World Club Challenge: In stats

After concluding our rewind to our four World Club Challenge wins on Wigan TV this week, Club Historian Keith Sutch provides all the key stats and facts from all four games.

1987 World Club Challenge: Wigan 8-2 Manly, Central Park

Wigan team (all English):

• Steve Hampson 
• Richard Russell 
• David Stephenson 
• Joe Lydon 
• Henderson Gill
• Shaun Edwards 
• Andy Gregory 
• Brian Case  
• Nicky Kiss
• Shaun Wane
• Andy Goodway 
• Ian Potter
• Ellery Hanley (C)

Subs

• Ian Lucas (came on in 76^thminute) 
• Ged Byrne (didn’t play)
• Graeme West (didn’t play)
• Ian Gildart (didn’t play)

Coach

• Graham Lowe

Man of the Match

• Shaun Wane

👀 A certain Shaun Wane involved in this brawl in the 1987 World Club Challenge… 😅

🏟 36,895 fans were packed in to Central Park as Wigan took on Manly in a historic encounter!

📽 Watch the highlights and full game on Wigan TV now! 👉 https://t.co/nEuSjg2PzU#WWRL #WCCWeek pic.twitter.com/as4BUgb8n6

— Wigan Warriors 🍒⚪️ (@WiganWarriorsRL) May 19, 2020

Scoresheet

• David Stephenson (4 penalty goals)
• Brian Case (sin-binned)

Attendance

• 36,895

1991 World Club Challenge: Wigan 21–4 Penrith, Anfield

Team

• Steve Hampson 
• David Myers 
• Sam Panapa 
• Joe Lydon 
• Frano Botica 
• Shaun Edwards 
• Andy Gregory (C)
• Kelvin Skerrett 
• Martin Dermott 
• Andy Platt
• Denis Betts 
• Billy McGinty 
• Phil Clarke 

Subs (all played)

• Ian Lucas 
• Ian Gildart 
• Neil Cowie
• Mike Forshaw 

Coach

• John Monie

Man of the Match 

• Frano Botica 

Scoresheet 

• Sam Panapa (1 try)
• David Myers (1 try)
• Frano Botica (6 goals)
• Joe Lydon (1 drop-goal)

The dummy and pass 🤤

😍 Outstanding play from Andy Gregory to feed Sam Panapa in our 1991 World Club Challenge clash with Penrith!

📽 Highlights and the full game from Anfield now available on Wigan TV here 👉 https://t.co/nEuSjg2PzU#WWRL #WCCWeek pic.twitter.com/uoUNNOdPkF

— Wigan Warriors 🍒⚪️ (@WiganWarriorsRL) May 20, 2020

Attendance 

• 20,152

1994 World Club Challenge: Brisbane 14-20 Wigan, ANZ Stadium

Team

• Gary Connolly 
• Jason Robinson
• Sam Panapa 
• Barrie Jon-Mather 
• Martin Offiah
• Frano Botica 
• Shaun Edwards (C)
• Neil Cowie 
• Martin Dermott 
• Billy McGinty 
• Denis Betts 
• Andy Farrell
• Phil Clarke 

😍 What. A. Team.

⭐️ 1994 World Club Challenge Winners #WWRL #WCCWeek pic.twitter.com/DfmFu1hXEt

— Wigan Warriors 🍒⚪️ (@WiganWarriorsRL) May 22, 2020

Subs 

• Va’aiga Tuigamala (unused)
• Martin Hall
• Mick Cassidy 
• Paul Atcheson 

Coach 

• Graeme West

Man of the Match

• Shaun Edwards

Scoresheet 

• Denis Betts (1 try)
• Barrie Jon-Mather (1 try)
• Jason Robinson (1 try)
• Frano Botica (3 goals and 1 penalty goal)

https://twitter.com/WiganWarriorsRL/status/1263908448766504961

Attendance 

• 54,220

2017 World Club Challenge: Wigan – Cronulla, DW Stadium

Team 

• Morgan Escare
• Lewis Tierney
• Anthony Gelling
• Oliver Gildart
• Joe Burgess
• George Williams
• Tommy Leuluai
• Frank-Paul Nu’uasala
• Sam Powell
• Ben Flower
• John Bateman
• Liam Farrell
• Sean O’Loughlin (C)

Subs

• Joel Tomkins
• Tony Clubb
• Taulima Tautai 
• Ryan Sutton

Man of the Match

• George Williams 

Coach

• Shaun Wane 

Scoresheet 

• Joe Burgess (3 tries – first Wigan hat-trick in a World Club Challenge match)
• Oliver Gidart (1 try)
• Morgan Escare (2 goals)
• Sam Powell (1 goal)

https://twitter.com/WiganWarriorsRL/status/1263809338709348352

Attendance

• 21,011