Wigan Warriors

England

Founded

1872

Arena

The Brick Community Stadium · 25,100 cap

Wigan Warriors Rugby League Football Club is a professional rugby league club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The club competes in the Super League and is the most successful Rugby League club in the world. Founded in 1872, Wigan was a founding member of the Northern Rugby Football Union following the schism from the Rugby Football Union in 1895. Wigan is the most successful club in the history of British rugby league, having won 20 League Championships (including 3 Super League Grand Finals), 19 Challenge Cups and 3 World Club Challenge trophies. The club is the third most successful in the Super League era, behind St Helens and Leeds. Wigan had a period of sustained success from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, winning the Challenge Cup eight seasons in succession and the League Championship seven seasons in succession. The club plays its home matches at the DW Stadium, having played at Central Park between 1902 and 1999.

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

England

Founded

1873

Arena

The DIY Kitchens Stadium · 12,000 cap

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield, England. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as 'Wakey', 'Trinity', 'Wildcats', or historically 'The Dreadnoughts'. Their main rivalry is with Castleford but they also have rivalries with Huddersfield, Leeds and Featherstone Rovers. Wakefield Trinity is also one of the original twenty-two rugby clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, making them one of the world's first rugby league clubs.