Wigan go for the top six

WIGAN WARRIORS

Coach: Michael Maguire (since October 2009).

Captain: Five-man leadership team.

Previous finishes (most recent last): 2nd (runners-up), 4th, 1st (champions), 4th, 1st (runners-up), 2nd (runners-up), 3rd, 3rd (runners-up), 4th, 7th, 8th, 6th, 4th, 6th.

2009 leading scorers (including play-offs): tries - Pat Richards 20; goals - Pat Richards 89; points - Pat Richards 258.

Biggest Super League win: 78-4 (v Workington, 1996).

Biggest Super League defeat: 70-0 (v Leeds, 2005).

Ground and capacity: JJB Stadium, 25,004.

2009 average attendance: 13,695 (down 260).

Record Super League attendance: 25,004 (v St Helens 2005).

In: Paul Deacon (Bradford).

Out: Mark Flanagan (Wests Tigers).

Player to watch: Sam Tomkins - Super League's young player of the year is one of the most talked-about players in Super League and it is all justified.

Rising star: Joe Mellor - an 18-year-old half-back hoping to follow in the footsteps of Sam Tomkins but whose anticipated Super League debut will be delayed by a knee injury sustained in pre-season training.

Odds to finish top: 12-1.

Prospects: With a virtual unchanged squad, the Warriors' bid to end the Leeds-Saints monopoly will depend on the ability of new coach Michael Maguire to get the best out his charges.

Prediction: 5th.

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