Wigan Warriors 2012 Super League Stats Review

As we are now in full swing of the 2013 Super League XVIII (18 for those without a Latin ‘O’ Level) season I thought it would be a bit of fun to look back at last years regular season stats.

You will be well aware that we finished top of the Super League with 42 points, 1 point clear of second place Warrington Wolves, and with a massive points difference of 545!  Wires points difference was only 370, giving Wigan a large margin of 175 points over them.

Wigan Warriors were the best in attack AND the best in defence in Super League in 2012.  We scored 994 points and only conceded 449 points.

But where did all these points come from, who made the tackles, who made the metres, who scored the tries I hear you ask.  Well, with a few fancy graphics and charts please let me show you.

I’ll start with tries.  Who scored the most tries, how many and who else were big try scorers in the Warriors team.

As you can see Josh Charnley topped the Wigan Warriors super league PIE chart with 31 tries followed very closely by Sam Tomkins with 28 tries.

Next we’ll look at tackles made.  As you can see Micky Mac made a massive 746 tackles, that’s on average almost 28 tackles per game.  Second was H with 584, a big 162 tackles behind Micky.

Sam Tomkins made the most metres with a mammoth 3438 metres made.  Jeff Lima was second with a very impressive 2910 metres, he will be missed by Wigan in 2013.

As you can see from the simple table above Josh Charnley was Wigan's top points scorer.  Pat Richards was second, missing a huge chuck of the season with a knee injury.

I hope these simple stats show how Wigan Warriors were a force to be reckoned with in the Super League 2012 season.

*** This article first appeared in issue 3 of Cherry & White (a Wigan Warriors Fanzine).  You can follow Cherry & White on twitter @CherryWhiteZine and purchase the fanzine here :- cherrywhite.bigcartel.com ***