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

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

Source:[1]

Table
Super League XVII
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Wigan Warriors (L) 27 21 0 6 994 449 +545 42 Play-offs
2 Warrington Wolves 27 20 1 6 909 539 +370 41
3 St Helens 27 17 2 8 795 480 +315 36
4 Catalans Dragons 27 18 0 9 812 611 +201 36
5 Leeds Rhinos (C) 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.
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners
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.
14 September 2012 Qualifying play-offs Catalans Dragons H 46–6 7,232
28 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. Their 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.
16 April 2012 Fourth round North Wales Crusaders H 98–4 4,198 [4]
27 April 2012 Fifth round Featherstone Rovers A 32–16 4,082 [5]
12 May 2012 Quarter-final St Helens H 18–4 12,864 [6]
14 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 (14 July 2012). "Leeds Rhinos 39-28 Wigan Warriors | Challenge Cup semi-final report" – via www.theguardian.com.
  4. "Wigan 98-4 North Wales Crusaders". 15 April 2012 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  5. "Featherstone Rovers 16-32 Wigan". 27 April 2012 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  6. "Challenge Cup: Wigan Warriors 18-4 St Helens". 12 May 2012 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  7. "Challenge Cup: Leeds 39-28 Wigan". 14 July 2012 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
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