Wigan announce 2006 squad and new
kit

Wigan Warriors are delighted to announce their squad and numbers for the 2006 season.

Most notably Sean O?Loughlin will step into the number 13 shirt vacated by brother-in-law Andrew Farrell who left the club in 2005.

Elsewhere, new signings Mark Calderwood and Pat Richards will wear numbers 2 and 3 respectively, while hooker Micky Higham will wear the number 9 shirt. Forward Iefeta Palea?aesina is given the number 10 shirt, Scott Logan the number 8 shirt, and Bryan Fletcher the number 12 shirt.

Bryn Hargreaves and Harrison Hansen have been rewarded for their progression to first team status. Hargreaves will wear the number 16 jersey (was 27), and Hansen has moved from squad number 20 to 19.

Head Coach Ian Millward said:

?I am delighted with our 28 man squad for next season. We have a fantastic mixture of experience as well as a number of quality youngsters. Sixteen out of the twenty eight are local boys. Our squad is bigger in numbers due to our commitment to have more juniors in our top squad.?

Squad List in full:

1. KRIS RADLINSKI
2. MARK CALDERWOOD
3. PAT RICHARDS
4. DAVID VAEALIKI
5. BRETT DALLAS
6. DANNY ORR
7. DENNIS MORAN
8. SCOTT LOGAN
9. MICK HIGHAM
10. IAFETA PALEA?AESINA
11. GARETH HOCK
12. BRYAN FLETCHER
13. SEAN O?LOUGHLIN
14. KEVIN BROWN
15. DANNY TICKLE
16. BRYN HARGREAVES
17. JERRY SEUSEU
18. WAYNE GODWIN
19. HARRISON HANSEN
21. CHRIS MELLING
22. JOEL TOMKINS
23. PAUL PRESCOTT
24. DARRELL GOULDING
25. SEAN GLEESON
26. JOHN WALKER
27. THOMAS COYLE
28. MICHAEL MCILORUM
29. CHRIS ASHTON

Warriors season tickets are now on sale for the 2006 season, with the renewal deadline on Friday at 5pm, and reserved seats go on general sale on Monday at 9am.

Fans can purchase their season tickets by calling the Ticket Hotline on 0870 11-22-552, in person at the JJB Stadium Ticket Office, or by posting their application form to the JJB Stadium Ticket Office. For full details on season ticket packages [click here].

The new 2006 Wigan Warriors playing kit, manufactured by JJB, will be officially launched on Thursday 17th November at the JJB store on Robin Park and at the JJB Soccerdome on Stadium Way in Wigan. First team players will be at the Robin Park store to celebrate the launch with the shirt sale that night.

It will go on general sale on Friday 18th November from over 20 other JJB Stores and the Warriors Lotto Shop in Wigan Town Centre.

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Thanks to Wigan Warriors E-News for these details.