{"id":42120,"date":"2025-01-28T01:50:15","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T06:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/super-league-2025-meet-the-teams-as-wigan-warriors-look-to-defend-their-title-in-new-season-rugby-league-news\/28\/01\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T01:50:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T06:50:15","slug":"super-league-2025-meet-the-teams-as-wigan-warriors-look-to-defend-their-title-in-new-season-rugby-league-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/super-league-2025-meet-the-teams-as-wigan-warriors-look-to-defend-their-title-in-new-season-rugby-league-news\/28\/01\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Super League 2025: Meet the teams as Wigan Warriors look to defend their title in new season | Rugby League News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ahead of the 2025 Betfred Super League season, get to know the 12 teams battling it out for glory… <\/p>\n

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Highlights of the Betfred Super League clash between Castleford Tigers and Catalans Dragons.<\/span>
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2024 season finish: <\/strong>10th<\/p>\n

Head coach: <\/strong>Danny McGuire<\/p>\n

Captain: <\/strong>Sam Wood<\/p>\n

Squad for 2025 season: <\/strong>1 Tex Hoy, 2 Jason Qareqare, 3 Zac Cini, 4 Sam Wood, 5 Innes Senior, 6 Daejarn Asi, 7 Rowan Milnes, 8 Liam Watts, 9 Liam Horne, 10 George Lawler, 11 Jeremiah Simbiken, 12 Alex Mellor, 13 Joe Westerman, 14 Judah Rimbu, 15 George Griffin, 16 Cain Robb, 17 Luke Hooley, 18 Josh Hodson, 19 Sam Hall, 20 Muizz Mustapha, 21 Sylvester Namo, 22 Louis Senior, 23 Fletcher Rooney, 24 Josh Simm, 25 Will Tate, 26 George Hill, 27 Jenson Windley, 28 Akim Matvejev, 29 Alfie Horwell, 30 Daniel Sarbah, 31 Kieran Hudson, 32 Woody Walker, 33 Sam Darley, 34 Jacob Hall.<\/p>\n

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2024 season finish: <\/strong>Seventh<\/p>\n

Head coach: <\/strong>Steve McNamara<\/p>\n

Captain: <\/strong>TBC<\/p>\n

Squad for 2025 season: <\/strong>TBC<\/p>\n

Huddersfield Giants:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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2024 season finish: <\/strong>Ninth<\/p>\n

Head coach:<\/strong> Luke Robinson<\/p>\n

Captain: <\/strong>Leroy Cudjoe<\/p>\n

Squad for 2025 season: <\/strong>1 Jacob Gagai, 2 Adam Swift, 3 Jake Bibby, 4 Liam Sutcliffe, 5 Sam Halsall, 6 Tui Lolohea, 7 Adam Clune, 8 Oliver Wilson, 9 Zac Woolford, 10 Tom Burgess, 11 Jack Murchie, 12 Sam Hewitt, 13 Harry Rushton, 14 Ashton Golding, 15 Matty English, 16 George King, 17 Joe Greenwood, 18 Fenton Rogers, 19 Tom Deakin, 20 Elliot Wallis, 21 Leroy Cudjoe, 22 Harvey Livett, 23 Taane Milne, 24 Aidan McGowan, 25 Jack Billington, 26 Hugo Salabio, 27 Kieran Rush, 28 Connor Carr, 29 George Flanagan, 30 Jack Bibby<\/p>\n

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2024 season finish: <\/strong>11th<\/p>\n

Head coach: <\/strong>John Cartwright<\/p>\n

Captain: <\/strong>Aidan Sezer<\/p>\n

Squad for 2025 season: <\/strong>1 Jordan Rapana, 2 Harvey Barron, 3 Zak Hardaker, 4 Ed Chamberlain, 5 Tom Briscoe, 6 Jordan Abdull, 7 Aidan Sezer, 8 Herman Ese’ese, 9 Amir Bourouh, 10 Ligi Sao, 11 Jed Cartwright, 12 Jordan Lane, 13 John Asiata, 14 Cade Cust, 15 Oliver Holmes, 16 Yusuf Aydin, 17 Jack Ashworth, 19 Brad Fash, 20 Davy Litten, 21 Will Gardiner, 22 Lewis Martin, 23 Logan Moy, 24 Jack Charles, 25 Denive Balmforth, 26 Zach Jebson, 27 Matty Laidlaw, 28 Nick Staveley, 29 Ryan Westerman, 30 Callum Kemp<\/p>\n

