The 2026 season is the Wigan Warriors Women's 9th consecutive season in the top flight of British women's rugby league. The club are competing in the 2026 RFL Women's Super League, the 2026 Women's Challenge Cup, and the 2026 RFL Women's Nines tournament.
The team is captained by Georgia Wilson, after Vicky Molyneux's retirement, with head coach Denis Betts taking charge of the team for his third season.
The 2026 season comes off the back of Wigan's quadruple-winning 2025 season, where the team won the 2025 Challenge Cup, the League Leaders' Shield, the 2025 Super League Grand Final, and the RFL Women's Nines.
Super League
On the 26 January 2026, the RFL announced that the Women's Super League format would be changed for the upcoming season. Each team would face each other once, home or away, in a single round of fixtures, with the top and bottom four teams then facing each other home and away in an extended Play-Off series. The team in first at the end of these fixtures would be crowned League Leaders, and earn a place in the Grand Final, whilst the second and third place teams would face off for the final spot in the match.
Wigan's fixtures were announced on 26 January 2026, with their first match against Leeds Rhinos on Saturday 16 May, at Edge Hall Road Community Stadium.
Regular season
Fixtures
Date and timeRoundVersusH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttendanceTVPos.Report 16 May; 14:00 Round 1 Leeds Rhinos H Edge Hall Road W 18–10 C.Jones, Davies, E.Hunter, Derbyshire Rowe (1/4) Unknown Not televised 4th 24 May; 13:00 Round 2 Barrow Raiders A Craven Park W 74–6 Davies (4), Derbyshire (2), Foubister, Banks, E.Hunter (3), Rowe, Dainton, R.Hunter Rowe (0/3), Foubister (5/6), Wilson (4/5) Unknown Not televised 1st 4 June; 19:00 Round 3 Leigh Leopards H Edge Hall Road W 68–4 E.Hunter (2), Rowe, Salihi, R.Hunter, Davies, Foubister, C.Jones (3), Banks, Wilton, Llewellyn-Sharrock Rowe (6/8), Foubister (2/5) Unknown Not televised 1st 14 June; 14:00 Round 4 Huddersfield Giants A Laund Hill W 56–12 Davies (2), Williams (2), Foubister, Dainton, Atherton (2), Banks, Coleman Foubister (8/10) Unknown Not televised 1st 20 June; 12:00 Round 5 York Valkyrie A York Community Stadium W 32–12 E. Hunter (2), Derbyshire, Sams, Banks (2) Rowe (4/6) Unknown Not televised 1st 27 June; 13:00 Round 6 St Helens H Edge Hall Road W 32–28 E.Hunter (2), Davies (2), Rowe, Coleman Rowe (4/6) Unknown Not televised 1st 11 July; 14:00 Round 7 Featherstone Rovers H Edge Hall Road W 70–10 Hunter (2), Davies (3), Banks, Salihi, Derbyshire, Jones, Llewellyn-Sharrock, Wilson, Wilton Rowe (11/12) Unknown Not televised 1st
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Super 4s
Fixtures Date and timeRoundVersusH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttendanceTVPos.Report 6 August; 17:15 Round 1 St Helens A Langtree Park W 44–6 Derbyshire (2), Hunter (2), Davies, M.Jones, Wilton, Foubister, Coleman Rowe (4/9) Sky Sports Action 1st 15 August; 12:00 Round 2 York Valkyrie H Edge Hall Road W 44–0 Williams, Foubister, M.Jones (2), Gentles, Derbyshire, Hunter (2) Rowe (6/8) Not televised 1st 22 August; 14:00 Round 3 St Helens H Robin Park Arena W 56–4 Williams, Wilson, Jones (2), Derbyshire, Banks (2), Hunter, Foubister, Davies, Salih Rowe (6/11) Not televised 1st 29 August; 14:00 Round 4 Leeds Rhinos H Edge Hall Road W 26–20 Coleman (2), Jones, Sams, Hunter Rowe (3/5) Not televised 1st 5 September; 17:15 Round 5 Leeds Rhinos A Headingley Rugby Stadium W 50–12 Willams (2), R.Hunter, Coleman, Davies (2), Derbyshire, E.Hunter, Rowe Rowe (7/9) Sky Sports+ 1st 13 September; 12:00 Round 6 York Valkyrie A York Community Stadium L 12–26 Coleman, Gentles Rowe (2/2) Not televised 1st
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Playoffs
Date and timeRoundVersusH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttendanceTVReport 27 September; 17:30 Grand Final York Valkyrie H Brick Community Stadium L 6–8 Atherton Rowe (1/1) Sky Sports+
Challenge Cup
The draw for the 2026 Women's Challenge Cup meant that three teams would compete in a single round robin, with matches played over three consecutive weekends in April 2026, with the group winner and runners-up advancing to the knockout rounds.
Wigan were drawn in Group C, alongside Featherstone Rovers and Cardiff Demons, with the matches set to take place on 4 April and 11 April.
After progressing from the group stage, Wigan were drawn to face London Broncos at Edge Hall Road on 25 April 2026. After a club-record 112-0 victory over London Broncos, Wigan were drawn against York Valkyrie in the semi-finals, with the match set to take place on 9 May 2026 at the Halliwell Jones Stadium in Warrington.
Date and timeRoundVersusH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttendanceTVReport 1 April; 13:00 Group Stage 1 Featherstone Rovers A Post Office Road W 78–6 Wilson (2),Rowe (3), Davies (3), Sams (2), C. Jones (2), Derbyshire, Hunter, Dainton Rowe (9/14), Foubister (0/1) Unknown Not televised 11 April; 14:00 Group Stage 2 Cardiff Demons H Edge Hall Road W 76–6 Dainton (2), Derbyshire (2), Davies, Williams, Sams, Rowe, M. Jones, Foubister, Wilson, Atherton Rowe (12/13) Unknown Not televised 25 April; 14:00 Quarter-finals London Broncos H Edge Hall Road W 112–0 M. Jones (2), Dainton (3), Derbyshire (2), Wilson, Banks, Rowe (2), Gentles (2), C. Jones, Williams (2), Marsh, Foubister, Padgett Rowe (18/19) Unknown Not televised 9 May; 11:30 Semi-finals York Valkyrie N Halliwell Jones Stadium W 52–0 Derbyshire (2), Coleman (2), Foubister, R. Hunter, Rowe, Davies (2) Rowe (8/9) Non recorded BBC Red Buttonhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/articles/cvgz1njz5d9o 30 May; 11:45 Final St Helens N Wembley Stadium W 54–6 Wilson, E. Hunter (4) Salihi, Davies (2), Banks, Wilton Rowe (7/10) Non recorded BBC Two
Nines Wigan lost out on defending their RFL Women's Nines title, finding themselves in the second tier shield division which they won beating York Valkyrie 12-8 in the final.https://www.rugby-league.com/article/64768/2026-womens-nines-champions-revealed-
Transfers
Transfers in PlayerFromDateRef.17 Kelsey Gentles Huddersfield Giants17 November 202515 Bethan Dainton Leeds Rhinos18 November 202516 Beri Salihi St Helens21 November 2025
Transfers out PlayerToDateRef.12 Vicky MolyneuxRetired5 October 202520 Holly SpeakmanRetired25 February 2026
Squad
See also 2026 Wigan Warriors Men's season
References