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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 edit

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.

Key
Symbol Meaning
* Inducted into the Hall of Fame
^ Club record holder
+ Played for Wigan prior to the formation of the Northern Union in 1895
Name Position Club career Appearances Tries Goals DGs Points Representative Refs
Jack Blackburn FW 1895–1900+ 129 8 0 — 24 –
Jack Brown FW 1895–1903+ 258 2 2 — 10   Lancashire
George Rigby FW 1895–1902+ 188 15 2 — 49 –
Bill Yates FW 1895–1902 162 5 0 — 15   Lancashire
Reuben Collier FW 1896–1908 227 3 0 — 9 –
Harry Ball FW 1898–1903 138 7 0 — 21 –
Jack Hilton FW 1898–1906 197 8 1 — 26 –
Joseph Topping FW 1900–10 105 4 0 — 12 –
Tom Halliwell FW 1900–04 116 3 0 — 9 –
Jimmy Blears FW 1901–09 127 7 1 — 23   Lancashire
Jack Barton FW 1901–09 213 15 1 — 47 –
Jack Mason FB 1902–06 153 2 118 — 242 –
Billy Anderson SO 1902–06 149 14 18 — 78   Lancashire
Fred Gleave SO 1903–14 193 20 1 — 62   England
Jim Sharrock FB 1903–12 278 7 135 — 291   England /   Great Britain
Tom Whittaker FW 1903–14 297 22 0 — 66 –
Jimmy Leytham WG 1903–11 280 258 267 — 1308   England /   Great Britain
Bert Jenkins CN 1904–20 389 182 0 — 546   Wales /   Great Britain
Johnny Thomas SH 1904–19 388 108 439 — 1202   Wales /   Great Britain
Dick Ramsdale FW 1905–20 313 35 0 — 105   England /   Great Britain
Walter Cheetham FW 1906–10 135 16 0 — 48 –
Dick Silcock FW 1907–18 243 16 0 — 48   Great Britain
Joe Miller WG 1907–19 206 151 2 — 457   England /   Great Britain
Lance Todd CN/WG 1908–13 185 126 7 — 392   Lancashire
Charlie Seeling LF 1910–20 226 76 0 — 228   Lancashire
Percy Williams FW 1910–12 111 17 0 — 51 –
Frank Walford WG 1911–24 129 48 8 — 160 –
Lew Bradley WG 1911–14 106 117 0 — 351 –
Percy Coldrick FW 1912–24 280 79 0 — 237   Wales /   Great Britain
Arthur Francis FW 1912–19 130 41 44 — 211 –
Harry Banks FW 1913–26 142 5 0 — 15 –
George Owens SO 1913–27 218 54 8 — 178   Wales
Syd Jerram SH 1914–27 245 54 23 — 208   Wales
George Hesketh SO 1914–22 114 22 19 — 104   Lancashire
Bert Webster FW 1918–24 128 25 0 — 75 –
Ernest Shaw FW 1919–22 106 33 1 — 101   England
Danny Hurcombe CN/SH 1919–25 199 72 3 — 222   Wales /   Great Britain
Tommy Howley CN 1920–26 219 101 28 — 359   Wales /   Great Britain
Frederick Roffey FW 1920–24 159 20 1 — 62   Wales
Wilf Hodder PR 1921–30 277 35 0 — 105   Wales
Jim Sullivan* FB 1921–45 774^ 83 2317 — 4883^   England /   Wales /   Great Britain
Johnny Ring WG 1922–31 331 368 4 — 1112   Wales /   Great Britain
Jack Price LF 1922–27 177 71 0 — 213   England /   Great Britain
Tommy Parker CN 1923–30 240 113 0 — 339   Wales
Attie Van Heerden WG 1923–26 127 107 0 — 321 Other Nationalities
George Van Rooyen SR 1923–28 178 26 0 — 78 Other Nationalities
John Sherrington LF 1924–32 198 37 0 — 111   Lancashire
Tommy Beetham PR 1924–30 262 10 0 — 30   Cumberland
David Booysen CN/SH 1924–28 158 52 2 — 160 Other Nationalities
Jack Bennett HK 1925–30 210 5 0 — 15   England /   Great Britain
Frank Stephens SR 1925–30 207 7 0 — 21   Wales
Syd Abram SH 1926–32 171 49 1 — 149 –
Roy Kinnear CN 1927–33 184 81 0 — 243   Great Britain
Lou Brown WG 1927–30 130 106 0 — 318 Other Nationalities
Len Mason SR 1927–35 365 50 5 — 160 Other Nationalities
Arthur Binks SO 1927–30 121 15 0 — 45   England
