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.
List of players
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 |
---|---|
* | 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 |
---|---|---|---|
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jack Blackburn | FW | 1895β1900+ | 129 | 8 | 0 | β | 24 | β | |
Jack Brown | FW | 1895β1903+ | 258 | 2 | 2 | β | 10 | Lancashire | |
George Rigby | FW | 1895β1902+ | 188 | 15 | 2 | β | 49 | β | |
Bill Yates | FW | 1895β1902 | 162 | 5 | 0 | β | 15 | Lancashire | |
Reuben Collier | FW | 1896β1908 | 227 | 3 | 0 | β | 9 | β | |
Harry Ball | FW | 1898β1903 | 138 | 7 | 0 | β | 21 | β | |
Jack Hilton | FW | 1898β1906 | 197 | 8 | 1 | β | 26 | β | |
Joseph Topping | FW | 1900β10 | 105 | 4 | 0 | β | 12 | β | |
Tom Halliwell | FW | 1900β04 | 116 | 3 | 0 | β | 9 | β | |
Jimmy Blears | FW | 1901β09 | 127 | 7 | 1 | β | 23 | Lancashire | |
Jack Barton | FW | 1901β09 | 213 | 15 | 1 | β | 47 | β | |
Jack Mason | FB | 1902β06 | 153 | 2 | 118 | β | 242 | β | |
Billy Anderson | SO | 1902β06 | 149 | 14 | 18 | β | 78 | Lancashire | |
Fred Gleave | SO | 1903β14 | 193 | 20 | 1 | β | 62 | England | |
Jim Sharrock | FB | 1903β12 | 278 | 7 | 135 | β | 291 | England / Great Britain | |
Tom Whittaker | FW | 1903β14 | 297 | 22 | 0 | β | 66 | β | |
Jimmy Leytham | WG | 1903β11 | 280 | 258 | 267 | β | 1308 | England / Great Britain | |
Bert Jenkins | CN | 1904β20 | 389 | 182 | 0 | β | 546 | Wales / Great Britain | |
Johnny Thomas | SH | 1904β19 | 388 | 108 | 439 | β | 1202 | Wales / Great Britain | |
Dick Ramsdale | FW | 1905β20 | 313 | 35 | 0 | β | 105 | England / Great Britain | |
Walter Cheetham | FW | 1906β10 | 135 | 16 | 0 | β | 48 | β | |
Dick Silcock | FW | 1907β18 | 243 | 16 | 0 | β | 48 | Great Britain | |
Joe Miller | WG | 1907β19 | 206 | 151 | 2 | β | 457 | England / Great Britain | |
Lance Todd | CN/WG | 1908β13 | 185 | 126 | 7 | β | 392 | Lancashire | |
Charlie Seeling | LF | 1910β20 | 226 | 76 | 0 | β | 228 | Lancashire | |
Percy Williams | FW | 1910β12 | 111 | 17 | 0 | β | 51 | β | |
Frank Walford | WG | 1911β24 | 129 | 48 | 8 | β | 160 | β | |
Lew Bradley | WG | 1911β14 | 106 | 117 | 0 | β | 351 | β | |
Percy Coldrick | FW | 1912β24 | 280 | 79 | 0 | β | 237 | Wales / Great Britain | |
Arthur Francis | FW | 1912β19 | 130 | 41 | 44 | β | 211 | β | |
Harry Banks | FW | 1913β26 | 142 | 5 | 0 | β | 15 | β | |
George Owens | SO | 1913β27 | 218 | 54 | 8 | β | 178 | Wales | |
Syd Jerram | SH | 1914β27 | 245 | 54 | 23 | β | 208 | Wales | |
George Hesketh | SO | 1914β22 | 114 | 22 | 19 | β | 104 | Lancashire | |
Bert Webster | FW | 1918β24 | 128 | 25 | 0 | β | 75 | β | |
Ernest Shaw | FW | 1919β22 | 106 | 33 | 1 | β | 101 | England | |
Danny Hurcombe | CN/SH | 1919β25 | 199 | 72 | 3 | β | 222 | Wales / Great Britain | |
Tommy Howley | CN | 1920β26 | 219 | 101 | 28 | β | 359 | Wales / Great Britain | |
Frederick Roffey | FW | 1920β24 | 159 | 20 | 1 | β | 62 | Wales | |
Wilf Hodder | PR | 1921β30 | 277 | 35 | 0 | β | 105 | Wales | |
Jim Sullivan* | FB | 1921β45 | 774^ | 83 | 2317 | β | 4883^ | England / Wales / Great Britain | |
Johnny Ring | WG | 1922β31 | 331 | 368 | 4 | β | 1112 | Wales / Great Britain | |
