This article is about the 2007 season of the Wigan Warriors in the European Super League and Challenge Cup.

Contents 1 Season preview 2 Fixtures/Results 3 League Table 4 2007 Full Squad 5 Transfers 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Season preview

2006 was a poor season for Wigan finishing 8th overall in the Super League but for most of the season they were battling with relegation. In 2007 Wigan will look to avoid another season like 2006, many players from the 2006 squad have left Wigan and been replace by players such as Trent Barrett, Phil Bailey and Thomas Leuluai who will be important members of the 2007 Wigan squad. Players like Stuart Fielden and Chris Ashton who has impressive season in 2006 will be looking to continue their form in 2007 and some young academy player such as Darrell Goulding, Paul Prescott and Michael Mcilorum will be looking to break into the first team in 2007. Wigan start the season with a tough home fixture against Warrington Wolves. Wigan will play local rivals St Helens 4 times during the regular season including a match in Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.

[edit] Fixtures/Results

Round	Opponent	Result	Wigan	Oppo	Date	Venue	Crowd	Competition
N	Huddersfield Giants	Lost	22	24	21/01/07	Galpharm Stadium	3,960	Friendly
N	Salford City Reds	Won	20	15	31/01/07	The Willows	2,902	Friendly
N	Whitehaven RLFC†	Lost	0	30	04/02/07	Recreation Ground		Friendly
1	Warrington Wolves	Lost	10	16	09/02/07	JJB Stadium	21,693	Super League XII
2	Catalans Dragons	Won	18	16	17/02/07	Gilbert Brutus	7,052	Super League XII
3	Bradford Bulls	Lost	28	32	24/02/07	Grattan Stadium	12,798	Super League XII
4	Hull Kingston Rovers	Lost	16	26	02/03/07	JJB Stadium	15,178	Super League XII
5	Harlequins RL	Won	16	12	09/03/07	JJB Stadium	14,971	Super League XII
6	Salford City Reds	Won	25	6	16/03/07	The Willows	6,025	Super League XII
7	Hull FC	Won	30	20	23/03/07	KC Stadium	12,755	Super League XII
CC4	Widnes Vikings	Won	34	24	01/04/07	Halton Stadium	6,006	Challenge Cup
8	St Helens	Lost	14	32	06/04/07	JJB Stadium	24,028	Super League XII
9	Leeds Rhinos	Won	20	18	10/04/07	Headingley Stadium	16,465	Super League XII
10	Huddersfield Giants	Lost	16	41	15/04/07	Galpharm Stadium	7,170	Super League XII
11	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	Won	44	10	20/04/07	JJB Stadium	14,108	Super League XII
12	Salford City Reds	Won	50	24	27/04/07	The Willows	6,603	Super League XII
13	St Helens	Lost	18	34	05/05/07	Millennium Stadium	32,384	Super League XII
CC5	Leeds Rhinos	Won	22	18	12/05/07	Headingley Stadium	8,982	Challenge Cup
14	Hull Kingston Rovers	Lost	10	12	18/05/07	JJB Stadium	13,538	Super League XII
15	Hull FC	Won	47	16	26/05/07	JJB Stadium	14,314	Super League XII
16	Harlequins RL	Lost	8	18	02/06/07	Twickenham Stoop	5,657	Super League XII
CCQF	Harlequins RL	Won	25	6	08/06/07	JJB Stadium	10,835	Challenge Cup
17	Catalans Dragons	Won	30	0	15/06/07	JJB Stadium	12,641	Super League XII
18	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	Lost	6	32	01/07/07	Belle Vue	8,126	Super League XII
19	Bradford Bulls	Won	25	18	06/07/07	JJB Stadium	15,107	Super League XII
20	Leeds Rhinos	Won	18	2	13/07/07	JJB Stadium	14,544	Super League XII
21	St Helens	Lost	12	19	20/07/07	Knowsley Road	14,293	Super League XII
CCSF	Catalan Dragons	Lost	24	36	29/07/07	Halliwell Jones Stadium	10,218	Challenge Cup
22	Warrington Wolves	Lost	24	43	05/08/07	Halliwell Jones Stadium	12,152	Super League XII
23	Huddersfield Giants	Won	20	12	10/08/07	JJB Stadium	12,744	Super League XII
24	Harlequins RL	Draw	16	16	18/08/07	Twickenham Stoop	3,200	Super League XII
25	Salford City Reds	Won	40	16	31/08/07	JJB Stadium	13,611	Super League XII
26	Hull Kingston Rovers	Won	40	24	09/09/07	Craven Park	7,370	Super League XII
27	St Helens	Won	20	12	14/09/07	JJB Stadium	22,036	Super League XII
	Bradford Bulls	Won	31	30	21/09/07	Grattan Stadium	9,055	Super League XII Play-offs
	Hull FC	Won	21	18	29/09/07	KC Stadium	16,291	Super League XII Play-offs
	Leeds Rhinos	Lost	6	36	05/10/07	Headingley Stadium	16,112	Super League XII Play-offs