Hal Jones SR 1929–33 111 23 0 — 69     Glamorgan and Monmouthshire
George Dixon SR 1929–33 128 7 0 — 21 –
Gwynne Davies CN 1930–39 300 127 0 — 381   Wales
George Bennett SO 1930–37 232 101 5 — 313   Wales
Jack Morley WG 1932–39 292 223 4 — 677   England /   Wales /   Great Britain
Hector Gee SH 1932–44 353 73 3 — 225 –
Albert Davis SR 1933–40 181 6 0 — 18 –
Gordon Innes CN 1933–37 155 60 4 — 188 –
Harold Edwards PR 1933–37 146 8 0 — 24   Wales
Joe Golby HK 1934–38 182 10 0 — 30 –
Alf Ellaby WG 1934–36 103 90 0 — 270   Lancashire
Ken Gee* PR 1935–54 559 54 508 — 1178   England /   Great Britain
Trevor Thomas SR 1936–39 112 9 0 — 27 –
Joe Jones FB 1936–43 113 7 41 — 103   Wales
George Banks PR 1936–48 246 14 0 — 42 –
Ivor Jones SR 1936–45 106 34 3 — 108 –
Ted Ward CN 1938–50, 1953 213 57 480 — 1131   Wales /   Great Britain
Joe Egan* HK 1938–49 362 28 12 — 108   England /   Great Britain
John Lawrenson CN 1938–48 219 187 128 — 817   England /   Great Britain
Jackie Bowen LF 1939–47 149 32 8 — 112   Wales
Tommy Bradshaw SH 1939–51 302 35 0 — 105   England /   Great Britain
Jack Simpson LF 1939–45 113 21 0 — 63 –
Jack Cunliffe UB 1939–59 447 85 371 — 997   England /   Great Britain
Jack Cayzer SR 1940–44 110 27 0 — 81 –
Jack Maloney FB/CN 1940–44 106 20 0 — 60 –
Martin Ryan FB 1940–52 300 67 63 — 327   England /   Great Britain
Jack Blan FW 1940–47 184 40 1 — 122   Lancashire
Jack Fleming SO 1941–54 131 41 0 — 123 –
Frank Barton PR 1941–52 279 35 0 — 105   England /   Great Britain
Jack Hilton FW 1942–53 137 122 0 — 366   England /   Great Britain
Ernie Ashcroft CN 1942–58 530 241 0 — 723   England /   Great Britain
Harry Atkinson SR 1943–48 116 16 0 — 48 –
Gordon Ratcliffe WG 1945–53 212 185 0 — 555   England /   Great Britain
Billy Blan SR/LF 1945–52 255 77 4 — 239   England /   Great Britain
Brian Nordgren WG 1946–54 294 312 109 — 1154 Other Nationalities
Cec Mountford SO 1946–50 210 70 55 — 320 Other Nationalities
George Roughley CN 1947–53 123 40 0 — 120 –
Nat Silcock, Jr. SR 1947–54 195 64 0 — 192   England /   Great Britain
John Alty SH 1948–53 155 31 0 — 93   Lancashire
Ted Slevin PR/SR 1949–51 113 16 0 — 48   England
Jack Broome CN 1949–56 215 59 0 — 177   England
Ronnie Mather HK 1950–57 211 11 0 — 33   Lancashire
Brian McTigue* SR/PR 1951–66 422 44 3 — 138   Great Britain
Harry Street LF 1951–55 163 32 0 — 96   England
Frank Collier PR/SR 1951–63 323 26 27 — 132   Great Britain
Don Platt FB 1953–58 108 22 47 — 160 –
Norman Cherrington SR 1953–62 257 80 0 — 240   England /   Great Britain
Billy Boston* WG 1953–67 487 478 7 — 1448   Great Britain
Dave Bolton SO 1954–63 300 127 4 — 389   Great Britain
Bill Sayer HK 1954–65 295 16 0 — 48   Great Britain
Eric Ashton* CN 1955–68 497 231 448 — 1589   England /   Great Britain
Bill Bretherton PR 1956–59 119 13 0 — 39 –
John Barton PR 1956–66 278 24 0 — 72   Great Britain
Rees Thomas SH 1956–59 102 5 1 — 17 –
Roy Evans LF 1957–65 282 34 0 — 102   Great Britain
Mick Sullivan WG 1957–60 125 84 0 — 252   Great Britain
Fred Griffiths FB 1957–62 161 43 663 — 1455 –
Keith Holden CN 1958–67 152 58 0 — 174   Lancashire
Geoff Lyon SR 1959–69 328 73 0 — 219   Lancashire
Frank Carlton WG 1960–65 123 95 0 — 285   Great Britain
Frank Parr SH 1961–71 309 95 15 — 315   Lancashire
Alan Davies CN 1961–64 133 52 0 — 156   Lancashire
