2020 Wigan Warriors season

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Wigan Warriors 2020 season
Super League XXV Rank1st
2020 recordWins: 5; draws: 0; losses: 2
Points scoredFor: 172; against: 92
Team information
ChairmanIan Lenagan
Head CoachAdrian Lam
Captain
StadiumDW Stadium
Avg. attendance12,222
Agg. attendance48,889
High attendance15,040
Low attendance10,333
Top scorers
TriesLiam Marshall (5)
GoalsZak Hardaker (23)
PointsZak Hardaker (46)
Home colours
Away colours
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The 2020 season is Wigan Warriors's 40th consecutive season playing in England's top division of rugby league. During the season, they competed in the Super League XXV and the 2020 Challenge Cup.

Pre-season friendlies

The 2020 pre-season saw threw match played including a testimonial, against Leeds Rhinos, for academy graduate Liam Farrell who has been playing for the first team since the 2010 season.[1]

Date Opponent H/A Result Scorers Att. Ref.
17th January 2020 London Skolars A 70–6
19th January 2020 Leeds Rhinos H 10–22 [2]
23rd January 2020 Leigh Centurions A 6–12 [3]

Super League

Main article: Super League XXV

Source: [4]


  Win   Draw   Loss

  • All fixtures are subject to change
Date and Time Rnd Versus H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance TV Report
30 January, 19:45 1 Warrington Wolves H DW Stadium W 16–10 French, Powell, Marshall Hardaker (2) 15,040 Sky Sports [1]
7 February, 19:45 2 Castleford Tigers A The Mend-A-Hose Jungle L 12–16 Byrne, Burgess Hardaker (2) 8,848 — [2]
13 February, 19:45 3 Toronto Wolfpack H DW Stadium W 32–10 Smith, French (2), Burgess, Farrell (2) Hardaker (4) 10,333 Sky Sports [3]
23 February, 19:45 4 Hull FC H DW Stadium W 26–12 French, Manfredi, Hastings, Isa Hardaker (5) 12,005 — [4]
1 March, 15:00 5 Huddersfield Giants A John Smiths Stadium W 42–10 Isa, Marshall (3), Powell, Manfredi, Partington, Burgess Hardaker (5) 6,574 — [5]
8 March, 15:00 6 Hull KR H DW Stadium W 30–16 Hastings (2), Farrell, Powell, Marshall Hardaker (5) 11,511 — [6]
13 March, 19:45 7 Salford Red Devils A AJ Bell Stadium L 14–18 Hastings, Powell Hankinson (3) 4,796 Sky Sports [7]
TBA 8 Catalans Dragons H DW Stadium [a]
TBA 9 Wakefield Trinity A The Mobile Rocket Stadium
Indefinite suspension of Superleague announced on 24th March due to COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

League Table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PP Pts PCT Qualification[b]
1 Wigan Warriors (L) 17 13 0 4 408 278 146.8 26 76.47 Semi-finals
2 St Helens (C) 17 12 0 5 469 195 240.5 24 70.59
3 Warrington Wolves[A] 17 12 0 5 365 204 178.9 24 70.59 Elimination semi-finals
4 Catalans Dragons 13 8 0 5 376 259 145.2 16 61.54
5 Leeds Rhinos 17 10 0 7 369 390 94.6 20 58.82
6 Hull F.C. 17 9 0 8 405 436 92.9 18 52.94
7 Huddersfield Giants[B] 18 7 0 11 318 367 86.6 14 38.89
8 Castleford Tigers 16 6 0 10 328 379 86.5 12 37.50
9 Salford Red Devils[C] 18 8 0 10 354 469 75.5 16 44.44
10 Wakefield Trinity 19 5 0 14 324 503 64.4 10 26.32
11 Hull Kingston Rovers 17 3 0 14 290 526 55.1 6 17.65
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners
Notes:
  1. ^ Postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic: On 16th March the Superleague and RFL announced the suspension of all games until 3rd April.[5]
  2. ^ Where teams have the same win percentage, position is decided by points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded).[7]

