| Clubname: | Wigan Warriors Women |
| Fullname: | Wigan Warriors Rugby League Football Club |
| Founded: | Thursday 21st November 1872, (Women’s team created in 2017) |
| Capacity: | 1,200 |
| Captain: | Victoria Molyneux |
| Position: | 4th |
| Current: | 2024 RFL Women's Super League |
| Cup1titles: | 1 |
| Cup2titles: | 1 |
| Cup2years: | 2024 |
Wigan Warriors Women are the official women's team of the Wigan Warriors club. The team is one of eleven teams the club currently boasts. The team was created in 2017 and had its first season in 2018. The club competes in the RFL Women's Super League which the team won during its first season.[1]
The team plays its home games at Robin Park Arena, Wigan which doubles as the elite performance facility for many of the Wigan club's teams.
The team are the current holders of the RFL Women's Nines winning the tournament on 28 July 2024 at Craven Park, Hull.
In 2023, England International Victoria Molyneux became the first female inductee into the club's Hall of Fame.
Wigan Warriors women's team was established in October 2017 ahead of the 2018 RFL Women's Super League. The team won the league championship in their inaugural season beating Leeds Rhinos 18–16 in the Grand Final at the Manchester Regional Arena.[2] The team played their first match at the DW Stadium during the opening game of the 2024 Super League in a 18–4 victory over Barrow Raiders.[3] Midway through the 2024 season, the club moved their training base to Edge Hall Road which had been redeveloped into an elite women's training facility by Wigan Warriors and Wigan Athletic.[4]
Wigan Warriors Women are one of 11 teams operated by Wigan Warriors, the others are:[5]
Wigan Warriors Women[6]
| Season | League | Play-offs | Challenge Cup | 9s | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | |||||
| 2018 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 324 | 128 | 19 | 2nd | Won in Grand Final | SF | rowspan="4" | ||
| 2019 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 328 | 224 | 13 | 4th | Lost in semi-final | QF | |||
| 2020 | Super League | colspan="10" | |||||||||||
| 2021 | Super League | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 254 | 186 | 10 | 5th | QF | |||
| 2022 | Super League | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 104 | 313 | 4 | 4th | Lost in semi-final | QF | [7] | |
| 2023 | Super League | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 116 | 250 | 7 | 4th | Lost in semi-final | SF[8] | RU[9] | |
| 2024 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 532 | 144 | 18 | 4th | Lost in semi-final | SF[10] | W | ||
Grand Final
Winners (1): 2018
League Leader's Shield
Runners-up (1): 2018
Winners (1): 2024
Runners-up (1): 2023