I'm no fan of social media but it illustrates the importance of exposure like this when you see that the news of the award received almost a quarter of a million impressions on Twitter.

Wigan a small town up north-
Team of the year
Coach of the year
Sports person of the year
Not bad,not bad at all really.

Well done to all and well done to Coach of the year mentioning Wigan RL .

Well done for Offiah getting in on the act (just cant stop this guy) lol

Congratulations to Wigan, a great achievement, thoroughly deserved and great for the Sport.

They have raised the bar on and off the pitch and it's up to the rest of us to catch up.

I was more pleased for the sport than the club itself. We wouldn't swap any of the trophies we've won for it but it's good exposure for the game. Until we sort out the International game (just look at the nominees for the main individual award that were all mainly based on achievements for their country) I don't think we'll get the cut through we desire but it's a start.

Usually take a break during the off season but wanted to come on to say congrats! Fantastic achievement and great for the sport.
Will make it even sweeter when we knock you off that perch

Every true Wiganer should be rightly proud of their home after this.

On a lighter note, I noticed that some troll went on the BBC comments to point out that it took Wigan 16 years to emulate Saints Team of the Year award in 2006, only to be quickly owned by the subsequent reminders that Wigan won in in 1994 and yet again St Helens were a distant 2nd.