Jack Price | LF | 1922β27 | 177 | 71 | 0 | β | 213 | England / Great Britain | |
Tommy Parker | CN | 1923β30 | 240 | 113 | 0 | β | 339 | Wales | |
Attie Van Heerden | WG | 1923β26 | 127 | 107 | 0 | β | 321 | Other Nationalities | |
George Van Rooyen | SR | 1923β28 | 178 | 26 | 0 | β | 78 | Other Nationalities | |
John Sherrington | LF | 1924β32 | 198 | 37 | 0 | β | 111 | Lancashire | |
Tommy Beetham | PR | 1924β30 | 262 | 10 | 0 | β | 30 | Cumberland | |
David Booysen | CN/SH | 1924β28 | 158 | 52 | 2 | β | 160 | Other Nationalities | |
Jack Bennett | HK | 1925β30 | 210 | 5 | 0 | β | 15 | England / Great Britain | |
Frank Stephens | SR | 1925β30 | 207 | 7 | 0 | β | 21 | Wales | |
Syd Abram | SH | 1926β32 | 171 | 49 | 1 | β | 149 | β | |
Roy Kinnear | CN | 1927β33 | 184 | 81 | 0 | β | 243 | Great Britain | |
Lou Brown | WG | 1927β30 | 130 | 106 | 0 | β | 318 | Other Nationalities | |
Len Mason | SR | 1927β35 | 365 | 50 | 5 | β | 160 | Other Nationalities | |
Arthur Binks | SO | 1927β30 | 121 | 15 | 0 | β | 45 | England | |
Hal Jones | SR | 1929β33 | 111 | 23 | 0 | β | 69 | Glamorgan and Monmouthshire | |
George Dixon | SR | 1929β33 | 128 | 7 | 0 | β | 21 | β | |
Gwynne Davies | CN | 1930β39 | 300 | 127 | 0 | β | 381 | Wales | |
George Bennett | SO | 1930β37 | 232 | 101 | 5 | β | 313 | Wales | |
Jack Morley | WG | 1932β39 | 292 | 223 | 4 | β | 677 | England / Wales / Great Britain | |
Hector Gee | SH | 1932β44 | 353 | 73 | 3 | β | 225 | β | |
Albert Davis | SR | 1933β40 | 181 | 6 | 0 | β | 18 | β | |
Gordon Innes | CN | 1933β37 | 155 | 60 | 4 | β | 188 | β | |
Harold Edwards | PR | 1933β37 | 146 | 8 | 0 | β | 24 | Wales | |
Joe Golby | HK | 1934β38 | 182 | 10 | 0 | β | 30 | β | |
Alf Ellaby | WG | 1934β36 | 103 | 90 | 0 | β | 270 | Lancashire | |
Ken Gee* | PR | 1935β54 | 559 | 54 | 508 | β | 1178 | England / Great Britain | |
Trevor Thomas | SR | 1936β39 | 112 | 9 | 0 | β | 27 | β | |
Joe Jones | FB | 1936β43 | 113 | 7 | 41 | β | 103 | Wales | |
George Banks | PR | 1936β48 | 246 | 14 | 0 | β | 42 | β | |
Ivor Jones | SR | 1936β45 | 106 | 34 | 3 | β | 108 | β | |
Ted Ward | CN | 1938β50, 1953 | 213 | 57 | 480 | β | 1131 | Wales / Great Britain | |
Joe Egan* | HK | 1938β49 | 362 | 28 | 12 | β | 108 | England / Great Britain | |
John Lawrenson | CN | 1938β48 | 219 | 187 | 128 | β | 817 | England / Great Britain | |
Jackie Bowen | LF | 1939β47 | 149 | 32 | 8 | β | 112 | Wales | |
Tommy Bradshaw | SH | 1939β51 | 302 | 35 | 0 | β | 105 | England / Great Britain | |
Jack Simpson | LF | 1939β45 | 113 | 21 | 0 | β | 63 | β | |
Jack Cunliffe | UB | 1939β59 | 447 | 85 | 371 | β | 997 | England / Great Britain | |
Jack Cayzer | SR | 1940β44 | 110 | 27 | 0 | β | 81 | β | |
Jack Maloney | FB/CN | 1940β44 | 106 | 20 | 0 | β | 60 | β | |
Martin Ryan | FB | 1940β52 | 300 | 67 | 63 | β | 327 | England / Great Britain | |
Jack Blan | FW | 1940β47 | 184 | 40 | 1 | β | 122 | Lancashire | |
Jack Fleming | SO | 1941β54 | 131 | 41 | 0 | β | 123 | β | |
Frank Barton | PR | 1941β52 | 279 | 35 | 0 | β | 105 | England / Great Britain | |
Jack Hilton | FW | 1942β53 | 137 | 122 | 0 | β | 366 | England / Great Britain | |
Ernie Ashcroft | CN | 1942β58 | 530 | 241 | 0 | β | 723 | England / Great Britain | |
