Wigan Warriors 2017 season | |
Year: | 2017 |
Team Colour: |
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Font Colour: | White |
League: | Super League |
League Rank: | 6th |
League Wins: | 14 |
League Draws: | 3 |
League Losses: | 13 |
Points For: | 691 |
Points Against: | 668 |
Playoff Result: | Did not qualify |
Cup: | Challenge Cup |
Cup Result: | Runners-up |
Cup Wins: | 3 |
Cup Losses: | 1 |
Ceo Title: | Chairman |
Coach Title: | Head Coach |
Top Tries: | Joe Burgess (26) |
Top Points: | George Williams (153) |
List: | yes |
List Link: | List of Wigan Warriors seasons |
The Wigan Warriors play Rugby League in Wigan, England. Their 2017 season results in the Super League XXII, 2017 Challenge Cup, and 2017 World Club Series are shown below.
See main article: 2017 World Club Series. As winners of the 2016 Super League Grand Final, Wigan Warriors qualified for the 2017 World Club Series. The game saw them play Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks whom they beat providing the Super League's first ever win in the World Club Series era of the tournament.[1]
See main article: Super League XXII. Wigan's Super League form was relatively poor during the 2017 season. The year was the first time they had lost ten more games since 2009, and the first time they had failed to qualify for the play-offs since 2006.[2]
Date | Opponent | H/A | Result | Scorers | Att. | Pos. |
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11 February 2017 | Salford Red Devils | A | 26–16 | 6,527 | ||
22 February 2017 | Widnes Vikings | A | 28–16 | 6,561 | ||
3 March 2017 | Leigh Centurions | H | 20–0 | 15,699 | ||
9 March 2017 | Warrington Wolves | A | 38–16 | 11,250 | ||
18 March 2017 | Huddersfield Giants | H | 16–16 | 12,704 | ||
24 March 2017 | Hull FC | H | 20–22 | 12,319 | ||
31 March 2017 | Leeds Rhinos | A | 18–26 | 17,030 | ||
6 April 2017 | Castleford Tigers | H | 10–27 | 12,423 | ||
14 April 2017 | St Helens | H | 29–18 | 23,390 | ||
17 April 2017 | Wakefield Trinity | A | 16–10 | 4,640 | ||
23 April 2017 | Catalans Dragons | H | 42–22 | 11,637 | ||
29 April 2017 | Castleford Tigers | H | 4–54 | 9,333 | ||
5 May 2017 | Salford Red Devils | H | 16–31 | 11,861 | ||
20 May 2017 | Warrington Wolves | N | 24–24 | 35,361 | ||
25 May 2017 | St Helens | A | 19–22 | 13,138 | ||
29 May 2019 | Wakefield Trinity | H | 30–42 | 13,110 | ||
3 June 2017 | Wakefield Trinity | H | 26–39 | 10,333 | ||
8 June 2017 | Leigh Centurions | A | 34–50 | 7,080 | ||
23 June 2017 | Huddersfield Giants | A | 16–16 | 5,718 | ||
2 July 2017 | Widnes Vikings | H | 28–12 | 12,758 | ||
8 July 2017 | Catalans Dragons | A | 32–10 | 9,810 | ||
13 July 2017 | Warrington Wolves | H | 10–16 | 12,790 | ||
21 July 2017 | Leeds Rhinos | H | 34–0 | 15,119 | ||
Date | Opponent | H/A | Result | Scorers | Att. | Pos. |
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4 August 2017 | Leeds Rhinos | A | 16–32 | 13,579 | ||
11 August 2017 | Huddersfield Giants | H | 18–14 | 10,619 | ||
18 August 2017 | Salford Red Devils | H | 42–6 | 11,229 | ||
1 September 2017 | St Helens | A | 25–10 | 15,248 | ||
8 September 2017 | Hull F.C. | A | 30–22 | 11,291 | ||
17 September 2017 | Castleford Tigers | H | 20–38 | 15,706 | ||
23 September 2017 | Wakefield Trinity | A | 0–32 | 5,155 | ||
See main article: 2017 Challenge Cup. As a "Super 8s" team of the 2016 Super League, Wigan Warriors entered the 2017 Challenge Cup in the sixth round where they beat Championship's Swinton Lions. The quarter finals saw them beat local rivals Warrington Wolves by a single point.[3] In the semi-finals Warriors beat Salford Red Devils,[4] before finishing runners-up at Wembley to Hull F.C. The final was their first final since 2013.[5]
Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Scorers | Att. |
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14 May 2017 | Sixth Round | Swinton Lions | A | 42–12 | 2,003 | |
17 June 2017 | Quarter Final | Warrington Wolves | A | 27–26 | 7,312 | |
30 July 2017 | Semi Final | Salford Red Devils | N | 27–14 | 10,796 | |
26 August 2017 | Final | Hull F.C. | N | 14–18 | 68,525 | |