Liam Marshall
Personal information
Full nameLiam Marshall
Born (1996-05-09) 9 May 1996 (age 27)
Lancashire, England
Height5 ft 10 in (1.79 m)
Weight13 st 8 lb (86 kg)
Playing information
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016– Wigan Warriors 149 119 10 0 496
2016(loan) → Swinton Lions 22 20 0 0 80
Total 171 139 10 0 576
Source: [1][2]
As of 6 April 2023

Liam Marshall (born 9 May 1996) is an English rugby league footballer who plays as a winger for the Wigan Warriors in the Super League.

He has spent time on loan from Wigan at the Swinton Lions in the Championship.

Background

Marshall was born in Lancashire, England.

Playing career

Swinton Lions

Marshall spent the 2016 season on loan at Championship side Swinton Lions. He made a number of impressive performances at the club, most notably scoring four tries in a 38–35 win against Halifax,[3] and a hat trick in a 40–38 win against Sheffield Eagles.[4] He finished the year as the club's top try scorer with 20 tries in 22 appearances.[5]

Wigan Warriors

He made his first team début on 3 March 2017, against Leigh.[6] Marshall also scored four tries on just his second game for the Warriors in a 38–16 win at the Warrington Wolves on 9 March 2017.[7]

He played in the 2017 Challenge Cup Final defeat by Hull F.C. at Wembley Stadium.[8]

Marshall made 22 appearances for Wigan in the 2018 season and scored 17 tries, but his season was cut short by an anterior cruciate ligament injury in August 2018.[9] He missed the club's 2018 Super League Grand Final victory over Warrington Wolves.[10]

Marshall played 23 games for Wigan in the 2019 season and scored 16 tries including Wigan's shock loss to Salford in the semi-final.[11]

Marshall made 10 appearances for Wigan in the 2020 season, scoring six tries, but was ruled out for the rest of the season after suffering another serious knee injury in a match against Castleford Tigers on 29 August 2020.[12] As a result, he missed the club's Grand Final loss against St Helens[13]

In round 1 of the 2022 Super League season, Marshall scored two tries in a 24-10 victory over Hull Kingston Rovers.[14] On 28 May 2022, Marshall scored the winning try for Wigan in their 2022 Challenge Cup Final victory over Huddersfield.[15] In round 21, Marshall scored a hat-trick in Wigan's 46-4 victory over Hull Kingston Rovers.[16]

In round 2 of the 2023 Super League season, Marshall scored four tries for Wigan in a 60–0 victory over Wakefield Trinity,[17] a match in which he also scored his 100th career try for the club.[18] The following week, Marshall scored a hat-trick in Wigan's 36–0 victory over Castleford.[19] On 14 October 2023, Marshall played in Wigan's 2023 Super League Grand Final victory over the Catalans Dragons scoring the only try of the match.[20] In round 1 of the 2024 Super League season, Marshall scored two tries in Wigan's 32-4 victory over Castleford.[21] On 24 February 2024, Marshall played in Wigan's 2024 World Club Challenge final victory over Penrith.[22] On 1 March 2024, Marshall scored a hat-trick in Wigan's 30-16 victory over Huddersfield.[23]

Honours

Wigan Warriors

References

  1. ^ "Player Summary: Liam Marshall". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  2. ^ Rugby League Project
  3. ^ "Halifax 35 Swinton Lions 38 - Liam Marshall denies Halifax victory with winning try". Yorkshire Post. 11 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Sheffield Eagles 38 Swinton 40: Winning run ends for crisis club Eagles". The Star. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Swinton Lions - 2016". Rugby League Records. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Wigan Warriors v Leigh Centurions - Rugby League". BBC Sport. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Marshall's four tries lead Wigan to victory". rugby-league.com. Rugby Football League. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Hull FC 18-14 Wigan recap as the Black and Whites claim back-to-back Challenge Cup triumphs". Mirror. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Marshall suffers injury in Wigan Warriors' victory at Catalans". Wigan Today. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Super League Grand Final: Wigan claim fifth title with victory over Warrington". BBC Sport. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  11. ^ Unwin, Will (12 October 2019). "St Helens 23–6 Salford Red Devils: Super League Grand Final – as it happened". The Guardian.
  12. ^ "Liam Marshall: Wigan Warriors winger out for 9-12 months with knee injury". BBC Sport. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  13. ^ "Super League Grand Final: Wigan 4-8 St Helens". BBC Sport.
  14. ^ "Wigan Warriors start their Super League campaign with a 24-10 win away to Hull KR". www.wigantoday.net.
  15. ^ "Challenge Cup final: Huddersfield Giants 14-16 Wigan Warriors". www.bbc.co.uk. 26 May 2022.
  16. ^ "Super League: Bevan French and Liam Marshall star for Wigan Warriors in 46-4 win over Hull KR". www.skysports.com.
  17. ^ "Wigan Warriors 60-0 Wakefield Trinity: Liam Marshall scores four tries as Wigan run riot against Wakefield". www.skysports.com.
  18. ^ "Liam Marshall reflects on his 100th try for Wigan Warriors". Wigan Today. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  19. ^ "Key talking points from Wigan Warriors' win over Castleford Tigers as Liam Marshall stakes England claim". www.examinerlive.co.uk.
  20. ^ Bower, Aaron (14 October 2023). "Wigan Warriors crowned Super League champions after downing Dragons". The Observer.
  21. ^ "Super League: Castleford Tigers 4-32 Wigan Warriors - Reigning champions begin with hard-earned win". www.bbc.co.uk.
  22. ^ "World Club Challenge: Wigan Warriors 16-12 Penrith Panthers - Cherry and Whites crowned world champions for fifth time". www.bbc.co.uk.
  23. ^ "Wigan Warriors 30-16 Huddersfield Giants: Liam Marshall scores hat-trick in hosts' win". www.bbc.co.uk.

External links

Wigan Warriors – 2024 current squad
Wigan Warriors squad - 2022 Challenge Cup Final winners
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