2024 Wigan Warriors season

English rugby league season

Liam Farrell

StadiumDW StadiumTop scorersTriesLiam Marshall (2)GoalsHarry Smith (5)PointsHarry 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^[a]	12–22^[b]	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

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

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^[c]	^[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^[c]	^[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^[c]	^[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^[c]	^[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^[c]	^[10]
19 April, 20:00	Castleford Tigers	H	DW Stadium	W	36–14	French, Marshall (2), Hampshire (2), Miski	Keighran (2/2), Smith (4/4)	13,029	Sky Sports Arena	3rd^[c]	^[11]
26 April, 20:00	Hull KR	A	Craven Park	L	10–26	Miski, Farrell	Keighran (1/2)	Unknown	Sky Sports Action	4th^[c]	^[12]
2 May, 20:00	Catalans Dragons	H	DW Stadium		–				Sky Sports Arena
11 May, 15:00	Huddersfield Giants	A	Kirklees Stadium		–				Sky Sports TBC
26 May, 15:00	Salford Red Devils	A	AJ Bell Stadium		–				Sky Sports TBC
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+

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	St Helens	9	7	2	209	70	+139	14	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Catalans Dragons	9	7	2	210	122	+88	14	Advance to Semi-finals
3	Wigan Warriors	8	6	2	234	118	+116	12	Advance to Eliminators
4	Warrington Wolves	9	6	3	242	129	+113	12
5	Hull KR	9	6	3	214	129	+85	12
6	Salford Red Devils	9	6	3	180	170	+10	12
7	Huddersfield Giants	9	5	4	218	163	+55	10
8	Leeds Rhinos	9	5	4	158	164	−6	10
9	Leigh Leopards	8	2	6	160	144	+16	4
10	Castleford Tigers	9	2	7	152	264	−112	4
11	Hull FC	9	1	8	98	328	−230	2
12	London Broncos	9	0	9	74	348	−274	0

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2024. Source: [1]

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	^[13]
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^[14]
Kruise Leeming	Gold Coast Titans	4 Years	June 2023^[15]
Tiaki Chan	Catalans Dragons	3 Years	June 2023^[16]
Adam Keighran	Catalans Dragons	2 Years	July 2023^[17]
Luke Thompson	Canterbury Bulldogs	4 Years	October 2023^[18]
Sam Eseh	Wakefield Trinity	2 Years + 1 Year	October 2023^[19]

Losses

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Kai Pearce-Paul	Newcastle Knights		December 2022^[20]
Toby King	Warrington Wolves	End of Loan	September 2023
Logan Astley	Oldham R.L.F.C.	2 Years	October 2023^[21]
Cade Cust	Salford Red Devils		October 2023^[22]
Iain Thornley	Wakefield Trinity	2 Years	October 2023^[23]
Kieran Tyrer	Oldham R.L.F.C.		October 2023^[24]
Morgan Smithies	Canberra Raiders	3 Years	October 2023^[25]
Sam Powell	Warrington Wolves	2 Years	November 2023^[26]
Joe Shorrocks	Salford Red Devils		November 2023^[27]
Ramon Silva	Barrow Raiders		January 2022^[28]

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

^ Match abandoned after 63 minutes due to repeated floodlight failure
^ At time of abandonment
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g With a match in hand

References

^ "Warriors beat Hurricanes in friendly - Wigan Warriors". 20 January 2024.
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^ https://wiganwarriors.com/blog/2024/02/04/wigan-win-at-hull/
^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/rugby-league/68293869
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^ https://wiganwarriors.com/blog/2024/03/01/warriors-defeat-giants-3/
^ https://wiganwarriors.com/blog/2024/03/09/warriors-win-in-the-capital/
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^ https://wiganwarriors.com/blog/2024/03/29/wigan-lose-out-in-the-derby/
^ https://wiganwarriors.com/blog/2024/04/04/wigan-win-at-leigh/
^ https://wiganwarriors.com/blog/2024/04/19/warriors-defeat-the-tigers/
^ https://wiganwarriors.com/blog/2024/04/26/warriors-lose-to-hull-kr/
^ https://wiganwarriors.com/blog/2024/03/22/warriors-progress-in-challenge-cup/
^ "Wigan sign Sam Walters from 2024 - Wigan Warriors". 26 June 2023.
^ "Kruise Leeming joins Wigan from 2024 - Wigan Warriors". 25 June 2023.
^ "Tiaki Chan joins Wigan from 2024 - Wigan Warriors". 26 June 2023.
^ "Keighran signs for Wigan - Wigan Warriors". 16 July 2023.
^ "Luke Thompson to join Wigan on 4 year deal". BBC Sport. 4 October 2023.
^ "Wigan sign Wakefield forward Eseh on two-year deal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
^ "Super League duo Kai Pearce-Paul and Will Pryce to join NRL's Newcastle Knights at end of 2023". Sky Sports.
^ "Wigan Warriors starlet makes permanent League One move after impressive loan spell". LoveRugbyLeague. 2023-10-19. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
^ "Half-back Cust leaves Wigan Warriors". BBC Sport. 2023-10-25. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
^ "Iain Thornley joins Wakefield - Wigan Warriors". 25 October 2023.
^ "Sean Long's Oldham sign Wigan Warriors starlet as youngster becomes 24th confirmed squad member for 2024". 27 October 2023.
^ Anderson, Tom (2023-10-31). "Morgan Smithies Leaves Wigan". Wigan Warriors Blog. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
^ Fletcher, Charlotte (2023-11-10). "Sam Powell leaves Wigan". Wigan Warriors Blog. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
^ "Joe Shorrocks leaves Wigan - Wigan Warriors". 20 November 2023.
^ https://www.wigantoday.net/sport/rugby-league/bbc-to-show-world-club-challenge-and-super-league-matches-in-2024-reports-4470895

v t e Wigan Warriors
Est. 1872 in Wigan, England
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Home grounds	Folly Field (1872–1877; 1879–1886) Prescott Street (1877–1879; 1886–1901) Springfield Park (1901–1902) Central Park (1902–1999) DW Stadium (1999–present)
League	Rugby Football Union Rugby Football League Super League
Titles	RFL/Super League Championship: 1908–09 1921–22 1925–26 1933–34 1945–46 1946–47 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1995–96 1998 2010 2013 2016 World Club Challenge (4): 1987 1991 1994 2017 Challenge Cup: 1924 1929 1944 1948 1951 1958 1959 1965 1985 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 2002 2011 2013
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