Harry Atkinson | SR | 1943β48 | 116 | 16 | 0 | β | 48 | β | |
Gordon Ratcliffe | WG | 1945β53 | 212 | 185 | 0 | β | 555 | England / Great Britain | |
Billy Blan | SR/LF | 1945β52 | 255 | 77 | 4 | β | 239 | England / Great Britain | |
Brian Nordgren | WG | 1946β54 | 294 | 312 | 109 | β | 1154 | Other Nationalities | |
Cec Mountford | SO | 1946β50 | 210 | 70 | 55 | β | 320 | Other Nationalities | |
George Roughley | CN | 1947β53 | 123 | 40 | 0 | β | 120 | β | |
Nat Silcock, Jr. | SR | 1947β54 | 195 | 64 | 0 | β | 192 | England / Great Britain | |
John Alty | SH | 1948β53 | 155 | 31 | 0 | β | 93 | Lancashire | |
Ted Slevin | PR/SR | 1949β51 | 113 | 16 | 0 | β | 48 | England | |
Jack Broome | CN | 1949β56 | 215 | 59 | 0 | β | 177 | England | |
Ronnie Mather | HK | 1950β57 | 211 | 11 | 0 | β | 33 | Lancashire | |
Brian McTigue* | SR/PR | 1951β66 | 422 | 44 | 3 | β | 138 | Great Britain | |
Harry Street | LF | 1951β55 | 163 | 32 | 0 | β | 96 | England | |
Frank Collier | PR/SR | 1951β63 | 323 | 26 | 27 | β | 132 | Great Britain | |
Don Platt | FB | 1953β58 | 108 | 22 | 47 | β | 160 | β | |
Norman Cherrington | SR | 1953β62 | 257 | 80 | 0 | β | 240 | England / Great Britain | |
Billy Boston* | WG | 1953β67 | 487 | 478 | 7 | β | 1448 | Great Britain | |
Dave Bolton | SO | 1954β63 | 300 | 127 | 4 | β | 389 | Great Britain | |
Bill Sayer | HK | 1954β65 | 295 | 16 | 0 | β | 48 | Great Britain | |
Eric Ashton* | CN | 1955β68 | 497 | 231 | 448 | β | 1589 | England / Great Britain | |
Bill Bretherton | PR | 1956β59 | 119 | 13 | 0 | β | 39 | β | |
John Barton | PR | 1956β66 | 278 | 24 | 0 | β | 72 | Great Britain | |
Rees Thomas | SH | 1956β59 | 102 | 5 | 1 | β | 17 | β | |
Roy Evans | LF | 1957β65 | 282 | 34 | 0 | β | 102 | Great Britain | |
Mick Sullivan | WG | 1957β60 | 125 | 84 | 0 | β | 252 | Great Britain | |
Fred Griffiths | FB | 1957β62 | 161 | 43 | 663 | β | 1455 | β | |
Keith Holden | CN | 1958β67 | 152 | 58 | 0 | β | 174 | Lancashire | |
Geoff Lyon | SR | 1959β69 | 328 | 73 | 0 | β | 219 | Lancashire | |
Frank Carlton | WG | 1960β65 | 123 | 95 | 0 | β | 285 | Great Britain | |
Frank Parr | SH | 1961β71 | 309 | 95 | 15 | β | 315 | Lancashire | |
Alan Davies | CN | 1961β64 | 133 | 52 | 0 | β | 156 | Lancashire | |
Trevor Lake | WG | 1962β66 | 140 | 132 | 0 | β | 396 | β | |
Colin Clarke* | HK | 1963β77 | 436 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 225 | Great Britain | |
John Stephens | PR | 1963β78 | 238 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 69 | England | |
Laurie Gilfedder | SR/LF | 1963β67 | 143 | 17 | 384 | β | 819 | Lancashire | |
Kevin O'Loughlin | U | 1964β75 | 309 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 171 | Great Britain under-24 | |
Bill Francis | UB | 1964β77 | 400 | 159 | 43 | 0 | 563 | Wales / Great Britain | |
Ray Ashby | FB | 1964β67 | 124 | 10 | 1 | β | 32 | Great Britain | |
Cliff Hill | SO/CN | 1964β70 | 192 | 57 | 0 | β | 171 | Great Britain | |
Danny Gardiner | PR | 1965β68 | 149 | 2 | 0 | β | 6 | Great Britain | |
Peter Rowe | CN | 1966β73 | 218 | 55 | 0 | β | 165 | Wales | |
Colin Tyrer | FB | 1967β74 | 248 | 88 | 813 | 0 | 1890 | Lancashire | |
