2018 Wigan Warriors season

Wigan Warriors 2018 season
Super League XXIII champions
Super League XXIII Rank	2nd
Play-off result	Champions
Challenge Cup	Quarter-finals
2018 record	Wins: 24; draws: 0; losses: 8
Points scored	For: 740; against: 417
Team information
Chairman	Ian Lenagan
Head Coach	Shaun Wane
Captain	Sean O'Loughlin
Stadium	DW Stadium
Top scorers
Tries	Liam Marshall (17)
Points	Sam Tomkins (252)
Home colours
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The Wigan Warriors play Rugby League in Wigan, England. Their 2018 season results in the Super League XXIII and 2018 Challenge Cup are shown below.

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

Main article: Super League XXIII

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 regular season. The Warriors went on to finish the season second.^[1][2]

Regular season

Matches

Date	Opponent	H/A	Result	Scorers	Att.	Pos.
2 February 2018	Salford Red Devils	A	40–12		5,568
10 February 2018	Hull F.C.	N	24–10		12,416
23 February 2018	Warrington Wolves	A	10–16		12,012
2 March 2018	Widnes Vikings	H	32–16		10,815
11 March 2018	Wakefield Trinity	H	30–18		11,455
18 March 2018	Castleford Tigers	A	P–P	Postponed due to frozen pitch and heavy snowfall.[3]
23 March 2018	Huddersfield Giants	H	48–10		10,641
30 March 2018	St Helens	A	18–21		17,980
2 April 2018	Hull KR	H	44–6		10,977
7 April 2018	Catalans Dragons	A	32–23		8,387
13 April 2018	Leeds Rhinos	A	9–8		12,221
20 April 2018	Castleford Tigers	H	28–12		11,866
26 April 2018	Widnes Vikings	A	32–24		5,668
4 May 2018	Salford Red Devils	H	30–0		10,733
19 May 2018	Warrington Wolves	N	38–10		38,881
25 May 2018	Hull KR	A	8–24		7,222
7 June 2018	Wakefield Trinity	A	16–32		4,681
16 June 2018	Hull F.C.	A	14–10		13,256
22 June 2018[a]	Castleford Tigers	A	18–19		7,714
28 June 2018	Leeds Rhinos	H	46–8		10,645
6 July 2018	Warrington Wolves	H	13–12		13,249
12 July 2018	Huddersfield Giants	A	20–12		5,264
19 July 2018	St Helens	H	6–14		16,047
27 July 2018	Catalans Dragons	H	25–20		10,656

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	St. Helens	23	21	0	2	713	298	+415	42	Super League Super 8s
2	Wigan Warriors	23	16	0	7	573	345	+228	32
3	Castleford Tigers	23	15	1	7	567	480	+87	31
4	Warrington Wolves	23	14	1	8	531	410	+121	29
5	Huddersfield Giants	23	11	1	11	427	629	−202	23
6	Hull F.C.	23	11	0	12	534	544	−10	22
7	Wakefield Trinity	23	10	1	12	581	506	+75	21
8	Catalans Dragons	23	10	1	12	488	531	−43	21
9	Leeds Rhinos	23	8	2	13	441	527	−86	18	The Qualifiers
10	Hull KR	23	8	1	14	476	582	−106	17
11	Salford Red Devils	23	7	0	16	384	597	−213	14
12	Widnes Vikings	23	3	0	20	387	653	−266	6

Source: Rugby League Project

Super 8s

Matches

Date	Opponent	H/A	Result	Scorers	Att.	Pos.
10 August 2018	Castleford Tigers	H	24–22		10,293
18 August 2018	Catalans Dragons	A	35–16		6,739
31 August 2018	St Helens	A	30–10		14,061
6 September 2018	Wakefield Trinity	H	25–10		9,959
14 September 2018	Warrington Wolves	H	26–6		12,372
20 September 2018	Huddersfield Giants	A	13–6		4,197
28 September 2018	Hull F.C.	H	14–12		11,189

