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Honours

Warrington Wolves rugby league football club has a long and proud history as one of the most successful teams in the sport.  From winning the inaugural competition played under the West Lancashire Rugby Football Union in 1885/6, to being the reigning Challenge Cup champions, the club has enjoyed many triumphs through the years.  Below is a complete honours list for the club's first team.

West Lancashire & Border Towns Challenge Cup

 

Winners (1): 1885/6

 

Northern Rugby Football Union / Rugby League Championship / First Division / Super League

 

Winners (3): 1947/8; 1953/4; 1954/5

 

Runners-up (12): 1925/6; 1934/5; 1936/7; 1948/9; 1950/1; 1960/1; 1978/9; 1980/1; 2012; 2013; 2016; 2018

 

Northern Rugby Football Union / Rugby League Challenge Cup

 

Winners (9): 1904/5; 1906/7; 1949/50; 1953/4; 1973/4, 2009; 2010; 2012; 2019

 

Runners-up (10): 1900/1; 1903/4; 1912/3; 1927/8; 1932/3; 1935/6; 1974/5; 1989/90; 2016; 2018

 

South West Lancashire Cup

 

Runners-up (1): 1900/1

 

South West Lancashire League

 

Winners (3): 1901/2; 1903/4; 1909/10

 

Runners-up (5): 1902/3; 1904/5; 1906/7; 1907/8, 1908/9

 

Lancashire Challenge Cup

 

Winners (9): 1921/2; 1929/30; 1932/3; 1937/8; 1959/60; 1965/6; 1980/1; 1982/3; 1989/90

 

Runners-up (6): 1906/7; 1948/9; 1950/1; 1967/8; 1985/6; 1987/8

 

Lancashire League

 

Winners (8): 1937/8; 1947/8; 1948/9; 1950/1; 1953/4; 1954/5; 1955/6; 1967/8

 

Runners-up (4): 1920/1; 1940/1; 1951/2; 1964/5

 

Television Trophy

 

Winners (1): 1955/6

 

League Leader's Shield

 

Winners (3): 1972/3; 2011; 2016

 

Runners-up (1): 2012

 

BBC-2 Floodlit Trophy

 

Runners-up (1): 1974/5

 

Player's No. 6 / John Player/ John Player Special / Regal Trophy

 

Winners (4): 1973/4; 1977/8; 1980/1; 1990/1

 

Runners-up (3): 1978/9; 1986/7; 1994/5

 

Captain Morgan Trophy

 

Winners (1): 1973/4

 

Club Championship

 

Winners (1): 1973/4

 

Premiership

 

Winners (1): 1985/6

 

Runners-up (2): 1976/7; 1986/7

 

 

Total of 44 winners & 45 runners-up

 

 

League champions were decided by play-offs from 1906/7 to 1961/2 (ignoring the war years); no "league leader's" trophy was awarded, but if there had been Warrington would have had the following additional honours:

 

Winners (4): 1948/9; 1950/1; 1954/5; 1955/6

 

Runners-up (6): 1925/6; 1934/5; 1936/7; 1947/8; 1953/4; 1960/1

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