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The 2021 season will be Wigan Warriors's 41st consecutive season playing in England's top division of rugby league. During the season, they will compete in the Super League XXVI and the 2021 Challenge Cup.

Preseason friendlies[edit]

On 4 March, Wigan announced a pre-season friendly against Salford Red Devils ahead of the delay start to the Super League.^[1]

Date and Time	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
14 March, 16:00	Salford Red Devils	A	AJ Bell Stadium	L	6–20	Sam Powell	Zak Hardaker	Played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.	[2]

Super League[edit]

Regular season[edit]

The start of the 2021 Super League season, which ordinarily would have started in late January, was delayed to March due to the continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3] On 11 February it was confirmed that match week one would commence on Friday 26 March, with Wigan Warriors facing newly promoted local rivals Leigh Centurions in the second fixture of the round.^[4] The full fixture list was announced on 26 February.^[5]

Matches[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

• All fixtures are subject to change

Date and Time	MW	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Report
26 March, 20:15	1	Leigh Centurions	N	Emerald Headingley	W	20–18	Bibby (2), Hardaker, Bullock	Hardaker (2)	Played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.	Sky Sports	[6]
1 April, 18:00	2	Wakefield Trinity	N	Totally Wicked Stadium	W	34–6	Partington, Bibby (3), Hardaker, Bateman	Hardaker (5)		Sky Sports	[7]
15 April, 19:45	3	Leeds Rhinos	A	Emerald Headingley	W	19–6	Farrell (2), Hardaker, Hastings	Hardaker Drop-goals: Hardaker		Sky Sports	[8]
22 April, 18:00	4	Castleford Tigers	H	DW Stadium	W	22–12	Hardaker, French (2), Powell	Hardaker (3)		Our League	[9]
29 April, 19:45	5	Hull F.C.	H	DW Stadium	W	16–14	Hastings, Farrell, Bibby	Hardaker (2)		Sky Sports	[10]
17 May, 19:45	6	Leigh Centurions	A	Leigh Sports Village	W	30–16	Smith, Manfredi, French, Farrell, Bibby (2)	Smith (3)	~4,000[C]	Our League	[11]
22 May, 13:00	7	Salford Red Devils	A	AJ Bell Stadium	W	17–16	Singleton (2), Farrell	Smith (2) Drop-goals: Hastings	~4,000[C]		[12]
29 May, 17:00	8	Catalans Dragons	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus	L	0–48			1,000[D]	Sky Sports	[13]
11 June, 19:45	9	Huddersfield Giants	A	Kirklees Stadium	Postponed due to positive COVID-19 cases within the Huddersfield squad.[14]
18 June, 19:45	10	Hull KR	H	DW Stadium	L	8–18	Gildart (2)		~4,000[C]		[15]
24 June, 19:45	11	Wakefield Trinity	A	Mobile Rocket Stadium	L	6–14	Hanley	Smith	~4,000[C]		[16]
30 June, 19:45	12	Warrington Wolves	H	DW Stadium	L	14–40	Powell, Isa, Gildart	Smith	~4,000[C]	Sky Sports	[17]
4 July, 19:30	13	St Helens	A	Totally Wicked Stadium	L	6–24	Farrell	Smith	~4,000[C]	Sky Sports	[18]
11 July, 15:00	14	Huddersfield Giants	H	DW Stadium	W	16–12	Marshall, Clark, Smith	Smith (2)	~4,000[C]		[19]
16 July, 19:45	9	Huddersfield Giants	A	Kirklees Stadium	W	14–12	Clark, Farrell	Smith (3)	~4,000[C]		[20]
23 July, 19:45	15	Wakefield Trinity	H	DW Stadium	W	25–12	Bibby (3), Shorrocks, Marshall	Smith (2) Drop-goals: Hastings	5,555		[21]
28 July, 19:45	16	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	8–21	Marshall (2)		8,014	Sky Sports	[22]
1 August, 15:00	17	Leigh Centurions	H	DW Stadium	W	50–6	Leuluai, Hanley (3), Farrell (2), Halsall, Shorrocks, Hastings	Smith (7)	9,206		[23]
6 August, 19:45	18	Salford Red Devils	H	DW Stadium	W	16–6	Halsall, Powell	Smith (4)	9,431		[24]
13 August, 19:45	19	Hull KR	A	Hull College Craven Park	L	14–26	Marshall, Bibby (2)	Smith	6,230	Sky Sports	[25]
20 August, 19:45	20	St Helens	H	DW Stadium	L	2–26		Smith	16,390	Sky Sports	[26]
25 August, 19:45	21	Leeds Rhinos	H	DW Stadium	L	0–14			11,390	Sky Sports	[27]
30 August, 17:00	22	Castleford Tigers	A	Mend-A-Hose Jungle	W	22–0	Hastings, Marshall, Gildart, Singleton	Smith (3)		Sky Sports	[28]
5 September, 15:15	23	Warrington Wolves	N	St James' Park	L	6–10	Havard	Smith	25,762	Sky Sports	[29]
10 September, 15:00	24	Hull F.C.	A	KCOM Stadium	W	10–0	Bibby, Hardaker	Hardaker			[30]
17 September, 19:45	25	Catalans Dragons	H	DW Stadium	W	12–8	Isa, McDonnell	Hardaker (2)	12,852		[31]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PP	Pts	PCT	Qualification[a]
1	Catalans Dragons (L)	23	19	0	4	688	398	172.9	38	82.61	Semi-final
2	St. Helens (C)	21	16	0	5	548	229	239.3	32	76.19
3	Warrington Wolves	21	15	1	5	588	354	166.1	31	73.81	Elimination Semi-finals
4	Wigan Warriors	25	15	0	10	387	385	100.5	30	60.00
5	Leeds Rhinos	24	13	0	11	556	440	126.4	26	54.17
6	Hull Kingston Rovers	20	10	0	10	497	458	108.5	20	50.00
7	Castleford Tigers	23	11	0	12	437	552	79.2	22	47.83
8	Hull FC	21	8	1	12	409	476	85.9	17	40.48
9	Huddersfield Giants	24	9	0	15	460	516	89.1	18	37.50
10	Wakefield Trinity	24	9	0	15	482	548	88.0	18	37.50
11	Salford Red Devils	22	7	0	15	402	584	68.8	14	31.82
12	Leigh Centurions (R)	22	2	0	20	356	870	40.9	4	9.09	Relegated to the Championship

