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2022 Wigan Warriors season

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The 2022 season was the Wigan Warriors's 42nd consecutive season playing in England's top division of rugby league. During the season, they competed in the Super League XXVII and the 2022 Challenge Cup.

Super League XXVII Rank2nd
Play-off resultSemi-final
Challenge CupWinners
2022 recordWins: 23; draws: 0; losses: 9
Quick facts Wigan Warriors 2022 season, Super League XXVII Rank ...
Wigan Warriors 2022 season
2022 Challenge Cup champions
Super League XXVII Rank2nd
Play-off resultSemi-final
Challenge CupWinners
2022 recordWins: 23; draws: 0; losses: 9
Points scoredFor: 826; against: 503
Team information
ChairmanIan Lenagan
Head CoachMatt Peet
Captain
StadiumDW Stadium
Avg. attendance12,280
Agg. attendance159,623
High attendance19,210
Low attendance9,581
Top scorers
TriesAustralia Bevan French (31)
GoalsEngland Harry Smith (90)
PointsEngland Harry Smith (206)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
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Preseason friendlies

More information Date and time, Versus ...
Date and timeVersusH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttendanceReport
23 January, 15:00 Newcastle Thunder A Kingston Park W 42–12 Halsall (3), Mago, Miski, Shorrocks, Eckersley, Hanley Smith (4/6), Eckersley (1/2) 927 [1]
29 January, 17:30 Warrington Wolves A Halliwell Jones Stadium W 14–6 Field (2), Thornley Field (1/3) 7,657 [2]
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Super League

Main article: Super League XXVII

Regular season

Matches

  Win   Loss

More information Date and time, MW ...
Date and timeMWVersusH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttendanceTVReport
11 February, 20:00 1 Hull KR A Craven Park W 24–10 Bibby (2), Field, Marshall (2) Field, Hardaker 9,044[3] Sky Sports [4]
18 February, 20:00 2 Leeds Rhinos H DW Stadium W 34–12 Field (3), Powell (2), Farrell Field (3), Hardaker (3) 12,575[5] Sky Sports [6]
24 February, 20:00 3 Huddersfield Giants H DW Stadium W 22–12 Farrell (2), Bibby, Bateman Hardaker (3) 10,291[7] [8]
5 March, 18:00 4 Toulouse Olympique A Stade Ernest-Wallon W 29–28 Field (2), Hardaker, Cust, Marshall Hardaker (4)
Drop-goals: Smith		 5,466[9] [10]
12 March, 18:00 5 Catalans Dragons A Stade Gilbert Brutus L 0–28 7,481[11] Sky Sports [12]
17 March, 20:00 6 Castleford Tigers H DW Stadium W 32–22 Hardaker, Farrell (2), Havard, Field Hardaker (6) 10,042[13] Sky Sports [14]
31 March, 20:00 7 Hull F.C. H DW Stadium W 19–18 Field (2), Havard Hardaker (3)
Drop-goals: Smith		 9,581[15] Sky Sports [16]
15 April, 15:00 8 St Helens A Totally Wicked Stadium L 4–22 Field 17,980[17] Sky Sports [18]
18 April, 15:00 9 Wakefield Trinity H DW Stadium W 54–10 French (2), Singleton (2), Miski, Smith, Field (2), Cust Smith (9) 11,621 [19]
24 April, 13:00 10 Salford Red Devils H DW Stadium W 30–24 Field (2), Ellis, Farrell, Smith Smith (5) 10,783[20] Channel 4 [21]
29 April, 20:00 11 Warrington Wolves A Halliwell Jones Stadium W 40–24 Thornley (2), Field, Farrell, Marshall (2), Havard Smith (6) 10,104[22] Sky Sports [23]
13 May, 19:45 12 Huddersfield Giants A Kirklees Stadium L 22–32 Halsall (2), Nicholson (2) Smith (3) 4,962[24] Sky Sports [25]
21 May, 15:00 13 Hull F.C. A MKM Stadium L 22–31 Bateman, Marshall, French, Farrell Smith (3) 11,396[26] [27]
4 June, 14:00 14 Castleford Tigers A Wheldon Road W 32–12 Marshall (2), French, Miski, Bibby, Farrell Smith (4) 6,497[28] Channel 4 [29]
10 June, 20:00 15 Salford Red Devils A AJ Bell Stadium W 30–12 Smith, Marshall (2), French (3) Smith (3) 5,944[30] Sky Sports [31]
24 June, 20:00 16 Toulouse Olympique H DW Stadium W 40–6 Miski (4), Farrell, French, Field Smith (6) 14,493[32] [33]
3 July, 15:00 17 Wakefield Trinity A Belle Vue W 46–22 Pearce-Paul (2), Marshall, Farrell, French (2), Miski (2) Smith (7) 7,046[34] [35]
9 July, 16:45 18 St Helens N St James' Park L 18–20 French (2), Farrell Smith (3) 36,821 Sky Sports [36]
15 July, 20:00 19 Hull F.C. H DW Stadium W 60–0 French (7), Field (2), Marshall, Smith Smith (8) 11,314[37] [38]
21 July, 20:00 20 Leeds Rhinos A Headingley L 12–42 French, Bibby Smith (2) 13,368[39] Sky Sports [40]
28 July, 20:00 21 Hull KR H DW Stadium W 46–4 French (3), Marshall (3), Cooper, Pearce-Paul, Mago Smith (5) 11,032[41] Sky Sports [42]
5 August, 20:00 22 Warrington Wolves H DW Stadium W 32–6 Halsall, Bibby, Marshall (3), Field Smith (4) 13,261[43] Sky Sports [44]
14 August, 15:00 23 Wakefield Trinity A Belle Vue L 12–30 Halsall, Field Smith (2) 3,933[45] [46]
19 August, 20:00 24 Toulouse Olympique H DW Stadium W 52–6 French (3), Cust, Smith, Bibby, Pearce-Paul, Farrell Smith (8) 12,145[47] [48]
26 August, 20:00 25 St Helens H DW Stadium W 30–10 French (2), Field, Farrell, Marshall Smith (5) 19,210[49] Sky Sports [50]
29 August, 15:00 26 Hull KR A Craven Park L 28–38 Partington, O’Keefe, Bibby, Halsall, McDonnell O’Keefe (4) 7,315[49] [51]
2 September, 20:00 27 Catalans Dragons H DW Stadium W 48–4 Marshall (2), French (2), Smith, Ellis, Havard, Bibby Smith (8) 13,275[52] Sky Sports [53]
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Table