Doug Laughton | LF | 1967β72 | 185 | 38 | 0 | β | 114 | Great Britain | |
Geoff Fletcher | PR | 1967β74 | 143 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Lancashire | |
Dave Hill | SO/CN | 1967β76 | 329 | 113 | 15 | 0 | 369 | Great Britain | |
Bill Ashurst | CN/SR | 1968β73, 1977β78 | 186 | 74 | 146 | 6 | 520 | Great Britain | |
Brian Hogan | SR | 1968β77 | 207 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 57 | England | |
Stuart Wright | WG | 1969β75 | 173 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 309 | England | |
Eddie Cunningham | SR | 1969β74 | 107 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 135 | Lancashire | |
David Robinson | SR | 1970β74 | 147 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 51 | Great Britain | |
Keiron O'Loughlin | UB | 1970β79 | 260 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 279 | Lancashire | |
Warren Ayres | SH | 1970β73 | 131 | 64 | 6 | β | 204 | β | |
Dennis Ashcroft | PR | 1971β76 | 141 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | β | |
Terry Hollingsworth | UF | 1971β80 | 171 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 78 | β | |
Jim Nulty | SH | 1972β77 | 185 | 41 | 90 | 9 | 312 | Great Britain under-24 | |
Billy Melling | SR | 1972β81 | 177 | 38 | 0 | 9 | 123 | Lancashire | |
Bernard Coyle, Jr. | SH | 1973β80 | 134 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 96 | β | |
Green Vigo | WG | 1973β80 | 168 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 260 | Other Nationalities | |
Robert Irving | SR | 1973β77 | 154 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 120 | England | |
Jimmy Hornby | WG | 1973β82 | 201 | 87 | 3 | 0 | 267 | Great Britain under-24 | |
David Willicombe | CN | 1974β80 | 119 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 120 | Wales / Great Britain | |
George Fairbairn | FB | 1974β80 | 207 | 30 | 583 | 11 | 1267 | England / Great Britain | |
Dennis Ramsdale | WG | 1976β84 | 194 | 62 | 4 | 0 | 199 | β | |
Steve O'Neill | PR | 1976β81 | 124 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 39 | England | |
Nicky Kiss | HK | 1978β89 | 260 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 134 | Great Britain | |
Martin Foy | SO | 1979β83 | 115 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 103 | Lancashire | |
John Pendlebury | LF | 1979β84 | 122 | 29 | 45 | 1 | 182 | β | |
Danny Campbell | PR | 1979β85 | 145 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 38 | β | |
Mick Scott | SR | 1981β84 | 125 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 41 | β | |
Henderson Gill | WG | 1981β89 | 226 | 145 | 106 | 0 | 762 | England / Great Britain | |
Colin Whitfield | FB/CN | 1981β85 | 149 | 46 | 379 | 13 | 937 | Lancashire | |
Shaun Wane | PR | 1982β90 | 149 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 43 | Great Britain | |
David Stephenson | CN | 1982β87 | 214 | 71 | 286 | 6 | 845 | Great Britain | |
Graeme West | SR/PR | 1982β90 | 202 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 189 | New Zealand | |
Brian Case | PR | 1983β88 | 197 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Great Britain | |
Shaun Edwards* | SO/SH | 1983β97 | 466 | 274 | 23 | 4 | 1146 | England / Great Britain | |