↑ Wigan Warriors only played a second grade squad against Whitehaven, mostly made up of players from the Wigan Warriors Academy.

[edit] League Table

Final League Table

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	St Helens	27	19	0	8	783	422	+361	38
2	Leeds Rhinos	27	18	1	8	747	487	+260	37
3	Bradford Bulls	27	17	1	9	778	560	+218	331
4	Hull FC	27	14	2	11	573	553	+20	30
5	Huddersfield Giants	27	13	1	13	638	543	+95	27
6	Wigan Warriors	27	15	1	11	621	527	+94	272
7	Warrington Wolves	27	13	0	14	639	739	-43	26
8	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	27	11	1	15	596	714	-118	23
9	Harlequins RL	27	10	3	14	495	636	-141	23
10	Catalans Dragons	27	10	1	16	570	685	-115	16
11	Hull Kingston Rovers	27	10	0	17	491	723	-232	20
12	Salford City Reds	22	6	1	20	475	874	-399	13

¹Bradford deducted 2 points for breaching of salary cap rules.

²Wigan deducted 4 points for breaching salary cap rules.

Wigan Warriors round by round progress during the 2007 Super League season

[edit] 2007 Full Squad

Number		Player	Position	Previous Club
1		Chris Ashton1	Fullback	Wigan Warriors Academy
2		Mark Calderwood	Winger	Leeds Rhinos
3		Phil Bailey	Centre	Cronulla Sharks
4		Michael Withers1	Centre	Bradford Bulls
5		Pat Richards	Winger	Wests Tigers
6		Trent Barrett	Stand Off	St George Illawarra Dragons
7		Thomas Leuluai	Scrum Half	Harlequins RL
8		Stuart Fielden	Prop Forward	Bradford Bulls
9		Mickey Higham	Hooker	Bradford Bulls
10		Iafeta Paleaaesina	Prop Forward	New Zealand Warriors
11		Gareth Hock	Second Rower	Wigan Warriors Academy
12		Bryan Fletcher	Second Rower	South Sydney Rabbitohs
13		Sean O'Loughlin	Loose Forward	Wigan Warriors Academy
14		David Vaealiki	Centre	Parramatta Eels
16		Shane Millard	Hooker	Leeds Rhinos
18		Paul Prescott	Prop Forward	Wigan Warriors Academy
19		Harrison Hansen	Second Rower	Wigan Warriors Academy
20		Darrell Goulding	Centre	Wigan Warriors Academy
21		Danny Hill	Second Rower	Hull FC
22		Joel Tomkins	Second Rower	Wigan Warriors Academy
23		Liam Colbon	Winger	Wigan Warriors Academy
24		Eamon O'Carroll	Prop Forward	Wigan Warriors Academy
25		Michael Mcilorum	Hooker	Wigan Warriors Academy
26		Thomas Coyle	Scrum Half	Wigan Warriors Academy
27		Sean Gleeson1	Centre	Wigan Warriors Academy
28		Mark Flanagan	Stand Off	Bradford Bulls

¹ Denotes a player who left Wigan Warriors during 2007. For more information see Transfers Section

[edit] Transfers

Transfer for 2007 (In)

