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The Wigan Rugby Heritage Society visited Bull Hey, home of the Wigan Cricket team and presented members with a trophy, certificate and small document to highlight the club’s role in rugby football in the town.
It also celebrated Wigan Cricket Club being a founding father of rugby locally.
The society thought it of utmost importance to remember the origins of rugby football in Wigan back in 1872 and the role the cricket club played in forming a club which was a fledgling version of the mighty Wigan Warriors we know today.
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