Trevor Lake WG 1962–66 140 132 0 — 396 –
Colin Clarke* HK 1963–77 436 75 0 0 225   Great Britain
John Stephens PR 1963–78 238 23 0 0 69   England
Laurie Gilfedder SR/LF 1963–67 143 17 384 — 819   Lancashire
Kevin O'Loughlin U 1964–75 309 57 0 0 171   Great Britain under-24
Bill Francis UB 1964–77 400 159 43 0 563   Wales /   Great Britain
Ray Ashby FB 1964–67 124 10 1 — 32   Great Britain
Cliff Hill SO/CN 1964–70 192 57 0 — 171   Great Britain
Danny Gardiner PR 1965–68 149 2 0 — 6   Great Britain
Peter Rowe CN 1966–73 218 55 0 — 165   Wales
Colin Tyrer FB 1967–74 248 88 813 0 1890   Lancashire
Doug Laughton LF 1967–72 185 38 0 — 114   Great Britain
Geoff Fletcher PR 1967–74 143 18 0 0 54   Lancashire
Dave Hill SO/CN 1967–76 329 113 15 0 369   Great Britain
Bill Ashurst CN/SR 1968–73, 1977–78 186 74 146 6 520   Great Britain
Brian Hogan SR 1968–77 207 19 0 0 57   England
Stuart Wright WG 1969–75 173 103 0 0 309   England
Eddie Cunningham SR 1969–74 107 45 0 0 135   Lancashire
David Robinson SR 1970–74 147 17 0 0 51   Great Britain
Keiron O'Loughlin UB 1970–79 260 93 0 0 279   Lancashire
Warren Ayres SH 1970–73 131 64 6 — 204 –
Dennis Ashcroft PR 1971–76 141 5 2 0 19 –
Terry Hollingsworth UF 1971–80 171 26 0 0 78 –
Jim Nulty SH 1972–77 185 41 90 9 312   Great Britain under-24
Billy Melling SR 1972–81 177 38 0 9 123   Lancashire
Bernard Coyle, Jr. SH 1973–80 134 32 0 0 96 –
Green Vigo WG 1973–80 168 86 1 0 260 Other Nationalities
Robert Irving SR 1973–77 154 40 0 0 120   England
Jimmy Hornby WG 1973–82 201 87 3 0 267   Great Britain under-24
David Willicombe CN 1974–80 119 36 6 0 120   Wales /   Great Britain
George Fairbairn FB 1974–80 207 30 583 11 1267   England /   Great Britain
Dennis Ramsdale WG 1976–84 194 62 4 0 199 –
Steve O'Neill PR 1976–81 124 12 0 3 39   England
Nicky Kiss HK 1978–89 260 36 0 0 134   Great Britain
Martin Foy SO 1979–83 115 34 0 0 103   Lancashire
John Pendlebury LF 1979–84 122 29 45 1 182 –
Danny Campbell PR 1979–85 145 12 0 0 38 –
Mick Scott SR 1981–84 125 12 0 0 41 –
Henderson Gill WG 1981–89 226 145 106 0 762   England /   Great Britain
Colin Whitfield FB/CN 1981–85 149 46 379 13 937   Lancashire
Shaun Wane PR 1982–90 149 11 0 0 43   Great Britain
David Stephenson CN 1982–87 214 71 286 6 845   Great Britain
Graeme West SR/PR 1982–90 202 49 0 0 189   New Zealand
Brian Case PR 1983–88 197 14 0 0 54   Great Britain
Shaun Edwards* SO/SH 1983–97 466 274 23 4 1146   England /   Great Britain
Steve Hampson FB 1983–93 304 55 48 3 319   Great Britain
Ian Potter SR 1984–88 190 12 0 0 48   Great Britain
Martin Dermott HK 1985–96 231 21 0 3 87   Great Britain
Ian Lucas PR 1985–92 178 12 0 0 48   Great Britain
Andy Goodway SR/LF 1985–92 224 79 0 0 316   Great Britain
Ellery Hanley* SO/LF 1985–90 204 189 9 2 776   Great Britain
Joe Lydon UB 1986–94 262 89 283 16 938   Great Britain
Dean Bell* CN 1986–94 253 96 0 0 384   New Zealand
Ian Gildart SR 1987–94 139 4 0 0 16   Great Britain under-21
Andy Gregory* SH 1987–91 182 17 22 6 118   Great Britain
Denis Betts SR 1987–95, 1998–2001 367 129 1 0 518   Great Britain
Ged Byrne UB 1987–90 107 25 0 0 100   Lancashire
Kevin Iro CN 1987–90 100 60 36 0 312   New Zealand
Andy Platt PR 1988–94 200 24 0 0 96   Great Britain
Phil Clarke LF 1989–95 154 23 0 0 92   England /   Great Britain
