2022 Wigan Warriors season

Wigan Warriors 2022 season
Wigan Warriors 2022 season
Team information
Chairman	Ian Lenagan
Head Coach	Matt Peet
Captain	Thomas Leuluai;
Stadium	DW Stadium
Home colours	Away colours

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

Preseason friendlies[]

Date and Time	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
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]

Super League[]

Regular season[]

Matches[]

Win Draw Loss Postponed

All fixtures are subject to change

Date and Time	MW	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Report
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-Argelès	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		–				Sky Sports
15 April, 15:00	8	St Helens	A	Totally Wicked Stadium		–				Sky Sports
18 April, 15:00	9	Wakefield Trinity	H	DW Stadium		–
24 April, 13:00	10	Salford Red Devils	H	DW Stadium		–				Channel 4
29 April, 20:00	11	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium		–				Sky Sports
13 May, 19:45	12	Huddersfield Giants	A	Kirklees Stadium		–
21 May, 15:00	13	Hull F.C.	A	KC Stadium		–
3 June, 20:00	14	Castleford Tigers	A	The Jungle		–
12 June, 15:00	15	Salford Red Devils	A	AJ Bell Stadium		–
24 June, 20:00	16	Toulouse Olympique	H	DW Stadium		–
3 July, 15:00	17	Wakefield Trinity	A	Belle Vue		–
9 July, 16:45	18	St Helens	N	St James' Park		–
15 July, 20:00	19	Hull F.C.	H	DW Stadium		–
21 July, 20:00	20	Leeds Rhinos	A	Headingley		–
29 July, 20:00	21	Hull KR	H	DW Stadium		–
5 August, 20:00	22	Warrington Wolves	H	DW Stadium		–
14 August, 15:00	23	Wakefield Trinity	A	Belle Vue		–
19 August, 20:00	24	Toulouse Olympique	H	DW Stadium		–
26 August, 20:00	25	St Helens	H	DW Stadium		–
29 August, 15:00	26	Hull KR	A	Craven Park		–
3 September, 15:00	27	Catalans Dragons	H	DW Stadium		–

Table[]

Pos	Team v	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	St. Helens	6	5	1	176	50	+126	10	League Leaders' Shield & advance to Semi-finals
2	Catalans Dragons	6	5	1	112	82	+30	10	Advance to Semi-finals
3	Wigan Warriors	6	5	1	141	112	+29	10
4	Huddersfield Giants	5	4	1	150	74	+76	8
5	Hull FC	5	3	2	127	107	+20	6
6	Warrington Wolves	6	3	3	130	138	−8	6
7	Salford Red Devils	6	3	3	124	148	−24	6
8	Wakefield Trinity	6	2	4	112	122	−10	4
9	Hull Kingston Rovers	6	2	4	92	136	−44	4
10	Leeds Rhinos	6	1	5	90	141	−51	2
11	Castleford Tigers	6	1	5	115	180	−65	2
12	Toulouse Olympique	6	1	5	100	179	−79	2	Relegated to the Championship

Updated to match(es) played on 19 March 2022. Source: [1]

Challenge Cup[]

Date and Time	Round	Versus	H/A/N	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Report
25 March, 19:35	Round 6	Salford Red Devils	H	DW Stadium	W	20–0	Byrne, Marshall, Bateman	Hardaker (4)		Premier Sports	^[15]

Transfers[]

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

Gains[]

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Kaide Ellis	St. George Illawarra Dragons	2 years	July 2021^[16]
Patrick Mago	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Abbas Miski	London Broncos
Cade Cust	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	2 Years	November 2021^[17]
Iain Thornley	Leigh Centurions		November 2021^[18]
Ramon Silva			November 2021^[18]

Losses[]

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Jackson Hastings^[a]	Wests Tigers	2 Years	April 2021^[19]
Oliver Gildart	Wests Tigers	2 Years	May 2021^[20]
Dominic Manfredi	Retired	N/A	August 2021^[21]
Amir Bourouh	Salford Red Devils	2 Years	August 2021^[22]
Tony Clubb	Retired	N/A	September 2021^[23]
Joe Bullock	Warrington Wolves	3 Years	October 2021^[24]

Squad[]

