Wigan coach Graeme West with the team's clean sweep of trophies from the 1994-1995 season. Wigan won every trophy on offer to complete the Grand Slam and in doing so only lost two matches, both away at Leeds and Halifax. Clockwise from bottom left, League Championship Trophy, World Club Challenge, Stones Bitter Championship, Silk Cut Challenge Cup, BBC TV Team of the Year and Regal Trophy. placeholder image
Wigan coach Graeme West with the team's clean sweep of trophies from the 1994-1995 season. Wigan won every trophy on offer to complete the Grand Slam and in doing so only lost two matches, both away at Leeds and Halifax. Clockwise from bottom left, League Championship Trophy, World Club Challenge, Stones Bitter Championship, Silk Cut Challenge Cup, BBC TV Team of the Year and Regal Trophy.

RETRO SPORT: the all conquering Wigan Warriors in 1995

By Michelle Adamson
Published 6th Aug 2023, 04:55 BST

Wigan won every trophy in the 1994-1995 season to complete the Grand Slam and in doing so only lost two matches: away at Leeds and Halifax. Here are some photographs of that magnificent team in action in 1995.

Wigan Warriors in 1995 – photographs by Frank Orrell.

Wigan centre Gary Connolly scores one of his hat-trick of tries against Oldham in the Challenge Cup semi-final at Huddersfield on Saturday 25th of March 1995. Wigan won the match 48-20.

13. 1995

Wigan centre Gary Connolly scores one of his hat-trick of tries against Oldham in the Challenge Cup semi-final at Huddersfield on Saturday 25th of March 1995. Wigan won the match 48-20. Photo: Frank Orrell

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Wigan centre Gary Connolly storms clear to score one of his two tries against his old club St. Helens in a league match at Knowsley Road on Monday 28th of August 1995. Wigan won 52-20.

14. 1995

Wigan centre Gary Connolly storms clear to score one of his two tries against his old club St. Helens in a league match at Knowsley Road on Monday 28th of August 1995. Wigan won 52-20. Photo: Frank Orrell

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Wigan hooker Martin Hall plunges over for a try against St. Helens with Gary Connolly outside him and David Lyon and Alan Hunte unable to stop him in the Challenge Cup Round 4 match at Central Park on Saturday 11th of February 1995. The match was a 16-16 draw.

15. 1995

Wigan hooker Martin Hall plunges over for a try against St. Helens with Gary Connolly outside him and David Lyon and Alan Hunte unable to stop him in the Challenge Cup Round 4 match at Central Park on Saturday 11th of February 1995. The match was a 16-16 draw. Photo: Frank Orrell

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Wigan centre Gary Connolly races away to score one of his two tries against his old club St. Helens in a league match at Knowsley Road on Monday 28th of August 1995. Wigan won 52-20.

16. 1995

Wigan centre Gary Connolly races away to score one of his two tries against his old club St. Helens in a league match at Knowsley Road on Monday 28th of August 1995. Wigan won 52-20. Photo: Frank Orrell

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