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2024 season finish: <\/strong>2nd, Grand Final runners-up<\/p>\n

Head coach: <\/strong>Willie Peters<\/p>\n

Captain:<\/strong> Elliot Minchella<\/p>\n

Squad for 2025 season: <\/strong>1 Niall Evalds, 2 Tom Davies, 3 Peta Hiku, 4 Oliver Gildart, 5 Joe Burgess, 6 Mikey Lewis, 7 Tyrone May, 8 Sauaso Sue, 9 Jez Litten, 10 Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, 11 Dean Hadley, 12 James Batchelor, 13 Elliot Minchella, 14 Michael McIlorum, 15, Sam Luckley, 16 Jai Whitbread, 17 Rhyse Martin, 18 Jack Broadbent, 19 Danny Richardson, 20 Kelepi Tanginoa, 21 Jack Brown, 22 Phoenix Laulu-Togaga’e, 23 Lee Kershaw, 24 Eribe Doro, 25 Bill Leyland, 26 AJ Wallace, 27 Leon Ruan, 28 Zach Fishwick, 29 Louix Gorman, 30 Leo Tennison, 31 Lennie Ellis, 32 Connor Barley, 33 Harvey Horne, 34 Neil Tchamambe<\/p>\n

Leeds Rhinos:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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2024 season finish: <\/strong>Eighth<\/p>\n

Head coach:<\/strong> Brad Arthur<\/p>\n

Captain: <\/strong>Cam Smith and Ash Handley<\/p>\n

Squad for 2025 season: <\/strong>1 Lachie Miller, 2 Maika Sivo, 3 Harry Newman, 4 Ash Handley (co-captain), 5 Ryan Hall, 6 Brodie Croft, 7 Matt Frawley, 8 Mikolaj Oledzki, 9 Andy Ackers, 10 Keenan Palasia, 11 James Bentley, 12 James McDonnell, 13 Cameron Smith (co-captain), 14 Jarrod O’Connor, 15 Sam Lisone, 16 Morgan Gannon, 17 Cooper Jenkins, 18 Jake Connor, 19 Tom Holroyd, 20 Jack Sinfield, 21 Alfie Edgell, 22 Tom Nicholson-Watton, 23 Riley Lumb, 24 Ben Littlewood, 25 Ned McCormack, 26 Max Simpson<\/p>\n

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2024 season finish: <\/strong>Fifth<\/p>\n

Head coach: <\/strong>Adrian Lam<\/p>\n

Captain: <\/strong>TBC<\/p>\n

Squad for 2025 season: <\/strong>TBC<\/p>\n

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2024 season finish: <\/strong>Fourth<\/p>\n

Head coach: <\/strong>Paul Rowley<\/p>\n

Captain: <\/strong>TBC<\/p>\n

Squad for 2025 season: <\/strong>TBC<\/p>\n

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2024 season finish: <\/strong>Sixth<\/p>\n

Head coach: <\/strong>Paul Wellens<\/p>\n

Captain: <\/strong>Jonny Lomax<\/p>\n

Squad for 2025 season: <\/strong>1 Jack Welsby, 2 Kyle Feldt, 3 Konrad Hurrell, 4 Mark Percival, 5 Jon Bennison, 6 Tristan Sailor, 7 Jonny Lomax, 8 Alex Walmsley, 9 Daryl Clark, 10 Matty Lees, 11 Curtis Sironen, 12 Joe Batchelor, 13 Morgan Knowles, 14 Moses Mbye, 15 James Bell, 16 Matt Whitley, 17 Agnatius Paasi, 18 Jake Wingfield, 19 George Delaney, 20 Lewis Murphy, 21 Noah Stephens, 22 Ben Davies, 23 Jake Burns, 24 Jonny Vaughan, 25 Tee Ritson, 26 Harry Robertson, 27 George Whitby, 28 Will Roberts, 29 Dayon Sambou, 30 Owen Dagnall, 31 Leon Cowen, 32 Ciaran Nolan, 33 Alfie Sinclair, 34 Jake Davies, 35 Cole Marsh<\/p>\n

