 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | – | |
Oliver Gildart | CN | 2015–21 | 143 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 260 | England | |
Willie Isa | SR | 2016– | 190 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 64 | – | |
Liam Marshall | WG | 2017– | 122 | 95 | 10 | 0 | 400 | – | |
Morgan Smithies | LF | 2019– | 105 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | England |
Name | Nationality | Year of induction | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
Billy Boston | 1998 | [1] | |
Shaun Edwards | 1998 | [1] | |
Andy Gregory | 1999 | [2] | |
Billy Blan | 1999 | [2] [3] [a] | |
Dean Bell | 2007 | [4] | |
Ellery Hanley | 2007 | [5] | |
Frano Botica | 2016 | [6] | |
Colin Clarke | 2016 | [6] | |
Martin Offiah | 2016 | [6] | |
Sean O'Loughlin | 2020 | [7] [b] | |
Kris Radlinski | 2020 | [8] | |
Vicky Molyneux | 2023 | [9] [c] | |
Bill Ashurst | 2024 | [10] | |
Graeme West | 2024 | [10] | |
Eric Ashton | ? | ||
Joe Egan | ? | ||
Andy Farrell | ? | ||
Ken Gee | ? | ||
Brian McTigue | ? | ||
Jim Sullivan | ? | ||
Source: [11] |
(Super League era)
Player | Year | Nation |
---|---|---|
Andy Farrell | 1996–2004 | England |
Terry Newton | 2005 | England |
Sean O'Loughlin | 2006–2020 | England |
Thomas Leuluai | 2021–2022 | New Zealand |
Liam Farrell | 2023–present | England |
Once players have been at a club for a certain length of time (usually ten years), they may be offered a friendly game celebrating their time at the club, known as a testimonial match. This is a list of players who have received testimonials from Wigan RLFC, in ascending chronological order with respect to when they received it.
In 2005 during the tenth season of the current Super League championship format, the fans of Wigan RLFC voted for their best thirteen players of the 'Nighties' and the 'Naughties', called the Team of the Decade. This is a list of the ballot's resulting thirteen players. [20]
No. | Player name | Position | Years at club |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Kris Radlinski (MBE) | Fullback | 1993–2006 |
2 | Jason Robinson (OBE) | Wing | 1992–2000 |
3 | Va'aiga Tuigamala (MNZM) | Centre | 1993–1996 |
4 | Gary Connolly | Centre | 1992–2002, 2004 |
5 | Martin Offiah (MBE) | Wing | 1991–1996 |
6 | Henry Paul | Five-eighth | 1994–1998 |
7 | Shaun Edwards (OBE) | Halfback | 1983–1996 |
8 | Craig Smith | Prop | 2002–2004 |
9 | Terry Newton | Hooker | 2000–2005 |
10 | Terry O'Connor | Prop | 1994–2004 |
11 | Denis Betts | Second-row | 1986–1995, 1998–2001 |
12 | Mick Cassidy | Second-row | 1990–2004 |
13 | Andy Farrell (OBE) | Lock | 1991–2004 |
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Kristian John Radlinski MBE is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played mainly as a fullback. He is currently CEO of Wigan Warriors whom he played his entire professional career for, making over 300 appearances between 1993 and 2006, and also represented England and Great Britain at international level.
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Thomas James Leuluai is a New Zealand professional rugby league coach who is the assistant coach of the Wigan Warriors in the Super League and a former professional rugby league footballer who played for New Zealand at international level.
Steven Renouf is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Nicknamed 'the Pearl', he was known as one of the sport's greatest centres. Renouf set numerous records for the Brisbane Broncos club. After spending eleven years with Brisbane, which yielded four premierships, he left Australia to play for English club Wigan Warriors, where he spent two seasons before retiring. He was named in Australia's Indigenous team of the century (1908–2007).
Wigan St. Patricks is an amateur rugby league football club based in the Scholes area of Wigan, Greater Manchester. The first team plays in the National Conference League Division One.
Shaun Ainscough is a former English professional rugby league footballer who last played as a winger for the Rochdale Hornets in the Championship.
The Rugby Football League Challenge Cup, commonly known just as the Challenge Cup is a knockout rugby league cup competition organised by the Rugby Football League, held annually since 1896, it is the world's oldest cup competition in either code of rugby. A concurrent Women's Challenge Cup and Wheelchair Challenge Cup have been held since 2012 and 2015 respectively.
William Blan was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, England and Lancashire, and at club level for Wigan, Leeds, St. Helens and Rochdale Hornets, as a second-row or loose forward.
Graham Steadman is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and coached in the 2000s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and Yorkshire, and at club level for York Wasps, Featherstone Rovers, Gold Coast-Tweed Giants and Castleford, as a goal-kicking fullback or stand-off, and coached at club level for the Castleford Tigers.
The 2010 Wigan Warriors season is the club's fifteenth season in the Super League, since its launch in 1996. Wigan Warriors entered the season following their sixth-placed league finish and subsequent play-off knock-out in the 2009 Super League season, as well as their semi-final knock-out in the 2009 Challenge Cup. The 2010 season is the eleventh year in which rugby league has been played at the town's DW Stadium.
Top-level rugby league in 2013 centred on Australasia's 2013 NRL season and Super League XVIII. High-profile representative competitions included the 2013 Rugby League World Cup and the 2013 State of Origin series.
The Rugby league transfer record is the highest-ever sum of money paid by a club to purchase the contract, and thereby obtain the playing services of another club's player. It has been broken in every decade since the sport became professional around the start of the 20th century. Between the 1930s and 1980s, international transfer bans were imposed, removed and renewed at different times due to the sport's governing bodies' fears of excessive talent drain overseas. In 1998, the sport's transfer system was changed to allow any player aged 24 or over to move between clubs at the end of their contract without a fee being paid. As a result, transfer fees in rugby league became much more uncommon. The current record fee paid is £700,000, paid by the New Zealand Warriors to the Wigan Warriors in 2013 for Sam Tomkins.
The World Club Challenge is an annual rugby league competition between the winners of the Australian National Rugby League and the British Super League, for the de facto club world championship of the sport.
Bevan French is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback, wing, or stand-off for the Wigan Warriors in the Super League.
The O'Loughlin Farrell family of Wigan, England have produced a number of notable rugby league and rugby union footballers. The majority of those players started their professional careers at their home club, Wigan Warriors, and many have gone on to make a significant impact at club and international level. The family has Irish heritage.
The 2025 season will be the Wigan Warriors's 45th consecutive season playing in England's top division of rugby league. They will compete in the 2025 Super League season and the 2025 Challenge Cup.