	Name	Transferred From	Fee	Date Signed
	Phil Bailey	Cronulla Sharks	Free Transfer	May 2006
	Trent Barrett	St George Illawarra Dragons	Free Transfer	May 2006
	Thomas Leuluai	Harlequins RL	Free Transfer	December 2006
	Shane Millard	Leeds Rhinos	Free Transfer	December 2006
	Michael Withers	Bradford Bulls	Free Transfer	December 2006
	Mark Flanagan	Bradford Bulls	£10,900	January 2007

Transfer for 2007 (Out)

	Name	Transferred To	Fee	Date Released
	Brett Dallas	Retired		September 2006
	Michael Dobson	Canberra Raiders	Return From Loan	September 2006
	Wayne Godwin	Hull FC	Free Transfer	September 2006
	Scott Logan	Canberra Raiders	Free Transfer	September 2006
	Chris Melling	Harlequins RL	Free Transfer	September 2006
	Oliver Wilkes	Widnes Vikings	Free Transfer	September 2006
	Bryn Hargreaves	St Helens	Released	October 2006
	Danny Sculthorpe	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	Released	October 2006
	Danny Tickle	Hull FC	Free Transfer	October 2006
	Danny Orr	Harlequins RL	Free Transfer	October 2006
	Nathan McAvoy	Bradford Bulls	Released	February 2007
	Sean Gleeson	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	Released	May 2007
	Michael Withers	Retired		June 2007
	Chris Ashton[1]	Northampton Saints	Released	August 2007

2007 Loans (Out)

Name	Name	Loan To	Loan Started	Loan Ended
	Sean Gleeson	Huddersfield Giants	February 2007	April 2007
	Danny Hill	Hull Kingston Rovers	April 2007	May 2007
	Joel Tomkins	Widnes Vikings	August 2007	Current

Club Personnel 2008

President - Peter Higginbottom Life Members - Joe Egan, Billy Blan, Johnny Lawrenson

DIRECTORS

Owner and Chairman - Ian Lenagan (as from 1 December 2007) Company Secretary - Paul Wright

RUGBY

Head Coach - Brian Noble Assistant Coach - Phil Veivers Strength & Conditioning Coach - Mike Forshaw Academy Coach - John Pendlebury Academy Coach - Shaun Wane Youth Development Manager - Brian Foley Chief Scout - Jack Roden Chief Medical Officer - Dr. Zaman Club Dentist - Barry Rimmer Physiotherapist - Rebecca Hodgkiss Physiotherapist - Emma Greenwood Masseur - Andrew Pinkerton Matchday Assistant - Keith Mills Kit Manager - George Unsworth Statistician - Malc Clarke Statistician - Gordon Melling Time Keeper - Keith Hayton

ADMINISTRATION

Chief Executive of Holding Company - Joe Lydon Chief Executive - Carol Banks Chief Administrator - Mary Sharkey Chairman's P.A. - Mandy Johnston PA to Coaching Staff - Kate Lindley Safety Officer - Ray Johnston Stadum Manager - Alan Sumner

MARKETING

Marketing Director - Simon Collinson Commercial Director - Geoff Warburton Sales Manager - Joyce Pickles Media Manager - Graham Emmerson Marketing & Hospitality Executive - Louise Williams / Sam Banks Membership Coordinator - Janice Hart Warriors World Supervisor - Joyce Gorman Webmaster - Stewart Williams

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Community Development Manager - John Winder Education Manager - Darren Fletcher Primary Link Coordinator - Amanda Wilkinson Community Sports Coach - Martin McLoughlin Community Rugby Coach - Thomas Brindle Community Rugby Coach - Sam Tomkins

FINANCE

Finance Director - Nigel Hansford Finance Assistant - Tracey Preston Finance Assistant - Christine Lowe

LOTTO

Lottery Assistant - Vicky Cowpland Lottery Assistant - Keith Mills

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Wigan RL 2007 Season on the CherryandWhite.co.uk Wigan RL Fansite.
• Wigan RL 2007 Senior Academy Team on the CherryandWhite.co.uk Wigan RL Fansite.
• Wigan RL 2007 Junior Academy Team on the CherryandWhite.co.uk Wigan RL Fansite.
• Wigan-Warriors fan site

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