The Lammy Years: In stats

After concluding our look at The Lammy Years – the four seasons between 2001 and 2004 when current Head Coach Adrian Lam played for Wigan – Club Historian Keith Sutch provides all the key stats and facts from his time with the Warriors.

General facts 

• 937 Heritage Number
• Made his debut vs St Helens at Knowsley Road on 10^thApril February 2001 – in a Challenge Cup match – Wigan lost 22-8
• Wore the No.7 shirt during his time at Wigan as he played in the halves – usually at scrum half 
• David Furner, Matthew Johns and Harvey Howard all made their debuts for the Club in the same game Lam did

• First Super League game came against Warrington Wolves on Friday 2^ndMarch 2001 at the – Wigan won 34-6 and Lam scored two tries

🗣 “THAT WAS WIGAN AT THEIR BEST!” 😍 Radlinski x Lam 😍

🌟 Our first feature game from The Lammy Years is his first @SuperLeague game for the Club, which came against Warrington in March 2001!

Watch the highlights and full game on Wigan TV 👉 https://t.co/nEuSjgkqrs#WWRL pic.twitter.com/gUMjk8I79a

— Wigan Warriors 🍒⚪️ (@WiganWarriorsRL) April 27, 2020

• Scored two tries in the Play-Off Semi-Final vs St Helens in 2001 – Wigan won 44-10

🤝 Our second feature game from #TheLammyYears comes in the 2001 @SuperLeague Play-Offs against @Saints1890!

✌️ A double for Lam saw him make it 11 tries for the season!

📽 Highlights and the full game available here 👉 https://t.co/nEuSjgkqrs#TheLammyYears #WWRL pic.twitter.com/91y7ymVzxv

— Wigan Warriors 🍒⚪️ (@WiganWarriorsRL) April 28, 2020

• Scored Wigan’s only try in the 2001 Grand Final defeat to Bradford Bulls 
• Played in all but one game in the 2002 season 
• Played, scored a try and kicked a drop-goal in the winning 2002 Challenge Cup Final team at Murrayfield, Edinburgh as Wigan beat St Helens 21-12

LAMMMMYYYYYYY! 🤩

🌪 A brilliant shimmy from Adrian Lam to grab our second try in quick succession!

Watch the 2002 Challenge Cup Final 'live' 👉 https://t.co/kZVeVZShdW#WWRL #WarriorsRewind pic.twitter.com/5D7A7jZDxl

— Wigan Warriors 🍒⚪️ (@WiganWarriorsRL) May 1, 2020

• Scored two tries in the 2003 Play-Off Elimination Semi-Final against St Helens at the JJB Stadium – Wigan won 40-24

🤩 Two tries and a celebration to match!

🔥 Throwback to 2003 in the @SuperLeague Play-Offs when Lammy was on fire against @Saints1890!

📽 Highlights and the full game, plus other classics from #TheLammyYears available here 👉 https://t.co/nEuSjg2PzU#WWRL #ThrowbackThursday pic.twitter.com/LEZSW5YNGl

— Wigan Warriors 🍒⚪️ (@WiganWarriorsRL) April 30, 2020

• Named the 2003 Super League Players’ Player of the Year and awarded Wigan’s Best and Fairest Player at the end of season dinner
• Played in the 2004 Challenge Cup defeat to St Helens at the Millennium Stadium
• Named in the Super League Dream Team at No.7 in three of the four seasons he played (2001, 2002 and 2003)
• During his time at the Club, he played with current Wigan Executive Director Kris Radlinski, current Club Captain Sean O’Loughlin, current Head of Youth Mick Cassidy and current Head of Strength and Conditioning Paul Johnson 
• Last game came against Leeds Rhinos in a Play-Off game at Headingley in 2004 – Wigan lost 40-12 

Year by year breakdown: In stats

2001 

• 30 appearances 
• 12 tries 
• 48 points 

2002

• 35 appearances 
• 16 tries
• 4 drop-goals 
• 68 points

2003

• 29 appearances (1 sub)
• 10 tries 
• 1 goal
• 5 drop-goals
• 47 points

2004

• 25 appearances (2 subs)
• 6 tries
• 1 drop-goal
• 25 points 

Stats: In total

• 119 appearances (3 subs)
• 44 tries
• 1 goal 
• 10 drop-goals
• 188 points 

✅ Well done to everyone who got it right!

👟 Lammy kicked a total of 🔟 drop-goals during his time as a Wigan player.

🎯 Here’s one of them:#TheLammyYears #WWRL https://t.co/GcIbdy4TYi pic.twitter.com/bKmZ06kRzv

— Wigan Warriors 🍒⚪️ (@WiganWarriorsRL) April 29, 2020

Stats: Competitions breakdown

Super League 

• 95 appearances (2 subs)
• 32 tries
• 8 drop-goals
• 136 points 

Play-Offs

• 12 appearances 
• 8 tries 
• 1 goal 
• 1 drop-goal 
• 35 points 

Challenge Cup 

• 12 appearances (1 sub)
• 4 tries 
• 1 drop-goal
• 17 points 

This week on Wigan TV, in partnership with Principal Partner Prestone, we have been looking back at a selection of classic matches from The Lammy Years – games from Adrian Lam’s time (2001-2004) at the Club as a player.

Available to Wigan TV subscribers, we have published the highlights and full games of five games Lam heavily featured in. Click HERE to watch!