Challenge Cup

Main article: 2020 Challenge Cup


  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

  • All fixtures are subject to change

Regular Season

Date and Time Rnd Versus H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance TV Report
TBA 6 Warrington Wolves H DW Stadium

Transfers

In

Player From Contract Date Ref.
England Jake Bibby Salford Red Devils 3 Years June 2019 [11]
England George Burgess South Sydney Rabbitohs 2 Years June 2019 [12]
New Zealand Mitch Clark Castleford Tigers 2 Years June 2019 [13]
Australia Jackson Hastings Salford Red Devils 3 Years July 2019 [14]
Australia Bevan French Parramatta Eels 2 Years July 2019 [15]
England Kai Pearce-Paul London Broncos 4 Years November 2019 [16]

Out

Player To Contract Date Ref.
Democratic Republic of the Congo Samy Kibula Warrington Wolves 1 Year September 2019 [17]
England Caine Barnes Workington Town Undisclosed September 2019 [17]
England Dan Sarginson Salford Red Devils Undisclosed October 2019 [18]
England George Williams Canberra Raiders 2 Years October 2019 [19]
England James Worthington Oldham Roughyeds 1 Year October 2019
England Callum Field Leigh Centurions Undisclosed November 2019
England Tom Davies Catalans Dragons 2 Years November 2019 [20]
England Sam Grant Swinton Lions 1 Year November 2019
England Mikey Fitz Cronulla Sharks 3 Years November 2019
France Morgan Escaré Released — June 2020 [21]

Loans Out

Player To Contract Date Ref.
England Josh Woods Leigh Centurions 1 Year December 2019
England Craig Mullen Leigh Centurions 1 Year December 2019

Squad

2020 Wigan Warriors Squad
First team squad Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)

Updated: 15 November 2019
Source(s): 2020 Squad Numbers

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Liam Farrell Testimonial Preview | News | Wigan Warriors". www.wiganwarriors.com.
  2. ^ "Wigan Warriors 🍒⚪ (at 🏡)'s Instagram photo: "FULL TIME | Wigan Warriors 10-22 Leeds Rhinos . Wigan Warriors suffer a 10-22 defeat against Leeds Rhinos at the DW Stadium in Liam…"". Instagram.
  3. ^ "Wigan Warriors 🍒⚪ (at 🏡) on Instagram: "FULL TIME | Leigh 12-6 Wigan . The Warriors suffer defeat in their final friendly game. A great effort from a youthful Wigan side to…"". Instagram.
  4. ^ https://www.skysports.com/rugby-league/competitions/super-league/results/2020-21
  5. ^ "Coronavirus: Rugby Football League suspends season until 3 April". March 16, 2020 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  6. ^ "Update: Season Suspension". www.superleague.co.uk.
  7. ^ "2020 Betfred Super League Competition Update". Rugby Football League. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Super League: Huddersfield v Castleford, and Warrington v Salford cancelled". BBC Sport. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Huddersfield season officially over". www.giantsrl.com. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Salford Red Devils: Super League club deducted three wins over financial breach". BBC Sport. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  11. ^ "Jake Bibby joins Wigan | News | Wigan Warriors".
  12. ^ "Wigan lure George Burgess to Super League | News | Wigan Warriors".
  13. ^ "In focus: Mitch Clark | News | Wigan Warriors".
  14. ^ "Hastings to become a Warrior | News | Wigan Warriors".
  15. ^ "Bevan French signs with the Warriors | News | Wigan Warriors".
  16. ^ "Wigan sign Broncos youngster | News | Wigan Warriors".
  17. ^ a b "barnes and kibula to leave wigan". Wigan Warriors. 10 September 2019.
  18. ^ "Farewell Dan Sarginson | News | Wigan Warriors".
  19. ^ "Farewell George Williams | News | Wigan Warriors".
  20. ^ "Davies Leaves Wigan for Catalans | News | Wigan Warriors".
  21. ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/amp/rugby-league/53048540


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