Player Bio
Graeme West was born on 5th December 1953 in the town of Hawera, New Zealand.
He made his Wigan debut playing in the second row on 21 November 1982 v Leeds at Headingley and went on to earn 11 honours with the Club including the 1985 Challenge Cup Final when he captained Wigan to victory at Wembley beating Hull by 28 points to 24 in a game that many to this day rate as perhaps the best Challenge Cup Final of all time.
West took over the coaching reins with 4 matches left to play in 1994 and by the end of those 4 games he had secured the Premiership and a World Club Challenge Trophy beating Brisbane Broncos in their own backyard at the ANZ Stadium on 1 June 1994.
At the end of his first full season, 1994-95, Graeme West and Wigan won the League Championship, Challenge Cup, Regal Trophy and Premiership Trophy – the ‘Grand Slam’ of all 4 major trophies available – the first time the Club achieved this feat.
In total under Graeme West’s leadership, he and Wigan won a total of 11 trophies if you include the Middlesex sevens in 1996, they accumulated 3 Premierships, 2 Regal Trophies, 2 Championships including the Centenary Championship in 1995-96, 1 Challenge Cup, 1 World Club Challenge and 1 Charity Shield.
