2016 season: In stats
After concluding our rewind to the 2016 season on Wigan TV this week, Club Historian Keith Sutch provides all the key stats and facts from the year the Warriors won the Super League title for the fourth time.
General facts
- Shaun Wane was the Head Coach
- Sean O’Loughlin was the club captain
- Wigan won the Super League Grand Final for the fourth time – beating Warrington 6-12 at Old Trafford
- Oliver Gildart and Josh Charnley scored the two tries
- Liam Farrell was named the Harry Sunderland Trophy winner
- Four hat-tricks were scored during the season
- Josh Charnley scored two, while Dom Manfredi and Anthony Gelling got one each
- Wigan’s biggest win came against Wakefield on 5th August – a 60-12 thumping in the first round of the old Super 8s at the DW Stadium
- George Williams and Sam Tomkins scored two tries each, while Sam Powell, Josh Charnley, John Bateman, Oliver Gildart, Dom Manfredi, Dan Sarginson and Matty Smith all went over for one each
- Wigan thrashed Leeds 40-8 at the Magic Weekend which was played at St James’ Park in Newcastle
- Sam Powell was the only ever-present in the Wigan team – featuring in all 32 games in the league and Play-Offs
- Dom Manfredi was named in the Super League Dream Team
Stats
League and Play-Offs
- The top tryscorer was Josh Charnley with 20 tries
- Wigan’s top goalscorer was Matty Smith with a total of 98 goals (89 goals and nine drop-goals – Wigan record for amount of drop-goals in a season)
- The top points scorer was Matty Smith with 207 points
League (including seven games in the old Super 8s)
- 30 games (23 rounds in the league)
- Won 21
- Drawn 0
- Lost 9
- 42 points
- Points For: 669
- Points Against: 560
- Points Difference: 109
League table
- Warrington
- Wigan
- Hull FC
- St Helens
- Castleford
- Catalans
- Widnes
- Wakefield
Middle 8s
- Leeds
- Leigh
- Huddersfield
- Hull KR (relegated in the Million Pound Game vs Salford)
- Salford
Play-Offs
- 2 games (Semi-Final and Grand Final)
- Won 2
- Points For: 40
- Points Against: 24
Wigan’s squad
- Sam Tomkins
- Josh Charnley
- Anthony Gelling
- Dan Sarginson
- Dom Manfredi
- George Williams
- Matty Smith
- Dom Crosby
- Michael McIlorum
- Ben Flower
- Joel Tomkins
- Liam Farrell
- Sean O’Loughlin
- John Bateman
- Tony Clubb
- Sam Powell
- Lee Mossop
- Warriors Fans
- Taulima Tautai
- Oliver Gildart
- Ryan Sutton
- Lewis Tierney
- Connor Farrell
- Frank-Paul Nu’uausala
- Willie Isa
- Greg Burke
- Nick Gregson
- Jake Shorrocks
- Joe Bretherton
- Jack Higginson
- Gabe Fell (didn’t play a game)
- Luke Waterworth
- Kyle Shelford
- Jack Wells
- Macauley Davies
Debutants
- 11 players made their debut throughout the season
- Willie Isa
- Nick Gregson
- Luke Waterworth
- Jack Higginson
- Joe Bretherton
- Jack Wells
- Jake Shorrocks
- Macauley Davies
- Kyle Shelford
- Frank-Paul Nu’uausala
- Sam Tomkins (second debut – scored against Hull FC)
Attendances
- The biggest home attendance recorded throughout the season was 20,049 against St Helens on 22nd July
Sunday 21 June 2020
