Wigan Warriors Wheelchair
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The Pies
The Riversiders
2018 (Wheelchair team formed as Wigan and District Wheelchair RL team)
2022 (Wheelchair team officially becomes part of the Wigan Warriors club as Wigan Warriors Wheelchair Rugby League)
| Club information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wigan Warriors Wheelchair Rugby League | ||
| Nickname(s) | The Cherry and Whites The Pies The Riversiders | ||
| Colours | Cherry and White | ||
| Founded | Thursday 21st November 1872 (Club Founded) 2018 (Wheelchair team formed as Wigan and District Wheelchair RL team) 2022 (Wheelchair team officially becomes part of the Wigan Warriors club as Wigan Warriors Wheelchair Rugby League) | ||
| Website | wiganwarriors.com | ||
| Current details | |||
| Ground | |||
| Chairman | Chris Brookes | ||
| Coach | Phil Roberts | ||
| Captain | Adam Rigby | ||
| Competition | Super League | ||
| 2023 | 3rd (Champions) | ||
 Current season | |||
| Uniforms | |||
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| Records | |||
| Championships | 1 (2023) | ||
| Challenge Cups | 0 | ||
| European Club Challenges | 0 | ||
Wigan Warriors Wheelchair Rugby League is an English wheelchair rugby league team based in Wigan, Greater Manchester and is the official wheelchair rugby league team of the Wigan Warriors club. The team competes in the RFL Wheelchair Super League. The club has played its home games at the Robin Park Arena since its formation in 2018 when it was under the name "Wigan and District Wheelchair RL team" until being taken over by Wigan Warriors in 2022.
Wigan Warriors formed their wheelchair team in early 2022, taking over Wigan and District Wheelchair RL team, and was granted Super League status for their inaugural season.[1][2] Wigan finished third in 2022 and lost to Halifax Panthers in the semi-finals.[3] The following year 'Wigan Warriors A' (the club's reserve side) entered the Championship finished second and as runners-up in the Championship Final.[4] Meanwhile, their first team won their inaugural league championship beating Leeds Rhinos in the Grand Final after a consecutive third-place finish in regular season.[5] They lost their inaugural European Club Challenge to Catalans Dragons.[6]
Teams
The Wigan Warriors wheelchair rugby league team are one of 11 teams operated by Wigan Warriors, the others are:[7]
- Men's first team
- Men's Reserves
- Men's Academy (under 18s)
- Men's Scholarship (under 16s)
- College development squad (men and women aged 16–18)
- Women's first team
- Women's academy (under 19s)
- Physical disability
- Learning disability
- Wheelchair (mixed)
- Wheelchair A (wheelchair reserve team)
- Touch Rugby