Play-offs[edit]

Date and Time	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Report
23 September, 19:45	Elimination Play-off	Leeds Rhinos	H	DW Stadium	L	0–8			7,396	Sky Sports	[32]

Challenge Cup[edit]

Date and Time	Round	Versus	H/A/N	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Report
9 April, 19:45	Round 3[E]	York City Knights	A	York Community Stadium	W	26–0	Hardaker, Smith, Halsall, Hanley, Clubb	Hardaker (3)	Played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.	The Sportsman	[33]
8 May, 14:30	Quarter Finals	Hull F.C.	N	Emerald Headingley	L	10–20	Bibby, Manfredi	Smith		BBC Two	[34]

Transfers[edit]

Gains[edit]

Player	Club	Contract	Date
John Bateman	Canberra Raiders	4 Years	July 2020[35]
Jai Field	Parramatta Eels	2 Years	November 2020[36]

Losses[edit]

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Sean O'Loughlin	Retired		November 2020[37]
Craig Mullen	Leigh Centurions	1 Year	November 2020[38]
Ben Flower			December 2020[39]
Joe Burgess	Salford Red Devils	3 years	December 2020[40]
Jack Wells			December 2020[41]
Jake Shorrocks	Newcastle Thunder		December 2020[42]
Nathan Wilde			December 2020[43]
Max Roberts	Oldham Roughyeds		December 2020[44]
James Barran
Joe Greenwood	Huddersfield Giants	2 years	December 2020[45]
Chris Hankinson	London Broncos	1 Year Loan	December 2020[46]
George Burgess	Released		February 2021[47]

Squad[edit]

Notes[edit]

References[edit]