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List of Wigan Warriors players

List of Wigan Warriors players

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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.

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Historically notable players

Hall of Fame

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Player of the Year

Captains

(Super League era)

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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.

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.[16]

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Notes

  1. Ceremony held in 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom

Reference

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  1. "Sporting digest: Rugby League". The Independent. 20 March 1998. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  2. "Wigan to Honour Dean Bell". Wigan Warriors. 7 February 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  3. "Ellery Hanley Inducted into Wigan Hall of Fame". Wigan Warriors. 11 September 2007. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  4. "Three Legends Honoured". Wigan Warriors. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  5. Wilkinson, Phil (14 November 2020). "Hall of Fame honour for retiring Sean O'Loughlin". Wigan Today. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  6. https://wiganwarriors.com/ (Search "Player of the Year")
  7. "Team of the Decade". wiganwarriors.com (Wigan Warriors). Archived from the original on 22 May 2009. Retrieved 5 July 2009.
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