More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 St Helens (C, L) 27 21 0 6 674 374 +300 42 Advance to semi-finals
2 Wigan Warriors 27 19 0 8 818 483 +335 38
3 Huddersfield Giants 27 17 1 9 613 497 +116 35 Advance to elimination finals
4 Catalans Dragons 27 16 0 11 539 513 +26 32
5 Leeds Rhinos 27 14 1 12 577 528 +49 29
6 Salford Red Devils 27 14 0 13 700 602 +98 28
7 Castleford Tigers 27 13 0 14 544 620 −76 26
8 Hull Kingston Rovers 27 12 0 15 498 608 −110 24
9 Hull FC 27 11 0 16 508 675 −167 22
10 Wakefield Trinity 27 10 0 17 497 648 −151 20
11 Warrington Wolves 27 9 0 18 568 664 −96 18
12 Toulouse Olympique (R) 27 5 0 22 421 745 −324 10 Relegated to the Championship
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Source:
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield winners; (R) Relegated

Play-offs

More information Date and time, Round ...
Date and timeRoundVersusH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsRed CardsYellow CardsAttendanceTVReport
16 September, 20:00 Semi-final Leeds Rhinos H DW Stadium L 8–20 Marshall, Powell Smith (0/3) Bateman Red card 51' 12,777 Sky Sports [54]
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Challenge Cup

Looking towards the Wigan end at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium during the 2022 Challenge Cup Final
Main article: 2022 Challenge Cup
More information Date and time, Round ...
Date and timeRoundVersusH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttendanceTVReport
25 March, 19:35 Round 6 Salford Red Devils H DW Stadium W 20–0 Byrne, Marshall, Bateman Hardaker (4) 6,005[55] Premier Sports [56]
10 April, 14:30 Quarter-finals Wakefield Trinity A Belle Vue W 36–6 Field (3), Havard, Hardaker, Farrell Hardaker (6) 3,756 BBC Two [57]
7 May, 14:30 Semi-finals St Helens N Elland Road W 20–18 Marshall (2), Cust, Farrell Smith (2) 22,141 BBC One [58]
28 May, 15:00 Final Huddersfield Giants N Tottenham Hotspur Stadium W 16–14 Smith, Field, Marshall Smith (2) 51,628 BBC One [59]
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Transfers

Matt Peet being confirmed as the new Wigan head coach ahead of the 2022 season

Gains

More information Player, Club ...
PlayerClubContractDate
Australia Kaide Ellis St. George Illawarra Dragons 2 years July 2021[60]
New Zealand Patrick Mago South Sydney Rabbitohs
Lebanon Abbas Miski London Broncos
Australia Cade Cust Manly Warringah Sea Eagles2 YearsNovember 2021[61]
England Iain Thornley Leigh CenturionsNovember 2021[62]
Brazil Ramon Silva
England Mike Cooper Warrington Wolves 1 year July 2022[63][a]
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Losses

More information Player, Club ...
PlayerClubContractDate
England Jackson Hastings Wests Tigers 2 Years April 2021[64]
England Oliver Gildart May 2021[65]
England Dominic Manfredi Retired N/a August 2021[66]
England Amir Bourouh Salford Red Devils 2 Years August 2021[67]
England Tony Clubb Retired N/a September 2021[68]
England Joe Bullock Warrington Wolves 3 Years October 2021[69]
England Zak HardakerReleasedN/aApril 2022[70]
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Squad

More information First team squad, Coaching staff ...
2022 Wigan Warriors Squad
First team squad Coaching staff
  • England 27 Umyla Hanley – FB
  • England 28 Brad O'Neill – HK
  • England 29 Alex Sutton – CE
  • England 30 Matty Nicholson – LF
  • Brazil 31 Ramon Silva – PR
  • England 32 Junior Nsemba
  • England 33 Zach Eckersley
  • England 34 Logan Astey
  • England 35 Jack Bibby
  • England 36 Mike Cooper – LF, PR
  • England 37 Harvie Hill
  • England 38 Ben O'Keefe (GK)
  • England 39 Tom Forber

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)
  • Injured
  • GK = Goal Kicker


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Notes

  1. [a]
    Cooper was originally scheduled to join Wigan in 2023 but was released by Warrington in July, and therefore able to join Wigan for the remainder of the 2022 season.

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