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	St. Helens (L)	30	26	0	4	895	408	+487	52	Semi-finals
2	Wigan Warriors (C)	30	23	0	7	740	417	+323	46
3	Castleford Tigers	30	20	1	9	767	582	+185	41
4	Warrington Wolves	30	18	1	11	767	561	+206	37
5	Wakefield Trinity	30	13	1	16	747	696	+51	27
6	Huddersfield Giants	30	13	1	16	539	794	−255	27
7	Catalans Dragons	30	12	1	17	596	750	−154	25
8	Hull F.C.	30	11	0	19	615	787	−172	22

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]

Date	Match	Opponent	H/A	Result	Scorers	Att.
5 October 2018	Semi-final 2	Castleford Tigers	H	14–0		13,461
13 October 2018	Grand Final	Warrington Wolves	N	12–4		64,892

Challenge Cup

Main article: 2018 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]

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Result	Scorers	Att.
13 May 2018	Sixth Round	Hull KR	A	28–10		3,524
2 June 2018	Quarter Final	Warrington Wolves	A	0–23		10,213

Transfers

In

Player	From	Contract	Date	Ref.
Gabriel Hamlin	South Sydney Rabbitohs	2 Years	October 2017	[8]
Dan Sarginson	Gold Coast Titans	2 Years	December 2017	[9]
Joe Greenwood	Gold Coast Titans	3 ½ Years	June 2018
Chris Hankinson	Swinton Lions	2 ½ Years	July 2018

Out

Player	To	Contract	Date	Ref.
Lewis Tierney	Catalans Dragons	2 Years	October 2017	[10]
Nick Gregson	Leigh Centurions	1 Year	October 2017	[11]
Gabriel Fell	Swinton Lions	1 Year	November 2017	[12]
Kyle Shelford	Swinton Lions	1 Year	October 2017	[13]
Michael McIlorum	Catalans Dragons	2 Years	January 2018	[14]
Anthony Gelling	New Zealand Warriors	1 Year	January 2018	[15]
Frank-Paul Nu'uausala	Sydney Roosters	1 Year	February 2018
Joel Tomkins	Hull KR	1 ½ Years	June 2018

Loans Out

Player	To	Contract	Date	Ref.
Jake Shorrocks	Salford Red Devils	One Month Loan	March 2018
James Worthington	Toulouse Olympique	One Month Loan	May 2018
Joe Bretherton	Toulouse Olympique	One Month Loan	May 2018

Squad

2018 Wigan Warriors Squad

First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Sam Tomkins – FB, SH 2 Tom Davies – WG 3 Dan Sarginson – CE, FB 4 Oliver Gildart – CE 5 Joe Burgess – WG, CE 6 George Williams – SO 7 Sam Powell – HB, HK 8 Tony Clubb – PR 9 Thomas Leuluai – HK, HB 10 Ben Flower – PR 12 Liam Farrell – SR 13 Sean O'Loughlin (c) – LF, SO		14 John Bateman – SR, CE 15 Ryan Sutton – PR, LF 16 17 Taulima Tautai – PR, LF 19 Willie Isa – LF, SR 20 Morgan Escare – FB 21 Dominic Manfredi – WG 22 Liam Marshall – WG 23 Josh Ganson – HK 24 Jake Shorrocks – HB, SO 25 Romain Navarrete – PR 26 Jack Wells – SR, LF 27 Callum Field – PR, LF		28 Liam Forsyth – CE, WG 29 Jack Higginson – CE, WG 30 Gabriel Hamlin – LF, PR 31 Joe Bretherton – PR 32 Caine Barnes – PR 33 Macauley Davies – SR 34 Josh Woods – SO, SH 35 Oliver Partington – PR, LF 36 Samuel Kibula – PR, LF 37 James Worthington – CE, WG 38 Craig Mullen – FB 39 Liam Paisley – SR 40 Joe Greenwood – SR		41 Chris Hankinson – CE		Head coach Shaun Wane Assistant coaches John Winder Paul Johnson 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. Retrieved 24 January 2018.