2018 Wigan Warriors season

Wigan generally kept to consistent good form throughout the 2018 league season. They won all seven Super 8s games and sixteen out of twenty-three in regular season. The Warriors went on to finish the season second.^[1][2]

Date	Opponent	H/A	Result	Scorers	Att.	Pos.
2 February 2018	Salford Red Devils	A	40–12		5,568
10 February 2018	Hull F.C.	N	24–10		12,416
23 February 2018	Warrington Wolves	A	10–16		12,012
2 March 2018	Widnes Vikings	H	32–16		10,815
11 March 2018	Wakefield Trinity	H	30–18		11,455
18 March 2018	Castleford Tigers	A	P–P	Postponed due to frozen pitch and heavy snowfall.[3]
23 March 2018	Huddersfield Giants	H	48–10		10,641
30 March 2018	St Helens	A	18–21		17,980
2 April 2018	Hull KR	H	44–6		10,977
7 April 2018	Catalans Dragons	A	32–23		8,387
13 April 2018	Leeds Rhinos	A	9–8		12,221
20 April 2018	Castleford Tigers	H	28–12		11,866
26 April 2018	Widnes Vikings	A	32–24		5,668
4 May 2018	Salford Red Devils	H	30–0		10,733
19 May 2018	Warrington Wolves	N	38–10		38,881
25 May 2018	Hull KR	A	8–24		7,222
7 June 2018	Wakefield Trinity	A	16–32		4,681
16 June 2018	Hull F.C.	A	14–10		13,256
22 June 2018[a]	Castleford Tigers	A	18–19		7,714
28 June 2018	Leeds Rhinos	H	46–8		10,645
6 July 2018	Warrington Wolves	H	13–12		13,249
12 July 2018	Huddersfield Giants	A	20–12		5,264
19 July 2018	St Helens	H	6–14		16,047
27 July 2018	Catalans Dragons	H	25–20		10,656

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	St. Helens	23	21	0	2	713	298	+415	42	Super League Super 8s
2	Wigan Warriors	23	16	0	7	573	345	+228	32
3	Castleford Tigers	23	15	1	7	567	480	+87	31
4	Warrington Wolves	23	14	1	8	531	410	+121	29
5	Huddersfield Giants	23	11	1	11	427	629	−202	23
6	Hull F.C.	23	11	0	12	534	544	−10	22
7	Wakefield Trinity	23	10	1	12	581	506	+75	21
8	Catalans Dragons	23	10	1	12	488	531	−43	21
9	Leeds Rhinos	23	8	2	13	441	527	−86	18	The Qualifiers
10	Hull KR	23	8	1	14	476	582	−106	17
11	Salford Red Devils	23	7	0	16	384	597	−213	14
12	Widnes Vikings	23	3	0	20	387	653	−266	6

Date	Opponent	H/A	Result	Scorers	Att.	Pos.
10 August 2018	Castleford Tigers	H	24–22		10,293
18 August 2018	Catalans Dragons	A	35–16		6,739
31 August 2018	St Helens	A	30–10		14,061
6 September 2018	Wakefield Trinity	H	25–10		9,959
14 September 2018	Warrington Wolves	H	26–6		12,372
20 September 2018	Huddersfield Giants	A	13–6		4,197
28 September 2018	Hull F.C.	H	14–12		11,189

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	St. Helens (L)	30	26	0	4	895	408	+487	52	Semi-finals
2	Wigan Warriors (C)	30	23	0	7	740	417	+323	46
3	Castleford Tigers	30	20	1	9	767	582	+185	41
4	Warrington Wolves	30	18	1	11	767	561	+206	37
5	Wakefield Trinity	30	13	1	16	747	696	+51	27
6	Huddersfield Giants	30	13	1	16	539	794	−255	27
7	Catalans Dragons	30	12	1	17	596	750	−154	25
8	Hull F.C.	30	11	0	19	615	787	−172	22

Wigan finished second in the league, qualifying them for the Grand Final Playoffs. Wigan beat Castleford Tigers in the semifinals before beating Warrington Wolves, who had knocked them out of the Challenge Cup in the summer, to claim their fifth Grand Final championship.^[4][5]

Date	Match	Opponent	H/A	Result	Scorers	Att.
5 October 2018	Semi-final 2	Castleford Tigers	H	14–0		13,461
13 October 2018	Grand Final	Warrington Wolves	N	12–4		64,892

As a 2017 Super League Super 8s team, Wigan Warriors entered the 2018 Challenge Cup in the sixth round and were drawn against Hull KR.^[6] Wigan beat Hull KR and progress to the quarterfinals where they were knocked out by Warrington Wolves.^[7]

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Result	Scorers	Att.
13 May 2018	Sixth Round	Hull KR	A	28–10		3,524
2 June 2018	Quarter Final	Warrington Wolves	A	0–23		10,213