Frano Botica* SO/WG 1990–95 180 66 827 13 1931   New Zealand
Kelvin Skerrett PR 1990–96 176 21 0 0 84   Wales /   Great Britain
Sam Panapa UB 1991–94 119 45 0 0 180 –
Neil Cowie PR 1991–2001 330 34 0 1 137   Wales /   Great Britain
Andy Farrell* LF 1991–2005 370 111 1336 19 3135   England /   Great Britain
Martin Offiah* WG 1992–96 159 186 1 3 749   England /   Great Britain
Mick Cassidy SR 1992–2004 368 52 0 0 208   England /   Ireland /   Great Britain
Jason Robinson WG 1992–2000 281 171 0 1 685   England /   Great Britain
Martin Hall HK 1993–97 141 29 18 1 153   Wales
Gary Connolly CN 1993–2002, 2004 313 137 6 0 560   England /   Ireland /   Great Britain
Kris Radlinski* FB 1993–2006 323 183 1 0 734   England /   Great Britain
Simon Haughton SR 1993–2002 174 55 0 0 220   England /   Great Britain
Va'aiga Tuigamala CN/WG 1994–97 102 62 3 0 254   Samoa
Henry Paul SO 1994–98 147 78 119 0 550   New Zealand
Terry O'Connor PR 1994–2004 306 13 0 0 52   Ireland /   Great Britain
Paul Johnson CN/SR 1995–2003 133 56 0 0 224   Great Britain
Mark Smith HK 1999–2004 124 12 0 0 48 –
Brett Dallas WG 2000–06 177 107 0 0 428 –
Terry Newton HK 2000–05 186 73 0 0 292   England /   Great Britain
David Hodgson CN/WG 2000–04 117 48 0 0 192   Great Britain
Adrian Lam SH 2001–04 119 44 1 10 188 –
Martin Aspinwall CN 2001–05 109 33 0 0 132   England A
Brian Carney WG 2001–05 111 48 1 0 194   Great Britain
Stephen Wild CN/SR 2001–05 100 30 0 0 120   England /   Great Britain
Sean O'Loughlin* LF 2002–20 459 88 3 2 360   England /   Great Britain
Danny Tickle SR 2002–06 141 34 217 2 572   England A
Gareth Hock SR 2003–12 191 48 0 0 192   England /   Great Britain
Harrison Hansen SR 2004–13 242 43 0 0 172   New Zealand /   Samoa
Paul Prescott PR 2004–13 146 5 0 0 20   Ireland
Joel Tomkins SR/CN 2005–11, 2014–18 236 65 0 0 260   England
Darrell Goulding CN 2005–14 174 72 0 0 288   England
Iafeta Paleaaesina PR 2006–10 145 21 0 0 84   New Zealand
Pat Richards WG 2006–13 224 168 896 4 2468   Ireland
Stuart Fielden PR 2006–12 141 3 0 0 12   England /   Great Britain
Phil Bailey CN/SR 2007–10 101 15 0 0 60 –
Thomas Leuluai SH 2007–12, 2017–22 327 74 0 1 297   New Zealand
Michael McIlorum HK 2007–17 241 24 0 0 96   England /   Ireland
George Carmont CN 2008–12 154 80 0 0 320   Samoa
Andy Coley PR 2008–11 125 13 0 0 52 –
Lee Mossop PR 2008–13, 2015–16 165 13 0 0 52   England
Sam Tomkins FB 2008–13, 2016–18 213 168 137 10 956   England
Josh Charnley WG 2010–16 173 164 103 0 862   England
Liam Farrell SR/LF 2010– 321 130 0 0 520   England
Dom Crosby PR 2012–16 102 7 0 0 28 –
Matty Smith SH 2012–16 139 22 304 25 721   England
Anthony Gelling CN 2012–17 115 52 0 0 208   Cook Islands
Ben Flower PR 2012–20 184 21 0 0 84   Wales
Sam Powell HK 2012– 250 40 12 4 188   England Knights
Joe Burgess WG 2013–15, 2017–20 129 107 0 0 428   England
George Williams SO 2013–19 179 61 70 1 385   England
Dan Sarginson CN 2014–16, 2018–19 125 35 0 0 140   England
John Bateman SR 2014–18, 2021–22 174 40 0 0 160   England
Ryan Sutton PR 2014–18 118 11 0 0 44 –
Tony Clubb PR 2014–21 165 23 0 0 92 –
Taulima Tautai PR 2015–19 132 4 0 0 16 –
Oliver Gildart CN 2015–21 143 65 0 0 260   England
Willie Isa SR 2016– 190 16 0 0 64 –
Liam Marshall WG 2017– 122 95 10 0 400 –
Morgan Smithies LF 2019– 105 2 0 0 8   England