Steve Hampson | FB | 1983β93 | 304 | 55 | 48 | 3 | 319 | Great Britain | |
Ian Potter | SR | 1984β88 | 190 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Great Britain | |
Martin Dermott | HK | 1985β96 | 231 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 87 | Great Britain | |
Ian Lucas | PR | 1985β92 | 178 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Great Britain | |
Andy Goodway | SR/LF | 1985β92 | 224 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 316 | Great Britain | |
Ellery Hanley* | SO/LF | 1985β90 | 204 | 189 | 9 | 2 | 776 | Great Britain | |
Joe Lydon | UB | 1986β94 | 262 | 89 | 283 | 16 | 938 | Great Britain | |
Dean Bell* | CN | 1986β94 | 253 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 384 | New Zealand | |
Ian Gildart | SR | 1987β94 | 139 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | Great Britain under-21 | |
Andy Gregory* | SH | 1987β91 | 182 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 118 | Great Britain | |
Denis Betts | SR | 1987β95, 1998β2001 | 367 | 129 | 1 | 0 | 518 | Great Britain | |
Ged Byrne | UB | 1987β90 | 107 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 100 | Lancashire | |
Kevin Iro | CN | 1987β90 | 100 | 60 | 36 | 0 | 312 | New Zealand | |
Andy Platt | PR | 1988β94 | 200 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 96 | Great Britain | |
Phil Clarke | LF | 1989β95 | 154 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 92 | England / Great Britain | |
Frano Botica* | SO/WG | 1990β95 | 180 | 66 | 827 | 13 | 1931 | New Zealand | |
Kelvin Skerrett | PR | 1990β96 | 176 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 84 | Wales / Great Britain | |
Sam Panapa | UB | 1991β94 | 119 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 180 | β | |
Neil Cowie | PR | 1991β2001 | 330 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 137 | Wales / Great Britain | |
Andy Farrell* | LF | 1991β2005 | 370 | 111 | 1336 | 19 | 3135 | England / Great Britain | |
Martin Offiah* | WG | 1992β96 | 159 | 186 | 1 | 3 | 749 | England / Great Britain | |
Mick Cassidy | SR | 1992β2004 | 368 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 208 | England / Ireland / Great Britain | |
Jason Robinson | WG | 1992β2000 | 281 | 171 | 0 | 1 | 685 | England / Great Britain | |
Martin Hall | HK | 1993β97 | 141 | 29 | 18 | 1 | 153 | Wales | |
Gary Connolly | CN | 1993β2002, 2004 | 313 | 137 | 6 | 0 | 560 | England / Ireland / Great Britain | |
Kris Radlinski* | FB | 1993β2006 | 323 | 183 | 1 | 0 | 734 | England / Great Britain | |
Simon Haughton | SR | 1993β2002 | 174 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 220 | England / Great Britain | |
Va'aiga Tuigamala | CN/WG | 1994β97 | 102 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 254 | Samoa | |
Henry Paul | SO | 1994β98 | 147 | 78 | 119 | 0 | 550 | New Zealand | |
Terry O'Connor | PR | 1994β2004 | 306 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 52 | Ireland / Great Britain | |
Paul Johnson | CN/SR | 1995β2003 | 133 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 224 | Great Britain | |
Mark Smith | HK | 1999β2004 | 124 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 48 | β | |
