2001 Wigan Warriors season

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Wigan Warriors 2001 season
Super League VI Rank2nd
Play-off resultRunners-up
Challenge CupRound 4
2002 recordWins: 22; Draws: 1; Losses: 6
Points scoredFor: 989; Against: 404
Team information
StadiumJJB Stadium
Top scorers
TriesKris Radlinski (30)
PointsAndy Farrell (427)
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This article outlines the 2001 season for the British rugby league club Wigan Warriors. This season saw them compete in the Super League and Challenge Cup.

League Table[]

Main article: Super League VI
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 28 22 1 5 1120 474 +646 45 Play-off Semi Final
2 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 28 22 1 5 989 494 +495 45 Play-off Qualifying Final
3 Hullcolours.svg Hull 28 20 2 6 772 630 +142 42
4 Saintscolours.svg St. Helens 28 17 2 9 924 732 +192 36 Play-off Elimination Final
5 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 28 16 1 11 774 721 +53 33
6 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 28 13 1 14 644 603 +41 27
7 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 28 11 2 15 646 860 -214 24
8 Cascolours.png Castleford Tigers 28 10 1 17 581 777 -196 21
9 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Blue Sox 28 9 0 19 630 819 -189 18
10 Redscolours.svg Salford City Reds 28 8 0 20 587 596 -369 16
11 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 28 8 0 20 529 817 -288 14[a]
12 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 28 6 1 21 613 926 -313 13 Relegated to National League 1
Notes

^ a: Wakefield Trinity Wildcats deducted 2 points for salary cap breaches
Source:[1]

Play-offs[]

Wigan vs St Helens in the preliminary final
Main article: Super League VI § Play-offs
Date Round Opponent H/A Result Scorers Att.
Qualifying Play-off Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. H 27–24
Qualifying Semi Final Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls A 18–24
5 October 2001 Elimination Final Saintscolours.svg St Helens H 44–10
13 October 2001 Grand Final Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls N 37–6 60,164

Grand Final match Report:[2]

Cup Run[]

Main article: 2001 Challenge Cup
Date Round Opponent H/A Result Scorers Att.
10 February 2001 Fourth Round Saintscolours.svg St Helens A 8–22 13,593

Source:[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Super League (Sky Sports)".
  2. ^ "Archived copy". www1.superleague.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 September 2002. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Challenge Cup (Sky Sports)".
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