2012 Wigan Warriors season

The Wigan Warriors play Rugby League in Wigan, England. Their 2012 season results in the Super League XVII and 2012 Challenge Cup are shown below.

Wigan Warriors 2012 season
Super League XVII Rank1st
Play-off resultQualifying Semi-finals
Challenge CupSemi-finals
2012 recordWins: 25; Draws: 0; Losses: 7
Points scoredFor: 994; Against: 449
Team information
ChairmanIan Lenagan
Head CoachShaun Wane
Captain
StadiumDW Stadium
Top scorers
TriesSam Tomkins and Josh Charnley (36 each)
PointsJosh Charnley (294)
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Super League
Main article: Super League XVII

Regular Season

Matches
Date Opponent H/A Result Scorers Att. Pos.
5th February 2012 Huddersfield Giants H 16–20 16,771
11th February 2012 Leeds Rhinos H 20–6 15,370
19th February 2012 Bradford Bulls A 54–16 15,699
26th March 2012 Castleford Tigers A 46–4 8,156
6th March 2012 Catalans Dragons H 36–12 14,464
11th March 2012 Widnes Vikings A 37–36 7,357
18th March 2012 London Broncos H 42–30 12,608
23rd March 2012 Warrington Wolves H 20–22 21,267
30th March 2012 Salford Red Devils A 40–20 6,774
6th April 2012 St Helens A 28–10 17,980
9th April 2012 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats H 36–6 13,609
22nd April 2012 Hull F.C. A 56–12 11,549
4th May 2012 Hull KR H 36–22 14,457
18th May 2012 Huddersfield Giants A 32–12 10,123
27th May 2012 St Helens N 42–16 32,953
1st June 2012 Leeds Rhinos A 50–8 16,113
9th June 2012 Catalans Dragons A 26–39 13,858
25th June 2012 Widnes Vikings H 52–12 13,445
29th June 2012 Bradford Bulls H 22–30 19,628
8th July 2012 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats A 52–10 9,107
21st July 2012 London Broncos A 44–6 4,309
27th July 2012 Castleford Tigers H 40–16 13,975
3rd July 2012 Hull F.C. H 48–10 17,736
10th August 2012 Warrington Wolves A 10–30 13,859
11th August 2017 Huddersfield Giants H 18–14 10,619
20th August 2012 Salford Red Devils H 38–6 13,703
2nd September 2012 Hull KR A 42–36 8,845
8th September 2012 St Helens H 18–26 21,522

Source:[1]

Table
As of 9 September 2012
Super League XVII
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Wigan Warriors 27 21 0 6 994 449 +545 42
2 Warrington Wolves 27 20 1 6 909 539 +370 41
3 St Helens R.F.C. 27 17 2 8 795 480 +315 36
4 Catalans Dragons 27 18 0 9 812 611 +201 36
5 Leeds Rhinos 27 16 0 11 823 662 +161 32
6 Hull F.C. 27 15 2 10 696 621 +75 32
7 Huddersfield Giants 27 14 0 13 699 664 +35 28
8 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 27 13 0 14 633 764 −131 26
9 Bradford Bulls 27 14 1 12 633 756 −123 23[lower-alpha 1]
10 Hull Kingston Rovers 27 10 1 16 753 729 +24 21
11 Salford City Reds 27 8 1 18 618 844 −226 17
12 London Broncos 27 7 0 20 588 890 −302 14
13 Castleford Tigers 27 6 0 21 554 948 −394 12
14 Widnes Vikings 27 6 0 21 532 1082 −550 12
Source: superleague.co.uk and BBC Sport.
Rules for classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.
Competition points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.
Notes:
  1. Bradford Bulls deducted 6 points on 25 July 2012 for entering administration[2]

Play-offs
Main article: 2012 Super League season results § Play-offs
Date Round Opponent H/A Result Scorers Att.
14th September 2012 Qualifying Play-offs Catalans Dragons H 46–6 7,232
28th September 2012 Qualifying Semi-Final Leeds Rhinos H 12–13 8,235

Source: [1]

Challenge Cup
Main article: 2012 Challenge Cup

After finishing second in the Super League XVI, Wigan Warriors entered the 2012 Challenge Cup at the fourth round. There opening game saw them thrash North Wales Crusaders by 94 points. A win in the fifth round against Featherstone Rovers saw them beat derby rivals St Helens in the quarter finals before losing to their other rivals, Leeds Rhinos, in the semi-finals.[3]

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Scorers Att. Ref.
16th April 2012 Fouth Round North Wales Crusaders H 98–4 4,198 [4]
27th April 2012 Fifth Round Featherstone Rovers A 32–16 4,082 [5]
12th May 2012 Quarter Final St Helens H 18–4 12,864 [6]
14th June 2012 Semi Final Leeds Rhinos A 28–39 12,860 [7]

References
  1. "Super League (Sky Sports)". SkySports.
  2. "Bradford Bulls handed six-point deduction by RFL". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  3. Stadium, Andy Wilson at the Galpharm (July 14, 2012). "Leeds Rhinos 39-28 Wigan Warriors | Challenge Cup semi-final report" – via www.theguardian.com.
  4. "Wigan 98-4 North Wales Crusaders". April 15, 2012 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  5. "Featherstone Rovers 16-32 Wigan". April 27, 2012 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  6. "Challenge Cup: Wigan Warriors 18-4 St Helens". May 12, 2012 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  7. "Challenge Cup: Leeds 39-28 Wigan". July 14, 2012 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
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