Brett Dallas | WG | 2000β06 | 177 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 428 | β | |
Terry Newton | HK | 2000β05 | 186 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 292 | England / Great Britain | |
David Hodgson | CN/WG | 2000β04 | 117 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 192 | Great Britain | |
Adrian Lam | SH | 2001β04 | 119 | 44 | 1 | 10 | 188 | β | |
Martin Aspinwall | CN | 2001β05 | 109 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 132 | England A | |
Brian Carney | WG | 2001β05 | 111 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 194 | Great Britain | |
Stephen Wild | CN/SR | 2001β05 | 100 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 120 | England / Great Britain | |
Sean O'Loughlin* | LF | 2002β20 | 459 | 88 | 3 | 2 | 360 | England / Great Britain | |
Danny Tickle | SR | 2002β06 | 141 | 34 | 217 | 2 | 572 | England A | |
Gareth Hock | SR | 2003β12 | 191 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 192 | England / Great Britain | |
Harrison Hansen | SR | 2004β13 | 242 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 172 | New Zealand / Samoa | |
Paul Prescott | PR | 2004β13 | 146 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | Ireland | |
Joel Tomkins | SR/CN | 2005β11, 2014β18 | 236 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 260 | England | |
Darrell Goulding | CN | 2005β14 | 174 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 288 | England | |
Iafeta Paleaaesina | PR | 2006β10 | 145 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 84 | New Zealand | |
Pat Richards | WG | 2006β13 | 224 | 168 | 896 | 4 | 2468 | Ireland | |
Stuart Fielden | PR | 2006β12 | 141 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | England / Great Britain | |
Phil Bailey | CN/SR | 2007β10 | 101 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 60 | β | |
Thomas Leuluai | SH | 2007β12, 2017β22 | 327 | 74 | 0 | 1 | 297 | New Zealand | |
Michael McIlorum | HK | 2007β17 | 241 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 96 | England / Ireland | |
George Carmont | CN | 2008β12 | 154 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 320 | Samoa | |
Andy Coley | PR | 2008β11 | 125 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 52 | β | |
Lee Mossop | PR | 2008β13, 2015β16 | 165 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 52 | England | |
Sam Tomkins | FB | 2008β13, 2016β18 | 213 | 168 | 137 | 10 | 956 | England | |
Josh Charnley | WG | 2010β16 | 173 | 164 | 103 | 0 | 862 | England | |
Liam Farrell | SR/LF | 2010β | 321 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 520 | England | |
Dom Crosby | PR | 2012β16 | 102 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 | β | |
Matty Smith | SH | 2012β16 | 139 | 22 | 304 | 25 | 721 | England | |
Anthony Gelling | CN | 2012β17 | 115 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 208 | Cook Islands | |
Ben Flower | PR | 2012β20 | 184 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 84 | Wales | |
Sam Powell | HK | 2012β | 250 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 188 | England Knights | |
Joe Burgess | WG | 2013β15, 2017β20 | 129 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 428 | England | |