2022 Wigan Warriors Squad
First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Bevan French – FB 2 Jake Bibby – CE, WG 3 Zak Hardaker – CE, FB (GK) 4 Iain Thornley – CE 5 Liam Marshall – WG 6 Cade Cust – HK, SH, SO 7 Thomas Leuluai – SO, HK, SH 8 Brad Singleton – PR 9 Sam Powell – HK 10 Patrick Mago – PR 11 Willie Isa – SR, CE 12 Liam Farrell – SR 13 John Bateman – LF, SR		14 Morgan Smithies – LF 15 Kaide Ellis – LF, PR 16 Harry Smith – SO, SH (GK) 17 Oliver Partington – PR, LF 19 Ethan Havard – PR, LF 20 Liam Byrne – PR 21 Kai Pearce-Paul – SR 22 Joe Shorrocks – LF 23 Jai Field – SO, SH 24 Abbas Miski – WG 25 Sam Halsall – CE, WG 26 James McDonnell – SR, CE		27 Umyla Hanley – FB 28 Brad O'Neill – HK 29 – CE 30 – LF 31 Ramon Silva – PR				Head coach Matt Peet Assistant coaches Lee Briers Sean O’Loughlin Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice captain(s) Injured GK = Goal Kicker

Notes[]

^ Jackson Hastings is Australian of British descent. He has been capped by Great Britain but is yet to represent a Home Nation.

References[]

^ "Warriors triumph against Thunder - Wigan Warriors". 23 January 2022.
^ "Wigan win at Warrington - Wigan Warriors". 29 January 2022.
^ https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/in-numbers-super-league-round-one-attendances/
^ https://www.skysports.com/rugby-league/hull-k-r-vs-wigan/56235^{[dead link]}
^ https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/in-numbers-super-league-round-two-attendances/
^ https://www.skysports.com/rugby-league/wigan-vs-leeds/56241
^ https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/in-numbers-super-league-round-three-attendances/
^ https://www.skysports.com/rugby-league/wigan-vs-huddersfield/56248
^ https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/in-numbers-super-league-round-four-attendances/
^ https://www.skysports.com/rugby-league/toulouse-vs-wigan/56255
^ https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/in-numbers-super-league-round-five-attendances/
^ https://www.skysports.com/rugby-league/catalans-vs-wigan/56268
^ https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/in-numbers-super-league-round-six-attendance/
^ https://www.skysports.com/rugby-league/wigan-vs-castleford/56269
^ https://www.skysports.com/rugby-league/wigan-vs-salford/report/57216
^ "Kaide Ellis, Patrick Mago and Abbas Miski join for 2022 season". 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
^ "Wigan Warriors sign half-back from NRL side Manly Warringah Sea Eagles". 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ "Wigan Warriors confirm two new signings ahead of 2022". 17 November 2021.
^ "Wests Tigers sign Jackson Hastings on 2 year deal". weststigers.com.au. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
^ "Wests Tigers secure Oliver Gildart". weststigers.com.au. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
^ "Manfredi retires immediately". 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
^ "Salford sign Amir Bourouh". loverugbyleague. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
^ "Tony Clubb to retire at the end of the season". 22 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
^ "Joe bullock joins Warrington on 3 year deal". bbcsport. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.

[Hastings-19] Jackson Hastings is Australian of British descent. He has been capped by Great Britain but is yet to represent a Home Nation.

[1] "Warriors triumph against Thunder - Wigan Warriors". 23 January 2022.

[2] "Wigan win at Warrington - Wigan Warriors". 29 January 2022.

[3] ttps://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/in-numbers-super-league-round-one-attendances/

[4] ttps://www.skysports.com/rugby-league/hull-k-r-vs-wigan/56235^{[dead link]}

[5] ttps://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/in-numbers-super-league-round-two-attendances/

[6] ttps://www.skysports.com/rugby-league/wigan-vs-leeds/56241

[7] ttps://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/in-numbers-super-league-round-three-attendances/

[8] ttps://www.skysports.com/rugby-league/wigan-vs-huddersfield/56248

[9] ttps://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/in-numbers-super-league-round-four-attendances/

[10] ttps://www.skysports.com/rugby-league/toulouse-vs-wigan/56255

[11] ttps://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/in-numbers-super-league-round-five-attendances/

[12] ttps://www.skysports.com/rugby-league/catalans-vs-wigan/56268

[13] ttps://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/in-numbers-super-league-round-six-attendance/

[14] ttps://www.skysports.com/rugby-league/wigan-vs-castleford/56269

[15] ttps://www.skysports.com/rugby-league/wigan-vs-salford/report/57216

[Wigan_Sign_Trio_of_Players-16] "Kaide Ellis, Patrick Mago and Abbas Miski join for 2022 season". 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.

[17] "Wigan Warriors sign half-back from NRL side Manly Warringah Sea Eagles". 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[18] "Wigan Warriors confirm two new signings ahead of 2022". 17 November 2021.

[20] "Wests Tigers sign Jackson Hastings on 2 year deal". weststigers.com.au. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

[21] "Wests Tigers secure Oliver Gildart". weststigers.com.au. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

[22] "Manfredi retires immediately". 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.

[23] "Salford sign Amir Bourouh". loverugbyleague. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.

[24] "Tony Clubb to retire at the end of the season". 22 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.

[25] "Joe bullock joins Warrington on 3 year deal". bbcsport. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.

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