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2024 season finish: <\/strong>Championship winners<\/p>\n

Head coach: <\/strong>Daryl Powell<\/p>\n

Captain: <\/strong>Mike McMeeken<\/p>\n

Squad for 2025 season: <\/strong>1 Max Jowitt, 2 Lachlan Walmsley, 3 Cam Scott, 4 Corey Hall, 5 Tom Johnstone, 6 Jake Trueman, 7 Olly Russell, 8 Mike McMeeken, 9 Liam Hood, 10 Ky Rodwell, 11 Seth Nikotemo, 12 Josh Griffin, 13 Jay Pitts, 14 Tommy Doyle, 15 Caleb Hamlin-Uele, 16 Renouf Atoni, 17 Matty Storton, 18 Isaiah Vagana, 19 Oliver Pratt, 20 Mason Lino, 21 Mathieu Cozza, 22 Luke Bain, 23 Josh Rourke, 24 Matty Russell, 25 Jack Croft, 26 Myles Lawford, 27 Isaac Shaw, 28 Harvey Smith, 29 Noah Booth<\/p>\n

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2024 season finish: <\/strong>Third<\/p>\n

Head coach: <\/strong>Sam Burgess<\/p>\n

Captain: <\/strong>Stefan Ratchford<\/p>\n

Squad for 2025 season: <\/strong>1 Matt Dufty, 2 Josh Thewlis, 3 Toby King, 4 Rodrick Tai, 5 Matty Ashton, 6 George Williams, 7 Leon Hayes, 8 James Harrison, 9 Danny Walker, 10 Paul Vaughan, 11 Ben Currie, 12 Lachlan Fitzgibbon, 13 Luke Yates, 14 Sam Powell, 15 Joe Philbin, 16 Zane Musgrove, 17 Jordy Crowther, 18 Oli Leyland, 19 Stefan Ratchford, 20 Connor Wrench, 21 Adam Holroyd, 22 Tom Whitehead, 23 Cai Taylor-Wray, 24 Max Wood, 25 Lucas Green, 26 Dan Russell, 27 Luke Thomas, 28 Jake Thewlis, 29 Zac Bardsley-Rowe, 30 Dan Okoro, 31 Alfie Johnson, 32 Nolan Tupaea, 33 Arron Lindop<\/p>\n

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2024 season finish: <\/strong>1st, Grand Final winners.<\/p>\n

Head coach: <\/strong>Matt Peet<\/p>\n

Captain: <\/strong>Liam Farrell<\/p>\n

Squad for 2025 season: <\/strong>1 Jai Field, 2 Abbas Miski, 3 Adam Keighran, 4 Jake Wardle, 5 Liam Marshall, 6 Bevan French, 7 Harry Smith, 8 Ethan Havard, 9 Brad O’Neill, 10 Luke Thompson, 11 Junior Nsemba, 12 Liam Farrell, 13 Kaide Ellis, 14 Willie Isa, 15 Patrick Mago, 16 Liam Byrne, 17 Kruise Leeming, 18 Warriors fans, 19 Tyler Dupree, 20 Harvie Hill, 21 Sam Walters, 22 Zach Eckersley, 23 Tom Forber, 24 Jack Farrimond, 25 Sam Eseh, 26 Jacob Douglas, 27 Harvey Makin, 28 Tiaki Chan, 29 Taylor Kerr, 30 Nathan Lowe, 31 Lukas Mason, 32 Noah Hodkinson, 33 Kian McDermott, 34 George Hirst<\/p>\n

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February 13-16: <\/strong>Round 1 season start
March 1:<\/strong> Wigan Warriors vs Warrington Wolves in Las Vegas
April 17-19:<\/strong> Round 8 – Rivals Round
May 3-4: <\/strong>Magic Round (St James’ Park, Newcastle)
July 24: <\/strong>August 31 – Round 20 – split round across two weekends
September 4-7:<\/strong> Round 25 – Rivals Round fixtures reversed
September 18-21:<\/strong> Round 27 – last round of regular season (dates and times tbc)
September 26-27: <\/strong>Elimination Play-Offs
October 3-4:<\/strong> Semi-Finals
Saturday October 11: <\/strong>Grand Final (Old Trafford)<\/p>\n

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