Historically notable players edit

Hall of Fame edit

Name Nationality Year of
induction 		Ref.
Billy Boston   1998 [1]
Shaun Edwards   1998 [1]
Dean Bell   2007 [2]
Ellery Hanley   2007 [3]
Frano Botica   2016 [4]
Colin Clarke   2016 [4]
Martin Offiah   2016 [4]
Sean O'Loughlin   2020 [5]
[a]
Kris Radlinski   2020 [6]
Vicky Molyneux   2023 [7]
[b]
Eric Ashton   ?
Joe Egan   ?
Andy Farrell   ?
Ken Gee   ?
Andy Gregory   ?
Brian McTigue   ?
Jim Sullivan   ?
Source: [8]

Player of the Year edit

Year Player Ref.
2008   Pat Richards
2009   Sam Tomkins
2010   Pat Richards
2011   Sam Tomkins
2012   George Carmont
2013   Sean O'Loughlin
2014   Sean O'Loughlin
2015   John Bateman
2016   John Bateman
2017   Sean O'Loughlin
2018   John Bateman [9]
2019   Zak Hardaker [10]
2020   Bevan French [11]
2021   Jackson Hastings [12]
2022   Jai Field [13]
2023   Abbas Miski [14]
Source:[15]

Captains edit

(Super League era)

Player Year Nation
Andy Farrell 1996–2004   England
Terry Newton 2005   England
Sean O'Loughlin 2006–2020   England
Thomas Leuluai 2021–2022   New Zealand
Liam Farrell 2023–present   England

Testimonials edit

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 edit

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]

No. Player name Position Years at club
1 Kris Radlinski (MBE) Fullback 1993–2006
2 Jason Robinson (OBE) Wing 1992–2000
3 Va'aiga Tuigamala (MNZM) Centre 1993–1996
4 Gary Connolly Centre 1992–2002, 2004
5 Martin Offiah (MBE) Wing 1991–1996
6 Henry Paul Five-eighth 1994–1998
7 Shaun Edwards (OBE) Halfback 1983–1996
8 Craig Smith Prop 2002–2004
9 Terry Newton Hooker 2000–2005
10 Terry O'Connor Prop 1994–2004
11 Denis Betts Second-row 1986–1995, 1998–2001
12 Mick Cassidy Second-row 1990–2004
13 Andy Farrell (OBE) Lock 1991–2004

Notes edit

  1. ^ Ceremony held in 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
  2. ^ First Wigan Warriors Women player

Reference edit

Inline
  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c "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. ^ "Radlinski inducted into Hall of Fame - Wigan Warriors". 4 September 2022.
  7. ^ https://wiganwarriors.com/blog/2023/10/09/warriors-2023-awards-dinner/
  8. ^ https://www.wiganwarriors.com/teams/hall-of-fame
  9. ^ https://www.wiganwarriorsfans.com/viewtopic.php?t=35664
  10. ^ https://www.wigantoday.net/sport/rugby-league/wigan-warriors/zak-hardaker-picks-up-trio-of-honours-at-wigan-warriors-end-of-season-awards-932389
  11. ^ https://wiganwarriors.com/blog/2020/11/20/2020-awards-night-winners/
  12. ^ https://wiganwarriors.com/blog/2021/10/04/end-of-season-awards/
  13. ^ https://wiganwarriors.com/blog/2022/09/05/warriors-2022-season-awards/
  14. ^ https://wiganwarriors.com/blog/2023/10/09/warriors-2023-awards-dinner/
  15. ^ https://wiganwarriors.com/ (Search "Player of the Year")
  16. ^ "Team of the Decade". wiganwarriors.com (Wigan Warriors). Archived from the original on 22 May 2009. Retrieved 5 July 2009.
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