George Williams | SO | 2013β19 | 179 | 61 | 70 | 1 | 385 | England | |
Dan Sarginson | CN | 2014β16, 2018β19 | 125 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 140 | England | |
John Bateman | SR | 2014β18, 2021β22 | 174 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 160 | England | |
Ryan Sutton | PR | 2014β18 | 118 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 44 | β | |
Tony Clubb | PR | 2014β21 | 165 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 92 | β | |
Taulima Tautai | PR | 2015β19 | 132 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | β | |
Oliver Gildart | CN | 2015β21 | 143 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 260 | England | |
Willie Isa | SR | 2016β | 190 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 64 | β | |
Liam Marshall | WG | 2017β | 122 | 95 | 10 | 0 | 400 | β | |
Morgan Smithies | LF | 2019β | 105 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | England |
Historically notable players
Hall of Fame
Name | Nationality | Year of induction |
Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
Billy Boston | 1998 | ||
Shaun Edwards | 1998 | ||
Dean Bell | 2007 | ||
Ellery Hanley | 2007 | ||
Frano Botica | 2016 | ||
Colin Clarke | 2016 | ||
Martin Offiah | 2016 | ||
Sean O'Loughlin | 2020 | ||
Kris Radlinski | 2020 | ||
Vicky Molyneux | 2023 | ||
Eric Ashton | ? | ||
Joe Egan | ? | ||
Andy Farrell | ? | ||
Ken Gee | ? | ||
Andy Gregory | ? | ||
Brian McTigue | ? | ||
Jim Sullivan | ? | ||
Source: |
Player of the Year
Captains
(Super League era)
Player | Year | Nation |
---|---|---|
Andy Farrell | 1996β2004 | England |
Terry Newton | 2005 | England |
Sean O'Loughlin | 2006β2020 | England |
Thomas Leuluai | 2021β2022 | New Zealand |
Liam Farrell | 2023βpresent | England |
Testimonials
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.
- Brian McTigue (1960)
- David Bolton (1964)
- Colin Clarke (1973)
- Dennis Ramsdale (1985)
- Nicholas "Nicky" Kiss (1988)
- Shaun Edwards (OBE) (1993)
- Graeme West (1994)
- Mick Cassidy (2000)
- Andy Farrell (OBE) (2002)
- Denis Betts (2003)
- Terry O'Connor (2004)
- Kris Radlinski (MBE) (2006)
- Sean O'Loughlin (2012)
- Paul Prescott (2014)
- Michael McIlorum (2017)
Team of the Decade
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.
No. | Player name | Position | Years at club |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Kris Radlinski (MBE) | Fullback | 1993β2006 |
2 | Jason Robinson (OBE) | Wing | 1992β2000 |
3 | Va'aiga Tuigamala (MNZM) | Centre | 1993β1996 |
4 | Gary Connolly | Centre | 1992β2002, 2004 |
5 | Martin Offiah (MBE) | Wing | 1991β1996 |
6 | Henry Paul | Five-eighth | 1994β1998 |
7 | Shaun Edwards (OBE) | Halfback | 1983β1996 |
8 | Craig Smith | Prop | 2002β2004 |
9 | Terry Newton | Hooker | 2000β2005 |
10 | Terry O'Connor | Prop | 1994β2004 |
11 | Denis Betts | Second-row | 1986β1995, 1998β2001 |
12 | Mick Cassidy | Second-row | 1990β2004 |
13 | Andy Farrell (OBE) | Lock | 1991β2004 |
Notes
- Ceremony held in 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
- First Wigan Warriors Women player
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